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In 2003 The Sitting Room began producing a small publication every Spring based on a particular theme. The Publication Party coincides with the Sitting Room Birthday Celebration, usually the first Sunday afternoon in June.
The Sitting Room 2018 Anthology - Retell a Myth, Tale, Legend
TOO LATE TO CONTRIBUTE! DEADLINE IS PASSED.
Before print, people from around the globe gathered in groves and circles to tell stories. And while each generation kept their culture alive through repeating these myths and legends, there were adaptations. Individual flourishes. Exaggerations and morphing. Perhaps with digital media our voices have become softer and smaller and less compelling. Still, there is great power in recalling, reciting and rewriting a favorite legend in your own words.
Even if retellings of folk tales, myths or fairy-tales are not eligible for National Book Foundation awards (Intro, My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales, edited by Kate Bernheimer, 2010) they will be welcomed here. In fact this is our theme for the 2018 Sitting Room Publication!
Pick a somewhat well known fairytale, myth, legend or fable from Grimm, the Bible, Shakespeare, Hans Christian Andersen, the Koran, or any other source, and make the story yours. Tell it from another vantage point and/or add or change a character and/or situate the story in another time or place. Examples: Sleeping Beauty…what was the mirror really thinking? Snow White from the POV of Bashful. Cain and Abel as Star Wars characters.
Looking forward, Sharon Bard and Karen Petersen will lead a workshop in March 2018 when we can explore topics, try our hands/pens at transformations, and just generally have some fun with this delightful subject matter.
Even if retellings of folk tales, myths or fairy-tales are not eligible for National Book Foundation awards (Intro, My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales, edited by Kate Bernheimer, 2010) they will be welcomed here. In fact this is our theme for the 2018 Sitting Room Publication!
Pick a somewhat well known fairytale, myth, legend or fable from Grimm, the Bible, Shakespeare, Hans Christian Andersen, the Koran, or any other source, and make the story yours. Tell it from another vantage point and/or add or change a character and/or situate the story in another time or place. Examples: Sleeping Beauty…what was the mirror really thinking? Snow White from the POV of Bashful. Cain and Abel as Star Wars characters.
Looking forward, Sharon Bard and Karen Petersen will lead a workshop in March 2018 when we can explore topics, try our hands/pens at transformations, and just generally have some fun with this delightful subject matter.
Guidelines for Anthology Submissions: due April 15, 2018
You'll send two pages, as follows:
COVER SHEET
Name
Mailing address
Telephone
E-mail address
Title of the submission
STORY OR POEM
Length: One page
Format: Times New Roman; 12 pt; one-inch margins; single or double spaced
Titling: Original title centered at the top
Identification: Full name at the bottom of page, with e-mail, website, if desired
Submission: E-mail as MS Word attachments to:
sittingroom2018@gmail.com
If you are unable to e-mail, send unfolded via USPS to:
Editor
2018 Anthology
c/o The Sitting Room
P. O. Box 838
Penngrove, CA 94951
All contributions will be accepted if they address the theme and follow the format and arrive by the
deadline: April 15, 2018.
You do not have to be a "member" of The Sitting Room to contribute. Contributions are not restricted by gender or age.
COVER SHEET
Name
Mailing address
Telephone
E-mail address
Title of the submission
STORY OR POEM
Length: One page
Format: Times New Roman; 12 pt; one-inch margins; single or double spaced
Titling: Original title centered at the top
Identification: Full name at the bottom of page, with e-mail, website, if desired
Submission: E-mail as MS Word attachments to:
sittingroom2018@gmail.com
If you are unable to e-mail, send unfolded via USPS to:
Editor
2018 Anthology
c/o The Sitting Room
P. O. Box 838
Penngrove, CA 94951
All contributions will be accepted if they address the theme and follow the format and arrive by the
deadline: April 15, 2018.
You do not have to be a "member" of The Sitting Room to contribute. Contributions are not restricted by gender or age.
