Awards
Winner, Saint John the Divine in Iowa (Screenplay), Stowe Story Lab Fellowship, 2022
Winner, Assigned Female at Birth (Series), NE Film Star Award, 2021
Finalist, Run from Fire (Screenplay), Half the World Literati International Contest, 2016
Winner, Saint John the Divine in Iowa (Screenplay), Streep Writers Lab, 2015
Finalist, Saint John the Divine in Iowa (Screenplay), Roy W. Dean Award in Screenwriting, 2011
Semi-Finalist, Saint John the Divine in Iowa (Screenplay), Pride Plays & Films Awards in Screenwriting, 2011
Finalist, Ladders to God (Play), MassCouncil of the Arts Awards in Playwriting, 2005
Winner, Ladders to God (Play), Stanley and Eleanor Lipkin Prize in Playwriting, , 2002
Finalist, The Training (Slam poem), Boston Amazon Poetry Super Slam Finals, 2003
Winner, For Whom Did You Write the World (Slam poem), Boston Amazon Poetry Super Slam Finals, 1998
Nominated for the Pushcart Prize in Fiction for The Watcher, 1997
About Skylar Lyralen Kaye, fae/they
Skylar Lyralen Kaye, fae/they, AEA, SAG-AFTRA, MFA in Theatre, Sarah Lawrence College, is an award-winning screenwriter, playwright, novelist, memoirist, storyteller and slam poet. In addition to being published in literary magazines such as Calyx and Persona, they were nominated for a Pushcart Prize in fiction for their short story The Watcher. They have won the Moth Story Slam, the Boston Story Slam, the Amazon Poetry Slam and Super Slam. Their solo show Many Trump Refugees in One Body (AKA My Preferred Pronoun Is We) won the San Francisco Fringe and Techie Award at the SF Fringe as well as being nominated for the Soaring Solo Award at the Hollywood Fringe.. Their web series Assigned Female at Birth, won the 2021 NE Film Star Award and has won 13 other film festival best web series awards. Their first screenplay, Saint John the Divine in Iowa, about the intersection of radical queer politics with an Episcoplian family in the Midwest won them a place in the Meryl Streep Writers Lab administered by NYWIFT and IRIS, was a semi-finalist for the 2011 Pride Plays and Films Award and a finalist for the 2011 Roy W. Dean Award. Their second screenplay, Run from Fire, a feminist thriller, was a finalist for the 2016 Half the World Literati Award. Their stage play, Ladders to God, won the 2002 Stanley and Eleanor Lipkin Prize in Playwriting and was a finalist in the 2005 Massachusetts Council of the Arts Awards. Skye’s plays have been produced nationwide. Their novels include Priest Kid and Leaving Winter for a Desert Sky. Bachelorx, a Nonbinary Memoir, will be released April 1. When not creating in a mad frenzy of fun, they paddle board all over the world, including 15 lochs in Scotland this past summer.
Services for Writers
Lyralen Kaye, fae/they, has nearly 30 years of teaching and editing experience, and has been publishing articles, poetry, and fiction since 1979. They have an MFA in Theatre from Sarah Lawrence College and a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona. They have helped writers to develop and then perform their work, to publish, to get agents, to win contests, and to apply and get accepted to graduate school.
- in-depth feedback on your work
- examples and exercises for developing craft
- strategies for breaking creative blocks
- one-on-one consultation sessions
- unlimited e-mail support
- publishing savvy
- line editing
- pep talks
Editing Services
Editing can be done while a manuscript or screenplay is in process, and helps to break blocks and shape the work toward a ready-to-publish finished product.
Per hour: Writers can pay per hour for shorter projects or for early stage developmental editing.
Per page: For a flat fee, based on per page service (writers can choose: line editing, line comments, overall feedback on structure, pace, character and style or all 3), Lyralen will edit your work and help you create the best project possible.
Coaching Services
Coaching lasts for 3 months, starting on the 1st or 15th of the month and includes:
- 150 pages double-spaced edited by Lyralen
- 3 one hour consults
- unlimited e-mail support
Lyralen also tailors the coaching package for poets and writers who prefer more consults and less pages.
Screenwriting and Devised Theater Services
Screenwriting
Lyralen Skye has adapted novels and short plays for producers, bringing their award-winning writing craft and strong believable characters to the world of adaptations. They have written about a transgendered artist, a heterosexual love triangle, and a lesbian relationship on the rocks. They are available as a screenwriter-for-hire. References upon request.
Devised Theater
Lyralen Skye has worked with diverse populations to create theater pieces they can then perform to tell their stories. Their work has ranged from a companion piece for 5 Women Wearing the Same Dress by Alan Ball(entitled Intermanzzo, they worked with 4 men to create a comedy about male friendship, gender and sexuality) to We Come, a piece written for 28 middle school immigrants from Latin America. Their style of collaboration creates a strong sense of safety and trust, and they have adapted the structure and content of the pieces to match the skills of the performers.
Downloadable ebooks
Priest Kid Available on Amazon
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Leaving Winter for a Desert Sky Available on Amazon
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COMING APRIL 1st!
A daringly original memoir that blends humor, heartbreak, and healing, exploring the intersections of queer identity, trauma, and the mythopoetic. With a narrative voice that’s both poignant and laugh-out-loud funny, this is a story for anyone who’s ever sought to reconcile the many parts of themselves while navigating life’s complexities.
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Love Is a Practice: Releasing the Barriers to Joy!
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