Events
Creative Community Cookbook
On the Tip of the Tongue: a collection of writing and recipes
Submission Deadline Extended: October 1st
This summer, we are coming together to create our third community cookbook featuring writing, art, and recipes! We are asking you to submit a piece of writing or art and/or a favorite recipe.
In October, work will be published in a community cookbook. Everyone included in the cookbook will receive a free copy.
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LEI’s previous cookbook, Stirring the Plot.
Rules:
- This challenge is open to ALL AGES (although if you are under 18, you will need a parent or guardian’s permission).
- No more than 2 submissions per person.
- Original formatting may be altered to fit the cookbook layout.
- All genres of writing and art are welcome: poetry, flash fiction, comics, nonfiction, photography, painting, and more!
Write about your experiences with food and meals! Here are a few prompts to get started:
- Describe your favorite or least favorite meal.
- Write about a scent that instantly reminds you of a particular dish or cooking experience. How does this scent trigger memories and emotions?
- Paint a picture of your kitchen while preparing a meal. What visuals stand out to you? How does the environment contribute to the cooking process?
- Describe a food that always makes you happy.
- Reflect on a taste from your past that has stayed with you. What emotions and memories does it evoke? How do you recreate or reimagine this taste in your own cooking?
- Describe a meal or dish that brought you joy or other strong emotion. What foods bring out which stories?
Submit using the form below!
Giant Bananagrams
Go bananas for Lake Erie Ink! This unique event combines a love of language and creative word play in support of Lake Erie Ink. Inspired by the fast-paced, Scrabble-like word game, Giant Bananagrams brings together teams of up to 5 players to compete on a 30×30 ft board in front of a large audience and narrated by a guest emcee. This event requires creative thinking and encourages teamwork and collaboration as groups scramble to be the first to turn their letters into words.
Each team of 5 needs to raise $500 to play. Join us next spring for this fundraiser’s 13th year!