Please indicate which show you are submitting to in the title of your piece.
Produced by So Say We All, a 501c3 literary and performing arts nonprofit based in Southern CA, The VAMP Storytelling Showcase is a highly-produced, non-fiction, multimedia reading series. Each showcase revolves around a different theme, which is heavily open to interpretation by submitting writers. Out of each round of submitting writers, a cohort is selected to work together over the course of 3-4 weeks in read-and-critique sessions, provided with writing and performance coaches, and finally provided with a live showcase to perform their original true stories.
READ FIRST BEFORE SUBMITTING:
- You can submit to ANY of our upcoming VAMP Showcases at any time.
- Submit here for So Say We All's monthly San Diego VAMP Storytelling Showcase only. Please include a brief bio and your e-mail in the comments section when submitting. VAMP live performances are usually, unless otherwise noted, held on the last Thursday of the month.
- Work should fall between 7-10 minutes in length, however we will consider any length within reason on the understanding that the work will be edited down as close to this length as possible while maintaining its integrity. Between 140-160 words per minute is an average guide. Style, voice, and literary form can vary widely, but we're looking for true, non-fiction stories that usually involve a transformation (of you, a character, a place, etc.) and offer an insight that we can relate to.
- All stories submitted are considered first drafts, but should contain a beginning, middle, and end, no matter how rough. Bullet points / outlines will not be considered.
- Please be aware that there is a coaching and critique process for all accepted VAMP submissions. Coaching sessions & crits are MANDATORY. If your piece is accepted and you can't make scheduled sessions, please let us know right away. All reasonable accommodations will be made. We want you to give the best performance possible when we put you on stage.
- So Say We All does not claim any ownership or first-time publication rights to pieces submitted to the VAMP Storytelling Showcase. VAMP is a writing workshop and performance forum. We accept previously published/ performed work as long as the submitter is willing to participate in the rewrite process.
All scripts are read and voted on by a blind peer review panel comprised of individuals who have performed at previous VAMP Showcases, to ensure bias or nepotism does not affect the selection process. Therefore, please: DO NOT PUT YOUR NAME ANYWHERE IN YOUR SCRIPT OR FILE NAME. SERIOUSLY.
VAMP stories are selected around 5.5 weeks prior to each showcase date (e.g.: stories for a June 29 showcase would be chosen around May 23). Stories will not be selected prior to 6 weeks before show date.
Thanks, good luck, and please don't be disheartened if you aren't selected. A rejection is not a statement on the quality of your writing or your personal worth. There are dozens of factors at play when putting a show together, and we want it to always be a reflection of community at large and the people who comprise it.
Best,
So Say We All
Welcome to the City College VAMP submission portal! We can't wait to read your stories.
The 2025 theme "RIDE OR DIE!" is open to your interpretation. It just has to be a true story! We're looking for non-fiction stories that involve a transformation (of you, a character, a place, etc.) and offer an insight that we can relate to.
In VAMP, a cohort is selected to work together over the course of several weeks in read-and-critique sessions, provided with writing and performance coaches, and ultimately provided with a live showcase to perform their original true stories.
Work should fall between 5-10 minutes in length. (Around 4 pages double-spaced, 12-point font)
Please be aware that there is a coaching and critique process for all accepted VAMP submissions [possibly online]. Coaching and critique sessions are MANDATORY. If your piece is accepted and you can't make scheduled sessions, please let us know right away. All reasonable accommodations will be made.
Thanks, good luck, and please don't be disheartened if you aren't selected! A rejection is not a statement on the quality of your writing or your personal worth.
Submission deadline: 2/28/25 11:59 pm
Performance: Wednesday, April 23, 2025
*ONLY CURRENT STUDENTS OF CITY COLLEGE ARE ELIGIBLE.*
Write on!
- So Say We All and San Diego City College
Provided by So Say We All, a 501c3 literary and performing arts nonprofit based in Southern CA, The VAMP Storytelling Showcase is a highly-produced, non-fiction, multimedia reading series. Each showcase revolves around a different theme, which is heavily open to interpretation by submitting writers. Out of each round of submitting writers, a cohort is selected to work together over the course of 3-4 weeks in read-and-critique sessions, provided with writing and performance coaches, and finally provided with a live showcase to perform their original true stories.
READ FIRST BEFORE SUBMITTING:
- This UCSD collaboration is available to UCSD staff, faculty, and students.
- Work should fall between 7-10 minutes in length, however we will consider any length within reason on the understanding that the work will be edited down as close to this length as possible while maintaining its integrity. Between 140-160 words per minute is an average guide. Style, voice, and literary form can vary widely, but we're looking for true, non-fiction stories that usually involve a transformation (of you, a character, a place, etc.) and offer an insight that we can relate to.
- All stories submitted are considered first drafts, but should contain a beginning, middle, and end, no matter how rough. Bullet points / outlines will not be considered.
- Please be aware that there is a coaching and critique process for all accepted VAMP submissions. Coaching sessions & crits are MANDATORY. If your piece is accepted and you can't make scheduled sessions, please let us know right away. All reasonable accommodations will be made. We want you to give the best performance possible when we put you on stage.
- So Say We All does not claim any ownership or first-time publication rights to pieces submitted to the VAMP Storytelling Showcase. VAMP is a writing workshop and performance forum. We accept previously published/ performed work as long as the submitter is willing to participate in the rewrite process.
All scripts are read and voted on by a blind peer review panel comprised of individuals who have performed at previous VAMP Showcases, to ensure bias or nepotism does not affect the selection process.
VAMP stories are selected around 5.5 weeks prior to each showcase date (e.g.: stories for a June 29 showcase would be chosen around May 23). Stories will not be selected prior to 6 weeks before show date.
Thanks, good luck, and please don't be disheartened if you aren't selected. A rejection is not a statement on the quality of your writing or your personal worth. There are dozens of factors at play when putting a show together, and we want it to always be a reflection of community at large and the people who comprise it.
Best,
So Say We All
Produced by So Say We All, a 501c3 literary and performing arts nonprofit based in Southern CA, The VAMP Storytelling Showcase is a highly-produced, non-fiction, multimedia reading series. Each showcase revolves around a different theme, which is heavily open to interpretation by submitting writers. Out of each round of submitting writers, a cohort is selected to work together over the course of 3-4 weeks in read-and-critique sessions, provided with writing and performance coaches, and finally provided with a live showcase to perform their original true stories.
READ FIRST BEFORE SUBMITTING:
- We aim for the final versions of stories falling around 10 minutes in length; you can submit a story of any length as long as you know eventually it must get cut down to meet it.
- Style, voice, and literary form can vary widely, but we're looking for true, non-fiction stories that usually involve a transformation (of you, a character, a place, etc.) and offer an insight. The short hand of this, is to say: care about your audience and make sure your story has something for them.
- Please be aware that there is a coaching and critique process for all accepted VAMP submissions. Coaching sessions & critis are MANDATORY. If your piece is accepted and you can't make scheduled sessions, please let us know right away. All reasonable accommodations will be made. We want you to give the resources that allow you to have best written and performance pieces possible when we put you on stage.
- Be humble and kind, be willing to help the other people you'll love to meet and graciously accept feedback from if you're accepted. There is nothing you have done that will excuse you from participating in our little process. No show boats, nothing about being an author, nothing about winning a storytelling competition, no IMDB or Linked-in credits. Enjoy the comradery.
- You own the rights to your story in all ways. So Say We All does not claim any ownership or first-time publication rights to pieces submitted to the VAMP Storytelling Showcase. VAMP is a writing workshop and performance forum. We accept previously published/ performed work as long as the submitter is willing to participate in the rewrite process. We only claim the right to the video and audio we record of the performance.
All scripts are read and voted on by a blind peer review panel comprised of individuals who have performed at previous VAMP Showcases, to ensure bias or nepotism does not affect the selection process. Therefore, please: DO NOT PUT YOUR NAME ANYWHERE IN YOUR SCRIPT OR FILE NAME. SERIOUSLY.
VAMP stories are selected around 5.5 weeks prior to each showcase date (e.g.: stories for a June 29 showcase would be chosen around May 23). Stories will not be selected prior to 6 weeks before show date.
Thanks, good luck, and please don't be disheartened if you aren't selected. A rejection is not a statement on the quality of your writing or your personal worth. There are dozens of factors at play when putting a show together, and we want it to always be a reflection of community at large and the people who comprise it.
Best,
So Say We All
So Say We All is honored to partner with the San Diego Peace Corps Association to bring the stories and experiences of its members about their time of service to the stage. Participating storytellers will perform in front of a live audience on Saturday, April 12th at Inzane Brewing in Vista at 7pm. This showcase theme is, "Not Like the Others." Any conceivable interpretation of the theme is welcome!
Send us your true stories about your service abroad and its aftermath, whether poignant, hilarious, heartbreaking, or any combination of your lived human experience. We look forward to reading them!
About the VAMP Storytelling process:
Produced by So Say We All, a 501c3 literary and performing arts nonprofit based in Southern CA, The VAMP Storytelling Showcase is a highly-produced, non-fiction, multimedia reading series. Each showcase revolves around a different theme, which is heavily open to interpretation by submitting writers. Out of each round of submitting writers, a cohort is selected to work together over the course of 3-4 weeks in read-and-critique sessions, provided with writing and performance coaches, and finally provided with a live showcase to perform their original true stories.
READ FIRST BEFORE SUBMITTING:
- Work should fall between 7-10 minutes in length, however we will consider any length within reason on the understanding that the work will be edited down as close to this length as possible while maintaining its integrity. Between 140-160 words per minute is an average guide. Style, voice, and literary form can vary widely, but we're looking for true, non-fiction stories that usually involve a transformation (of you, a character, a place, etc.) and offer an insight that we can relate to.
- Please be aware that there is a coaching and critique process for all accepted VAMP submissions. Coaching sessions & crits are MANDATORY. If your piece is accepted and you can't make scheduled sessions, please let us know right away. All reasonable accommodations will be made. We want you to give the best performance possible when we put you on stage.
- So Say We All does not claim any ownership or first-time publication rights to pieces submitted to the VAMP Storytelling Showcase. VAMP is a writing workshop and performance forum. We accept previously published / performed work as long as the submitter is willing to participate in the rewrite process.
We look forward to reading your work!
Best,
So Say We All & SDPCA
So Say We All's Veteran Writers Division invites you into our conflict writer community!
Veterans, active duty service members, military family members, foreign national interpreters, United Nations, and State Department personnel are invited to participate in a live non-fiction writing workshop series leading to a performance showcase on Saturday, March 8th in San Diego, CA.
We are committed to helping you tell your true stories, telling them better, and making sure your stories are heard and read by as many people as possible.
It all starts with you sending us a first draft of a true, non-fiction story you want to develop on the theme of, "Stateside." It doesn't matter how rough a draft it is, or how loosely related to the theme. A rough guideline is to shoot for under 1,500 words, but it's absolutely fine if your first draft goes long; we'll workshop it down.
Participants will work together in cohort sessions over Zoom to give and receive feedback, receive 1-1 writing coaching, and be provided with performance coaches throughout the 6-8 week process.
Deadline for submissions: Sunday January 19th. We look forward to reading your writing.
- For any questions, email us at info@sosayweallonline.com.