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OPEN HOUSE – This Sunday – NEW Season Starts FEB 22 & 25

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Voices From War’s SPRING 2023 SEASON

REGISTRATION OPEN!

OPEN HOUSE this SUNDAY, FEB 12!

Open House: SUNDAY, FEB 12, 4:30 pm

RSVP: info@voicesfromwar.org for ZOOM LINK

VoicesFromWar.org/workshop

WEDNESDAY or SATURDAY

Join us this SPRING to explore diverse forms of storytelling (through fiction, memoir, poetry), discuss, and work on your own writing. Each season, we welcome recent veterans and those who served years prior, active duty and family members. Come work on your writing in a supportive veteran-focused community, explore your experiences and others, and enhance your writing skills, whether a new writer, or one revising previous work. QUESTIONS? Email: info@voicesfromwar.org

Voices From War has been offering writing workshops for veterans (and family members) since 2013, with two workshop options through the Winter-SPRING season (Wednesday or Saturday).

REGISTRATION now OPEN
Details:  https://voicesfromwar.org


Literature and the act of writing, our own stories and others, brought from the shadows, given voice instead of silence, offer opportunities for community, for grace and personal insight, for discussion and shared understanding. The darkest and most difficult realities multiply through silence, whereas giving voice — searching for words, for narrative, for structure from fragments — increases resilience, diminishes shame, and offers opportunities for artistic creation, dialogue, and connection.

You can learn more about our instructors on the Instructors page and check out previous Newsletters HERE.

Missed our RECENT NEWSLETTERS? Catch up HERE!

OPEN HOUSE: Sunday, FEBRUARY 12, 4:30 pm (online)

Ticketing Open! – Voices From War’s WINTER SHOWCASE 2022

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Get your Tickets NOW!

Voices From War’s

WINTER SHOWCASE

Sunday, DECEMBER 11, 6:00 pm

online

Free ticketing on Eventbrite

Sunday, DEC 11th, 2022, at 6:00 pm

Veterans and family members read from new writing from our 2022 workshops.

Join us on Sunday, December 11th, 6:00 pm

via Zoom

READING & Virtual RECEPTION

Voices From War invites you to join us for our WINTER SHOWCASE, a Reading and Virtual Reception featuring work from our 2022 workshops.

TICKETS are FREE – RSVP on Eventbrite

Featuring excerpts from new fiction, memoir, creative nonfiction, and poetry from 2022 . . . journeys through memory, back into war zones and present-day, in uniform and out, across neighborhoods, across the U.S., across countries, from memoir to fiction to poetry.

We hope you will join us for an evening of community and writing, veterans’ stories, family members’ experiences, times of war and conflict, and times looking for peace, making sense through narrative.

FEATURING writers from NYC, and further away, in our Manhattan workshop (Writing & Reading War Stories – A Writing Workshop for Veterans / 14th St Y) and the Bronx (Craft of War Writing / Morris Park Library).

Instructors:

Siobhan Adcock & Duncan Murrell (Manhattan – Fall 2022)

Jeremy Warneke (Bronx)

Spring 2022 Instructors (Manhattan): Nina Semczuk & Timothy Kudo

Director: Kara Krauze

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THANK YOU to our Voices From War SUPPORTERS

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC)

NYC Dept of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council

Poets & Writers, Inc. / NYSCA

The Rona Jaffe Foundation

YOU! ~ Individual Supporter Contributions

We are grateful to our community partners!

  • 14th Street Y (Manhattan)
  • NYPL – Morris Park (Bronx)

VOICES FROM WAR’S Writing & Reading War Stories (14Y) is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Learning, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. LMCC.net

This workshop (14Y) is funded in part by Poets & Writers with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

VOICES FROM WAR is grateful for support from The Rona Jaffe Foundation.

Free Tickets available on Eventbrite!

Click HERE

We look forward to seeing you on Sunday, DECEMBER 11th!

Voices From War has been offering writing workshop for veterans (and family members) and related public events since 2013.
Thank you for your support!

OPEN HOUSE – This Sunday – NEW Season Starts this month!

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Voices From War’s FALL 2022 SEASON

REGISTRATION OPEN!

OPEN HOUSE this SUNDAY!

Open House: SUNDAY, SEPT 11, 5pm

RSVP: info@voicesfromwar.org for ZOOM LINK

VoicesFromWar.org/workshop

WEDNESDAY or SATURDAY

Join us this FALL to explore diverse forms of storytelling (through fiction, memoir, poetry), discuss, and work on your own writing. Each season, we welcome recent veterans and those who served years prior, active duty and family members. Come work on your writing in a supportive veteran-focused community, explore your experiences and others, and enhance your writing skills, whether a new writer, or one revising previous work. QUESTIONS? Email: info@voicesfromwar.org

Voices From War has been offering writing workshops for veterans (and family members) since 2013, with two workshop options through the FALL season (Wednesday or Saturday).

REGISTRATION now OPEN
Details:  https://voicesfromwar.org

REMEMBERING 9/11

9/11, and all of those so deeply impacted, is on our minds each year at this time. You can read remarks from Voices From War founder Kara Krauze on the 20th anniversary last year…

HERE
2022: 21 years


Literature and the act of writing, our own stories and others, brought from the shadows, given voice instead of silence, offer opportunities for community, for grace and personal insight, for discussion and shared understanding. The darkest and most difficult realities multiply through silence, whereas giving voice — searching for words, for narrative, for structure from fragments — increases resilience, diminishes shame, and offers opportunities for artistic creation, dialogue, and connection.

You can learn more about our instructors on the Instructors page and check out previous Newsletters HERE.

We are thrilled to have SIOBHAN ADCOCK return to the Voices From War 14Y classroom, with JEREMY WARNEKE continuing in the Bronx (remote) classroom, and welcoming  DUNCAN MURRELL as he joins the Voices From War team!  

Learn more on our Instructors page and through our Newsletters .

Missed our RECENT NEWSLETTERS? Catch up HERE!

Plus SAVE the DATE for our 2022 Winter SHOWCASE! … Sunday, DECEMBER 11, 6pm (online)

NEW Season Starts This WEEK!

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Voices From War’s Winter-SPRING 2022 SEASON – Starts THIS WEEK!

VoicesFromWar.org/workshop

WEDNESDAY or SATURDAY

Join us this spring to explore diverse forms of storytelling (through fiction, memoir, poetry), discuss, and work on your own writing. Each season, we welcome recent veterans and those who served years prior, active duty and family members. Come work on your writing in a supportive veteran-focused community, explore your experiences and others, and enhance your writing skills, whether a new writer, or one revising previous work. QUESTIONS? Email: info@voicesfromwar.org

Voices From War has been offering writing workshops for veterans (and family members) since 2013, with two workshop options through the SPRING season (Wednesday or Saturday).

REGISTRATION now OPEN
Details:  https://voicesfromwar.org

You can learn more about our instructors on the Instructors page and check out previous Newsletters HERE.

We are thrilled to have Jeremy Warneke continuing in the Bronx (remote) classroom and to have Nina Semczuk return to the Voices From War 14Y classroom and to welcome Timothy Kudo as he joins the Voices From War team!  

Learn more on our Instructors page and through our Newsletters .

Missed our RECENT NEWSLETTERS? Catch up HERE!

NEW Season Starts This WEEK!

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Voices From War’s FALL 2021 SEASON – Starts THIS WEEK!

VoicesFromWar.org/workshop

WEDNESDAY or SATURDAY

Join us this fall to explore diverse forms of storytelling (through fiction, memoir, poetry), discuss, and work on your own writing. Each season, we welcome recent veterans and those who served years prior, active duty and family members. Come work on your writing in a supportive veteran-focused community, explore your experiences and others, and enhance your writing skills, whether a new writer, or one revising previous work. QUESTIONS? Email: info@voicesfromwar.org

Voices From War has been offering writing workshops for veterans (and family members) since 2013, with two workshop options through the FALL season (Wednesday or Saturday).

REGISTRATION now OPEN
Details:  https://voicesfromwar.org

Save the Date! For our WINTER SHOWCASE Sunday, DECEMBER 12, 2021

You can learn more about our instructors on the Instructors page and check out previous Newsletters HERE.

Missed our RECENT NEWSLETTERS? Catch up HERE!

Spring Workshops STARTING SOON

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Bronx workshops
Start SATURDAY, Feb. 29th …
Plus “Veteran Voices” March 7th
Details Below!

REGISTER Now for
The Craft of War Writing in the Bronx

Workshops START Saturday, February 29th!

  • Learn from published writers and fellow veterans and family members.
  • Read engaging fiction, memoir, essays, and poetry on the subject of war…
  • Discuss practical strategies and create deeper content for writing the stories and poetry that express your vision and/or experiences.
  • Add to a more diverse representation of NYC veteran stories.
  • Come participate in a community of diverse, veteran & military family #writers.

QUESTIONS?  Email: info@voicesfromwar.org

For BRONX Registration – Click HERE
For Manhattan Registration – Click Here

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PLUS Come on out on MARCH 7th for “Veteran Voices”
Poetic Theater Productions presents
“Veteran Voices” – a Showcase of Theater, Poetry, & Music

Facebook EVENT Page: Here

TICKETS: Here

VETERAN DISCOUNT: “VET10”
Voices From War community – DISCOUNT: “COMMUNITY15”

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Please SHARE & Post our FLYERS!
EMAIL us for PDF or JPG Flyers:  info@voicesfromwar.org
Bronx – The Craft of War Writing (Saturdays)
Manhattan – Writing & Reading War Stories (Wednesdays)

Learn MORE

Missed our last Newsletter?

Catch it HERE!

Recent
Voices From War NEWS

To see this Newsletter (2/26/20) on Mailchimp: Click HERE

 

Winter Open House 2020

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View this NEWSLETTER on Mailchimp HERE

Join us this SUNDAY, FEB 9, for Voices From War‘s Winter OPEN HOUSE!
Registration for Spring workshops is OPEN!
Come meet our Instructors and catch up with other participants….

Voices From War
Winter Open House & Social
Sunday, FEB 9, 4:00 – 5:30 pm
at the 14th Street Y
344 East 14th St.
New York, NY  10003

Registration Open     ▪ VoicesFromWar.org ▪

Come discuss short fiction, poetry, & memoir written by veterans and select civilians – and write your own.

Whether you’re just thinking about getting some of your experiences down on paper, or have already been writing, join us for 10 sessions this Winter-SPRING — for stories, community, and new skills.

Our stories aren’t always easy to share or explain. In this workshop, we talk about techniques for getting started and for moving forward. Maybe you want to find ways to explain military experience, including combat, to family and friends. Or you may be interested in publication, and want to explore possibilities for sharing fiction or true experiences with a wider audience.

Join fellow veterans in a friendly community this spring for Voices From War’s writing workshop for veterans hosted by the 14th Street Y (344 E. 14th St., NY 10003, near Union Square) or The Craft of War Writing in the Bronx, hosted by the Morris Park Library (985 Morris Park Ave., Bronx 10462).

Voices From War has been offering writing workshops for veterans (and family members) since 2013.  All levels welcome.

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS & UPCOMING EVENTS

  • It was great to connect with NYC-area veterans at the NYC Veterans Alliance “New Year, New You” Resource Networking event on Jan. 27.
  • Congratulations to Voices From War instructor Jeremy Warneke and all of the excellent writers (& editors) in Why We Write: Craft Essays on Writing War, also including notables such as Phil Klay and Teresa Fazio.
  • Thank you to Teresa Fazio for visiting our Voices From War classroom in December! Stay tuned for her memoir Fidelis due out Sept.1, 2020 – and pre-order now!
  • Don’t miss Time Out’s wonderful blog. Thank you to Time Out’s Peter Molin for the shout out for Voices From War, co-instructor Drew Pham, and our recent Veterans Day event at the New-York Historical Society. Read “2020 Vision: Old Wars, New Directions”  HERE
  • ** COMING UP: Don’t miss Voices From War participant Omar Columbus‘s upcoming photography show and event at the Salmagundi Club! Free Exhibit: FEB 10 – 21. OPENING RECEPTION including PERFORMANCES:  this WEDNESDAY, FEB 12, 6:30 – 8:00 pm.   “From There to Here: Military Veterans’
    Experiences”   DETAILS: HERE. **
  • PLUS – Mark your Calendars: Poetic Theater Productions presents “Veteran Voices” on Saturday, March 7th, 2:00 pm (Poetic License festival at the Wild Project: 195 E 3rd St., NY, NY  10009).

We look forward to seeing you at our OPEN HOUSE (Feb. 9), in our workshops, and at upcoming events!

Best wishes from,
Kara Krauze & the Voices From War team
kara@voicesfromwar.org

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REGISTRATION Open (FALL 2019 Writing Workshops) – #MoreVoices

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Voices From War FALL

REGISTRATION is OPEN!

Come check out our FALL workshops – work on your story (memoir, fiction, poetry) with fellow veterans…

More details below and on the workshops page.

Whether you’re just thinking about getting some of your experiences down on paper, or have already been writing, join us for 10 Sessions in Manhattan or the Bronx for stories, community, and new skills.
Our stories aren’t always easy to share or explain. In this workshop, we talk about techniques for getting started and for moving forward. Maybe you want to find ways to explain military experience, including combat, to family and friends. Or you may be interested in publication, and want to explore possibilities for sharing fiction or true experiences with a wider audience.

Fall OPEN HOUSE & SOCIAL

SEPT 8th!

We hope you can join us!

SUNDAY, September 8th, 4:00-5:30 pm

14th Street Y, 344 East 14th St., NY, NY  10003

Let us know you’re coming…

RSVP  email: info@voicesfromwar.org

Dedicated instructors and an engaged community of veterans and family member/civilians.

FALL REGISTRATION is OPEN!

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Voices From War in the Bronx – The Craft of War Writing

BRONX Registration is OPEN:

Bronx Workshops: Saturdays, SEPT 21st – DEC 7th

Manhattan Workshops: Wednesdays, SEPT 18th – DEC 4th

 

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We look forward to seeing you soon!

More DETAILS:  Workshops Page & Below

About the Instructors –> click Here

QUESTIONS?  email: info@voicesfromwar.org

Very best,
Kara & the Voices From War team

Kara Krauze
Founder, Director
Voices From War
Writing Workshops for Veterans
VoicesFromWar.org

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Join fellow veterans in a friendly community this FALL for Voices From War’s writing workshop for veterans.
REGISTRATION Links
Manhattan: Here (Wednesdays / Starts Sept. 18)
Bronx: Here (Saturdays / Starts Sept. 21)
Voices From War has been running writing workshops for veterans (and family members) since 2013.  All levels welcome.
Thank you to all of our participants, instructors, and supporters for our Spring 2019 season!
For more Photos and News…visit our BLOG!

Spring “Pop-Up” Reading & celebration w/ Voices From War

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We hope you can join us

THIS THURSDAY!

Voices From War invites you to our
Spring Salon – “Pop-Up Reading!”

Come raise a glass and hear excerpts from our workshops!

Featuring participants from Voices From War’s veteran writing workshops
from Winter-Spring 2019 – our 12th Season!

WHEN: Thursday, MAY 23rd, 6:30 pm
WHERE: Our classroom at the 14th Street Y
14th Street Y, 344 East 14th St., NY, NY 10003

WHO: You! Our community of friends, colleagues, supporters!

Please RSVP by email: info@voicesfromwar.org

We hope to see you there!