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1/16/2023

Salon - January 2023

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Blank Pages Online Salon:
Saturday January 21st at 5PM (live Zoom)

Just because we're isolating doesn't mean we can't interact.

This month's prompt:

"Something used for a purpose for which it wasn't intended"
                      
Use the prompt or just bring your own one-page (300 words or so) piece of poetry, short fiction, memoir, scenery, imagery, or other general writiness to share at the Salon on Saturday at 5PM. We'll read to each other and discuss our work and talk about writing.ZOOM LINK 

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12/13/2022

Salon - December 2022

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Blank Pages Online Salon:
Saturday December 17th at 5PM (live Zoom)

Community Writing from the Comfort of Your Home!
This month's prompts (pick one or combine):

"The Week Before the Night Before Christmas"
                             
Use the prompt or just bring your own one-page (300 words or so) piece of poetry, short fiction, memoir, scenery, imagery, or other general writiness to share at the Salon on Saturday at 5PM. We'll read to each other and discuss our work and talk about writing.ZOOM LINK

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11/15/2022

Salon - November 2022

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Blank Pages Online Salon:
Saturday November 19th at 5PM (live Zoom)

Just because we're isolating doesn't mean we can't interact.
This month's prompts (pick one or combine):

"Sex Ed"
                              or                                

Create something for the

Writing by Writers  Short Short Writing Contest

Win FREE tuition to your choice of one of our two generative workshops. "Get The Lead Out" is an online workshop with faculty Pam Houston, Chip Livingston & Sequoia Nagamatsu, and the "Boulder Workshop" is an in-person workshop with faculty Kaveh Akbar, Pam Houston, and Ramona Ausubel in Colorado.
RULES:  Your piece can be fiction, non fiction, memoir or poetry but it must contain a food known for its consumption during a particular holiday, the name of a deciduous tree, a lyric from a 70's song, the name of a breed of horse, a geologic event and the name of a constellation.

WORD LIMIT: 250

           SUBMISSION DEADLINE:  December 1, 2022
                       https://wxw.submittable.com/submit/241567/short-short-writing-contest-2023 

Use the prompt or just bring your own one-page (300 words or so) piece of poetry, short fiction, memoir, scenery, imagery, or other general writiness to share at the Salon on Saturday at 5PM. We'll read to each other and discuss our work and talk about writing.SALON ZOOM LINK

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10/13/2022

Salon - October 15, 2022

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Blank Pages Online Salon:
Saturday October 15th at 5PM (live Zoom)

Just because we're isolating doesn't mean we can't interact.
This month's prompts (pick one or combine):
1.  Write about your earliest superstition.  
2. What is the longest time you ever waited for someone or something?  
3.  Unwanted information comes to you through a surprising channel. 
4. A grown-up who does not play well with others.

Use the prompt or just bring your own one-page (300 words or so) piece of poetry, short fiction, memoir, scenery, imagery, or other general writiness to share at the Salon on Saturday at 5PM. We'll read to each other and discuss our work and talk about writing.ZOOM LINK

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9/11/2022

Salon - September 17, 2022

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Blank Pages Online Salon:
Saturday September 17th at 5PM (live Zoom)

Just because we're isolating doesn't mean we can't interact.
This month's prompt:
A vanilla bean in a jar of sugar,
an old boot,
an old guitar that no longer plays,
earbuds found in a rental car,
a woven Kleenex box,
a framed picture of my granddaughter and me at the tower of London,
a cat asleep on the desk

 
Use the prompt or just bring your own one-page (300 words or so) piece of poetry, short fiction, memoir, scenery, imagery, or other general writiness to share at the Salon on Saturday at 5PM. We'll read to each other and discuss our work and talk about writing.ZOOM LINK

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8/15/2022

August 20th Salon

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Blank Pages Online Salon:
Saturday August 20th at 5PM (live Zoom)

Just because we're isolating doesn't mean we can't interact.
This month's prompt:
"Growth is not inevitable"
 
Use the prompt or just bring your own one-page (300 words or so) piece of poetry, short fiction, memoir, scenery, imagery, or other general writiness to share at the Salon on Saturday at 5PM. We'll read to each other and discuss our work and talk about writing.
ZOOM LINK

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6/13/2022

June 2022 Salon

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Blank Pages Online Salon:
Saturday June 18th at 5PM (live Zoom)

Just because we're isolating doesn't mean we can't interact.
This month's prompt:
"Other People's Birthdays"
 
Use the prompt or just bring your own one-page (300 words or so) piece of poetry, short fiction, memoir, scenery, imagery, or other general writiness to share at the Salon on Saturday at 5PM. We'll read to each other and discuss our work and talk about writing.ZOOM LINK

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5/15/2022

May 2022 Salon (May 21st @ 5PM)

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Blank Pages Online Salon:
Saturday May 21st at 5PM (live Zoom)

Just because we're isolating doesn't mean we can't interact.
This month's prompt:
"That's what life's about" 
Use the prompt or just bring your own one-page (300 words or so) piece of poetry, short fiction, memoir, scenery, imagery, or other general writiness to share at the Salon on Saturday at 5PM. We'll read to each other and discuss our work and talk about writing.ZOOM LINK

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4/13/2022

April 2022 Salon is Cancelled

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Looking forward to seeing you all on May 14th!

Mike & Irene

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3/14/2022

March 19. 2022 Virtual Salon

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​Blank Pages Online Salon:
Saturday March 19th at 5PM (live Zoom)

Just because we're isolating doesn't mean we can't interact.
This month's prompt:
Where is my prize for_____?
 
Use the prompt or just bring your own one-page (300 words or so) piece of poetry, short fiction, memoir, scenery, imagery, or other general writiness to share at the Salon on Saturday at 5PM. We'll read to each other and discuss our work and talk about writing.ZOOM LINK

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