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call for papers: eacwp international pedagogical conference on creative writing
eacwp (european association of creative writing programmes) & creatief schrijven organise the 5th international pedagogical conference in brussels from 13 to 15 september 2018. teachers/schools/educators around the globe involved in creative writing are invited to submit their papers until 15 june 2018!
class presentation "this language is made of flesh and stone"
reading in three parts (4 students each) on a mobile rotating stage during the festival wir sind wien.festival der bezirke 20185 june: siebenbrunnenplatz, 1050 vienna6 june: naschmarkt/schleifmühlbrücke, 1060 vienna attention! due to rain change of venue: sfd, mariahilfer str. 88a/stiege III/7, 1070 vienna7 june: mariahilfer straße 76, 1070 viennaeach at 6.30 p.m. free admission.
class with ferdinand schmalz
"this language is made of flesh and stone". prose/drama/performance.28, 29 may, 4 june 2018, class presentation on 5, 6 and 7 june in association with "wir sind wien. festival der bezirke."
class presentation "the way to you"
results from the prose class with peter rosei.fri., 18 may, 8 p.m. free admissionvenue: AU, brunnengasse 76, 1160 vienna
class with peter rosei
"the way to you." - prose montages: strategy and praxis.peter rosei once more holds a class at sfd!14 to 17 may, class presentation on 18 may 2018.>> more info
online class with augusta laar & judith nika pfeifer
STARTING on world poetry day!"café gerstl". a class inspired by poems of elfriede gerstl.free participation from 21 march to 16 may 2018go to (in german) >> http://sfd.at/gerstl (just register).the contributions are commented alternatingly by augusta laar and judith nika pfeifer.20 april, 7 p.m.: exhibition opening "café gerstl to go" & preliminary class presentation
class performance & celebration mike hentz
you are invited!fri., 4 may: 7.30 p.m.: presentation and party; free admissionvenue: perinetkeller/iode, perinetgasse 1, 1200 vienna
exhibition opening & preliminary class presentation
by augusta laar (ger/sui/aut) & judith nika pfeifer (aut/ger)fri., 20 april 2018, 7 p.m.venue: vienna poetry school, mariahilfer str. 88a/stiege III/7, 1070 viennaexhibition "café gerstl to go" until 31 august 2018online class "café gerstl" until 16 may 2018
class with mike hentz (usa/sui/ger)
"emotional logic systems" – atmospheric and poetic staging".a writing and performance class withmusician, media, action and performance artist mike hentz30 april, 2 and 3 may, class presentation & party on 4 may 2018>> info & registration
"wiener waagen" (viennese public scales): city walk & book launch
about the poetry of expiry.an invitation by sonderzahl verlag & vienna poetry schooltuesd., 10 april 2018, 5:45 p.m.: excursion to the public scales. meeting point: urban-loritz-platz (stairs), 1070 vienna7 p.m.: reading & talk with rosa pock, michael beisteiner, georg körner, andy urban & fritz ostermayer; venue: vinoe weinhandlung, piaristengasse 35, 1080 vienna
beats and politics – past and present
european beat studies network7th annual conference:vienna, 3 - 6 october 2018 (co-organized by vienna poetry school)call for papersfinal extended deadline for conference submissions: march 15th*, 2018!
an album for eternity
writers in conversation with fritz ostermayer on music and text production.sfd-series. music/text/talk. first guest in 2018: ferdinand schmalz.thurs., 22 march 2017, 7 p.m.; free admissionvenue: literaturhaus, zieglergasse 26a, 1070 viennatip: ferdinand schmalz will hold a class at sfd end of may/beginning of june 2018
track 5': the winners
the winners have been chosen: malte abraham, michael crombach, konrad behr und sveta schwin received awards for their short radio plays!
eacwp flash fiction contest
competition for european writers: eacwp (european association of creative writing programmes) holds its 1st flash fiction contest. participation in one of the european languages, a text with max. 100 words, deadline: 1 march 2018 (1 p.m. CET)
exhibition "imaginary geografies"
by patrick pilsl alias martin dean (visual artist & musician; berlin/klagenfurt)until 28 february 2018venue: vienna poetry school, mariahilfer str. 88a/stiege III/7, 1070 vienna
track 5' short radio play competition 2018
organised by radio ö1 & vienna poetry school. plays can be uploaded from now on until 5 january 2018. the top 10 radio plays will be introduced on 5 february 2018. presentation of the winners: 23 february, broadcast on 3 march 2018
class with line hoven & teresa präauer
"gaga does dada". a class for scratching and writing in vienna.with comic-strip artist line hoven (hamburg) and writer teresa präauer (vienna)30, 31 january, 1 february,class presentation on 2 february 2018already open for registration! >> http://sfd.at/gagadada (in german)
vienna's public scales
"wiener waagen – von der poesie des ablaufdatums" ("vienna's public scales – on the poetry of the expiration date") is the title of a new sfd-publication! texts accompanying photos by andreas urban.edition schule für dichtung, vienna, at sonderzahl publishing housemon., 18 december 2017, 5.30 p.m.: preview at advent market karlsplatz with rosa pock, tex rubinowitz, additional scales-poets, andy urban & fritz ostermayer
25 years vienna poetry school
sfd teachers send their audio and video greetings – to watch and listen to: >> http://sfd.at/25jahre
online-class with christiane rösinger (berlin)
"high-level lamenting". BEGINS 8 november 2017.8 nov. to 15 dec. 2017: free participation, go to (site in german): >> http://sfd.at/jammern (just register)