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19 Sep Call for Work: “Where We Live”

Posted at 20:34h in BABEL, Community, Just Buffalo Writing Center, Young Writers by

You are invited to write a poem or prose piece inspired by the theme “Where We Live.”

How are we defined by the places & spaces that we call home? Let your mind wander to ponder the history, the physical environment, the personal places and/or public spaces that you move through each day.

Winning entries may appear in “Poem of the Week,” on our website, in sidewalk poems, or even in public art popping up throughout the community!

Submit your poem (up to 15 lines) or prose piece (up to 300 words). Who knows where your words might find a home?

DEADLINE: Extended! Saturday, October 5, 2024 @ 11:59 p.m.

Writing Prompts

Need a little inspiration? Check out the writing prompts below.

  • Write an ode to the water, trees, plants, animals, or the land itself. Pen a letter to the ancestors who lived on this territory hundreds or thousands of years ago.
  • Imagine yourself as a house. Describe it in as much detail as possible from the doors and windows to the hidden corners. What stories or secrets are contained within your walls? How does it feel to move through your many rooms?
  • Write about the street you grew up on or your childhood home. How did it shape your worldview?
  • Craft a tale about the mysterious neighbor at the end of your block or about encountering a mythical creature in your own neighborhood.
  • Compose a piece about how it feels to be headed home after being away for too long.

Guidelines

  • Eligible writers must have lived in OR currently reside in Western New York
  • Submissions must be the writer’s original work
  • Only one submission per writer
  • Young writers (18 years or younger) must have parent/legal guardian permission to submit
  • Entries will not be returned

Just Buffalo Literary Center reserves the right to excerpt submissions (with author approval).

This call for work is closed.