Submissions are now open for storytellers, authors and performers to apply to take part in our Yorkshire Festival of Story 2023 programme. The two-week festival will take place online and in-person in North Yorkshire in November 2023.
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Throughout the festival we will be responding to the provocation, ‘If stories and fairy tales speak truth to power, how can they help us to achieve justice in the world?’
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If you or a storyteller/author you represent would like to be part of YFOS23, please keep reading to find out how to share the details with us.
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About YFOS:
- We are the largest free storytelling festival in the world and reach more than 20,000 people each year through our online, in-person and hybrid festival events.
- We programme storytelling events for adults and children as well as a series of workshops, panel events and presentations.
- We have been proud to welcome literary powerhouses Ben Okri OBE, Joanne Harris MBE and Kevin Crossley-Holland as previous Festival Guest Directors and we are delighted to announce eminent fairy tale scholar Professor Jack Zipes as our Festival Guest Director for 2023.
- In previous years we’ve also attracted big names such as the Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen, Sir Michael Morpurgo, Dame Marina Warner, Laura Simms, Mara Menzies, Mya-Rose Craig (Birdgirl), Alan Garner and Dame Jenni Murray.
- YFOS is run by the team behind arts charity Settle Stories, based in North Yorkshire.
- For the second year running we’re partnering with Bookshop.org and Gardners Books to sell books online and in-person.
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If you would like to be a part of YFOS23, please complete our online submission form by clicking here or copying & pasting the following link into your browser: https://settlestories.
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Have a question about programming or want to contact us directly? Email us at info@settlestories.org.uk.
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Please note that while we consider every submission we receive, we are a very small team and are sadly unable to respond to every submission.
***Submissions deadline: 1st May at 6pm***
Thank you!
