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GRAY IS THE NEW BLACK is a finalist for The Gilda Prize named in honor of comedian Gilda Radner. Gilda memoirs are distinguished by their fresh voices, their honesty, and their authenticity. They make us laugh (even when we want to cry). Which is the perfect award category for this memoir. Order the paperback from your favorite local bookstore.
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Welcome!
Thanks for visiting my website. I am an author, developmental editor, writing coach and certified Amherst Writers & Authors workshop leader.
As a writer, reader, educator, and concerned mom, grandma and first-generation American, I believe in the power of story, all of our stories (no matter the form or genre) to reveal truth, heal and inspire. Entertainment and laughter are also good for leavening. Find links to many of my published essays and stories, and information about my latest memoir, GRAY IS THE NEW BLACK, by clicking the AUTHOR link.
As a writer, reader, educator, and concerned mom, grandma and first-generation American, I believe in the power of story, all of our stories (no matter the form or genre) to reveal truth, heal and inspire. Entertainment and laughter are also good for leavening. Find links to many of my published essays and stories, and information about my latest memoir, GRAY IS THE NEW BLACK, by clicking the AUTHOR link.
Dorothy Rice is the author of two memoirs, the Small Press Distribution best-seller GRAY IS THE NEW BLACK: A Memoir of Self-Acceptance (Otis Books, 2019), and THE RELUCTANT ARTIST (Shanti Arts, 2015), a hybrid art book/memoir, and editor of the anthology, TWENTY TWENTY: 43 Stories from a Year Like No Other (Stories on Stage Sacramento, 2021).
Her essays, stories and flash have been widely published in literary journals and magazines, including The Rumpus, Hippocampus, Brevity online and The Saturday Evening Post. Her fiction has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net, recognized several times by the regrettably defunct Glimmer Train Magazine, and long-listed for the 2018 Bath Flash Fiction Award. Her essay "In Photographs" was awarded second place in the 2018 Kalinithi Awards. Most recently her essay "Fathers and Daughters" was one of ten Non-Fiction Finalists in the 2021 Tiferet Writing Contest.
Dorothy co-directs (with Copy Boy author Shelley Blanton-Stroud) the nonprofit Stories on Stage Sacramento, a literary performance series that has been bringing authors, actors and audiences together for over ten years. Dorothy is the Managing Editor at Under the Gum Tree, a reader supported, quarterly literary arts magazine, publishing creative nonfiction and visual art. She also works for 916 INK (a Sacramento-area nonprofit, facilitating creative writing workshops for youth, using the AWA method) and provides developmental editing and coaching services for writers .
At age 60, following a 30-year career managing solid waste, hazardous waste and water quality programs with the California EPA (her last position was Executive Director of the California State Water Resources Control Board), and raising five children, Rice earned an MFA in creative writing from UC Riverside's low-residency program. A San Francisco native, Dorothy now lives in Sacramento with her husband, a pair of frenetic pound puppies, two vegan guinea pig brothers, and within easy visiting distance of her sisters, son and grandchildren.
Her essays, stories and flash have been widely published in literary journals and magazines, including The Rumpus, Hippocampus, Brevity online and The Saturday Evening Post. Her fiction has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net, recognized several times by the regrettably defunct Glimmer Train Magazine, and long-listed for the 2018 Bath Flash Fiction Award. Her essay "In Photographs" was awarded second place in the 2018 Kalinithi Awards. Most recently her essay "Fathers and Daughters" was one of ten Non-Fiction Finalists in the 2021 Tiferet Writing Contest.
Dorothy co-directs (with Copy Boy author Shelley Blanton-Stroud) the nonprofit Stories on Stage Sacramento, a literary performance series that has been bringing authors, actors and audiences together for over ten years. Dorothy is the Managing Editor at Under the Gum Tree, a reader supported, quarterly literary arts magazine, publishing creative nonfiction and visual art. She also works for 916 INK (a Sacramento-area nonprofit, facilitating creative writing workshops for youth, using the AWA method) and provides developmental editing and coaching services for writers .
At age 60, following a 30-year career managing solid waste, hazardous waste and water quality programs with the California EPA (her last position was Executive Director of the California State Water Resources Control Board), and raising five children, Rice earned an MFA in creative writing from UC Riverside's low-residency program. A San Francisco native, Dorothy now lives in Sacramento with her husband, a pair of frenetic pound puppies, two vegan guinea pig brothers, and within easy visiting distance of her sisters, son and grandchildren.
New-ish words, opportunities & events
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August 11-13, 2023
Lancaster, PA 
Yeah, I was a speaker in 2022 and 2021, but I love this conference, and would highly recommend it for any CNF writer even if I wasn't!
FREE Write Night
Experience the whimsy of the 916 Ink method yourself at our adults-only write night. Be a part of the same magical, word-filled, empowering atmosphere that youth experience in our workshops. (On hiatus over the summer, check back in the fall) 
Join 916 Ink's mission of transforming children and youth into confident writers and published authors. Donate. Volunteer. Check it out for the kids in your life (grades 3-12).
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Stories on Stage Sacramento | Check out our 2022 Season!
Next Performance - August 26 - 7:00 pm - CLARA theater (midtown) Shelley Blanton-Stroud & Catriona McPherson tickets here or at the door! 
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Last Updated - August 2022
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