DIASPORA DIALOGUES ISSUES 2009 OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Looking for emerging writers of short stories, poetry and drama in the GTA.
Looking for emerging writers of short stories, poetry and drama in the GTA.
(TORONTO) Diaspora Dialogues invites submissions to its annual publishing/mentorin g program from emerging GTA writers of short stories or creative nonfiction less than 3,000 words in length; plays of any length; or up to 5 poems, with each poem being no more than 75 lines. (See below for definition of “emerging.”) Applicants are welcome to enter more than one category, but no more than one submission per category, please.
Diaspora Dialogues is committed to supporting a literature of Toronto that is as diverse as the city itself. Writers are encouraged to keep this mandate in mind, but addressing this theme directly is not essential in the submission. The setting of the works must be, at least in part, the greater Toronto region. First and second-generation immigrants and First Nations writers are especially welcome.
Through an adjudicated process, a shortlist of approximately 15 writers will be chosen and each assigned (free of charge) to an established writer or dramaturge in a mentoring capacity to gain feedback on their work. All short-listed writers will be given an opportunity to read their work in Diaspora Dialogues’ popular multi-disciplinary performance series, which takes place across the city throughout the year in partnership with venues like Luminato, The Word on the Street, Nuit Blanche, Harbourfront, Toronto Public Library and others. The plays chosen for the program will be given a workshop reading using professional actors and directors.
A selection of finished pieces will be published in the annual Diaspora Dialogues anthology, TOK: Writing the New City, available in bookstores across the country.
The 2009 Diaspora Dialogues mentors include Marjorie Chan, Anthony De Sa, Emma Donoghue, Nalo Hopkinson, Lee Maracle, Shyam Selvadurai and M G Vassanji.
Diaspora Dialogues supports the creation and presentation of new stories, poetry and drama that reflect the complexity of the city through the eyes of its richly diverse writers. Please see www.diasporadialogu es.com for further details about us.
Submission Guidelines
• The greater Toronto region must exist in the story, poem or play in some way. This can mean using the city as a physical setting. It can mean exploring what the city means to you in a psychological or metaphorical way. It can mean writing about a person, issue or geographic location that is Toronto-specific. The definition is broad, but Toronto must be somehow present in the work.
• The work must be original and not previously published or produced.
• Submissions must be in English.
• Fiction or creative nonfiction must be 3,000 words or less.
• Up to 5 poems may be submitted, with each poem being no more than 75 lines.
• Plays can be short or full length. A staged workshop reading will be part of the dramaturgy cycle.
• Only one submission per category, but you may submit to more than one category. (Example: You cannot submit two short stories, but you can submit a short story and a play.)
• Submissions must include a short biography in paragraph form.
• The writing sample must be free of any identifying marks (no name or contact information) as applications are read blind by the jury. Please DO NOT staple or bind in any way as the submissions are photocopied for jury members. A completed submission form must be included.
• Submissions will not be accepted electronically or by fax. If you wish your submission returned, please include a self-addressed envelope with correct postage.
• Commentary/feedback is not available on submissions not selected for the short-list.
• The work must be original and not previously published or produced.
• Submissions must be in English.
• Fiction or creative nonfiction must be 3,000 words or less.
• Up to 5 poems may be submitted, with each poem being no more than 75 lines.
• Plays can be short or full length. A staged workshop reading will be part of the dramaturgy cycle.
• Only one submission per category, but you may submit to more than one category. (Example: You cannot submit two short stories, but you can submit a short story and a play.)
• Submissions must include a short biography in paragraph form.
• The writing sample must be free of any identifying marks (no name or contact information) as applications are read blind by the jury. Please DO NOT staple or bind in any way as the submissions are photocopied for jury members. A completed submission form must be included.
• Submissions will not be accepted electronically or by fax. If you wish your submission returned, please include a self-addressed envelope with correct postage.
• Commentary/feedback is not available on submissions not selected for the short-list.
Eligibility
• Writers and poets must not have been previously published in a full-length manuscript of their own (although appearances in magazines and/or anthologies are acceptable).
• Playwrights must not have had a full-length play (greater than 75 minutes) professionally produced.
• You must not have participated in the Diaspora Dialogues mentorship program within the last 2 years.
• You must be living in the greater Toronto region, which includes York, Halton, Peel and Durham.
• Playwrights must not have had a full-length play (greater than 75 minutes) professionally produced.
• You must not have participated in the Diaspora Dialogues mentorship program within the last 2 years.
• You must be living in the greater Toronto region, which includes York, Halton, Peel and Durham.
We welcome your submission! Deadline is May 8, 2009. Submissions will not be accepted after the deadline. All applicants will be notified of results by the end of May.
Please mail or drop off submissions to:
Diaspora Dialogues
170 Bloor Street West, Suite 804
Toronto, ON
M5S 1T9
416-944-1101, ext 277
170 Bloor Street West, Suite 804
Toronto, ON
M5S 1T9
416-944-1101, ext 277
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