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2021 Storytelling Festival
SOMOS ANNOUNCES The 22nd Taos Storytelling Festival ~ October 9, 2021 Theme: Transformations For the past twenty-one years, SOMOS (The Society of the Muse of the Southwest) has hosted The Taos Storytelling Festival which has become an annual mecca for storytellers and...
Writing About Race, Class, Culture & Gender: A Panel Discussion from the 5th Annual Taos Writers Conference
Listen to a recording of the Panel Presentation, "Writing About Race, Class, Culture & Gender" from the 5th Annual Taos Writers Conference, 7/24/21
Register Now for the 5th Annual Taos Writers Conference!
Registration for the 5th Annual Taos Writers Conference, 7/23-7/25/21, is now open! Sign up early for discounted pricing and to attend your chosen workshops and intensives. We will be offering the conference via Zoom again this year and will highlight a panel on...
New Podcast Features Ghosts of Taos with Melody Romancito
Musician, artist, writer and editor Melody Romancito has lived in Taos since 1986. In 2011, her interest in the paranormal led her to launch a new venture as a walking tour guide. Leading people down the streets and alleyways around Taos Plaza, Romancito retells the...
“Why I Love SOMOS” – Quotes from the 2020 Annual Appeal Letter
"Because of the engaging author events I've attended and writing workshops and SOMOS creates community which is vitally important. Thank you, SOMOS." - Ana M. "For all your programs and everything you do to feature writers and writing." - David & Carol F. "It...
Some Virtual Readings From 2020
Carolyn Forché reads The Boatman - April 26, 2020 Jericho Brown reads Bullet Points - May 27, 2020 Keynote Speaker Pam Houston Reads from "Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country" for the 2020 Taos Writers Conference - August 24, 2020...
SOMOS Presents Reading and Workshop by Holly George-Warren
SOMOS’ next Writer’s Showcase writer is Holly George-Warren who hails from New York. She will be presenting a reading on Friday, 11/13/20, at 5:30 PM from her recent biography: Janis: Her Life and Music and Q &A as well as a workshop on “The Art and Craft of...
Taos Storytelling Festival: Video Conversations with the Storytellers
SOMOS director, Jan Smith, talks with the featured tellers of the 2020 Storytelling Festival. Hear about their storytelling background and what stories that may tell on October 10, 2020.
Taos Writers Conference Virtual Book Sale
Since we can't host a book sale in person this year, we're bringing it to you virtually. Here we've supplied links to the websites where the latest offerings by our faculty members are available for sale. Just click on each book cover to read more and make your...
Writing Contest Winners
SOMOS is pleased to Announce the Winners of the SOMOS Writing Contest (4/1 – 6/15/20)! Congratulations to: Kimberley Shaw, from Taos, NM – Best in Fiction, “Haddie Mae” Jock Jacober, from San Luis, CO – Best in Poetry, “Refuge” Sylvia Ramos, from Albuquerque, NM –...
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SOMOS programs are made possible in part by these organizations: New Mexico Arts, a Division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, and by the National Endowment for the Arts • Taos Community Foundation • The McCune Foundation • The National Endowment For The Arts • The Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation • Taos County Lodgers Tax • TaosNetLLC for high speed internet service • LANL (Los Alamos National Labs) • New Mexico Humanities Council • Nusenda Foundation • Witter Bynner Foundation • Amazon Literary Partnership • Literary Emergency Fund
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