About Syr hayatΔ± Beker

 

Syr is a queer nonbinary white Turkish-American writer, immersive experience creator, horror nerd, and art top in search of the queer love language of climate change.

They are the co-founder of Queer Cat Productions, a CAC-funded Theater Company, where they create and produce consent-forward accessible immersive experiences that leave audiences more connected. They are the co-founder of The Escapery Pirate Art Collective, which from 2015-2020, held expansive art space for hundreds of artists and writers.

They are a graduate of Clarion West (2018, Go Squids), SFSU’s MFA, Lambda’s Emerging Writers Fellowship, and a Tin House scholarship recipient, as well as residencies from OSU and Writing X Writers. Their work appears in Joyland, Michigan Quarterly Review, Fairy Tale Review, Spunk, Foglifter, Gigantic Sequins, Home is Where you Queer Your Heart (Foglifter Press, 2021) and more.

Syr is delighted to read and perform in accessible locations where the lineup is at least 30% BIPOC and artists are paid. They can help make this happen.

They are a spirit raiser, witch, tarot reader, and scary storyteller. Contact them.

They create immersive experiences. Their work has appeared and is forthcoming in theaters and on ships and in cemeteries and on stages.

As an Art Top/ Imaginary Friend, Syr holds writing workshops with a queer and speculative bent, help writers begin or finish their projects, and will gladly help you commit to your art practice by any means necessary. Their workshops incorporate play, ritual and theater. Their monthly newsletter, Star Maps and Sea Monsters, is here!

Thank you for visiting. We hope you have fun exploring. Would you like to tell us a ghost story?

 
 

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@Syr_Real - Art & Updates

TONIGHT! In celebration of Heidi Kasa's @split_chapbook, we split open our hearts at @theracketreadingseries! We have @kanwalroop.kaur, @laurenc.johnson, @marie.sinbooks, @cormanroberts, @jsnakecat MORE and PRIZES including a gift certificate to Good
Now starting Jan 16th and 5 Mondays, 6:00 - 7:30 PST! NEW YEAR. NEW EXPERIMENTS. GRAND ENTRANCE ONLY! We're going big, we're going joyful. See you there! https://syrbeker.com/workshops
Pilgrimage to Cat-Henge. This is the public art we needed.
Hey loves! Most of my writing workshoppy stuff is over at @starmaps_seamonsters, but if you are looking for a structured place to write in January, here's one. We meet, we check in, I give you an experiment, we write. We repeat X5. We start the yea
So excited to see @cedretattoos @a1000pansies taking off like wildfire. πŸ’•πŸŒˆ
Happy @bandcamp Friday! My brilliant beloved @kadetishere has released the soundtrack for their work, Null Extension. It's transcendent work, like being suspended, like ropes pulling at their moorings, like fighting the confines of this body in sea
Send your 😺 to πŸš€! Announcing Cats in Space, our 2023 Cats in Space Cat Calendar! Send in your CATS! https://www.queercatproductions.com/ This year, submissions to the @queercatproductions community cat calendar are FREE. Send in your cat* (c
So long, @exit_theatre_sf. And thank you.
Goodnight Moon. Today is the last day to inhabit this space before we say goodbye to @olddevilmoonsf. Come on by to raise a final glass with me.
My loves. This week I celebrate my last chance to perform on a stage that has meant the world to me. Come join me and experience some incredible artists sharing this space with me at @exit_theatre_sf TOMORROW NIGHT. See you there. $20 at the door
 

@Starmaps_Seamonsters - Writing Help

ID: Writing prompt featuring an octopus: Drop Everything & Give a character what they really really want. Let it be BIG! Spare no violin swell.
starmaps_seamonsters ID: Introductory slideshow for Syr and Starmaps & Sea Monsters, full ID below: 1. What is Starmaps & Sea Monsters, and who are you? Free writing gift this way (arrow to the right). Background is a constellation and kraken
More love to come, but here are highlights from the book fair! @blreview Bellevue Literary Review is a magnificent journal I can't wait to dive into; look at @miahjeffra's new gorgeous, wonderful book out from @blacklawrencepress, @RoseMetalPress is
Reads we loved: Here are some texts we loved in February. Charlie Jane Anders’ Newsletter is magnificent; Jubi Arriola-Headley’s poem in @honeyliterary is πŸ”₯, and we loved Benjamin Schaefer’s introduction to the Queer Issue of @fair
ID: Star map with a writing submission opportunity: @r_onthe_f Residency on the Farm is a summer residency in Wisconsin for 7-10 artists. We love them. This residency is run by the best people. MUFFIN ALERT. We love them so much. Applications open no
ID: Writing prompt featuring an octopus: Write the smallest story imaginable. Maybe it's 10 words. Maybe it's two lines of dialogue. Maybe it takes place in a tidepool. Maybe it plays the tiniest violin.
ID: Introductory slideshow for Syr and Starmaps & Sea Monsters, full ID below: 1. What is Starmaps & Sea Monsters, and who are you? Free writing gift this way (arrow to the right). Background is a constellation and kraken! 2. HI, I'm Syr. P
SEND JUST ONE THING OUT: We LOVE @theracketreadingseries And Journal, and they are OPEN to submissions of poetry or prose, 2000 words or less. Words you send them will be rendered beautifully. Image: Star map with Send Just One Thing Out, and infor
@the.deadlands is a speculative fiction magazine exploring all aspects of death and the borders it shares with the living. Fiction subs open to Black only authors now-Jan 31, general opening in February. We LOVE The Deadlands.
Drop everything and write a 100 word story after the last song you played. You can use anything: lyrics, vibe, structure, mood, or meaning.