Upcoming Events
Erotica Live Showcase & Zine Release
*ੈ♡⸝⸝🪐༘⋆ Death Rattle is looking for Erotica submissions for an IN-PERSON LIVE READING & ZINE RELEASE IN THE BOISE AREA details TBA! Fan Fiction Welcome! The Content: Fiction, fan fiction, prose, essay, and poetry. 2-3 poems, fiction/non fiction/prose 400-1200 words max.
You may use a pseudonym on our advertising if preferred; most of our past readers have used a pseudonym / performed in persona in-line with their fan-fic so you can expect that as a big part of the vibe for the evening! That’s not to say that soft and vulnerable work doesn’t do well by any means, we have had some wonderful writers read about more serious matters and it can be really powerful, but expect a crowd that is a bit rowdy! You also can ask someone else to read your piece for you if you yourself do not want to perform it and/or would like to remain anonymous to the work.
Content can be fan fiction, original content, auto-bio/true to life, etc. Past reading selections have featured trucks and dragons, aliens, Greek gods, monks, Transformers, Hulk Hogan, Shrek, BG3, Klingons Wuthering Heights and medieval knights alongside tinder dates and cringe meetups, sexcapades, and yearning sonnets. Show us the richness of your imagination & the depth of the heart ♡₊˚🎄✩ ₊˚❄️⊹♡‧₊˚
Work can/will be collected to be published in an in-print zine compilation EROTICA VOL. 3 to be released at the showcase.
Submissions due by Jan 8th!
Full Details TBA | Bookmark for Late Jan/Feb in Boise area. Stay Tuned!
for non-locals: We have accepted non-local work in the past but please note that locals will be prioritized as we will be making sure to include those who will be available to perform their work live the night of release.
Scaryoke: Donate to Death Rattle
Sing through the Pain! Join us for a beer, wine and karaoke fright night benefiting Death Rattle Literary get on the mic & get emo ✷ get metal ✷ get moody ✷ get scary ✷ howl out your coffin-bangers & graveyard smashers at the moon and into the night at Prefunk Nampa!!
Poetry 𖦹 Coffee 𖦹 Wine at Neckar Coffee
Local Writer Live Reading at Neckar Coffee
— line-up to be announced —
Oroboro Vol. 12 Submissions
POETRY, FICTION, COMICS
Open until Nov 10th at Midnight
(mountain time)
Hallowzine II: Submissions Open
Submit Fiction, Comics, & Poetry
for in-print publication
to be released Oct 18 at
TALES of the UNEXPLAINED VI
SUBS CLOSE OCT 2
SUBMIT HERE
The Spill: Dress to Impress
°✩𖦹 DRESS TO IMPRESS °⭒˚
OPEN MIC LIVE STORYTELLING
Featuring writing from:
Talia Viera
Kailee Schweickart
Sky Sultana Dean
& Lorren Lemmons
Little Wolf Tarot: Major Arcana by Dona Ochoa Book Release
hear a selection from the forthcoming
book read by Dona Ochoa
with
D Kopec
Diana Forgione
& Sam VanDoren
Pre-orders available
RSVP for the Book Release
The Spill: Why So Serious?!
s t o r i e s of your j o k e r origins:
SNI⅁IᴚO ᴚƎ⋊Oſ ᴚ∩O⅄ ℲO SƎIᴚO⊥S
The Spill: Workshop
Work on structuring a story, finding the gripping details to make your story kick, and crafting a meaningful ending. We want to help you generate a story and tell it at THE SPILL: WHY SO SERIOUS?!
OPEN CALL: for Tales of the Unexplained
OPEN CALL
for tales of the unexplained
THE SPILL:
TALES OF THE UNEXPLAINED VI
HAUNTING STORIES TOLD LIVE
At FLYING M COFFEE GARAGE
OCTOBER TBA - $7 - ALL AGES
Cosmos: Poetry & Prose Reading ay Hap Hap Lounge
Local Poetry & Prose Reading
☆
Seating begins at 6PM
$5 Suggested Donation
21+
Informed Form: Poetry Workshop
“informed form” is a workshop class that aims to prepare students to craft poetry structured around a self-invented form.
✩° Bring a simple, low stakes collection of ideas for a poem & a notebook and pen, laptop computer, or other dependable way to write.
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Quenton Baker - Live Poetry Showcase
Free/Donation Based Tickets
TICKET LINK - PLEASE RSVP
The Spill: Secret Garden
true stories told live
open-mic storytelling night
Featuring:
Trey Hayden
Aurora Mehlman
Simon Schabot
All Ages | $5 Donation
21+ Bevs from Prefunk Nampa
The Spill: Storytelling Workshop
Come with an idea to workshop or get inspired during class! We’d love to help you generate and hone a story for the upcoming Spill featuring true stories told live on theme: “SECRET GARDEN” !
POETRY | COFFEE | WINE 🖤 LOCAL POETRY READING AT NECKAR COFFEE
POETRY | COFFEE | WINE
Poetry Reading featuring Local Poets at Neckar Coffee 🖤
Saturday - March 8
At Neckar Coffee
6:30 Doors
All Ages
$5 Suggested Donation
Storytelling Workshop with The Spill
♡ work on inspiration, narrative & performance ♡
We’d love to help you generate and hone a story for the upcoming
Spill featuring true stories told live on theme: “OBSESSION” !
Acheybreakyoke - Karaoke Night Fundraiser
Dress up! Bring a date! Sing a song!
Support the Arts!
Holiday Erotica Live Reading ♡ SUBMISSIONS OPEN
DEATH RATTLE LITERARY is looking for Erotica submissions for an in-person reading
the evening of December 18 @shrinesocialclub!
OPEN CALL — DEADLINE DEC 10th
SUBMIT HERE
DECEMBER 18 ❄️ DOORS 6PM ❄️ $5 DONATION
At SHRINE SOCIAL CLUB in DOWNTOWN BOISE
Event will be 18+ & Drinks available for those 21+
Interlude: A Backyard Poetry & Prose Houseshow
Come usher in the changing of the seasons with some day-dreamy, nostalgic transition
vibes, basking in the golden hour in the backyard while soaking up live poetry
& writing! Bring blankets and/or chairs
- see you there.
Poetic Forms: Erasure and Blackout Poetry Workshop
Poetic Forms: Erasure/Blackout Poetry
AUG 31 - 2PM at Nampa Public Library Board Room
Workshop- all levels, no previous experience required.
All ages. $15. 2hr 30 minute. 10 seats max.
The Spill: Smells Like Teen Spirit
THE SPILL: SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT
@flyingmcoffeenampa
OPEN MIC STORYTELLING NIGHT
Featuring Local Writers:
Abby Barr
Hailey Frogley
Leonardo Ryan
Aug 17 | 6:30pm
ALL AGES $5 donation
Beer/Wine available from @prefunknampa
The Spill: Live Storytelling Workshop
LIVE STORYTELLING WORKSHOP:
CRAFT YOUR SKILL AT LIVE STORYTELLING!
Come work on structuring a basic narrative, how to find the right moments or details to pull your story together, how to look at different angles of the prompt, and discuss fun and easy performance tips. Come with an idea to workshop or get inspired during class! We’d love to help you generate and hone a story for the upcoming Spill featuring true stories told live on theme: “SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT” !
AUG 10 - 1PM-3PM
Nampa Public Library - Multipurpose Room A
Free/Pay-What-You-Can or $5 donation that gets you free admission to the Spill!
Open Call: The Spill Tales of the Unexplained V
OPEN CALL FOR PARANORMAL & SUPERNATRUAL EXPERIENCES
& TRUE CRIME EXPERIENCES
for first hand accounts dealing with the unsettling, the horrifying, the unexplainable, and the downright horrifying.
Read more for the details on storytelling and how to submit.
Options for locals and non-locals to submit to tell their tale!
October 19 - at Flying M Coffee Garage Nampa, Idaho
All Ages
Karaoke Party at Prefunk
Party on and cool off with an ice cold beverage at upcoming Super Summer Karaoke Party for Penrose Poetry Prize 2023. Come in your best patio hang attire and whip out those summertime bangers; road-trip singalongs, spicy dance classics, power-ballads, heartfelt anthems, favourite show-tunes and disney tracks, songs celebrating this hot and sultry season!
The Spill: Bugged
TRUE STORIES TOLD LIVE
ON THEME “BUGGED”
featuring local writers:
Richard Rachman
Darby McBride
& Kira J Compton
Erotica: Flash and Fan Fiction Showcase
JUNE 13
7:00PM DOORS
$5 DONATION
ALL AGES | Drinks for those 21+
Live Storytelling Workshop
work on your storytelling skills to
showcase your personal tales at the
open-mic storytelling night THE SPILL!
Free or $5 Donation with free admittance
to the upcoming Spill: Bugged
ONLINE KEYNOTE BOOK RELEASES READING featuring travis tate and ian o'hara
JUNE 1 @ 4pm mountain standard time
full line-up tba
VIRTUAL _ ON ZOOM
RSVP HERE TO ADD TO YOUR CALENDAR
& GET ZOOM ACCESS