The Paper Riot Project

HOTHOUSE '06

2006-04-28T10:54:00.000-07:00

Hey Hey...

We just wanted to let you all know that The Paper Riot Project will be participating at this year's HOTHOUSE, hosted by the Sprout Fund. It will be a fabulous night celebrating the innovative and artistic ideas of Sprout's Seed Award recipients, ourselves included!

WHEN: June 17th, 2006
WHERE: Eastside Development (near Whole Foods in Shadyside/East Liberty)

"Celebrating the innovative community initiatives supported by The Sprout Fund, the evening will feature live music and performances, art exhibitions, food and drink by Pittsburgh favorites, irresistible auction items, a VIP reception, and the most eclectic mix of of the always seen and young leaders of Pittsburgh's unscene."
- The Sprout Fund

See you there!

Talk to Us

2006-03-26T14:32:00.000-08:00

Wanna RSVP to our event on Thursday?

Wanna leave us a one-liner for us to shout when we're up on stage?

Post it in our COMMENTS section and we will give your words a voice.

Don't forget to show your support by coming to the reading:

THURSDAY, MARCH 30

THE HKAN on Carson Street

7:30 pm

bringing the riot to Pittsburgh's streets....

it's gettin kinda hectic...

2006-03-23T20:30:00.000-08:00

Hello hello!

Ok here is what's happening:

WE ARE ON for March 30th ( a week from today) at THE HKAN in the South Side.

Doors open 7pm, the reading will begin at 8.

The Deal: an hour and a half of reading with a intermission of live music by The Known World.

18 to enter
21 to drink.

There will be a $2 cover, which will get you:

A FREE Hookah
$2 Domestic Beer, $3 Imports
A night of lively words
good times

Please, bring yourself and your friends and help us rally support for VOCALIZATION and INSPIRATION.

If you've submitted to our project and haven't heard from us yet, expect an e-mail in your inbox in the next 24 hours.

If you have heard from us, right on, right on.

Any Questions, please e-mail us!! PaperRiotProject@gmail.com

the ball in motion

2006-03-14T19:29:00.000-08:00

Ok, rioteers. there is much to discuss.

First, if you haven't gotten your submissions in yet, DO IT! The deadline is tomorrow. I will let you in on a little secret- you can still submit after the deadline, HOWEVER, we will not be able to consider you for our first reading event if you submit after March 15th. We will keep your submission for consideration for our *pending* publication and any future readings we might be able to pull off.

Next, it is time to start gearing up for our Pittsburgh Reading Event. We are still waiting on the final details for the venue, but the *tentative* plan is to hold our reading THURSDAY, MARCH 30th, location TBA. The evening will be a fabulous gathering of writers, musicians, artists and anyone else interested in attending and will include readings of our selected submissions, a live band, cheap drinks and an all around good time.

So bring all of your friends and join in starting a paper riot in the Pittsburgh night.

Keep checking this blog for updates, or e-mail us at PaperRiotProject@gmail.com for more information or to get involved.

That's all for now!

The Paper Riot Project Has Funding!

2006-03-05T10:28:00.000-08:00

Good news for our fellow rioteers:

The Sprout Fund has generously agreed to fund our project! That means we are 100% ready to take things forward.

If you haven't submitted yet, NOW IS THE TIME. Stop sitting there thinking about what's wrong in the world and start saying it.

We are extending our deadline to MARCH 15th for all you procrastinators out there... so come on! Write a Riot!

doh!

2006-03-05T10:26:00.000-08:00

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Most Americans have an easier time naming members of the cartoon Simpson family than listing the five freedoms granted by the nation's founders, a survey by a museum released on Wednesday said.

i n s p i r a t i o n

2006-02-20T19:47:00.000-08:00

"We have contraptions like computers that cheat you out of becoming. Bill Gates sats, 'Wait 'til you see what your computer can become.' But it's you who should be doing the becoming, not the damn fool computer. What you can become is the miracle you were born to be through the work that you do."

- Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country

discuss

2006-02-16T16:28:00.000-08:00

Food for Thought:

America's Long War

go rioteers. go.

Deadline: March 10th!

2006-02-09T18:07:00.000-08:00

Hey rioteers!

Just a reminder to get your submissions in. The deadline is a month away...

We know there is plenty out there to riot about. Need some ideas? E-mail us at PaperRiotProject@gmail.com and we'll help you brainstorm.

write on.

Wanna get involved?

2006-01-27T13:41:00.000-08:00

Hello rioteers!

The Paper Riot project is looking for an intern to help us get things under way. You'll get to learn how to put together a reading hands on, get to meet some cool young writers, get some free lunches and maybe even get paid!

If you're interested, or know someone who might be, e-mail us at paperriotproject@gmail.com

And don't forget to check out our SUBMISSION GUIDELINES below.

Submit to the Paper Riot Project

2006-01-24T16:56:00.000-08:00

That's right, The Paper Riot Project wants you.

Submit to our project for a chance to read your work at a public event among other writers, artists, and like-minded individuals. Join the community of writers in Pittsburgh looking to use their words towards action and change.

Here's the deal:
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Join us in starting a paper riot.

Submission Deadline: March 10, 2006

Welcome to the Paper Riot Project

2006-01-24T15:29:00.000-08:00

It’s time to start writing without a safety net. It’s time to start saying what’s not being said. It’s time to flood the masters of spin, who use words with no backing behind them, and hit them with a cascade of REAL words; true words; your words. It’s time to start a riot.

It’s true that it needs but one foe to breed a war (J.R.R. Tolkien). But, you choose your weapons. The power of the pen is the power to speak directly from the consciousness of one mind to the consciousness of another. It is the power not simply to destroy, but to change.

So, start talking.

The Paper Riot Project is by and for young people who write because we have something to say. It is for writers who find something momentous in the daily grit and writers who can envision something better. It is for writers who can’t sleep at night because they know there is a right word out there, though no one has found it yet.

We want to know what’s wrong in your world and what can be done to make it right. We want to know your visions, your dreams and your truths. We want to know your harsh realities and your sources of anger. We want the riot inside of you- and we want it on paper.

We are calling for submissions in all genres- fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama- it’s your call. We are looking for writing that is alive and incendiary. We are looking not just for words, but for voices.