The Flamingo Writers' Guild offers individual and recurring events throughout the year.
We offer three recurring events: 1) Mingle w/ the Flamingos! This is our monthly online reading series. 2) Shut Up and Write! On the first Thursday each month we get together and silently write. You'd be amazed how well this works. Hosted by Barbara Marie Minney. 3) Pens & Pints. We co-host this with Young Professionals of Parma, and it is held in-person once every three months.
Our one-off workshops are hosted both online and in-person. Some workshop sessions are recorded, and may be found on our Youtube channel. If you would like to host a workshop, or want to request a workshop topic from the staff, please email us at [email protected].
Untethered: The Dissociation of Craft, Memory, and Object in Writing What does 'permanence' mean? How subjective is your reality, how well can you trust your memory, and how can these ideas be harnessed into your writing? Building upon surrealist principles, techniques based on the self, and the concept of defamiliarization by Viktor Borisovich Shklovsky, this workshop will offer writing ideas that will reshape your idea of where the writer ends, and where ideas begin. Powers Library 6996 Powers Blvd Parma, OH 44129 Thursday, October 26th 5:30 - 6:30 PM
West Side Poetry Workshop Annual Reading The West Side Poetry Workshop, founded in 2015, has its annual reading on November 2nd. Writers from around the city of Parma come together and share the fruits of their labors. Join us for light refreshments and fun times. We will have a raffle and free books! Powers Library 6996 Powers Blvd Parma, OH 44129 Thursday, November 2nd 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Chalk the Walk: Write Poems for Prizes This Halloween! We want YOU to write poems in chalk outside your house this Halloween! From October 29th-31st, we're asking that residents of Parma write poems in time for Trick-or-Treat so that families walking the neighborhood can enjoy them! Every house that sends a picture of their poem with their address will be entered into a drawing to win prizes, which include free books, gift cards from local businesses, and more! To enter, please email your picture to [email protected] by Halloween!
Publishing Basics: Get Yourself Out There (And How!) Always wanted to know how to sell yourself as a writer, navigate the small press scene, and get your hard-worked writing published in literary magazines? Then this is the class for you! We will cover how to find lit mags and small presses, submission tools and etiquette, and other need-to-know facts that will help you hit the ground running and start the submission process immediately! Tuesday, January 16th 7:00-9:00 PM Held online
Shut Up and Write! Hosted on the first Thursday of every month, "Shut Up and Write!" gives writers the time and space to produce new work surrounded by other writers. Come get work done, share writing prompts and publication opportunities, and share work in breakout rooms if you feel you've had a breakthrough. Register for as many Shut Up and Write! events as you wish between now and May at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/shut-up-and-write-tickets-434368657347
