Est. 1994
We are a group of writers, of all levels, ages and interests, who write everything from magazine articles, romance, mystery, suspense/thrillers, screenplays, kids’ books, and more.
We are located in Scottsdale, Arizona, at the Mustang branch of the Scottsdale Public Library.
This blog is produced independently by group members and is not affiliated with the library, though we are grateful for their support.
http://library.ci.scottsdale.az.us/
Thanks for visiting!
Just tuned in and I love it that the group has a forum. Thanks Heidi.
I rec’d a cute quote today: “It don’t matter how big a ranch you got, ot how many cattle you brand. The size of your funeral depends on the weather.” Harry Truman
Comment by virginia nosky — August 15, 2008 @ 12:11 am |
Please help us spread the word! The Fall Issue of The Blue Guitar magazine is now out!
Dear Scottsdale Writers’ Group, please help us get the word out to your writers and poets. Thank you so much!
The Fall Issue of The Blue Guitar literary and arts magazine, for all Arizonans and spotlighting the works of Arizona artists and writers, is now available for your downloading pleasure for free from our Web site:
http://www.theblueguitarmagazine.org
The Fall Issue features the works of Arizona poets, writers and artists:
Paige Blatnik • Jodi Cisman • Lysa Cohen • W. Jerald Cole • Richard Colosimo • Lauren Dixon • Trish Dolasinski • Keely Ernst • Andrea Ervin • Tony Fabiano • Robin K. Ferguson • Mel Flores • Devin Fuller • James Gaitis • Allison Gatlin • Brittany Gonzales • Flora Grateron • John Mikal Haaheim • Andrea Hernandez Holm • Natasha Karaczan • Lindsey Kupfer • Luis Carlos Lopez • Josh Louchheim • B Love • Melissa Matyas • Sharon McCarthy • Charlsy Panzino • Andrew Pentis • Dan Ramirez • Jeannine Savard • Richard Fenton Sederstrom • Amanda Soto • Lilvia Soto • Melanie Tighe
At 76 pages, the Fall Issue has 22 more pages than our inaugural Spring Issue, and has 34 contributors, 10 more than in the spring.
Plus, in conjunction with the release of the Fall Issue of The Blue Guitar magazine, we are holding an arts and literary gathering Dec. 12. I would like to invite everyone to come. I’ve included the details at the end of this e-mail.
Thank you so much! Hope all is well!
Rebecca Dyer,
Editor, The Blue Guitar magazine
The Blue Guitar arts and literary magazine is a nonprofit project of the nonprofit Arizona Consortium for the Arts
Details on the Dec. 12 arts gathering:
A day of free family fun!
‘A Day of Culture’ Dec. 12
The Arizona Consortium for the Arts proudly presents
A Day of Culture for the holiday season, including:
•A free event for the whole family
•Performances by local groups
•Readings from the fall 2009 issue of The Blue Guitar magazine, including a dedication of the issue to the late Richard Colosimo, Scottsdale resident and World War II veteran
•Raffles and auction
Starting at noon Saturday, Dec. 12 at Peoria
Home & Garden Expo Center, 8606 W. Ludlow
Drive, Suite E, Peoria. (The Peoria Expo is off
the Loop 101 at Thunderbird Road, just behind
Dillon’s Restaurant.)
For more information about this event or how
you can help the nonprofit Arizona Consortium
for the Arts with startup costs or how you can
become a member of the consortium, visit the
consortium’s Web site at: http://www.artizona.org
Comment by Rebecca Dyer — November 29, 2009 @ 9:24 pm |
The Blue Guitar magazine is helping to spread the word for the ASU Piper Center for Creative Writing that there are still several openings for classes this spring, including this one that sounded really cool to us!
PIPER WRITERS STUDIO – POETRY WORKSHOP
“Ekphrasis: Conversation Among Arts”
Instructor: Mark Haunschild
8 WEEK SESSION (February 15 – April 5)
Mondays, 6:30-8:30 PM
Piper Writers House, ASU Tempe Campus
Cost: $400 / $360 for Piper Friends
Course Description: In this class we’ll create art about art—specifically, we’ll write poems in response to art in the local Phoenix area. In doing so, we will join centuries of writers who have tried to better understand art and the human condition. In addition to reading and discussing contemporary poems, we’ll look at the origins of the ekphrastic tradition, from Horace to Keats (and his famous rumination on mortality in “On Seeing the Elgin Marbles”). The class will focus on generating and revising original poems. We’ll work to get the creative wheels turning, and experiment with strategies to develop drafts. Our class will also visit local art museums, during which time we’ll collaborate on a long poem in response to an exhibition of the class’s choice.
Piper Writers Studio
The Piper Writers Studio offers classes and workshops for writers of all levels. Each course is led by an experienced writer and teacher. In-person courses take place at the Piper Writers House on the ASU Tempe Campus. Online courses are a convenient way to take advantage of the Piper Writers Studio from anywhere in the world. Participants use web-based forums to submit their work and interact with the instructor and other class members.
All of the Spring classes will culminate with a reading and celebration at the Piper Writers House.
For information about Piper Writer’s Studio Classes, visit: http://www.asu.edu/piper/workshops/
Comment by Rebecca Dyer — February 11, 2010 @ 10:07 pm |
A Call for Summer!
The Blue Guitar magazine is pleased to announce the launch of a new summer issue and is sending out a call to Arizona writers in all genres!
The Blue Guitar is accepting submissions for its summer edition through July 20, 2010.
Submissions are sought in all genres — fiction, poetry, plays, creative nonfiction. Writers must submit original work and must live in Arizona. Simultaneous submissions will be accepted, but the writer must notify the magazine as soon as possible if the work is accepted elsewhere. Submissions selected by the editor will appear in the summer edition of the magazine, which will be published online and potentially in print. Please include your name and the best way to contact you on your submission. It is free to submit and submissions may be made in multiple genres. Submissions will be accepted through July 20, 2010. Manuscripts and photos that are mailed to the magazine cannot be returned.
Send submissions to:
Rebecca Dyer at: rebeccadyer@theblueguitarmagazine.org
or the Arizona Consortium for the Arts at info@artizona.org
or mail to: The Arizona Consortium for the Arts
14608 N. 40th Way
Phoenix, AZ 85032
The Arizona Consortium for the Arts is a startup, nonprofit group dedicated to supporting and fostering artists and the arts in Arizona, including the literary, visual and performing arts.
The Blue Guitar Magazine, http://www.theblueguitarmagazine.org, is a project of The Arizona Consortium for the Arts.
Comment by Rebecca Dyer — June 18, 2010 @ 6:07 pm |
Please help us spread the word! The Fall 2010 Issue of the literary and arts magazine The Blue Guitar is now out!
The Blue Guitar Fall 2010 edition is now available for your free downloading pleasure at http://www.theblueguitarmagazine.org!
Featuring the words and works of Arizona writers and artists:
Michael Gregory * Laura Maher * Esther Schnur-Berlot * Tamara Mikell-Choudhury * Sean Medlin * Christyne Moraga-Cisterna * Joshua Hunter Hensley * David Chorlton * Charles Watts * Kaitlin Meadows * Kelly Nelson * Richard Fenton Sederstrom * Marcela Camarena-Lubian * Asher Wyndham
A Note from the Editor:
Our decision to focus on poetry for this issue of The
Blue Guitar was spurred by several factors, among them
an overflowing abundance of exceptionally good poetry
submitted, as well as a couple of other
things:
1) I received a letter in the mail from
The Poetry House in New York the other
day, asking for a donation. I asked myself
why the East Coast continues to corner
the market on all things poetry.
2) During a recent spirited discussion
at work on how to handle the spelling
of E.E. Cummings’ name (apparently
he did prefer uppercase and periods), one colleague (I hope
tongue-in-check … for his sake), said, “No one reads poetry
anymore, anyway,” which was met rightfully so with a loud
chorus of boos, hisses and “No way!”s. “There’s plenty of
good poetry out there,” I argued, to which a wiser colleague
added, “And bad poetry, too. I know, I’ve written my share.”
The point is, poetry as the most poignant and most potent
expression of the human heart will never go out of style.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, poetry is alive and well here in
Arizona.
And for proof, I give you Exhibit A: the fall issue of The
Blue Guitar.
Editor Rebecca “Becca” Dyer
Comment by Rebecca Dyer — November 24, 2010 @ 7:17 pm |
A Special Call to Writers for Spring 2011
Dedicated to the people of Tucson and in honor of the victims of the tragedy there, the Spring 2011 Issue of The Blue Guitar literary and arts magazine will publish literary works with the theme “Healing and Hope.” Please help us in our remembrance and submit for our special dedicatory issue.
The Blue Guitar magazine will accept literary submissions for the Spring 2011 Edition from Feb. 1 through March 15. Submissions are sought in all genres – fiction, poetry, plays, creative nonfiction – with the theme “Healing and Hope.” Writers must submit original work for consideration and must live in Arizona. Simultaneous submissions will be accepted, but the writer must notify the magazine as soon as possible if the work is accepted elsewhere. It is free to submit, and submissions may be made in multiple genres. Please include your name and the best way to contact you on your submission. To submit or for further information, e-mail Rebecca Dyer at rebeccadyer@theblueguitarmagazine.org.
Comment by Rebecca Dyer — February 3, 2011 @ 9:44 pm |
I am looking for a creative writing class for my 12 year old – any suggestions?
Comment by Deanne — May 21, 2012 @ 12:28 am |