Writing Downtown

Writing residences @ Downtown Project in Las Vegas with @writersblocklv and @plympton. Something remarkable is happening in the desert.

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Special thanks to Nevada Humanities @NVHumanities for helping fund this event and to Indigenous Educators Empowerment for their support!

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ALL THE TIME: INDIGENOUS STORYTYME is back! Join Joseph Lee (Aquinnah Wampanoag) in the new Beverly Theater @BeverlyTheater for community readings on Thursday, March 30 @ 7 pm.

Sign up to share your work using this form: https://t.co/hiy8L9Pl0N

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More info on this week’s events here: https://t.co/5HarRjoQOV

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The new Beverly Theater @BeverlyTheater and Black Mountain Institute @BlackMtnInst is bringing so many important literary voices to Downtown Las Vegas at no cost to attendees. We're thrilled to see such a commitment to expanding the literary scene’s accessibility!

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Are you working on a thriller, mystery, fantasy, sci-fi, romance or literary novel with an Asian-American bent? Submit to the @aaww “Pages in Progress” contest for residency at @writingdowntown and meeting with literary agents.

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Submit nearly completed manuscripts (50k-100k words) in ANY genre (speculative fiction, science-fiction, young adult, horror, mystery, thriller, romance, and more!) by 3/31 at https://t.co/93wgxZlMNB

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PAGES IN PROGRESS, Asian American Writers' Workshop's @aaww first annual AAPI fiction contest in partnership with Plympton @plympton and Third State Books @ThirdStateBooks, is now open! Winners will enjoy a one-month residency at our apartment in downtown Las Vegas

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In 2020, Sarah started a mutual aid network, Bed-Stuy Strong, which influenced the thrust of her novel. In it, an Indian immigrant navigates a corporate job, queer love, and her own secrets, finding unexpected solace and strength in her community.

https://t.co/hctB4qTdMZ

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Congratulations to one of our Fall 2021 Writing Downtown Residents, Sarah Thankam Mathews @smathewss! Her debut novel, ALL THIS COULD BE DIFFERENT, is one of five National Book Award fiction finalists this year.

Read more here:
https://t.co/zhtHXxZX8Q

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The Rogers Art Loft is accepting applications for artists to live and work for two to eight weeks in DTLV at the Lucy, where the ⁦@writersblocklv⁩ and our @writingdowntown residency is located. Las Vegas specific project. Deadline July 25, 2022! https://t.co/XIxdO5WNdf

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Welcome @fetaplace back to @writingdowntown for a January residency. She had a brief stint in not-a-full-residency a few years ago, but loved it so much she decided to come back!

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Welcome Jenn Alandy Trahan, Stanford Stegner Fellow, to our @WritingDowntown residency for December. She found 🧋!

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For 🎄 @WritingDowntown, homemade gumbo 🥣 (including vegan version for Scott), potato 🥔 salad and cornbread 🌽 🥖. All from scratch! Merry happy end of year holidays of a very trying year.

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Our spiffy new loft studio for our residency at The Lucy above @writersblocklv. Southwest design by Scott Seeley. Thanks to Amazon Literary Partnerships and others for making this happen!

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How Tony Hsieh shaped our DTLV dining scene. Including EAT and Carson Kitchen. https://t.co/BOR15Y39GT

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Shots from @theblcklst Lab in DTLV at The Ogden in 2014, hosted by Tony Hsieh, featuring @briankoppelman among others.

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One of the earliest moments of @WritingDowntown brought to life! Thanks to generosity of Tony Hsieh.

[Franklin Leonard @franklinleonard]

Shortly after @theblcklst website launched, I was introduced to Tony Hsieh, who asked me what I next needed to accomplish our mission of supporting talented aspiring professional screenwriters in making their way into the industry....

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First tour of DTLV for @writersblocklv’s Scott Seeley by Tony Hsieh. Back in 2013.

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Eric Clapton’s Tears in Heaven is a fitting tribute to Tony Hsieh last night in Fremont Street Experience.

[Fremont Street Exp @FSELV]

Tony Hsieh 1973 - 2020. In Remembrance of a true American Entrepreneur & Downtown Las Vegas Visionary.

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Tony Hsieh was the original inspiration for creating our @writingdowntown residency in DTLV with the @writersblocklv. His sweeping vision touched so many people and set so many life trajectories off in new directions. https://t.co/L9UgVwsNbk