If you wish to take part in our online Renga (what is it?), there's still time to send your application.
You will be required to write about 600 words for us (two paragraphs) and will get to create a story with other openDemocracy readers. Our topic:
"How she got to the top" - a story about gender and power.
Readers will participate in one renga, while a group of openDemocracy writers will produce a second, both on the same topic. The groups will work simultaneously and independently.
For the readers' renga, a panel of oD judges will choose the best first paragraph and then select the writers. The story will be sent to the first writer who will add another paragraph and return it within three days. It will then go to the next writer for the addition of a new paragraph until all participants have contributed. Finally, everyone will be invited to submit a final paragraph. The group will then be asked to vote on the best ending for the story.
The finished story will be published with a list of all the authors' names without attributing individual paragraphs, so that the final result is "owned" by the group collectively.
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