It's a wrap!

Thanks to everyone who came out to Entrances & Exits last week!

The stories and recordings from the night are up on our website now, as well as a free podcast in the iTunes Store and on Stitcher – apart from E James Ford’s reading of Vito J Racanelli’s story “Do Days”, which will be broadcast by the BBC in the not-too-distant future! We’ll keep you posted as to exactly when that’ll be…

For the time being, a huge thanks to our writers, Vito J Racanelli, Mara Sonnenschein, Jeff Bender, Manuel Martinez, and Jax Bischof – and our actors, E James Ford, Amber Bogdewiecz, Ryan Ervin, Kate Chadwick, and Alex C Ferrill – and once again, thank you to all those of you who submitted this month.

We’re still accepting submissions for our next event in April – the theme is KISS & BREAKUP, and the deadline is Saturday, 28th February. As usual, full guidelines on our submissions page!

Liars' League NYC is one of Time Out's Best Reading Series in New York!

We couldn't ask for a better start to 2015! Liars' League NYC has been included in Time Out's latest list of New York's Best Reading Series - so thanks to Time Out's amazing Books Editor Tiffany Gibert, who just made our year - and we're only five days in! We'd urge you to check out some of the other fantastic series on the list as well - we're delighted to be in such great company.

And don't forget, we're accepting submissions for our first event of the New Year until Wednesday, 14th January - the theme is Entrances & Exits, and one story could be selected for broadcast on the BBC! Full details can be found on our website - good luck, and hope to see you at the show in February!

A very big opportunity for the New Year!

As you might be aware, we’re accepting submissions for our first show of the New Year – themed ENTRANCES & EXITS. What we’re excited to reveal is that we’re currently working with production company Heavy Entertainment, who are producing a show for BBC Radio 4 – and one of this month’s submissions could be recorded for broadcast later in 2015 in the BBC’s Short Readings slot. The writer of the broadcast story will be paid, and also reach literally millions of listeners across the world. Which is, you know, nice.

We’re accepting pieces between 800 and 3000 words long, but to be eligible for the broadcast slot (which will ultimately be selected by Heavy Entertainment from our shortlist) your story should be in the region of 2500 words, set in New York, and of course still relevant to the Entrances & Exits theme. Also, they’re looking for an USA-based writer for that slot – though all other writers will be considered for the Entrances & Exits show itself. So it’d help if you mentioned whether you’re based in the USA – stories will be judged anonymously otherwise as usual.

We’re extending the deadline even further to allow for this rather exciting opportunity – it will now be Wednesday, 14th January. Send your submissions to info@liarsleaguenyc.com – any questions, just drop us a line. Good luck!

Liars' League NYC is a Time Out Critics' Pick!

This Wednesday evening, 7pm at KGB Bar - join us for the Hearth & Home Show - and we're very excited to be Time Out Critic's Pick this week! Thanks, Time Out!

We'll be featuring four stories from writers Jennifer Sears, J.D. Petersen, Sarah Evans, and Christopher Green, performed live by actors Jennifer Farrugia, Richard Flight, E. James Ford, and Rebecca Mills. Free entry, cheap drinks, literary prizes, and seasonal treats.

What more could you ask for? Hope to see you there!

Announcing our themes for 2015!

We're excited to announce our new submission themes for 2015 - and we'd be delighted to accept stories on any of them as of this post! You might notice a couple changes below - we've extended the deadline slightly for our first theme of the new year to allow for post-holiday chaos, and we're introducing a month devoted to Flash Fiction of 1,000 words or less - the deadline for that is Tuesday, 30th June. 

Otherwise, the same rules apply - send your submissions to us at info@liarsleaguenyc.com, and for full guidelines, just see our Submissions Page. So here they are:

Entrances & Exits (Deadline, Wednesday, 7th January 2015)

Kiss & Breakup (Deadline, Saturday, 28th February 2015)

Born & Bred (Deadline, Thursday, 30th April)

Short & Sweet - Flash Fiction (Deadline, Tuesday, 30th June)

Crimes & Misdemeanors (Deadline, Monday 31st August)

Magic & Moonlight (Deadline, Saturday, 31st October)

Good luck, everyone! And we'll be annouuncing the lineup for our last event of 2014 - featuring four Hearth & Home-themed stories - early next week. Watch this space for details! 

Announcing the lineup for Body & Mind!

We've had an incredibly busy month with shows at Lit Crawl NYC and the Brooklyn Book Festival, so we're a little late in announcing the lineup for October's Body & Mind Show - but man, do we have a great show to make up for it! Yes. Yes we do.

So on Wednesday, 1st October at KGB Bar, we have five original short stories featuring yoga obsessions, phallic architecture, family revelations, emergency rooms, and guilty gospel - plus, as ever, our shambolic literary themed quiz! Here's what's on the lineup next week:

Cross-Heart by Christopher Green

When Elsa Sings by Rayna White

Pool Envy by Stuart Snelson

A Slow Drive Home by Lauren Krauze

We Were Present All Along by Jessica Weisberg

We'll be announcing the performers for the evening very shortly, so watch this space - in the meantime, make a note of it in your diaries - that's 7pm this coming Wednesday, 1st October at KGB Bar in the East Village.

And if you're interested in submitting a piece to us for our next theme, we're currently seeking submissions for our winter Hearth & Home edition.  Stories should be between 800 and 3000 words long, unpublished, and all interpretations are welcome - the submission deadline is Friday 31st October.

Look forward to seeing you next week!

Thank you, Brooklyn!

Massive thanks to everyone who came along to this week's Liars' League NYC Official Brooklyn Book Festival Bookends Event, NEW YORK LIES! We had a huge crowd - sorry if you weren't able to snag a seat!

Special thanks to writers Manuel Martinez, Cedrick Mendoza-Tolentino, Anthony Tognazzini, Jeanette Topar, and Jerry Sticker; and actors Jon Sprik, Margi Sharp Douglas, Samantha Jane Gurewitz, Denise Poirier, and Everett Goldner - as well as to everyone at 68 Jay Street Bar for making us feel so welcome.

Our next show will be on Wednesday, 1st October at our usual haunt, KGB - but in the meantime, there are still plenty of Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Events to check out - and of course, the festival itself on Sunday. For more details, see theFestival website. See you there!