Online Humanities Event

By Dawn Hassett on December 23, 2021

Writing Home: Writers on Writing Places They Love Humanities Hours: Alternating Wednesdays January 19, February 2, and February 16 • 6–7 PM Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/HumanitiesHour2022 Facebook: @inlandia Join Inlandia Institute in partnership with Riverside Public Library for a spin around the Inland Empire with local writers Rebecca K. O’Connor, Teresa Rhyne, Susan Straight, Douglas McCulloh, Isabel […]

Books

Winners

By Dawn Hassett on December 9, 2021

Hillary Gravendyk Prize Winners 2021 National Prize: Angelica Barraza Regional Prize: Alexandra Martinez Inlandia Institute is proud to announce the Hillary Gravendyk Poetry Prize winners for 2021, both of whom hail from Inland Southern California. Angelica Barraza of Redlands has been awarded the national prize for her poetry collection, How to Know You’re Dreaming When […]

Workshops

Winter Workshops

By Dawn Hassett on December 9, 2021

Register now for Inlandia’s Winter Writer’s Workshops: https://tinyurl.com/CWWWinter2022 Corona—Andrea Fingerson Beginning/Intermediate Levels: All GenresPartner: Corona Public LibraryEvery other Saturday starting 1/810:00 am-12:00 pm on Zoom Ontario—Victoria Waddle Intermediate/Advanced Levels: All GenresPartner: Ovitt Family Community LibraryEvery other Wednesday starting 1/126:30-8:30 pm on Zoom Redlands—Romaine Washington Beginning/Intermediate Levels: PoetryPartner: University of RedlandsEvery other Tuesday starting 1/116:30-8:30 pm […]

Call for Entries

Writing Prize

By Dawn Hassett on October 20, 2021

2021-22 Judge: Alex Espinoza • Deadline: January 31, 2022 Inlandia is proud to announce that esteemed author Alex Espinoza (Still Water Saints, The Five Acts of Diego León, Cruising: An Intimate History of a Radical Pastime) will serve as judge for the 2022 Eliud Martínez Prize. Eliud Martínez Prize Submission Submission period: November 1, 2021-January […]

Events in January 2022

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2 2:00 pm: CANCELED: More Dreamers Storytelling at RAM 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm January 2, 2022 More Dreamers of the Golden Dream Family Storytelling Day CANCELED: Sunday, January 2, 2022 (2:00 – 3:00 PM) Due to rising COVID numbers and concerns about the health and safety of all, we have, regretfully, canceled this event. More	3	4 11:30 am: Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside) 11:30 am – 1:00 pm January 4, 2022 Named in honor of beloved workshop leader CelenaDiana Bumpus, Celena's Scribes with workshop leader Wil Clarke meets weekly on Tuesdays from 11:30 AM-1:00 PM on Zoom. All genres. Participants are encouraged to write from a prompt and share their work, with friendly critiques offered by workshop members. Enrollment is limited. To register: https://tinyurl.com/2021WINTERCWW More	5 6:00 pm: On Writing Home: Writers Talk about Place with Larry Burns and Nikia Chaney 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm January 5, 2022 Riverside Public Library’s Humanity Series is back! Join Inlandia Institute in partnership with Riverside Public Library for a four-part spin around the Inland Empire with local writers Larry Burns, Nikia Chaney, Rebecca K. O’Connor, Teresa Rhyne, Susan Straight, Douglas McCulloh, Isabel Quintero, and Casandra Lopez. This series is free and open to the public, but registration is required: https://tinyurl.com/HumanitiesHour202 “A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes it, renders it, loves it so radically that he remakes it in his own image.” ― Joan Didion The scheduled speakers will offer insights, observations, and tools for writing about the location we call home – Inland Southern California. January 5: Larry Burns and Nikia Chaney January 19: Rebecca K. O’Connor and Teresa J. Rhyne February 2: Susan Straight and Douglas McCulloh February 16: Isabel Quintero and Casandra Lopez Larry Burns draws inspiration and ideas from the heady mixture of sights, sounds, peoples, and places of his hometown, Riverside, California. He is an active community leader, booster, and all-around fan of the recreation, entertainment, arts, and culture ready to be discovered across the Inland Empire. He is a founding member of the Inlandia Institute, and teaches English at Riverside City College and Humanities at Southern New Hampshire University. His second book with Reedy Press Publishers, Secret Inland Empire, is available through Barnes & Noble and other booksellers. Poet Nikia Chaney is the author of us mouth (University of Hell Press, 2018) and two chapbooks, Sis Fuss (2012, Orange Monkey Publishing) and ladies, please (2012, Dancing Girl Press). She has served as Inlandia Literary Laureate (2016-2018). She is founding editor of shufpoetry, an online journal for experimental poetry, and founding editor of Jamii Publishing, a publishing imprint dedicated to fostering community among poets and writers. She has been published in the Portland Review, Welter, Vinyl, Saranac Review, Kweli, 491, and Apogee. More	6	7	8 10:00 am: Creative Writing Workshop with Renee Gurley (Corona) 10:00 am – 12:00 pm January 8, 2022 This Beginning/Intermediate ALL GENRES workshop with Renee Gurley is based in Corona but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for alternating Saturdays – 1/8, 1/22, 2/5, 2/19, and 3/5/22– from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM. To register: https://tinyurl.com/2021WINTERCWW More
9	10	11 11:30 am: Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside) 11:30 am – 1:00 pm January 11, 2022 Named in honor of beloved workshop leader CelenaDiana Bumpus, Celena's Scribes with workshop leader Wil Clarke meets weekly on Tuesdays from 11:30 AM-1:00 PM on Zoom. All genres. Participants are encouraged to write from a prompt and share their work, with friendly critiques offered by workshop members. Enrollment is limited. To register: https://tinyurl.com/2021WINTERCWW More 6:30 pm: Creative Writing POETRY Workshop with Romaine Washington (Redlands) 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm January 11, 2022 This Beginning/Intermediate POETRY workshop with Romaine Washington is based in Redlands but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for alternating Tuesdays – 1/11, 1/25, 2/8, 2/22, and 3/8/22 – from 6:30-8:30 PM. To register: https://tinyurl.com/2021WINTERCWW More	12 6:30 pm: Creative Writing Workshop with Victoria Waddle (Ontario) 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm January 12, 2022 This Intermediate/Advanced ALL GENRES workshop with Victoria Waddle is based in Ontario but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for alternating Wednesdays – 1/12, 1/26, 2/9, 2/23, and 3/9/22– from 6:30-8:30 PM. To register: https://tinyurl.com/2021WINTERCWW More	13	14	15
16	17	18 11:30 am: Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside) 11:30 am – 1:00 pm January 18, 2022 Named in honor of beloved workshop leader CelenaDiana Bumpus, Celena's Scribes with workshop leader Wil Clarke meets weekly on Tuesdays from 11:30 AM-1:00 PM on Zoom. All genres. Participants are encouraged to write from a prompt and share their work, with friendly critiques offered by workshop members. Enrollment is limited. To register: https://tinyurl.com/2021WINTERCWW More 6:00 pm: Creative Writing Workshop with Allyson Jeffredo (San Bernardino) 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm January 18, 2022 This Beginning ALL GENRES workshop with Allyson Jeffredo is based in San Bernardino but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for alternating Tuesdays – 1/ 18, 2/1, 2/15, 3/1, and 3/15/22 – from 6:00-8:00 PM. To register: https://tinyurl.com/2021WINTERCWW More	19 6:00 pm: On Writing Home: Writers Talk about Place with Rebecca K. O'Connor and Teresa J. Rhyne 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm January 19, 2022 Riverside Public Library’s Humanity Series is back! Join Inlandia Institute in partnership with Riverside Public Library for a four-part spin around the Inland Empire with local writers Larry Burns, Nikia Chaney, Rebecca K. O’Connor, Teresa Rhyne, Susan Straight, Douglas McCulloh, Isabel Quintero, and Casandra Lopez. This series is free and open to the public, but registration is required: https://tinyurl.com/HumanitiesHour202 “A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes it, renders it, loves it so radically that he remakes it in his own image.” ― Joan Didion The scheduled speakers will offer insights, observations, and tools for writing about the location we call home – Inland Southern California. January 5: Larry Burns and Nikia Chaney January 19: Rebecca K. O’Connor and Teresa J. Rhyne February 2: Susan Straight and Douglas McCulloh February 16: Isabel Quintero and Casandra Lopez Rebecca K. O'Connor is Development Director at Rivers & Lands Conservancy, a falconer and an author. She has published reference books, pet owner's manuals, novels and a memoir. Her falconry memoir, LIFT, was published by Red Hen Press. Essays of her writing have been published in Los Angeles Times Magazine (in its West incarnation), South Dakota Review, Iron Horse Review and divide. He work has also been included in New California Writing 2011 and 2012. O'Connor's most recent novel is We Were Wilder, a post-apocalyptic wilderness journey. Teresa J. Rhyne is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Dog Lived (and So Will I), a surprisingly hilarious memoir about her dog and her both surviving cancer. The sequel, The Dogs Were Rescued (and So Was I), won the Pat Santi Memorial award from the Dog Writers Association of America. Her newest book, Poppy in the Wild: A Lost Dog, Fifteen Hundred Acres of Wilderness and the Dogged Determination that Brought Her Home continues her tradition of writing humorously about tragedies that happen to her and her dogs. Tragedy plus time plus cute dogs equal heartfelt comedy. More	20	21 1:00 pm: Tesoros de Cuentos with Frances J. Vasquez (Casa Blanca) 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm January 21, 2022 Bilingual Writing Workshop with Frances J. Vasquez – Casa Blanca – Beginning – All Genres – alternating Fridays, 1/21, 2/4, 2/18, 3/4, and 3/18 – from 1:00-2:30 PM IN PERSON at Salvador J. Lara Casa Blanca Library, 2985 Madison Avenue, Riverside. To register: https://tinyurl.com/2021WINTERCWW More	22 10:00 am: Creative Writing Workshop with Renee Gurley (Corona) 10:00 am – 12:00 pm January 22, 2022 This Beginning/Intermediate ALL GENRES workshop with Renee Gurley is based in Corona but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for alternating Saturdays – 1/8, 1/22, 2/5, 2/19, and 3/5/22– from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM. To register: https://tinyurl.com/2021WINTERCWW More
23	24 1:00 pm: Memoir: Writing Your Life Story with Rose Y. Monge (Janet Goeske Center, Riverside) 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm January 24, 2022 Rose Y. Monge facilitates this in person memoir writing workshop for seniors – on Mondays 1/24, 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/28, 3/7, 3/14, 3/28, 4/4, 4/11, and 4/18/22 – from 1:00-3:00 PM IN PERSON in the Janet Goeske Center Art Room, 5257 Sierra Street, Riverside. Enrollment is limited. To register: https://tinyurl.com/2021WINTERCWW More	25 11:30 am: Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside) 11:30 am – 1:00 pm January 25, 2022 Named in honor of beloved workshop leader CelenaDiana Bumpus, Celena's Scribes with workshop leader Wil Clarke meets weekly on Tuesdays from 11:30 AM-1:00 PM on Zoom. All genres. Participants are encouraged to write from a prompt and share their work, with friendly critiques offered by workshop members. Enrollment is limited. To register: https://tinyurl.com/2021WINTERCWW More 6:30 pm: Creative Writing POETRY Workshop with Romaine Washington (Redlands) 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm January 25, 2022 This Beginning/Intermediate POETRY workshop with Romaine Washington is based in Redlands but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for alternating Tuesdays – 1/11, 1/25, 2/8, 2/22, and 3/8/22 – from 6:30-8:30 PM. To register: https://tinyurl.com/2021WINTERCWW More	26 6:30 pm: Creative Writing Workshop with Victoria Waddle (Ontario) 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm January 26, 2022 This Intermediate/Advanced ALL GENRES workshop with Victoria Waddle is based in Ontario but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for alternating Wednesdays – 1/12, 1/26, 2/9, 2/23, and 3/9/22– from 6:30-8:30 PM. To register: https://tinyurl.com/2021WINTERCWW More	27 6:30 pm: Creative Writing NONFICTION Workshop with Jo Scott-Coe (Riverside) 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm January 27, 2022 This Intermediate/Advanced NONFICTION workshop with Jo Scott-Coe is based in Riverside but will take place on Zoom. “Opening the Research Doorway: Deepening Your Creative Nonfiction Voice” sessions are scheduled for alternating Thursdays – 1/27, 2/10, 2/24, 3/10, and 3/24/22 – from 6:30-8:30 PM. To register: https://tinyurl.com/2021WINTERCWW More	28	29 1:00 pm: Book Launch for Tales of an Inland Empire Girl by Juanita E. Mantz 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm January 29, 2022 Saturday, January 29, 2022 (1:00-3:00 PM) Book Launch and Celebration for Tales of an Inland Empire Girl by Juanita E. Mantz Garcia Center for the Arts 536 W 11th St San Bernardino CA 92410 Free and open to the public. Masks required. Meet us at the Garcia Center in San Bernardino as we celebrate the launch of Tales of an Inland Empire Girl by local author and public defender, Juanita E. Mantz. Tales of an Inland Empire Girl will available at the event for sale and signing, or you may order here: https://www.amazon.com/Tales-Inland-Empire-Juanita-Mantz/dp/1735698431 “Tales of an Inland Empire Girl is a searing, beautiful memoir that illuminates the struggles of parents who are beaten down by life and their arduous working-class jobs and of children who are trapped in the middle of their parents’ battles. A compelling read-raw, honest, and hopeful. I wish this book existed when I was growing up. It would have been my life preserver.” liz gonzález, author of Dancing in the Santa Ana Winds More
30	31 Call for Entries: Eliud Martínez Prize Submission Window CLOSES Call for Entries January 31, 2022 The Eliud Martínez Prize submission window opens November 1, 2021 and runs through January 31, 2022! If you are a first book author in fiction or creative nonfiction who identifies as Hispanic, Latino/a/x, or Chicana/o/x, you won’t want to miss this opportunity to submit your work for consideration. For submission guidelines and eligibility, please visit: https://tinyurl.com/InlandiaEMP. The Eliud Martínez Prize was established to honor the memory of Eliud Martínez (1935-2020), artist, novelist, and professor emeritus of creative writing at University of California, Riverside. One prize of $1000 and book publication through Inlandia Books will be awarded for a first book in fiction or creative nonfiction by a Hispanic, Latino/a/x, or Chicana/o/x writer. Inlandia is proud to announce that esteemed author Alex Espinoza (Still Water Saints, The Five Acts of Diego León, Cruising: An Intimate History of a Radical Pastime) will serve as judge for the 2022 Eliud Martínez Prize. More 1:00 pm: Memoir: Writing Your Life Story with Rose Y. Monge (Janet Goeske Center, Riverside) 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm January 31, 2022 Rose Y. Monge facilitates this in person memoir writing workshop for seniors – on Mondays 1/24, 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/28, 3/7, 3/14, 3/28, 4/4, 4/11, and 4/18/22 – from 1:00-3:00 PM IN PERSON in the Janet Goeske Center Art Room, 5257 Sierra Street, Riverside. Enrollment is limited. To register: https://tinyurl.com/2021WINTERCWW More

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Category: Affiliate Events2:00 pm: CANCELED: More Dreamers Storytelling at RAM

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Category: Affiliate Events6:00 pm: On Writing Home: Writers Talk about Place with Larry Burns and Nikia Chaney

Category: Creative Writing Workshops10:00 am: Creative Writing Workshop with Renee Gurley (Corona)

Category: Creative Writing Workshops11:30 am: Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)

Category: Creative Writing Workshops6:30 pm: Creative Writing POETRY Workshop with Romaine Washington (Redlands)

Category: Creative Writing Workshops6:30 pm: Creative Writing Workshop with Victoria Waddle (Ontario)

Category: Creative Writing Workshops11:30 am: Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)

Category: Creative Writing Workshops6:00 pm: Creative Writing Workshop with Allyson Jeffredo (San Bernardino)

Category: Affiliate Events6:00 pm: On Writing Home: Writers Talk about Place with Rebecca K. O'Connor and Teresa J. Rhyne

Category: Creative Writing Workshops1:00 pm: Tesoros de Cuentos with Frances J. Vasquez (Casa Blanca)

Category: Creative Writing Workshops10:00 am: Creative Writing Workshop with Renee Gurley (Corona)

Category: Creative Writing Workshops1:00 pm: Memoir: Writing Your Life Story with Rose Y. Monge (Janet Goeske Center, Riverside)

Category: Creative Writing Workshops11:30 am: Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)

Category: Creative Writing Workshops6:30 pm: Creative Writing POETRY Workshop with Romaine Washington (Redlands)

Category: Creative Writing Workshops6:30 pm: Creative Writing Workshop with Victoria Waddle (Ontario)

Category: Creative Writing Workshops6:30 pm: Creative Writing NONFICTION Workshop with Jo Scott-Coe (Riverside)

Category: Inlandia Events1:00 pm: Book Launch for Tales of an Inland Empire Girl by Juanita E. Mantz

Call for Entries: Eliud Martínez Prize Submission Window CLOSES

Category: Creative Writing Workshops1:00 pm: Memoir: Writing Your Life Story with Rose Y. Monge (Janet Goeske Center, Riverside)

Category: Creative Writing Workshops11:30 am: Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)

Category: Creative Writing Workshops6:00 pm: Creative Writing Workshop with Allyson Jeffredo (San Bernardino)

Category: Affiliate Events6:00 pm: On Writing Home: Writers Talk about Place with Susan Straight and Douglas McCulloh

Category: Creative Writing Workshops1:00 pm: Tesoros de Cuentos with Frances J. Vasquez (Casa Blanca)

Category: Creative Writing Workshops10:00 am: Creative Writing Workshop with Renee Gurley (Corona)

2:00 pm: CANCELED: More Dreamers Storytelling at RAM

11:30 am: Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)

6:00 pm: On Writing Home: Writers Talk about Place with Larry Burns and Nikia Chaney

10:00 am: Creative Writing Workshop with Renee Gurley (Corona)

11:30 am: Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)

6:30 pm: Creative Writing POETRY Workshop with Romaine Washington (Redlands)

6:30 pm: Creative Writing Workshop with Victoria Waddle (Ontario)

11:30 am: Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)

6:00 pm: Creative Writing Workshop with Allyson Jeffredo (San Bernardino)

6:00 pm: On Writing Home: Writers Talk about Place with Rebecca K. O'Connor and Teresa J. Rhyne

1:00 pm: Tesoros de Cuentos with Frances J. Vasquez (Casa Blanca)

10:00 am: Creative Writing Workshop with Renee Gurley (Corona)

1:00 pm: Memoir: Writing Your Life Story with Rose Y. Monge (Janet Goeske Center, Riverside)

11:30 am: Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)

6:30 pm: Creative Writing POETRY Workshop with Romaine Washington (Redlands)

6:30 pm: Creative Writing Workshop with Victoria Waddle (Ontario)

6:30 pm: Creative Writing NONFICTION Workshop with Jo Scott-Coe (Riverside)

1:00 pm: Book Launch for Tales of an Inland Empire Girl by Juanita E. Mantz

1:00 pm: Memoir: Writing Your Life Story with Rose Y. Monge (Janet Goeske Center, Riverside)

11:30 am: Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)

6:00 pm: Creative Writing Workshop with Allyson Jeffredo (San Bernardino)

6:00 pm: On Writing Home: Writers Talk about Place with Susan Straight and Douglas McCulloh

1:00 pm: Tesoros de Cuentos with Frances J. Vasquez (Casa Blanca)

10:00 am: Creative Writing Workshop with Renee Gurley (Corona)