program 2020

minimal square texts. acoustic visual compositions.
online class from 17 november until 15 december 2020 and from 19 january until 2 february 2021. participation free of charge.

deadline for submissions: 7 january 2021
presentation of the 10 shortlisted radio plays on 15 february 2021 at "alte schmiede". award ceremony on 26 february 2021 at the orf funkhaus, broadcast on 6 march 2021 at ö1 "hörspiel magazin"

3 november until 15 december 2020
short prose, max. 1,500 characters
free participation (simply register)

conceptual writing class.
you can post in german or english. poems or experimental prose (max. 1,500 characters each).
12 october until 23 november 2020, free participation.

class in vienna
19 and 20 october, class presentation on 21 october 2020 at schamrock festival der dichterinnen. postponed to 2021!
(applications for free participation until 18 sept.!)

the zoo class
writing at the vienna poetry school and schönbrunn zoo. prose.
postponed to may 2021; exact dates tba! 
open for registration!

a ghost festival about the absent present in and around us
films | lectures | readings | performances | music
a ghost cinema evening on 15 october plus two festival evenings on 16 and 17 october 2020 due to corona measures postponed to 2021!
info: >> https://sfd.at/en/newsflash/festival-postponed?set_language=en&cl=en
vienna poetry school in association with schauspielhaus wien, in cooperation with filmarchiv austria / metro kinokulturhaus and slash filmfestival

a graveyard poetry class
19, 20 and 22 october, class performance on 23 october 2020
(application for free participation until 18 sept.!)

may you live in interesting times.
the crisis blog by vienna poetry school writers
from 19 march 2020 >> sfd.at/krisenblog (in german)

more of the sfd-series.
authors talk with fritz ostermayer about music and text production.
next "album" with lydia haider on 16 october 2020 at schauspielhaus wien!

online class with peter rosei
short prose
7 september until (max.) 19 october 2020 (or until a maximum of 90 contributions)
free participation

class on erotic poetry.
7, 8, 9 and 11 september; class performance during the festival "452 jahre wiener gruppe" on 20 september 2020
in association with "sprachspiel. biennale west"

hate speeches against everyday objects
online writing class
prose/poetry/drama, max. nr. of characters: 1,500
free participation from 9 june until 21 july 2020

we're looking for short literary texts on the topic of ghosts for:
sfd& gespenster (ghosts)
magazine of the vienna poetry school #02
deadline for submissions: 15 july 2020
(literary form: open (poem, prose, drama, ghost diary ...)

online micro radio play class from 6 may until 17 june 2020. participation free of charge.

due to the corona event restrictions the class will be held virtually
digital class (max. 8 participants). internet connection required.
25 until 28 may 2020 (waiting list)

for the third time, the european association of creative writing programmes (eacwp) organizes a flash fiction contest – for texts with not more than 100 words! participation in 12 different european languages. deadline for submissions: 15 march (13.00h CET) – extended until 1 april!

online class with peter rosei
prose, poetry or (micro)drama
6 april until 18 may 2020 (or up to a maximum of 90 text contributions)
participation free of charge

write a text that consumes itself.
online class with sophie reyer.
5 february until 18 march 2020. free participation

deadline: 9 january 2020
announcement of the top 10 radio plays on 18 february at "alte schmiede". presentation of the winners: 28 february at orf-funkhaus, broadcast on 7 march at radio ö1 "hörspiel-magazin".