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 Committees > Kahani
What's
it about?
Kahani is a group of South Asian Americans in the DC/Baltimore metropolitan
area, who convene on a monthly basis to bring aspiring writers together.
Purposes
of Kahani
Develop a forum
to improve writing
Generate a learning, supportive environment for writers
Background
-Kahani means "story" in Hindi
-Established in 1999
-Monthly meetings
-Poetry/Play Readings with 60-90 attendees
-Hosted over 30 writing workshops
 
How
does it work?
Attendees will read the contributed piece. On the day of the workshop,
attendees will provide both written and verbal feedback to the author.
What
can the piece be about?
Open topic/genre. Include novel excerpts, web logs, screenplays, short
stories, prose/poems, travel logs etc.
How
many writers workshop their piece each time?
We would like a
max of 2 writers for each workshop. This gives sufficient time to each writer
to get feedback.
I
am interested, what do I do?
Contact Kahani
at kahani@netsap.org, or visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kahanidc
to sign up for our list serve!
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