Colorado Authors’ League 2018 Writing Awards Nominee Readings
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olorado Authors' League 76th Award Nominees, from 12 categories, judged by Southwest Writers of New Mexico, published their books in 2017 to wide acclaim. And so we honor them at the 2018 Awards Banquet in May. But before we announce the winners, Tattered Cover, Book Bar and Vintage Theater in partnership with the Colorado Theater Guild will host the authors who will share their work with you.
Colorado has produced numerous amazing theater actors, directors, producers and playwrights. The Tony Award itself is named for Denver native Antoinette Perry, an actress and director who also co-founded the American Theatre Wing. Perry was a graduate of Denver’s East High School before she headed to New York to follow in her family’s stage actors’ footsteps. This year's award honors the late Mary Coyle Chase, a longtime Colorado Authors' League (CAL) member, who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning stage play Harvey in 1943. The play won its first Tony in 1948, and another in 1970. In honor of Coyle Chase’s achievement, this year's award categories include outstanding screenplay and sustained achievement in stage play creation.
Come see the Colorado Authors’ League 2018 Writing Awards Nominee Readings:
BookBar, 4280 Tennyson, Denver will host on Wednesday, April 25:
-6:30 pm - Finalists in Feature Articles and Essays
Tattered Cover, Aspen Grove, 7301 S. Santa Fe, Littleton will host on Sunday, April 29:
-1:30 to 3:00 - Finalists in Children's and Young Adult categories
-3:00 to 4:30 - Finalists in Non-Fiction
-4:30 to 6:00 - Finalists in Fiction
Vintage Theater, at Dayton and Colfax, in Aurora, in partnership with the Colorado Theater Guild will host on Monday, April 30:
6:30 - Finalists in in Play Scripts, Screenplays, and Poetry
Award Categories are:
POETRY, SINGLE POEM All forms, with the single poem published in a magazine or journal (can be online) or published in a poetry anthology, book, or chapbook.
POETRY, COLLECTION All forms; 2 in a collection; chapbook
BLOG 3-5 posts from a single blog
FEATURE ARTICLES Travel; trends; profiles; how-to; investigative; round-ups; etc.
ESSAYS Op-ed; humor; inspirational; personal; etc.
GENERAL NONFICTION adult; book length
CREATIVE NONFICTION adult; book length
SHORT FICTION Adult/children
CHILDREN’S Book length
YOUNG ADULT Book length
CHILDREN’S/YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Book length
MAINSTREAM FICTION Book length
GENRE FICTION Book length
NON-FICTION EBOOK Book length
FICTION EBOOK Book length
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