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S Shore
- Location
- Burbank, California, USA
- Birthday
- May 11
- Bio
- Acclaimed Spoken Word Artist Sally Shore was a 2001 Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department Regional Arts Grant winner for her New Short Fiction Series™, L.A.’s longest running spoken word series, now in its 15th year of bringing the freshest new voices in West Coast short fiction to Los Angeles audiences. She appears frequently in spoken word festivals and literary events including KPCC’s Crawford Family Forum, When Words Collide, California State University Los Angeles’ Cup O’Culture Series, the NoHo International Arts Festival, “Live” from the Red Tent and the Newport Beach Public Library’s Manuscript Literary Lecture Series. Shore, a regular on both NBC’s Suddenly Susan debut season and the 2000 season of BET’s Live from L.A./Saturday Night Slam, she has also appeared on TV’s Bless This House and General Hospital. Profiled on Home and Garden Television’s Party At Home, she also recorded a spoken word guest track on D-Zire’s debut album.
MY RECENT POSTS
- New Short Fiction Series Alums
at LA Times Festival of Books
April 28, 2011 06:55PM - Upcoming Fiction Writing
Contests
March 27, 2011 04:32PM - Dead Love Nom!
March 07, 2011 09:36PM - Dead Love: a story of love in
the dark
February 18, 2011 09:09PM - Black/Brown Dialogues 2/26/11
February 08, 2011 07:08PM
S Shore's Links
- New list
- The New Short Fiction Series
New Short Fiction Series Alums at LA Times Festival of Books
New Short Fiction Series "alums" appearing at The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books include Aimee Bender, Tod Goldberg, Dana Johnson, Laila Lalami, Mary Otis, Adrienne Sharp, Tatjana Soli, Jervey Tervalon and Karen Tei Yamashita. The Los Angeles Festival of Books takes place at the University… Read full post »
Upcoming Fiction Writing Contests
The deadlines for thirty-two contests fall between now and May 15, including publication of a collection of short stories by Black Lawrence Press. Visit Poet & Writers writing contest database for details. Read full post »
Dead Love Nom!
Linda Watanabe McFerrin's Dead Love is a 2010 Bram Stoker Award Nominee for Superior Achievement in a Novel.
Buy your first edition online via The New Short Fiction Series website and a portion of your purchase will support our spoken word series. Read full post »
Dead Love: a story of love in the dark
Linda Watanabe McFerrin's Dead Love: a story of love ... in the dark, just released by Stone Bridge Press. Delightfully disgusting, Dead Love is the new horror genre at its best. Fans of Twilight, World War Z, and Neil Gaiman will devour this fine novel whole." —ForeWord
Buy your co… Read full post »
Black/Brown Dialogues 2/26/11
Peter J. Harris and the Inspiration House Poetry Choir will present "The Black/Brown Dialogues", an evening of music and spoken word, Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 7 p.m. at Avenue 50 Studio in Highland Park. Read full post »
The Lotus Eaters and Story of the Week
Vicky Mlyniec was selected for Story of the Week by Short Story America.
Tatjana Soli will be reading/signing her new release The Lotus Eaters throughout the Southland this spring. Purchase a copy online via The New Short Fiction Series website and a portion of your purchase will su… Read full post »
Dana Johnson at Tongue and Groove
Dana Johnson (Break Any Woman Down) will read Sunday, January 30 at Tongue and Groove.
Failbetter winner, Best Horror Short nominee & Tiffany Lamps
Lou Mathews' The Irish Sextet won the Failbetter contest.
Peter Balaskas' Chamber Music (presented at The New Short Fiction Series October 2010), was nominated by Preditors and Editors Reader's Poll for Best Horror Short Story of 2010.
Susan Vreeland's lastest novel Clara and Mr. Tif… Read full post »
Rooster contender and 2 new releases
Aimee Bender's The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake is a contender in The Morning News' 2011 Tournament of Books. The winner receive's The Rooster award, literally, a live rooster.
New NSFS alum releases: Adrienne Sharp's The True Memoirs of Little K (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) a novel… Read full post »
New Short Fiction Series alum Dan Akst on KPCC 1/13/11
New Short Fiction Series launched 15th season 1/9/2011
The New Short Fiction Series™, Los Angeles' longest running spoken word series, opened its 15th Anniversary Season with a presentation of Steve De Jarnatt’s Rubiaux Rising and other stories on January 9, 2011 at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park in cooperation with t… Read full post »
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