sLiterary, Inc. Introduction, Mission, Initiatives, Achievements, Venue Overview, Magazine & Legacy

2. Introduction
 Founded in 2006, roots in 2003.
 NPO, registered in California since 2008.
 Mission:To Further the Arts in Virtual Worlds.
 Slogan/Motto: “What Second Life can be!”
 What Have We Done?
 Launched several initiatives and notable projects in
the arts—including music, theatre, visual and literary
arts

3. Literary Initiatives & Achievements I
 Initiatives
 The Classics in Virtual Worlds
 Virtual Literary Characters Initiative—Notable Virtual Impersonation of Favorite Literary
Characters, such as Will Shakespeare
 Book Discussions
 Virtual Buildings based on the Classics
 Fiction in Virtual Worlds
 sLiterary Magazine
 Metaverse Fiction
 sLiterary Art & Writing Gallery
 Virtual Reality Shakespeare Initiative (VRSI)
 Host Shakespearean-era Architecture
 Fiscal Sponsor SL Shakespeare Company
 Fiscal Sponsor Virtual Shakespeare Consortium
 Fiscal Sponsor SL Shakespeare Repertory Players
 Skype Shakespeare Radio

4. Literary Initiatives & Achievements II
 Poetry
 Introduced the first rated Poetry Slam to SL in 2006
 Hosted Poetry Readings
 sLiterary Winter Special Poetry Anthology
 Literature
 sLiterary Magazine publishes metaverse fiction, attempts to establish a new genre of fiction.
 Hosted Book Discussions and informal literary courses, such as the WoWA—“Works of Women Authors”
series
 Hosted Playwriting Reading Sessions and Workshops
 Created the first “Writing Museum” on SL—sLiterary Art & Writing Gallery
 Shakespeare!
 Host to “Authors in Your Pocket” Interviews (NY Times Bestselling authors on SL)
 Outreach
 Anodos Writing Retreat, low-cost virtual office space/housing, helps both new and established writers on SL
connect

5. Visual Arts Initiatives & Achievements
 Initiative: “Essence of Art in Virtual Worlds”
 sLiterary Art & Writing Gallery
 A large museum of art and writing relating to Second Life.
 SLArtists.NET
 Open Submissions Web Gallery of memorable art derived from
Second Life
 Primtings Museum—3d interpretations of famous 2d paintings
 Inworld sim-sized museum
 http://Primtings.com directory with preview
 Studio Sandbox
 Host to some of the most notable buildings of literary, artistic, or
historic nature on SL

6. Music & Theatre Initiatives & Achievements
 Music:
 Weekly Music Concert Series
 Host to numerous concert halls (see Venues)
 Brought into SL and established several RL musicians.
 Theatre: Fiscal sponsor to the premier professional theatre troupe
in virtual worlds—the SL Shakespeare Company
 sLiterary sims host the 4-sim SL Globe Theatre
 sLiterary manages land matters for SL Shakespeare
 Virtual Reality Shakespeare Initiative (VRSI)

7. Activism
 SL Activism/Support Events
 Freesupport for artists for event and build hosting
 Host to and participant in various third-party
nonprofit fundraisers, such as RFL and other global
causes.
 Support to other like-organizations and others on SL
 Global/RL Arts Activism Events
 NaNoWriMo since 2006.
 DrawingDay since 2008 (inception).

8. Venues to Spread the Arts I
 To help spread the literary arts on SL, we provide
free event hosting for public events in high quality
venues in various settings:
 Anne Hathaway’s House and Arden Forest
 Anodos Writing Retreat
 Blackfriars Theatre
 Dragonmount Memorial
 Garrick’s Inn
 Long Discussion House
 Mary Arden’s House
 Mistress Mall

9. Venues to Spread the Arts II
 Nash House
 New Place
 Primtings Museum
 Shakespeare’s Birthplace
 SL Globe Theatre
 sLiterary Art & Writing Gallery
 sLiterary Diner
 sLiterary Drawing Day Gallery
 sLiterary Events Center
 sLiterary Towers
 SL Shakespeare Company Academy
 Special Skybox Locations >>

10. http://venues.sLiterary.org/anodos

11. http://venues.sLiterary.org/blackfriars

21. http://venues.sLiterary.org/globe

27. Space to Spread the Arts!
 We believe that all constructive endeavors on SL are
art, in their own way. For structures beyond our
venues, free skybox hosting with 4-sim infrastructure
 RFL Prom 2008, set in a virtual construction of a memory
lane high school. RFL Grand Finale Fashion Show.
Different skybox rezzes 500 meters above the 4 sims.
 Other notable events we’ve hosted: AVENUE Fashion
Shows, La Performance (Modern Dance Troupe), ADMIRE
’09 (Mixed-Reality Music Event).

28. sLiterary Magazine
 sLiterary, Inc. started as an avant garde virtual magazine and e-
zine in 2006.
“Of Fiction and Second Life”
 sLiterary Magazine is a story magazine completely dedicated to
metaverse fiction of the highest quality.
 By publishing literary-quality metaverse fiction, sLiterary
Magazine hopes to establish a new genre of fiction—metaverse
fiction.
 Although on hiatus since Winter 2008, we hope to publish
another issue this year. You’re welcome to submit!

29. sLiterary.org Website & Beyond!
 Open Venues / Website
 Concise source of sLiterary Initiatives and Venue
information.
 sLiterary.org allows anyone to book an event at any
of our venues!