Authors
Anthologies
FLOOD: Flint Officers of the —
FLOOD 2024 offers an adventure in imaginative storytelling. Participating writers responded to a common set of writing constraints: every piece of writing shares several features including an emphasis upon water, a withholding of names, and an allusion to the Djuna Barnes poem “This Much and More.”
Published authors include Nadia Alamah, Nic Custer, Roy Richard, and Jan Worth. To obtain a print copy please contact connor@gothicfunkpress.com.
The Paramanu Pentaquark
Since 2010, The Paramanu Pentaquark has been an online, multi-media arts journal featuring Gothic Funk poetry, painting, photography, and music by artists from all around the world. The Paramanu Pentaquark web page includes archived issues as well as submission guidelines for forthcoming issues.
Mark’s Hat
Featuring innovative writing by Flint residents including Paul Counelis, Connor Coyne, Nic Custer, Desiree Duell, Michael Evans Kelly, Bob Mabbitt, Ruby Spademan, Tom Sumner, Jan Worth-Nelson.
Programming
The Teen Writers Workshop
Offered in partnership with the Gloria Coles Flint Public Library, the Teen Writers Workshop is a free program offered to any youth aged 11 to 19 in the Greater Flint area with a love of writing. We meet on every other Tuesday during the school years and publish an annual anthology of student writing. For more information email connor@gothicfunkpress.com or call the library at 810.232.7111.
Gothic Funk Salon
The Gothic Funk’s curated reading series has been presented both virtually as well in person at Queens’ Provisions in Flint. At each event, the Gothic Funk Salon welcomes gifted writers to share their works while guests are invited to join them in both libations and conversation! Learn more about the Gothic Funk Salon.
Gothic Funk Hangout
Each month, writers, readers, and community members are invited to join us for an informal gathering, typically oriented around a free or low-cost activity in the Greater Flint Area! For more information, email connor@gothicfunkpress.com.
Gothic Funk Parties
Themed arts parties were the original manifestation of the Gothic Funk mode and aesthetic, twenty years ago in Chicago! Gothic Funk Press still periodically engages these invitation-only events for social and creative purposes. For more information, email connor@gothicfunkpress.com.
Flint Writers Census and Mailing List
Gothic Funk Press is committed to promoting the literary scenes of Flint, Genesee County, and Mid-Michigan, including those that are not explicity Gothic Funk oriented. Our monthly mailing lists compiles a list of literary opportunities and events throughout the region, while our annual Writers Census strives to provide a comprehensive director of writers and writing-oriented organizations in Flint and Genesee County. For more information, email connor@gothicfunkpress.com.
Completed Projects
The Flint Festival of Writers
The Gothic Funk Press is a founding partner in the Flint Festival of Writers, which from 2017 to 2020 coordinated events for Flint and Genesee County literary communities. Visit the Flint Festival of Writers.
FLOOR: Flint Order of Orpheus
From 2015-2017 the Gothic Funk Press coordinated the Flint Order of Orpheus (FLOOR), a celebration of the carnival season. Learn more about the Flint Order of Orpheus.
FLASH: Flint Area Scavenger Hunt
In 2012 and 2016 the Gothic Funk Press organized the Flint Area Scavenger Hunt (FLASH), a weekend long epic of imagination and competition.Learn more about the Flint Area Scavenger Hunt.
Community Partners
Gothic Funk Press is fortunate to have benefited from partnership and support from both non- and for-profit organizations right here in Flint. Please visit our partners and support their endeavors to build community among writers and throughout the Midwest.
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