Writers’ Salon Theme: Last Light
Co-hosted by Jessica Rao & Ines Rodrigues
As the season changes, so does the light. Our imagination follows, the end of longer days, the beginning of magical times. Beginning, ending, continuing. Light and dark, day and night, autumn turns to winter. What stories come with that?
Do you have a story about twilight? Changing light? Final embers or seeds of hope? We want to read it.
Broad interpretations, as well as all genres welcome — fiction, non-fiction, short play, poetry.
Submissions accepted from September 1 to September 22.
Five pieces will be selected from the first twenty-five submissions received by September 22. The winners will read their work at the Writers’ Salon at Yellow Studio, in person, on Wednesday, October 29 at 7pm.
About Jessica Rao
About Jessica Rao
Jessica Rao is an award-winning journalist and media professional who has held contributor roles at CNBC and Gannett and overseen communications for Fortune 500 companies.
In addition to her media career, Jessica is the Vice President of the White Plains Library Foundation Board and she hosts and produces literary events. She is seeking representation for her debut novel Tuesday Night Special.
About Ines Rodrigues
Ines Rodrigues is an author and teacher, who published her first novel, Days of Bossa Nova, in 2017. Her short fiction appears in The Plentitudes Literary Journal, Columbia Anthology, Tint Journal, and 650-Writers Read. Her translation work was published in the Word for Word Anthology/2023, and she was the recipient of the Word for Word Translation Grant from Columbia University. She’s a creative writing instructor at the Writing Institute/Sarah Lawrence College, Hugo House, and Bronxville Adult School. Rodrigues was a writer-in-residence at Yellow Studio from November/2024 through February/2025. She is currently working on her second novel.