Events for January 23-30, 2025

Literary Happenings in the Coastal Bend

Thursday, January 23, 2025

Corpus Christi Traveling Library: Low Maintenance Book Club

6:30-8:30 PM

Free!

• Corner Bakery Cafe

  4938 S. Staples St.

  Corpus Christi, TX

Turning pages and starting new chapters! Our Traveling Library’s first meeting of the year is here—low-maintenance, high-readers’ spirit. Let’s dive in together!

Check out

https://www.thetravelinglibrarycctx.com/

for more information.

Friday, January 24, 2025

Scribbling by the Sea

10:00 AM-11:30 AM

Free!

• The Starbucks on the Island

  14002 SPID

  Corpus Christi, TX 78418

Come meet other writers, and then get down to work!
10-10:30 AM We can chat, celebrate, and commiserate.
10:30-11:30 AM Time to write! We'll focus on our works-in-progress.

For more information, contact Alyson Greene alysoncgreene@gmail.com

Friday, January 24, 2025

Writers and Bloggers Meetup: Writer Power Hour

6-8 PM

Free!

• Corner Bakery Cafe

  4938 S. Staples St.

  Corpus Christi, TX

For this meeting, we’ll spend about an hour (or longer or shorter, depending on when you’d like to arrive and leave) writing. Bring whatever you’d like to work on and whatever you prefer to write with. For moe information check out the Corpus Christi Writers and Bloggers Facebook page.

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Friday, February 28, 2025

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Spring Fling is now open for submissions through February 28, 2025. Spring Fling is a web-based anthology. Two main themes:

The season, including religious and cultural observances

Romance

We're looking for short pieces: poems and stories from 1 - 5 pages. We want stories and poems about the season. This includes human stories set against the cultural and religious observances of the season.

"Spring" and "Fling" imply romance. We want love stories. The romance novel remains the most popular literary genre. We want short pieces that mimic the romance novel. We'd also love to see submissions that turn the genre on its head.

Nothing gratuitous or explicit will be considered.

We are interested in including original art, photography, video, and audio. Since Spring Fling is a web-based anthology, it can accommodate all media. In print and e-reader versions, we'll use QR codes to link to video.

The submissions will be posted on MaysPublishing.com starting on March 1, 2025. If we receive enough submissions, we will combine some or all into a book version.

If your work is selected for the book version, you will receive a complimentary e-book copy of Spring Fling.

There will be a live component. Readings and an open mic will be held at The Art Museum of South Texas on March 20, 2025. If you can't attend in person, please send a video. We'll include it in the event.

Send submissions as attached Word documents to MaysPublishing@Yahoo.com. Put "Spring Fling" in the subject line.

PEOPLE'S LITERARY FESTIVAL REQUESTS PRESENTERS, VOLUNTEERS, VENDORS & SPONSORS

Corpus Christi, TX – The People's Literary Festival is set to captivate literary enthusiasts, promote academic excellence, elevate professional creative writing, and contribute to the Coastal Bend economy by bringing writers and readers together to honor expression through poetry, literature and storytelling in a three-day event from March 6 to March 8, 2025.

This year we celebrate the 10th anniversary of our campus-community collaboration of Del Mar College and Texas A&M University Corpus Christi (TAMUCC) faculty, staff, students, All Saints' Episcopal Church, local and regional businesses, and nationally and internationally published authors.

Highlights of the People's Literary Festival include:

• Corpus Christi Poet Laureates Ceremony and Readings

• Robb Jackson Award Ceremony for High School Poets

• Keynote Speaker and Literary Showcase Readings

• Interactive Creative Writing Workshops

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT:

https://peoplesliteraryfestival.com/

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REQUEST FOR PRESENTERS:
2025 Panel Proposal Submission Form
2025 Creative Writing Workshop Proposal Submission Form
2025 Individual Creative Written Work Reading Submission Form
2025 Robb Jackson Award High School Student Poetry Contest
2025 Vendors and Booksellers

We can't do it without volunteers, sponsors and donors. Will you help us?
REQUEST FOR VOLUNTEERS, VENDORS & SPONSORS:
Become a Volunteer
Become a Sponsor
Become a Donor
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Contact: J.D. Leza, Festival Chair, chair@peoplesliteraryfestival.com, 206-817-8452

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