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About The Writers' Block
The Writers' Block is a weekly reading series featuring stories, essays and poetry by all kinds of writers -- from accomplished beginners to established authors. The program includes all genres, fiction and non-fiction, poetry and a regular series of short plays produced in association with Bay Area theater group, PlayGround.
CREDITS
Producer: Mark Taylor
Associate Producer: Emmanuel Hapsis
Reading Panel: Kristin Farr, Catherine Huang, Marie K. Lee and Barbara Ludlum
Director of Operations: Monty Carlos
Engineers: Howard Gelman and Ceil Muller
Intern: Tessa Stuart
The Writers' Block is a weekly podcast produced by KQED and distributed through NPR. We publish 52 episodes per year. To submit your work for consideration, please follow the guidelines below.
THE WRITERS' BLOCK GUIDELINES
Q: What kind of work is The Writers' Block looking for?
KQED.org's audience is made up primarily of 25-40 year olds, and our program is meant to appeal to a technically-savvy, younger listener. As such, the work should be fun, intelligent, and edgy. Segments run an average of 15 minutes when read aloud and range from 5-40 minutes. When selecting your work for The Writers' Block, please keep the length requirements as well as our audience in mind. In addition, your selection should provide as complete a listening experience as possible. We are partial to short stories or short, self-contained excerpts from books (no cliffhangers). We also like poem cycles -- collections of poems that fit together and explore a particular theme. We welcome all genres, fiction and non-fiction.
Q: What's the submission procedure?
Send a copy of your piece via email to:
Mark Taylor
Senior Interactive Producer || Arts & Culture
writersblock at kqed.org
You may also send hard copies via snail mail to:
Mark Taylor
Senior Interactive Producer || Arts & Culture
KQED Interactive
2601 Mariposa Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
If you send a book, please be sure to clearly mark the selection or selections you would like considered.
A panel of readers reviews each submission. This can take up to three months after your work enters our system. We notify authors of their status quarterly.