BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:events.uid.6702@www.discovernikkei.org DTSTART:20230119T000000Z DTEND:20230119T000000Z DESCRIPTION:<strong><span style="color: #c21313\;">FREE</strong>\n\n<strong ><span style="color: #c21313\;"><a href="http://9644p.blackbaudhosting.com /9644p/tickets?tab=2&amp\;txobjid=533e08b7-60ea-4a61-8c38-dcc2ebe7b7c8">RS VP NOW</a></strong>\n\nOscar-nominated screenwriter and debut novelist <s trong>Iris Yamashita</strong> and veteran writer and editor <strong>Gary Phillips</strong> will host an interactive\, virtual workshop with tips on how to polish a short story before submission. <strong>Miya Iwataki</s trong>\, co-chair of the Imagine Little Tokyo short story committee will m oderate the workshop. Iris Yamashita\, Oscar-nominated screenwriter of < em>Letters from Iwojima</em>\, released her debut novel\, <em>City Under One Roof</em>\, this month. Gary Phillips edited <em>South Central Noir< /em> (Akashic)\, which featured one of Naomi Hirahara’s short stories s et in a now defunct Japanese movie theater on Crenshaw.\n\nThis writing wo rkshop is held in conjunction with the <a href="https://www.littletokyohs .org/new-page-2">10th Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest</a>\ , organized by the Little Tokyo Historical Society and the Japanese Americ an National Museum’s Discover Nikkei project. Deadline to submit your fi ctional story about Little Tokyo is January 31\, 2023. Learn more at the  <a href="https://www.littletokyohs.org/new-page-2">Little Tokyo Historical Society</a> website.\n\n<em>P</em><em>lease note that due to circumstanc es\, Naomi Hirahara will no longer be leading the workshop.</em>\n\n DTSTAMP:20240416T145155Z SUMMARY:Imagine Little Tokyo 2023 Short Story Editing Workshop URL:/en/events/2023/01/19/imagine-little-tokyo-2023-short-story-editing-wor k/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR