Shakespeare’s Sister Fellow, Dipika Guha
Dipika Guha of New York, NY, is the recipient of A Room of Her Own Foundation’s first Shakespeare’s Sister Fellowship, a partnership joining A Room of Her Own Foundation (AROHO), Hedgebrook, and The Lark together with award-winning actress, playwright, and author Ellen McLaughlin. This gestational, communal, and developmental fellowship is the trifecta of playwriting opportunities for a female playwright, offering a $10,000 prize and...
Interview with Julie Marie Wade
“You must be relentless. You must not be dissuaded or discouraged. When you have written and revised each piece of work or compilation to its fullest potential, it’s time to send it out into the world and keep sending it out into the world for as long as it takes. This can be years. Don’t give up.” AROHO asked 2014 To the Lighthouse Winner Julie Marie Wade about what winning the To the Lighthouse Book Prize has...
Interview with Carolyn Guinzio
“Submit your work, women writers! To the Orlando Prize, to the To The Lighthouse Prize— to everything for which it is appropriate. That is a caveat, especially since contest fees add up quickly. Know the work of the judge, and make some calculated choices based on aesthetics.” AROHO asked 2010 To the Lighthouse Winner Carolyn Guinzio about what winning the To the Lighthouse Poetry Book Prize has meant to her and about what...
Interview with Leia Penina Wilson
“Sometimes you have to be a snob. Nobody else is going to do that work for you. You have to be generous to yourself. You have to unshy yourself.” AROHO asked 2014 To the Lighthouse Winner Leia Penina Wilson about what winning the To the Lighthouse Book Prize has meant to her and about what it took to get there. AROHO: If we’re remembering correctly, the first time you held the final published product of i built a...
Accepting General Applications for the 2015 Retreat
Now Open between October 31st, 2014, and January 15, 2015 CLICK TO SUBMIT ONLINE Join our growing assembly of women writers! Not simply a retreat, and much more than a writer’s conference, AROHO’s Retreat & Waves Discussion Series at Ghost Ranch (Abiquiu, NM) is a week-long interdisciplinary experience shaped by our transformative and generous history. In the words of participants, it is “a tapestry of women who, together, create...
This month’s edition of WAVES is dedicated to our creative sisters whose spirits burn for their art while they are in the fight of their lives.
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How is artistic expansion the antidote to our worldly challenges?
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Creative sisters, shoulder to shoulder, shore to shore.
This time, there is no setting our art aside. This time, there is no setting our art asunder. This is our time.
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