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hauntings
a ghost-festival about the absent present in and around usfilms | lectures | readings | performances | music15 to 17 october 2020vienna poetry school in association with schauspielhaus wien; cooperation with metro kinokulturhaus and the slash film festival
sawing on eden's apple trees
class reading on erotic poetry. timo brandt and his poets present results from the class at the literature, film and music festival "452 years wiener gruppe" (in memoriam h.c. artmann and the wiener gruppe) - organised by sprachspiel. biennale west.sun., 20 september 2020, 6.30 p.m.; free admissionvenue: alte schieberkammer, meiselstraße 20, 1150 vienna
sawing on eden's apple trees
class on erotic poetry with the poet timo brandt.postponed to september 2020!30/31 march, 1/3 april, class performance during the festival "452 years wiener gruppe" on 21 june 2020.in association with "sprachspiel. biennale west">> further info
plunging into the subconscious
a summer writing class from 17 until 21 august at sfd, organised by aleph écriture (paris); in association with vienna poetry school & eacwp (european association of creative writing programmes)
the winner of the 3rd eacwp flash fiction contest
is anna lu (ger) with her english text "motorway service stop". a total of 13 texts in different european languages were competing in the final round.
call for text submissions 2020
short literary texts on the topic of ghosts for:sfd& gespenster (ghosts)magazine of the vienna poetry school #02deadline: 15 july 2020
evil voices
online micro radio play class on the topic of"evil voices: anonymous call, rumour, conspiracy", held by multimedia artist orhan kipcak.6 may to 17 June 2020contributions can be in german and/or in english. max. length of each mini drama: 20 seconds, participation free of charge (just register) >> http://sfd.at/stimmen (website in german)
eacwp flash fiction contest 2020 – public voting!
the final round has started! vote online for one of 13 european texts. voting closes on 30 may 2020, 1 p.m. (CET)
eacwp flash fiction contest 2020
third european writing competition, organized by eacwp (european association of creative writing programmes). topic: "time of arrival". participation in 12 european languages, a text with a maximum of 100 words. deadline: 15 march 2020 (13.00h MEZ) – extended until 1 april!
lyric poetry – a language of emaciation?
START!online class with sophie reyer, writer, sound poet, composer (mutter brennt/mother burns, novel 2019; queen of the biomacht, poetry, 2019).write a poem that consumes itself.5 february until 18 march 2020. extended until 21 march – world poetry day!free participation (just register) >> http://sfd.at/reyer (in german)
ant bear to zebra
the zoo class with writer clemens berger (im jahr des panda/in the year of the panda, novel 2016).writing at the vienna poetry school and schönbrunn zoo. prose.postponed!4 until 7 may, class presentation on 8 may 2020>> info & registration
the track 5' winners 2020
the short radio plays by karl quartz, laurin & amelie steinhuber and by "bonnie und das kleid" were the winners at the ö1 radio play gala
an album for eternity
postponed to autumn!authors talk to fritz ostermayer about music and literature.sfd-series since 2013. talk/text/music. special in march: for the first time, a literary critic is invited: katja gasserthurs., 26 march 2020, 7 p.m.; free admissionvenue: literaturhaus, zieglergasse 26a, 1070 vienna
track 5' short radio play competition 2020
presented by radio programme ö1 & the vienna poetry school. submit your radio plays until 9 january 2020!the top 10 plays will be presented on 18 february 2020. the winners will be announced on 28 february, broadcast: 7 march 2020
writing on the fine line
class with writer gertraud klemm (latest novel: hippocampus).25 until 28 may, class presentation on 29 may 2020>> more info
first issue!
sfd& wut (rage)magazine of the vienna poetry school #01release date: 4 october 2019 (at the festival "blessed be the rage of your flesh", 4/5 oct., schauspielhaus wien)
exhibition vinyl poetics
by kalle laar26 sept. 2019 until 28 feb. 2020opening: wed., 25 sept. 2019, 7 p.m.; free admissionvenue: vienna poetry school, mariahilfer str. 88a/stiege III/7, 1070 vienna
online class with martin fritz
"#sfd-twitter-online-class" with martin fritz,writer, performer and literature scholar (innsbruck).4 november until 16 december 2019 (free participation, just register online!).task 1 on sfd.at, task 2 via twitterinfo & participation (in german) >> www.sfd.at/twitterklasse
sound poetry class
with johannes bergmark (swe): short class "text-sound art & sound poetry"sat. 7 december 2019, 2 to 6 p.m.; teaching language: englishvienna poetry school in association with the festival shut up and listen!info & registration >> class johannes bergmark
an album for eternity
authors talk to fritz ostermayer about music and text production.sfd series. talk/text/music. in november with: theodora bauerthursd., 14 november 2019, 8 p.m.venue: schauspielhaus/nachbarhaus, porzellangasse 19, 1090 vienna
