eacwp flash fiction contest: vote online!
this year's eacwp flash fiction contest enters the final round. 12 submissions (one text per participating language) are available for selection. online voting until 30 June, 13h (CET)
schule für dichtung
vienna poetry school
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this year's eacwp flash fiction contest enters the final round. 12 submissions (one text per participating language) are available for selection. online voting until 30 June, 13h (CET)
send in your short literary texts on the topic of "fear" ("angst") for:
sfd& angst
magazine of the vienna poetry school #07
deadline for submissions: 12 june 2025
any literary form possible
creative writing in europe
- the vienna poetry school was represented by orhan kipcak and harriet nachtmann at this year's meeting of the european association of creative writing programmes in lisbon.
- new online publication: papers on writing & creativity (eacwp conference, madrid 2023)
open online class with writer angela lehner; all types of texts possible
26 september until 24 october 2024
free participation (join anytime)
info & registration >> https://sfd.at/en/lehner
sincere congratulations! sfd poet & teacher augusta laar represented vienna poetry school at the summer writing program in june 2024 on the occasion of the anniversary
the winner of the eacwp flash fiction contest 2024 is olivia watson with her english text "tug o war" 13 texts in different languages competed in the final round.
submit your short literary texts on the topic "grotesque" for
sfd& groteske
magazine of the vienna poetry school #06
deadline: 14 july 2024
>> details for submission
this year's eacwp flash fiction contest enters into its final round. 13 submissions (one text per participating language) are competing against each other. public voting until 30 june 2024, 1 p.m. (CET)
we are delighted to announce that nicolas mahler is the new artistic director of the vienna poetry school (sfd)!
talk with anne waldman (poet, performer, professor and cultural activist) and jürgen berlakovich
sfd podcast #08, online from 9 november 2023
classes with fabian navarro, peter waldeck und fritz ostermayer
october 2023
the jury has decided. out of numerous submissions, 40 texts (in german and english) have been chosen for the #05 of the sfd magazine.
a big thank you to all the writers for their contributions!
exhibition at the vienna poetry school by sabine groschup
with (amongst others): tgg #19 dedicated to peter weibel
2 june until 16 november 2023
opening: thurs., 1 june 2023, 7 p.m.
venue: schule für dichtung, mariahilfer str. 88a/stiege III/7, 1070 vienna
wanted: short literary "pataphysical" texts for:
sfd& pataphysik (pataphysics)
magazine of the vienna poetry school #05
call closes: 30 july 2023
first place went to davy d'halluin (belgium) with his text "three across". 12 texts in different european languages were in the final round.
choose your favourite text out of 12 finalists – open until 30 june (1 p.m. CET)!
lectures, performances, workshops
6 until 11 june 2023, at various places in vienna
a cooperation of ArtEZ university (arnhem, nl), academy of fine arts (vienna) and vienna poetry school
creative writing in europe.
the vienna poetry school (sfd) was represented in madrid by fritz ostermayer, orhan kipcak, fabian navarro and harriet nachtmann at this year's meeting of the european network.
connecting with your muses, machines, and spirits
a zoom class on the techniques of "automatic writing" with the canadian poet sandra huber
teaching language: english
22, 23, 25 and 26 may 2023
>> info & registration
deadline for subsidised places: 28 april!
call for texts!
literature contest
organised by vienna poetry school and the project "meaoiswiamia" (more than we alone), austria as guest of honour, at the leipzig book fair 2023
deadline: 15 february 2023 (win appealing prizes!)