The Backyard Story Series
The Backyard Story Series at the Historic Leopold House is a night to share and listen to true stories from your neighbors, friends, strangers, professional writers, amateur writers, and people like you.
The September Storytelling Night has been rescheduled for Sunday, November 15th. We are currently accepting stories for the November event.
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This will be the last Backyard Storytelling Night of 2026
WHEN IS IT?WHEN: Sunday, November 15th 4:00 PM - 6:00PM Storytelling will start promptly at 4:00 PM. WHERE: The Historic Aldo Leopold House 135 14th St SW Albuquerque, NM 87104 COST: Free! Be sure to bring a blanket, chair, or something to sit on. Feel free to bring snacks or drinks. All ages are welcome. A good story is specific, personal, and true. You do not need to be a professional writer or performer. We love stories that take emotional risks, inspire the audience, and have “stakes.” We especially welcome stories rooted in lived experience, observation, work, family, landscape, and community memory. --- Not sure how to come up with a story? Click here for The Moth's tips and tricks for coming up with a memorable story! |
NOVEMBER'S THEME: MIGRATION For November's Backyard Story Night, we invite stories of migration. What has migration (yours or that of a more-than-human-other) taught you about your connection to land or your place in the world? Have you been transformed through the migration of your kin or touched by alterations to migratory pathways? How have you changed the places you have moved through or how have the places you’ve moved through changed you? What calls us to move? What makes us stay?
As the shifting of the seasons takes us from the warm months to the cold, we want to hear your stories of migration, movement across borders, down rivers, and through land. Move us! Guidelines for storytellers:
1. Stories must be true. 2. Stories must be told in the first person. 3. No soapboxing, preaching, poetry, standup routines, etc. While we love all forms of literature, we are looking for stories. 4. Stories must be told in 5-6 minutes. 5. Must relate in someway to the theme of the event. 6. Storytellers are expected to rehearse (and time) their stories and share them from memory. |
About the Backyard Story Series
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Picking up from a Nob Hill-based Backyard Story Night that took place from 2015 - 2019, the Leopold House Backyard Story Series invites anyone interested in a connection between humans and Nature to share their stories. Modeled after The Moth, the event features stories that are inspiring, educational, sad, funny, moving, poetic, eerie, or all of the above.
Stories are five minutes long and read back to back for an hour in the large, shady backyard of the Historic Leopold House. Bring a blanket or chair and come listen or tell a story on a shady lawn in downtown Albuquerque. Why do we do it? To deepen our relationship with each other and with the more-than-human world through listening and sharing. |
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Are you interested in sharing a story?
Previous Storytelling Nights
August theme:
LAND-BASED HEALING
LAND-BASED HEALING
July theme:
CONNECTING WITH THE MORE-THAN-HUMAN-WORLD
CONNECTING WITH THE MORE-THAN-HUMAN-WORLD
June theme:
WATER
WATER
HOW IT WORKS
1. Follow us on Instagram or here to find out the monthly theme
Themes are announced several weeks in advance.
2. Sign Up to Tell a Story
Storytellers submit a short pitch ahead of time.
3. Share a Five-Minute True Story
4. Gather in Community
Story sharing continues before and after the event around conversation, new connections, and the night air.
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LEOPOLD WRITING PROGRAM
P.O. Box 40122 | Albuquerque, NM 87196 973.476.9112 LWP is a 501(c)3 organizationL |
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