Friends of Scratchpad, Your host Mary here with some news. I recently accepted a job in New York, so I’m moving back to the city on July 5. One of the many things I will miss about Portland is its friendly creative community, especially when said community is gathered at a special place like Mama’s [...]
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Nominate the CrowBar for Portland’s Best
It’s time to choose the best of Portland in the Phoenix’s annual BEST awards. If you’ve been to a Scratchpad reading you know our venue is something special: as the sign over the door says, Mama’s mission is “beer, friends, music, prose.” They could’ve added “a sense of community, good conversation, belly laughs, a superstar [...]
Submissions update
Hello folks, Programming note here: submissions are now CLOSED for the next two (!) Scratchpads — November 2010 and February 2011. That’s Scratchpad #4 and #5, respectively. Watch this space for more on the stellar lineups. Submissions for #6, in May 2011, are WIDE OPEN. May seems a long way off, yes, but consider this: [...]
Attention! Attention!
This just in from Friend of Scratchpad (FOS) Tanya Whiton, who threw down short story-wise at Scratchpad #1: the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance is celebrating its 35th birthday on Thursday, August 12 with an event they’re calling Author! Author! Should there be a period at the end of that sentence? Perhaps! Perhaps! The evening [...]
Submissions open: Scratchpad #3
Interested in reading some fiction or nonfiction at Scratchpad #3 (Tuesday, August 17)? The submission deadline is Tuesday, August 3. All the information you need is right here.
Schedule change
As you can see from the list of upcoming events in yonder sidebar, Scratchpad is moving to a quarterly schedule. Why? Because “quarterly” anything sounds dignified and important. Also, we want to keep interest high and the risk of boredom low. The change takes effect after our regularly-scheduled May 18th event. Those details forthcoming, but [...]
The obligatory test post
While I wrangle logistics and details, let us meditate on this remark, courtesy Peter De Vries: “I love being a writer. What I can’t stand is the paperwork.” Truer words, etc. etc.