newsflash

eacwp (european association of creative writing programmes) & creatief schrijven organise the 5th international pedagogical conference in brussels from 13 to 15 september 2018. teachers/schools/educators around the globe involved in creative writing are invited to submit their papers until 15 june 2018!

reading in three parts (4 students each) on a mobile rotating stage during the festival wir sind wien.festival der bezirke 2018
5 june: siebenbrunnenplatz, 1050 vienna
6 june: naschmarkt/schleifmühlbrücke, 1060 vienna attention! due to rain change of venue: sfd, mariahilfer str. 88a/stiege III/7, 1070 vienna
7 june: mariahilfer straße 76, 1070 vienna
each at 6.30 p.m. free admission.

"this language is made of flesh and stone". prose/drama/performance.
28, 29 may, 4 june 2018, class presentation on 5, 6 and 7 june in association with "wir sind wien. festival der bezirke."

results from the prose class with peter rosei.
fri., 18 may, 8 p.m. free admission
venue: AU, brunnengasse 76, 1160 vienna

"the way to you." - prose montages: strategy and praxis.
peter rosei once more holds a class at sfd!
14 to 17 may, class presentation on 18 may 2018.
>> more info

STARTING on world poetry day!
"café gerstl". a class inspired by poems of elfriede gerstl.
free participation from 21 march to 16 may 2018
go to (in german) >> http://sfd.at/gerstl (just register).
the contributions are commented alternatingly by augusta laar and judith nika pfeifer.
20 april, 7 p.m.: exhibition opening "café gerstl to go" & preliminary class presentation

you are invited!
fri., 4 may: 7.30 p.m.: presentation and party; free admission
venue: perinetkeller/iode, perinetgasse 1, 1200 vienna

by augusta laar (ger/sui/aut) & judith nika pfeifer (aut/ger)
fri., 20 april 2018, 7 p.m.
venue: vienna poetry school, mariahilfer str. 88a/stiege III/7, 1070 vienna
exhibition "café gerstl to go" until 31 august 2018
online class "café gerstl" until 16 may 2018

"emotional logic systems" – atmospheric and poetic staging".
a writing and performance class with
musician, media, action and performance artist mike hentz
30 april, 2 and 3 may, class presentation & party on 4 may 2018
>> info & registration

about the poetry of expiry.
an invitation by sonderzahl verlag & vienna poetry school
tuesd., 10 april 2018, 5:45 p.m.: excursion to the public scales. meeting point: urban-loritz-platz (stairs), 1070 vienna
7 p.m.: reading & talk with rosa pock, michael beisteiner, georg körner, andy urban & fritz ostermayer; venue: vinoe weinhandlung, piaristengasse 35, 1080 vienna

european beat studies network
7th annual conference:
vienna, 3 - 6 october 2018 (co-organized by vienna poetry school)
call for papers
final extended deadline for conference submissions: march 15th*, 2018!

writers in conversation with fritz ostermayer on music and text production.
sfd-series. music/text/talk. first guest in 2018: ferdinand schmalz.
thurs., 22 march 2017, 7 p.m.; free admission
venue: literaturhaus, zieglergasse 26a, 1070 vienna
tip: ferdinand schmalz will hold a class at sfd end of may/beginning of june 2018

the winners have been chosen: malte abraham, michael crombach, konrad behr und sveta schwin received awards for their short radio plays!

competition for european writers: eacwp (european association of creative writing programmes) holds its 1st flash fiction contest. participation in one of the european languages, a text with max. 100 words, deadline: 1 march 2018 (1 p.m. CET)

by patrick pilsl alias martin dean (visual artist & musician; berlin/klagenfurt)
until 28 february 2018
venue: vienna poetry school, mariahilfer str. 88a/stiege III/7, 1070 vienna

organised by radio ö1 & vienna poetry school. plays can be uploaded from now on until 5 january 2018. the top 10 radio plays will be introduced on 5 february 2018. presentation of the winners: 23 february, broadcast on 3 march 2018

"gaga does dada". a class for scratching and writing in vienna.
with comic-strip artist line hoven (hamburg) and writer teresa präauer (vienna)
30, 31 january, 1 february,
class presentation on 2 february 2018
already open for registration! >> http://sfd.at/gagadada (in german)

"wiener waagen – von der poesie des ablaufdatums" ("vienna's public scales – on the poetry of the expiration date") is the title of a new sfd-publication! texts accompanying photos by andreas urban.
edition schule für dichtung, vienna, at sonderzahl publishing house
mon., 18 december 2017, 5.30 p.m.: preview at advent market karlsplatz with rosa pock, tex rubinowitz, additional scales-poets, andy urban & fritz ostermayer

sfd teachers send their audio and video greetings – to watch and listen to:
>> http://sfd.at/25jahre

"high-level lamenting". BEGINS 8 november 2017.
8 nov. to 15 dec. 2017: free participation, go to (site in german):
>> http://sfd.at/jammern (just register)