UC Berkeley Extension Writers & Editors

Start the year strongsubmit that story or poem you've been working on! http://ow.ly/NqQK50xocZb

What kinds of writing do we accept? Check out this quote from "Galatea Revolts," a short story by Laurie Blanton. It was featured in our last issue.

Did you get creative over break? Submit your stories, poems, and art to Ursa Minor! http://ow.ly/NqQK50xocZb

Show us your true colors! Submit your artwork to Ursa Minor. Here's "Midway Studios, Chicago" by Sheldon Lee. It was accepted to our last edition. Submit here >> http://ow.ly/NqQK50xocZb

Wondering how to format a lit mag submission? Check out this article from The Masters Review >> http://ow.ly/qeI950xuu1j

Have you heard about UC Berkeley Extension's Cerebral Monday sale? Sign up at the link below to receive a checkout code on Monday good for 20% off your classes. The code will only work for Monday, December 2, so don't wait too long! https://extension.berkeley.edu/static/cerebral-monday/

UC Berkeley Extension instructor Katya Cengel will be signing copies of her new book "From Chernobyl with Love: Reporting from the Ruins of the Soviet Union" in two separate events next week. That's twice the opportunity to pick up your very own signed copy! If you're interested, you can find her at Books Inc. in Berkeley on Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. and at Napa Bookmine on Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. More info is available in the links below. And remember; enrollment for Katya's Journalism Wo...rkshop class is open now! Nov. 13: https://www.booksinc.net/ev/katya-cengel-books-inc-berkeley Nov. 14: https://www.napabookmine.com/ev/chernobyl-love-katya-cengel Journalism Workshop: https://extension.berkeley.edu//publicCourseSearchDetails.

Submissions for the 4th Volume of URSA MINOR are now open! The theme this time is Punctuated Equilibrium. The submission period ends on January 31, so don't wait too long! https://ursaminor.submittable.com/submit

The SFSU Creative Writing Department at San Francisco State University, and Fourteen Hills Literary Magazine invite you to An Evening with Tommy Orange! Celebrate the winner of the 2019 Gina Berriault Award: Tommy Orange. He is the author of There There, a multi-generational, relentlessly paced story about a side of America few of us have ever seen: the lives of urban Native Americans. Winner of the 2019 PEN/Hemingway Award and one of The New York Times' top books of 2018, Th...ere There shows us violence and recovery, hope and loss, identity and power, dislocation and communion, and the beauty and despair woven into the history of a nation and its people. Supported by the George and Judy Marcus Fund. This event is free. Location: San Francisco State University, Creative Arts Building, Knuth Hall Time: 7 p.m. Cost: Free Directions: View on Google Maps Sponsor: Creative Writing Department, Fourteen Hills Contact: Creative Writing Department E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 415-338-1891 Find out more about Tommy Orange and the event here; https://lca.sfsu.edu/events/2019-10-15-020000/819056.

UC Berkeley Extension instructors Caroline Goodwin and Laura Walker, as well as four students, are hosting a Poetry reading this Sunday in Berkeley. Check out their event page if you're interested.

The Women's National Book Association: San Francisco Chapter is putting out the call for submissions for their 2019 Bay Area Writer's Contest. Former UC Berkeley Extension instructor Alice K. Boatwright will be acting as one of the judges! Congrats, Alice! Submissions will be accepted June 1 through October 31. More information is available in the link. Good luck! http://wnba-sfchapter.org/2019-bay-area-writers-contest/