100 STORIES — PRESS FACT SHEET

SHORT DESCRIPTION
100 Stories is a live storytelling festival bringing together 100 storytellers across 10 forms to make transformation visible through story, art, and culture.

BOILERPLATE
100 Stories is a live storytelling festival bringing together 100 storytellers across 10 creative forms to make transformation visible through story, art, and culture. Growing from an ongoing inquiry into Narrative Intelligence, the project explores how the stories through which people interpret experience can be recognized, questioned, expanded, chosen, and lived differently. The festival launches in Montana and New York City, with future gatherings decided place by place by public demand.

FAST FACTS
Format: 10 storytellers in each of 10 forms; 100 stories at every festival; 3 days; 5 rooms
Founding places: Montana, presented in Missoula; New York City
Founder: Paige Williams
Origins: 100 Stories: The Narrative Intelligence Project, podcast and research inquiry
Core inquiry: How malleable are the stories we live by, and what does it take to change one?
Next cities: Decided by public demand
Website: https://100storiesproject.com

APPROVED FOUNDER BIO
Paige Williams is a documentary filmmaker, bestselling author, and the creator of Narrative Intelligence — the framework behind 100 Stories and StoryKeys. She previously founded AudPop, a global platform that connected more than 80,000 filmmakers and creators with audiences and opportunities and awarded $10 million to filmmakers. She was named to the Forbes Next 1000 and has been featured in The New York Times, Entrepreneur, and Inc.

APPROVED QUOTES
“We don't need another conference telling us how to be better. We wanted to build a place to witness, celebrate, and understand one another — through story, art, and culture.” — Paige Williams, founder

“Story isn't a regional practice. It's how we make sense of a life, wherever we're living it. That's why we're starting in Montana and New York at the same time.” — Paige Williams, founder

IMAGE CAPTIONS
paige-williams-founder.png — Paige Williams, founder of 100 Stories. Courtesy of 100 Stories.
100-stories-live-storytelling.jpg — Live storytelling at the heart of the 100 Stories experience. Courtesy of 100 Stories.
100-stories-listening-room.jpg — The 100 Stories Listening Room experience. Courtesy of 100 Stories.
100-stories-gallery.jpg — Photography presented as one of ten storytelling forms. Courtesy of 100 Stories.
100-stories-montana.jpg — Montana, the first founding place for 100 Stories, presented in Missoula. Courtesy of 100 Stories.

PRESS INQUIRIES
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