In the sustaining spirit of community, and in honor of our next decade of growth and inspiration, AROHO is asking creative women to Give 10 in 2010 to build The Freedom Endowment.
Give ten dollars. Give ten dollars each—you and your writing group, your family, your colleagues, together with thousands of other creative women and those who support them—and transform the flimsy and fleeting into the powerful and permanent. Alone, a $10 bill is a pair of cheap sunglasses, or a coffee shop indulgence. Joined with 9,999 others a $10 bill is a movement driven by the power of creative women, and a gift of freedom we can give to ourselves and each other.
Become a Freedom Endowment Funder, a cornerstone of the Gift of Freedom's future. Please encourage anyone and everyone who supports creative women in the arts to Give 10 in 2010.
AROHO's Winter Book Club Selection
More of This World or Maybe Another, by Barb Johnson, is a collection of award-winning stories about four outsiders whose unruly lives intersect on the back streets of New Orleans...Funny and haunting by turns, Johnson's unforgettable characters are driven by something fragile and irresistible, a sputtering drive to love and be loved. —From Harper Collins' Reading Guide.
Please join Barb, AROHO's fifth Gift of Freedom winner, as she hosts an AROHO Book Club discussion about her collection of short stories on AROHO's Facebook page. The discussion will begin Monday, January 11, 2010; simply click the DISCUSSIONS tab on the AROHO Facebook page to join in. In the meantime, become a fan of the book at the FB page More of This World or Maybe Another.
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Mark Your Calendars: March 6-7, 2010!!
In partnership with the National Hispanic Cultural Center, A Room of Her Own presents Women & Creativity Events March 6-7, 2010, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The spring weekend will be packed with numerous opportunities—writing classes and one-on-one manuscript consultations, small-group workshops, even a free theatre performance—for creative women to hone and reinvigorate their writing and creative life in the company of incredible women.
Dynamic faculty includes Kate Gale, poet, librettist and managing editor of LA’s literary gem, Red Hen Press; Meredith Hall, $50,000 Gift of Freedom winner and New York Times bestselling author of Without a Map; Mary Johnson, inspiration for AROHO and author of the long-awaited memoir An Unquenchable Thirst; Dana Levin, internationally acclaimed poet and master teacher; Ellen McLaughlin, celebrated actress and playwright best known for originating the role of the Angel in Tony Kushner’s "Angels in America;" and Summer Wood, $50,000 Gift of Freedom winner, author of two novels, and editor of Language and the Land, a chapbook collection of writing on place by New Mexico authors.
Detailed fee and scheduling information for the Women & Creativity March 2010 event is coming soon to A Room of Her Own's website. In the interim, please Contact Us with questions about the event, and continue to consult our events calendar for information about other 2010 events happening across the country.
Sixth $50,000 Literary Gift of Freedom: Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, and Drama
Postmark Deadline 10.10.10
New this cycle:
- Finalists selected in each of the three non-winning genres—the winner and finalists will be honored and featured at an AROHO Gift of Freedom event.
- Women who are legal residents of the United States are now eligible to apply for the Gift of Freedom (detailed instructions on how to submit proof of residency will be added to the application soon).
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