Imagine March: Storied Stories
Scene by scene, one writer at a time walks us through a specific house or apartment building. It might be a physical progression through space, or it might be a journey through time.
The audience gets to peek into the lives of each of the residents and the writers get to practice being creative within fairly strict boundaries.
Alameda Shorts: Grown Up Story Time
Writers pick up the one-word theme and play with it until they find the story they want to tell. The word must be included in some way.
The result is a curated collection of short fiction (any genre) and mini memoir pieces that can be read to a live audience in five minutes.
Submissions are for consideration only; being included as a reader at an Alameda Shorts lit night is not guaranteed.
Selection is based on the personal likes and dislikes of each judge as much as quality, much like the whims of editors who accept and reject submissions in the world of publication.
Imagine August: Between the Lines
Writers choose their first line from a long list. First come, first served, and no repeats; once a first line has been claimed, it’s removed from the list.
As soon as the list of writers and their first lines has been established, I go back and randomly assign first lines as last lines to each person and they write the scene they imagine happens between the lines.
