Okay, there were people wondering what happened on Sunday because it rained.
Well…
IT RAINED.
That didn’t mean the parade didn’t go on though! It went on… With really soggy people.
But hey, I got to see Rozen (before it rained and when it was all sunny and humid) before the parade! She’s one of the grand marshals of the parade this year!
Yes, the 501st have special shamrock patches for events like these.
Continue reading St Patrick’s Parade and Blog Aloud – Fanboys!
NAC’s Mentor access project is up again! I’m going to try for the playwriting bit. And here’s copy pasting the info!
The Mentor Access Project (MAP), organised by National Arts Council, is now open for applications for its seventh intake starting in July 2009. MAP is an 18-month mentorship programme to ensure the sustained development of emerging writers by providing them with mentorship opportunities and ongoing critical feedback.
Apart from having the privilege of being tutored by an established writer/playwright, participants will enjoy opportunities for peer interaction and to foster stronger connections with the Singapore literary scene.
Selected applicants can also participate in Masterclass Talks and workshops conducted by established writers, public readings, as well as discussion forums and talks covering the business of publishing, such as copyrights and literary representations (agents).
The New Book Initiative enables promising original works submitted by MAP participants to be considered for book publication, in conjunction with NAC’s Publishing and Translation Grant. This is on top of enjoying publishing opportunities in an online literary journal to be produced by MAP at the end of the mentorship period.
Application is now open to Singaporean citizens or permanent residents, aged 18 years and above, writing in the field of poetry, prose or drama in any of the four official languages.
Deadline for application: May 15, 2009
For the newly-released 2009 application form, please email: mentoraccess@
Oh snap! I got to prepare a little portfolio before the end of May! I can do that, I think.
EDIT 24 March 2009:
Updated info with forms here!
Look! The Singapore Writers Festival’s website is now up! You can now download the forms, read the rules and application form for the Golden Point Award 2009.
GPA Summary:
You can write it in English/Malay/Chinese/Tamil in either poetry or a short story form. A minimum of 5 poems with a max of 8 and for short story, it’s 5000 words max.
Obviously it must be original, unpublished and oh here’s the thing, you can’t enter this competition if you’re a published writer! Just so you know, more fine details, just look at their forms.
Last year I was lugging camera gear at the parade. This year… Okay, I’m doing the same thing again BUT! Check out my friends from SEJA!
No, in real life their light sabres don’t glow that good due to the sunlight.
They’ll be at the parade again this year, doing their performance! The Jedi and the Sith. Pay no mind to Darth Vader and the storm troopers. Okay, you can pay them mind since they’re actually our pals from Singapore’s 501st (the largest imperial legion in South East Asia). But yeah, this year’s parade on the 15th March will have them again in the Star Wars contingent.
Okay, so I went there and the talks were pretty interesting and woaah, people actually DO blog seriously here!
Blogout was organized by The Digital Movement and as usual for any events… I got there early.
Just in case I’d get lost, you know. I went to the free one on the 7th March and it was located at 8Q SAM. See, there’s actually ANOTHER Singapore Arts Museum and you got to figure out which one it was. Thankfully they DID say 8Q cause the other one is further behind and quite a walk from it too.
Woooh, okay so with the obvious sign, I totally found it.
The usual info!
Date: 21st March 09
Location: Geek Terminal (as usual)
Time: 2pm – 4.30pm (though we tend to leave later than that. The place closes at 6pm though)
Agenda: No specific agenda YET but editing and other things, yes!
Firstly…
Date and time: 7 March 09, 10.30am – 5pm (at least for the free one)
Location: 8Q Singapore Arts Museum, 8 Queen Street, Singapore 188535
There’s two days. The first is for corporate types and you have to pay for the tickets while the 7th March one is FREE. I’ma be there that day to just listen to the programme, especially about the “Fire your boss! Ways you can turn your blog into a business in 2009” segment. I DO wish to know what else is in store and all that. More info at their website.
MEANWHILE! I went to the Creative Industries Fair on Saturday the 28th!
It was a rather cozy place…
This is one of the reasons I don’t lock my postbox to prevent junk and spam from being stuffed into the slot. I mean, duh, I lock my postbox but there’s the double lock here on it for spam/junk mail prevention to keep the slot closed and only the postman will have access to it…
So! None of us went to the Young Writer’s seminar and went to HSWG instead (I wonder if anyone blogged about the seminar though!). In any case, bonus points for us having Priya from Jacaranda literary agency to have a little talk with us.
Basic info for those especially in SG. You can send your three chapters plus a synopsis of your novel to them via email. Submissions of manuscripts and it being read are for free just so you know. Literary agencies do all the work for books (well except writing it, they’ll help you get edited/published/promo/etc) and this is one agency you can submit to here.
You can check their website or send your FICTION manuscript for perusal to Priya Doraswamy at priya.doraswamy(at)jacaranda-press.com if anything, you can still check their website and email there. Mostly, they do work in India/China/etc so they’re rather quite “new” in Singapore.
MEANWHILE…
27th Feb to 1st March at the Marina Square the Central Atrium from 10am till 10pm.
Pretty interesting! You can check out more info here on each day’s programme. I have… school but it ends at 6pm. I want to know more on the games though. Ugh, ugh. Their talk is at 6pm-7pm so I doubt I can get to listen in time. NONETHELESS, it doesn’t mean I can’t go check out their booths if so!
Young Writers’ Seminar this Saturday at 10am till 6pm at the Arts House.
And HSWG #2 , on Saturday at Geek Terminal, 2pm till whenever (read that as supposed to be around 5 but we linger more until near closing time).
Amusingly, I learned that some of my friends are going to YWS which is kinda cool since I haven’t seen them going to other previous events of these sort before! So in any case, I’ll get to know what happens there while I’m at GT!