OUTwrites Queer-Friendly Collective

Meeting ~ Thurs May 9 @ 8pm

Tue, 07 May 2013 09:31:11 -0400

Join us this Thursday 8-10pm at The 519 Community centre for writing and workshopping your work. Bring copies of your work to be entered in our next issue of TOZ (our online zine).

With this off his chest, there's no question his lay- up will improve ;)

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:53:58 -0400

With this off his chest, there's no question his lay- up will improve ;)

Zhush Anthology Reading ~ Jan. 20. 2013

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:01:00 -0500

WHEN

Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 2:00pm

WHERE

Glad Day Bookshop
598 Yonge Street
3rd floor
Toronto, ON
M4Y 1Z3

DETAILS

Readings and performances of pieces from OUTwrites’ anthology Zhush Redux in the elegant 3rd floor reading room of Glad Day Bookshop.

With:
Matt Badali
Dorianne Emmerton
Terence Go
Brock Hessel
David Marshall
Alan T. Orr
Mark Reinhart
Nichola (Nicki) Ward

SPECIAL GUESTS:
Vivek Shraya
Brian Francis
Matthew J. Trafford

ADMISSION: PWYC

Check out this event on Facebook or outwrites.org for more information.

Special Meeting w/ author Matthew Trafford

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 22:00:10 -0400

Special Meeting w/ author Matthew Trafford:

Outwriters! Prepare for a special meeting on October 11 from 8- 9pm at the 519.

Accomplished author Matthew Trafford will be talking with us.

He is the recipient of the Honour of Distinction for the Dayne Ogilvie award, and long-listed for the Frank O”Connor Short Story Prize (the largest prize for a book of short stories worldwide).

Check out his book ‘The Divinity Gene’.

Zhush Redux is here!

Sun, 05 Aug 2012 13:07:29 -0400

OUTwrites is pleased to present the launch of their Zhush Redux anthology!
Made possible by the generosity of the Community One Foundation.
The event will be held at the fabulous and fully licenced Holy Oak Cafe.
1241 Bloor Street West
Friday, August 10th, 7:30 to 9 pm
Mingle, drink, eat and hear readings from writers featured in the anthology.
Zhush Redux presents stories, poems, and even a play, from

Matt Badali
Don Bapst
Dorianne Emmerton
Terence Go
Brock Hessel
David Marshall
Alan T. Orr
Mark Reinhart
Marcy Rogers
Sheila van den Heuvel-Collins
& Nichola (Nicki) Ward

TOZ- one stop

Sat, 26 May 2012 07:54:56 -0400

TOZ- one stop:

Check out the archives of OUTwrites’ e-zine.

Art 03 - the one we never got to write about.

Sat, 26 May 2012 07:52:03 -0400

Art 03 - the one we never got to write about.

Art 02

Sat, 26 May 2012 07:51:31 -0400

Art 02

Inspired by art 1 - one of the images we used to inspire us....

Sat, 26 May 2012 07:50:44 -0400

Inspired by art 1 - one of the images we used to inspire us. Magritte’s “Son of Man”

Deadline for TOZ - the Pride edition

Sat, 26 May 2012 07:45:49 -0400

Get your TOZ submissions in by June 10!

Email us through OUTwrites.org
Or visit tinyurl.com/outwriteszine

10 Tips on Writing...

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:08:07 -0400

10 Tips on Writing...:

Keep getting your writing up to snuff for our Outwrites anthology!

Submissions due May 5th to outwritestoronto@gmail.com

Check out these 10 tips for writing to help boost the quality of your work, or help with the process itself.

Vivek Shraya, attending OUTwrites- April 26

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:32:45 -0400

Vivek Shraya, attending OUTwrites- April 26

Special Guest & Anthology Updates

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:30:08 -0400

Join us Thursday April 26 (8- 10pm) @ the 519 in welcoming Vivek Shraya (http://vivekshraya.com/) for a special OUTwrites meeting.

Also bring your near-polished writing as the anthology deadline is quickly approaching. Share your thoughts and creative ideas for this upcoming publication of OUTwrites members.

Next meeting: Thurs. March 8th - book it!

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:32:49 -0500

Hi all -

Just a reminder that our next meeting will be on Thursday, March 8th at 8pm @The519 - be sure to join us.

Polish a piece and bring copies to get critiqued! Last time, Arestia helped us find our inner Found Poet. Edit yours and bring them to our next meeting.

http://www.creative-writing-now.com/found-poetry.html

The Exquisite Corpse

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:24:32 -0500

The Exquisite Corpse:

Check out our Exquisite Corpse exercises:

- A lovely orange swam the square keyboard.
- The sliced canoe jumps the mechanical swing.
- The big apple inhales the shabby snail.
- The pink vagina tumbles a green kite.
- An obese circus lusted a pen swing.
- The circus cane deflates a lazy tire swing.

Meeting tomorrow

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:24:51 -0500

Good evening OUTwriters,

Just a reminder that we’ll be meeting from 8-10pm at the 519 Community Centre tomorrow for some fantabulous writing exercises and critique! Bring in your pieces honed from past exercises - gear up for the next TOZ or our upcoming anthology (details to be announced).

Some positions that need to get filled. We need some semi-tech-savvy people to keep our accounts up to date. If you’re interested in posting either a relevant video or news article about queers in the literary community, please contact me.

YOUtube updater
tumblr
website blog
twitter/facebook

One last reminder to send a reply to outwritestoronto[at]gmail.com with the subject line “please keep” if you want to stay on the email list. We will be doing a royal flush at the start of March.

Sites to see:

http://outwrites.org

http://outwrites.tumblr.com/

http://www.youtube.com/user/outwritestoronto

https://twitter.com/#!/outwrites