The second Stranger than Fiction Writing Challenge when we challenge writers at our open mics (Last Wednesday Series, Twisted pepper, Dublin; Last Wednesday Series, Rocky Sullivans, Brooklyn; Chapters and Verse Goes to London, Hammersmith Ram, London) and also to take part in a virtual open mic to create a poem or a piece of short fiction or prose based on something found in ‘real life’! This month’s challenge is a found poem or a found phrase. The found poem must be taken from a formal or official letter, a sign, a newspaper article…. It does not need to be the complete poem – other stanza can be added, but it must be acomplete stanza in the poem, and the found bit must be uninterrupted as it was found. In the case of prose the found phrase in its entirety must be the title of the piece and must also appear as a sentence in the piece.
Below, in alphabetial order are the submissions to the Challenge
Helen Dempsey:
Ross Hattaway:
Anne Tannam:
About Seven Towers
Sarah Lundberg
Seven Towers
Seven Towers was set up as a not for profit company in 2006 by a group of friends who loved great literature and wanted to play a part in the cultural scene. They knew of a great many superb writers and poets, who, because of the size of the Irish Market, were not finding publishers and exposure to the public. Thus they began publishing and agenting books and setting up readings, and have continued to do so since then. Seven Towers is not supported by any grant or aid, and is run totally on the good will of those who help and promote our work. We strive to foster an atmosphere of collaboration and co operation among artists of many different genres and disciplines. We also strive to foster a strong international feel to our work, inviting poets from other continents to drop by and read with us and work with us. Not only this, but 7Towers runs readings in the US and in Britain, including the Last Wednesday Series, and the Chapters and Verse series. Seven Towers is immensely proud to be part of a flourishing Dublin Literary scene and sees a bright future for Irish and international Writing.
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Sarah Lundberg
The Frozen Mic 