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You are not alone. The National Storytelling Network would like to provide its members and their communities with resources to provide relief during these challenging times. For more information about COVID-19 and how to protect yourself and loved ones, please visit the CDC’s website. NSN’s Corporate Treasurer Discusses Financial Resources: NSN is not partnering with
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NSN Member Awards Program To further its mission of “advancing all forms within the storytelling community through promotion, advocacy and education,” the National Storytelling Network supports a Member Awards Program through which NSN individual members may apply for funding up to $1,00 to develop new projects. Support is available for the development of individual work
This Event is Best for Ages 18+ Hosted by Karen E. Griffin What makes you swoon or gets your heart pumping? Delve into romantic or playful love stories that are personal, from folklore, or original. Performers Click on name to expand for bio
Sankofa: Fetching our Souls through Story. Sankofa 2016 – December is a time that we traditionally wind down and reflect on the past year and prepare for the new one to come. Sankofa is a word in the Twi language of Ghana that translates as “Go back and get it.” In the Asante Adinkra symbol
by Megan Hicks One of my storyteller friends told me I should write about how to make fairy tales interesting enough for adults to enjoy. Here’s my quick and dirty recipe for success: Leave the story alone and tell it straight. No “voices.” No theatrics. No punches pulled. …Because the fact of the matter is,
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Tale from the Iliad, Book 6. Translated by Joan Sutton. We are departing from our usual type of posting with this very special contribution from Joan Sutton. Joan is a Greek scholar who has been studying Homer’s Iliad for the past six years. This story has not been rewritten for oral performance, but is a
by Anne Tezon “When you are young, your grandparents try to tell you their history, and you don’t care because it doesn’t interest you at the time. Later on, you wish you had written down what they said.” A good friend shared that message on my Facebook timeline more than a year ago. I use
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Presented as part of NSN’s 2022 Earth Up Conference With Kiran Shah, Jo Henwood, Jillian Webster Australian storytellers bring a blend of story and history to show how one person (or wombat!) can influence a neighbourhood, a community, or a whole country. Kiran Shah, Jo Henwood and Jill Webster aim to entertain, educate, and renew
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