"River Town" is a new podcast about the Missouri River. On Saturday, May 18, meet the River Town team (including Janet Saidi, Jessica Vaughn Martin, Tina Casagrand Foss, and others TBA!) at the Peers Store in Marthasville for Magnificent Missouri's opening day, May 18, 12-3 p.m. What to expect: very casual hangout New Territory merch […]
Please save the date May 28, 2024, for The New Territory Issue 15 Launch Party! RSVP Here Special presenters include NT Issue 15 feature writer Jess Brent and local author and voice talent Michael Wallis. Launch Party Details Who is this launch party for? Readers, new friends of The New Territory and our contributors, and anyone with […]
RSVP here Save the date and RSVP for this free public event celebrating Literary Landscapes in Kansas: from the Ground to the Airwaves. Who: Calling all Kansas literature lovers! Including: listeners of High Plains Public Radio, readers of Literary Landscapes in Kansas and The New Territory, and Flint Hills readers of all stripes! What: readings […]
🆕! Official Pageturner 2024 page with details! Reserve Your Seats Here The Pageturner 2024: Hearing Place is an intimate ideas conference for Midwesterners eager to learn and connect over new stories of place. The event will be a lively, communal experience reminiscent of field trips, TEDx events, Pop-Up Magazine, and Actors Roundtable. Attendees may engage […]
Warm up those ears! The co-producers of the River Town podcast will be presenting at the Big Muddy Speakers Series on Tuesday, February 11. Billed as, “A Magical Disneyland Log Ride Down the Missouri River,” River Town is a podcast exploring how this mighty waterway shapes the people and places it flows through. Join us for an evening […]
Join Missouri Women Who Write for a retreat at Serendipity Gallery in Columbia, Mo. on Feb. 22. The morning will have two writing talks, time to write, and then lunch. Tina Casagrand Foss, founder, publisher, and editor-in-chief of The New Territory magazine, will be leading the two sessions on the craft of writing. The focus […]
Enjoy magazines, merch, merriment, books and other fun with The Raven, Friends of the Kaw, and The New Territory Magazine! RSVP Here Facebook Event Program Thursday, May 22, 2025 5:00 p.m. – Doors open, meet & greet with cash bar and snacks 6:00 p.m. – Welcome and introductions 6:10 p.m. - Readers: Haines Eason & […]
Join The New Territory magazine and The Story Center for a full-day intensive on the micro essay form, led by Michaella Thornton. Through a series of talks and guided writing prompts, participants will draw from the natural and cultural history of the Woodneath property to write an essay of 300 words or less and will […]
Join The New Territory Magazine editors, contributors, and friends for an afternoon of talks and historic building tours! Speakers will include: Jessica Vaughn Martin on her feature about the legacy of Annie Fisher, a turn-of-the-century Black culinary entrepreneur in Columbia, MO Tim Carson, reading from his Here essay on the Katy Roundhouse in Franklin, MO […]
Join us to celebrate Lingering Inland, an expansive anthology edited by Andy Oler. 73 original short essays explore locales in Midwestern literature relevant to the life and work of literary figures and canonical authors such as Toni Morrison, Willa Cather, and more. The program includes readings, live music, merch tables and merriment! Details Date and […]