There is now less than a month before night 1001. Please tune in as often as you can http://1001.net.au. If you’ve been thinking of writing for the project but just haven’t gotten around to it, there is one more chance. Night 1000 (March 16) will honour the size of that number and all the stories and writers that have led there. So this is an open invitation extended to you and also to anyone who hasn’t written whom you have a suspicion might really like to. There is also nothing to stop you from collaborating with another writer, known or unknown to me. Please feel free to forward this on.

As well as the usual brief: Write up to 1001 words >> Use the prompt of the day either verbatim or as general thematic (the prompt will be posted around 8.30am Sydney time on the day. And if you want to read the source article, just click on the prompt) >> Submit the story no later than three hours before performance time (see below for writing times & some time conversions). There is this additional directive: Incorporate element/s from previous stories found in the archive.

You can make your choice according to names, particular stories, prompts, tags (called threads in the archive) or any criteria of your own devising. If you don’t like the search options in the archive, try Googling: “1001 nights cast” and “XXXXXXX”. All I ask is that you note the author/s and night number/s that you use and include these at the end for me to credit. This credit line does not count towards the 1001 word limit.

I’ll be accepting stories from all those who want to write and will make my decision after the deadline on March 16, ie 3 hrs before performance time. I may even do some montaging of submissions. Remember, this is also the day of the Symposium at the Performance Space, Sydney so if you’re planning on attending that (and I hope you are), you’ll need to submit early. You would have about five hours to write in that case so not impossible. If it doesn’t feel finished, submit it anyway.

If you think you’d like to write for night 1000, just give me some indication by March 1 (so I don’t end up stranded). And if you wake up on that Sunday with the urge to write, just do it and surprise me. I won’t mind. Don’t forget, on the day, you’ll need to find the prompt on the Today Now page of the website. It is NOT “she sleeps now”. That’s the placeholder before the prompt goes up.

Writing times for night 1000 on March 16:

Sydney: from about 8.30am to 4.12pm.
Perth: from about 6.30am to 2.12pm.
Delhi: from about 3am to 10.42am.
Johannesburg & Middle East: from about 11.30pm on March 15 to 7.12am on March 16.
London: from about 9.30pm on March 15 to 5.12am on March 16.
New York & Montréal: from about 5.30pm on March 15 to 1.12am on March 16.
LA: from about 2.30pm to 10.12pm on March 15.

Other conversions here.

For info on the 1001 nights cast Symposium, go here.

cheers
Barbara