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UPCOMING POETRY READINGS/WORKSHOPS
January 12 (Sunday) @ 4pm EST - Vicinanza Studios & Gallery (VSG) presents Poetry and Music Open Mic night Second Sunday, featuring Mar Walker and John Jeffrey. All readers/musicians in the open mic can perform up to 5 minutes and, if time allows, you will have a second chance at the mic. Vicinanza Studios & Gallery is located at 493 Heritage Road, Suite 4C, in Southbury, CT. January 14 (Tuesday) @ 6pm-7pm EST – Connecting Through Poetry, an online workshop with New England poet Latina Bohemian. This virtual workshop will explore the profound impact of poetry on personal expression, social connection, cultural awareness, and its importance as a medium for storytelling and emotional expression. This workshop is designed for both beginner and seasoned poets and offers a welcoming space to share ideas, connect with others, and ignite your creative spirit. For those interested, there will be time at the end to share your own pieces. January 14 (Tuesday) @ 6:30pm-7:30pm – Poetry Night at Black Rock Books, with readers Edward Ahern and Janet Krauss. Free to attend. January 16 (Thursday) @ 7pm-9pm EST – The Sleeping Giant Reading Series presents guests Danielle Chapman and Hank Paper. Readings at 7 are followed by a Writers' Happy Hour where writers (and their friends) can meet up and mingle with one another and with their guest readers. Admission is free; donations are accepted. Located at 1842 Whitney Avenue in Hamden, CT. January 16 (Thursday) @ 7pm-9:30pm EST – Wintonbury Poetry Series presents an online reading by Brad Davis and Julia Paul. The reading will be followed by an open mic. Free to attend; registration required for the Zoom link. January 18 (Saturday) @ 2pm EST – The CT Poetry Society Workshop, hosted by our very own Ed Ahern, which takes place on the 3rd Saturday of the month at the Wilton Public Library in the Rimer Room, located at 137 Old Ridgefield Road in Wilton, CT. Bring a poem to share with the group for critique. Free to attend; registration required. January 26 (Sunday) @ 1:30pm-2:45pm, 3pm-5pm EST – A Writing Workshop at 1:30pm with Julia Paul, the Poet Laureate of Manchester, followed by a separate event with a reading by Julia Paul and Scott Frey at 3pm and an open mic after the reading. The workshop is $20; the reading is free. Both events are at Arts Center East, located at 709 Hartford Turnpike in Vernon, CT. To register for the workshop: https://artscentereast.org/product/poetry-workshop/. To register for the reading, email [email protected] or go to https://artscentereast.org/. January 31 (Friday) @ 7pm – The Hope Out Loud Open Mic is held on the last Friday of every month at the Hartford Friends (Quaker) Meeting House (backyard), located at 144 South Quaker Lane in West Hartford, CT. February 5 (Wednesday) @ 5-8pm EST – Walk-In Workshop presents “Give a Poem” with Branford’s Poet Laureate Judith Liebmann. Come into the Willoughby Wallace Library, located at 146 Thimble Islands Road in Stony Creek, CT, anytime between 5-8pm and leave with a poem for your loved one. Free to attend; call to register: 203-488-8702. February 5 (Wednesday) @ 7pm-8:15pm EST – Poems from CT's Four Corners, an online event hosted by the Ridgefield Library with five noteworthy Connecticut poets – Victor Altshul, Sharon Charde, Ed Lent, Angela Siew and Edwina Trentham. Facilitated by Barb Jennes (Poet Laureate Emerita of Ridgefield). Free to attend; registration required to get Zoom link. PLACES TO SUBMIT YOUR POETRY Publisher: Nzima Hutchings Deadline: January 15, 2025 Enfield Poet Laureate Nzima Hutchings is seeking poetry and visual art submissions for an upcoming Jazz Poetry Anthology. She is looking for rhythmic, jazz-inspired poetry that celebrates the essence of jazz through playful alliteration, cadence and rhythm, visual metaphors inspired by blues and jazz, skit-skat energy and Harlem Renaissance-inspired language. Submissions may include drawings, paintings, collages or photography in black-and-white or vibrant colors. Send your work to [email protected] with "Jazz Poetry Submission" in the subject line. No submission fee; no payment. Selected poets from the anthology will also be invited to perform their works on Nzima’s Poetry Café Television Show. Publisher: Slippery Elm Poetry Prize Deadline: February 1, 2025 $15 entry fee for up to 3 poems (no line/length limit). Simultaneous subs ok. Blind judging. $1000 prize. All contest entrants will receive a copy of the winning issue and be considered for publication. Publisher: Allen Ginsberg Poetry Award, Paterson Poetry Prizes Deadline: February 1, 2025 (postmarked – hard copy only) $18 submission fee per entry.
Publisher: Nymeria Publishing Deadline: No deadline Looking for full-length poetry manuscripts of 100 pages or above. For poetry submissions, a single poem or essay can take up more than one page but do not put more than one poem or essay per page. Response in about 4 months. No submission fee; offers both traditional contracts and hybrid publishing. Publisher: rainy weather days: a defiant literary magazine Deadline: No deadline Sub up to 5 poems per submission. Looking for poetry along the theme of “defiance.” No submission fee; pays $10 per published piece.
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UPCOMING POETRY READINGS/WORKSHOPS
November 10 (Sunday) @ 2pm-6pm – Ekphrasis: Poetry & Music & Visual Art Open House at the Artspace Hartford Gallery at 555 Asylum Avenue in Hartford. Free to attend, and you can sign up at the link if you’d like to participate. Refreshments will be served. Donations are accepted. There is parking on the street beyond Union Station or in the Union Station paid lot directly across from ArtSpace ($5 with validation). November 12 (Tuesday) @ 5pm – A poetry reading with Pulitzer Prize-Winner Rae Armantrout at the Office of Admissions, McKelvey Room at Wesleyan University, located at 70 Wyllys Ave in Middletown. Free and open to the public. November 13 (Wednesday) @ 7pm – Riverwood Poetry Series @ Real Art Ways will host contributing poets from the anthology, Of Hartford in Many Lights: Celebrating Hartford’s Buildings at Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor Street in Hartford. Readers include: Dennis Barone, Debbie Ducoff-Barone, Ginny Connors, Julia Paul, Brad Davis, Joan Hofmann, Jim Finnegan, Clare Rossini, Srini Mandavilli, Christine Beck, Marilyn Johnston, Catherine Hoyser, and Pegi Deitz Shea. Poems inspired by Wallace Stevens. The anthology will be available to buy for book signing & conversation, and beer, wine, soft drinks, and snacks will be available for purchase. Free to attend. November 14 (Thursday) @ 6:30pm – Our very own Poets’ Salon member Mary Keating in conversation with Dr. Karen Shields to discuss the healing power of poetry on both an individual and community level. Mary is a local author, poet, and lawyer and Dr. Karen Shields is an Integrative Wellness Clinician. Free to attend at Barrett Bookstore at 5 Corbin Drive in Darien, although RSVP requested. November 14 (Thursday) @ 5:30pm-7pm – Poets from the faculty of the University of Hartford respond to visual art from Pathways: The Hartford Art School Faculty Show. Readers include Mary Fister, Benjamin Grossberg, and Ines Rivera, and moderated by Krista Narciso. Attendees will be invited to participate in a Q&A after the reading. Refreshments will be available. The Joseloff Gallery is in Harry Jack Gray, building 15 on this campus map at the University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Ave, West Hartford. Free and open to the public. Contact Ben Grossberg with questions: [email protected]. November 22 (Friday) @ 7pm – Poet Margaret Gibson and Actress Tori Richnavsky will present a dramatic reading of Gibson's new book, Draw Me Without Boundaries. Music from Ted Mook & Heath Allen. Admission $30, students free. Located at the LaGrua Center, 32 Water Street in Stonington. Doors open at 6:30pm. https://theartscafemystic.org/next-show PLACES TO SUBMIT YOUR POETRY Publisher: CLOCKHOUSE Deadline: November 15, 2024 Submit up to three poems of any length per reading period. All poetry in traditional and experimental styles, including prose poetry, are welcome. Simultaneous submissions ok. No reading fee; payment of 1 contributor’s copy. Publisher: Full Bleed Deadline: November 15, 2024 Send up to 3 poems per submission. Looking for poetry in all genres, particularly in the ars poetica vein or on the themes of “manifesto” or “censorship.” Also looking for genre-combining works. Publisher: Memezine: weird little guys flash poetry & prose contest Deadline: November 15, 2024 Poems should be “weird and short.” 1 page max. Enjoy hybrid work. First entry free, all subsequent entries $5 (to increase the prize pool). 1st place: $69, 2nd place: $21, 3rd place: $10, runner-ups: $4.20. Sim subs ok. Publisher: Chicken Soup for the Soul – 3 anthologies: Cat Stories, Change your habits & attitudes/change your life, and Miracles, messages from heaven & angels Deadline: November 30, 2024 Poems of up to 1,200 words. They do not publish poems that don’t tell a story. A Chicken Soup for the Soul poem does the same job as a story. The reader goes away having learned your story, just through poetry instead of prose. They also do not publish poems that seem overly focused on rhyming and read more like greeting cards. Payment of $250 for acceptances. Publisher: Eternal Haunted Summer: Fortune and Luck Deadline: December 1, 2024 Their tagline is “Pagan Songs & Tales,” and they’re looking for poetry about gods, goddesses, heroes, myths, folklore, and the world’s pagan traditions either from a historical or contemporary perspective. The theme for Winter Solstice 2024 is ‘Fortune and Luck.’ No length limit; pay of $5. Sim subs ok. Publisher: Cypress Review Deadline: December 9, 2024 Submit up to five poems, up to five pages total. Cypress Review is a new online journal of “lyrical, contemplative, and contemporary” writing. Sim subs ok. Pays an honorarium (amount not specified). UPCOMING POETRY READINGS/WORKSHOPS
October 13 (Sunday) @ 5-6:30pm – Celebrating James Longenbach’s final book Seafarer and a posthumous reading of his poems by Professor Joanna Scott and a panel of friends of the library. Hosted by the James Merrill House and both livestreamed and located at the Stonington Free Library at 20 High Street in Stonington. October 16 (Wednesday) @ 7-8pm – Poets on Poetry (PoP) presents Poets Martín Espada and Jose B. Gonzalez discuss the promise and potential of poetry to impact the prevailing sense of social justice. Poet/essayist Suzanne Frischkorn will moderate. Free, and please register to receive the Zoom link: bit.ly/3XO1MbT. October 17 (Thursday) @ 6pm – A reading and signing with Amy Glynn from her book Romance Language, winner of the Able Muse Book Prize. Located at Bank Square Books at 80 Stonington Road in Mystic. October 17 (Thursday) @ 7pm – Wintonbury Poetry Reading Series, featuring poets Jim Finnegan and John Stanizzi, followed by an open mic. Meeting is free and online; sign up to receive the meeting link. October 19 (Saturday) @ 2pm – The WordHouse Reading Series presents Marilyn E Johnston and John L Stanizzi. Reading begins with an open mic. Free event, but donations welcome. Located at the Noah Webster House at 227 South Main Street in West Hartford. October 20 (Sunday) @ 2-4pm – Woodhall Press presents authors and poets reading from the annual Connecticut Literary Anthology at Mark Twain House & Museum, located at 351 Farmington Avenue in Hartford. Free to attend; RSVP required (60 people max). October 25 (Friday) @ 7pm – The Arts Café Mystic presents Colin Channer, the Rhode Island Poet Laureate and author of the New Yorker Best Book of the Year. Admission: $20, free for students. Located at La Grua Center at 32 Water Street in Stonington. Free parking. October 29 (Tuesday) @ 5:30pm – Poetry reading with Nathan McClain & Hank Rossouw at Barnes & Noble UConn Hartford Bookstore, 18 Front Street in Hartford. Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Julie Choffel at [email protected]. November 2 (Saturday) @ 10am-5pm – The 8th Annual Norwalk Book and Author Festival is being held at the Norwalk Library, located at 10 Washington Street in Norwalk. The event will include our very own Salon member Mary Keating, featuring her debut poetry book Recalibrating Gravity. Our very own Salon member Marla Sterling did a recent reading with the Four Corners reading series. If you missed it live, you can watch the recorded episode on the Ridgefield Library YouTube channel. PLACES TO SUBMIT YOUR POETRY Publisher: Santa Clara Review Deadline: October 15, 2024 Submit up to 3 poems at a time. Simultaneous submissions ok. $2 reading fee; no payment. Publisher: The Hoolet’s Nook Deadline: October 21, 2024 Submit up to 3 poems of up to 100 words each. They welcome all poetry types but hold a special interest in haiku/senryu sequences. Simultaneous subs ok. No payment; no submission fee. Publisher: Unfortunately, Literary Magazine Deadline: October 31, 2024 Your piece must be rejected elsewhere at least once before submitting to them. Simultaneous submissions ok. Send up to 3 poems per submission. Publisher: Y2K Deadline: October 31, 2024 Work that reminds a reader of the 2000s. Simultaneous submissions ok. Multiple submission ok. Submissions should be under 2k words. No payment; no reading fee. Publisher: Lines+Stars Deadline: November 1, 2024 Submit 3-5 poems less than 2,000 words. Theme: "in the blood.” No payment; no reading fee. Publisher: Dishsoap Quarterly Deadline: No deadline Max 3 poems per submission, no word limit. Reprints ok. Fast response time (generally within a week). No payment; no reading fee. Publisher: Heroica Deadline: No deadline Any length poetry ok. No reading fee; £5 payment. Publisher: Neologism Poetry Journal Deadline: No deadline Send 5 or fewer previously unpublished poems. Formal poetry ok. Simultaneous submissions are welcome. No more than 10 pages total. Fast response time. No reading fee; no payment. UPCOMING POETRY READINGS/WORKSHOPS
Sign up for the 8th Annual Norwalk Book and Author Festival—this is an open call for local authors to participate on Saturday, November 2, 2024 (must sign up in advance). Reply and confirm as soon as possible since our space is limited. 6-ft tables are provided by the library with (2) authors at each table. The Norwalk Public Library will also open doors at 8 am for author set-up, provide a continental breakfast and meet and greet for authors from 9-10, and open to the public at 10 am. In addition, the library will provide a light lunch for all participants. Contact person is Cynde Bloom Lahey, the Director of Library Information Services at the Norwalk Public Library, located at 10 Washington Street in Norwalk. Details about event Signup form September 15 (Sunday) @ 2-3:30pm – A free online workshop about Sentimentality, Character, and the Health of Your Poem. Presented by poet/educator Patrick Donnelly, it will explore how to offset the sweet, "squishy" effect of sentimentality in your poems with harder, drier language and images. A short exercise will challenge participants to toughen up a sentimental passage or - even more fun - ruin an unsentimental poem by loading it with syrup. September 15 (Sunday) @ 2-4pm – Poets at Large, featuring Antoinette Brim-Bell, MA Beat Poet Laureate Linda Bratcher Woldyka, and Christopher Reilley (former poet laureate of Dedham, MA). Free event that takes place at Roseland Park, 205 Roseland Park Road in Woodstock. September 18 (Wednesday) @ 6pm – Literary Open Mic at in the gallery at Woodbury Public Library at 269 Main Street South in Woodbury, CT. The theme is “colors.” Members of the Orenaug Poetry Group will be the featured poets. Woodbury Poet Laureate Sandy Carlson will moderate the open mic. Guests are invited to read writing related to the theme of colors. September 18 (Wednesday) @ 6:30pm – Writers Jeff Mock and Tim Parrish, both of Southern Connecticut State University, will be Laurel Peterson’s guests at Writers in Conversation at Norwalk Public Library at 1 Belden Avenue in Norwalk, CT. Each writer will read from their work, talk the literary life, teaching, the state of the world, and working with each other. September 22 (Sunday) @ 2-4pm – Riverbound Farm Reading and Open Mic, free and open to all poets. The Connecticut Poetry Society Executive Board Members will be the featured readers at Riverbound Farm, at 1881 Cheshire Street in Cheshire, CT. Followed by open mic. In the event of rain, the reading will be inside. September 26 (Thursday) @ 6-7:30pm – Reading and Open Mic for the Connecticut Poetry Society. Readings of ekphrastic poems, followed by an open mic for anyone who wants to share their poetry, prose, spoken word, or acoustic music. Sign-up for the open mic will begin at 5:45, and readers and musicians can perform for up to 5 minutes. September 29 (Sunday) @ 3pm – Poetry Rocks presents Vernon native, Emily Hockaday, who will read from her new book, In a Body; her former UCONN professor and poet Bruce Cohen; the neurodivergent poet Sarah St. George; and Rockville High’s Madi Maiolo. Reading followed by an open mic, refreshments, and book sales. PLACES TO SUBMIT YOUR POETRY Publisher: Bronze Bird Books Deadline: September 15, 2024 / October 15, 2024 2 submission opportunities.
Publisher: Tales from the Kitchen anthology Deadline: September 16, 2024 50 lines for poetry (2 per person). Reprints okay. Contributors receive a digital contributor copy. On average, Tales publishes 35% of submissions received. Submission to Tales will always be free. Tales is published in digital and print; contributors receive a digital copy. Publisher: Carte Blanche Magazine Deadline: September 16, 2024 Submit max once a year – maximum 3 poems per submission. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Pays $75 per published piece. Publisher: 2024 Vivian Shipley Award Deadline: September 30, 2024 Submit up to three previously unpublished poems in a single document, no more than one poem per page; 80 line per poem limit. Blind read. Open to all poets. No AI. Simultaneous submissions accepted. $15 submission fee; $1,000 1st prize, $500 2nd prize, $100 3rd prize. All three poems will be published in Connecticut River Review. Publisher: 2025 Founders’ Prize Deadline: September 30, 2024 Entry fee is $15 per submission of up to 5 poems; first prize of $500 and two runners-up prizes of $100 each. Winners will also be nominated for a Pushcart Prize. All submissions are also considered for publication in RHINO’s 2025 issue, and for our $500 Editors' Prize. Publisher: Death Wish Poetry Magazine Deadline: None Online only. There is no word limit on poetry, but please be reasonable. No epic 40-page Odyssey sequels! No payment; no reading fee. UPCOMING POETRY READINGS/WORKSHOPS
August 11 (Sunday) @ 1:30-4pm – Writing Toward Forgiveness Poetry Workshop with Eleanor Kedney. A craft-focused presentation inviting participants to explore both universal and personal experiences through the art of writing. Bring your own preferred paper or digital writing implements. Located at La Grua Center, 32 Water Street in Stonington. $30 fee. August 17 (Saturday) @ 2-4pm – Connecticut Poetry Society’s monthly poetry meeting at the Wilton Library (Rimer Room), 137 Old Ridgefield Road in Wilton. Bring a poem to share, and email a copy in advance to the group leader, our very own Ed Ahern. Free to attend; registration encouraged. Don’t have to be a member of CPS to come. August 18 (Sunday) @4-6pm EST – Pat Mottola, Poet Laureate of Cheshire and President of CPS, is pleased to host a series of poetry events and readings. The first will be at Riverbound Farm Sanctuary on the Quinnipiac River, at 1881 Cheshire Street in Cheshire. Readers will be Luisa and Aaron Cacedo-Kimura, followed by an open mic. Free event. There is off-road parking to the side of the house. The rustic bench seating and the mossy lectern add to the charm, but feel free to bring a lawn chair (recommended) or cushion. August 22 (Thursday) @ 7-9pm EST – The Poem’s in the Details: A Poetry Workshop. Free to attend online, but registration required to receive the link. A fun and interactive poetry workshop where guests will dive into the details that make a poem truly shine. August 23 (Friday) @ 5-6:30pm EST – An evening of poetry at the Chaplin Library, located at 130 Chaplin Street, in Chaplin. Speakers will include readings by Chaplin Poet Laureate Adelaide Northrop and Scotland Poet Laureate Susan Powers. Come to listen or share your own poetry in an open mic. Free event. Refreshments will be available. August 24 (Saturday) @ 2pm EST – Poetry in the Gallery, hosted by Shoreline Art Alliance and poet Edward Lent of the Ekphrastic Poetry Trust of Connecticut, welcomes you to this art and poetry event. Located at Kehler Liddell Gallery at 873 Whalley Avenue in New Haven. A short program reading from exceptional CT entries. September 5 (Thursday) @ 6:30-7:30pm EST – Living Poetry Book Club presents You by Rose Alcalá. Discussion group of the poems in the work, including a writing prompt and time to work on a poem. Free to attend online. Register for link. September 6 (Friday) @ 6:30-9:15pm – Other People’s Poems: read a poem (not your own). Sign up begins at 6:30 (20 slots), reading begins promptly at 7. Each reader gets 3 minutes. There will be a 15-minute intermission. Located at the Hartford Flavor Company, 30 Arbor Street in Hartford. PLACES TO SUBMIT YOUR POETRY Publisher: Poetry Wales Deadline: August 13, 2024 (UK time) Looking for innovative forms and content, such as newly invented shapes for poems; forms not typically used for poetry like essays, multiple choice and Mad Lib; experimental poems that borrow writing conventions from other “genres” like recipes, video games or science communication; or recently invented poetic formulas such as golden shovels and duplexes. Looking for poems that depict fantastic, otherworldly, surreal, speculative worlds or aspects of the real world which include flights of fancy. £20/page payment. Publisher: Grayson Books Poetry Contest Deadline: August 15, 2024 Full-length manuscripts of 50-90 pages of poetry. The winner will be awarded a $1,000 prize, publication, and 10 copies. The runner-up may also be offered publication. There is a reading fee of $26. Blind read. Simultaneous subs okay. Publisher: Orange & Bee Deadline: August 14, 2024 They’re looking for all styles of poetry, including experimental and hybrid work. Up to 50 lines per poem. Seeking original works of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction that engage in a significant way with the long history of fairy tales. They’re interested in works that stretch, expand, test, subvert, and challenge the fairy-tale tradition. $50 per poem. No simultaneous subs. Publisher: Talk Vomit Deadline: September 1, 2024 Themes: American Gothic (fall), Caregiving (winter). Sub two poems at a time. Payment is between $5–$15. Simultaneous subs okay. Publisher: Teach. Write. Deadline: September 1, 2024 Poetry up to 100 lines, limit of 3 poems per submission. Submissions are open to all, although they prefer writing that is either written by composition teachers or about teaching and learning. Payment: $15. Simultaneous submissions okay. Publisher: The Scribes Prize Deadline: September 1, 2024 Short works of 90-110 words. Submission fee $5 per story; 3 max. 18 cash prizes, consisting of: $250, $125, $60 or $20. Winners published in October issue of ScribesMICRO. Each submission receives feedback from 2 judges. Reprints and simultaneous submissions welcome. UPCOMING POETRY READINGS/WORKSHOPS
July 15 (Monday) @ 7-8pm – Tina Cane and Cynthia Manick, featured poets at "Poetry in the Garden," hosted by Barb Jennes. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Free, with parking on site. Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center, 152 Main St. in Ridgefield. July 18 (Thursday) @ 10:30am-12pm – Summer Poetry with Judson Scruton: reading and discussion of The Singing School of Robert Pinsky (anthology), hosted by the Wilton Library (Rimer Room), 137 Old Ridgefield Road in Wilton. Free to attend; registration required to receive the reading materials in advance of the event. July 20 (Saturday) @ 2-4pm – Connecticut Poetry Society’s monthly poetry meeting at the Wilton Library (Rimer Room), 137 Old Ridgefield Road in Wilton. Bring a poem to share, and email a copy in advance to the group leader, our very own Ed Ahern. Free to attend; registration encouraged. Don’t have to be a member of CPS to come. July 22 (Monday) @ 7-8pm – special guest Marie Howe at "Poetry in the Garden." A musical ensemble setting poems to original compositions will also perform. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Free. Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center, 152 Main St. in Ridgefield. July 25 (Thursday) @ 6:30pm – Poetry in the Park presents Mosab Abu Toha, an internationally acclaimed Gazan poet. Located at the Julia de Burgos Park, at the corner of Curbstone Way and Jackson Street in Willimantic, CT. July 29 (Monday) @ 7-8pm – Oliver de la Paz and Nathan McClain, featured poets at "Poetry in the Garden," hosted by Barb Jennes. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Free, with parking on site. Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center, 152 Main St. in Ridgefield. PLACES TO SUBMIT YOUR POETRY Publisher: Rattle Poetry Prize Deadline: July 15, 2024 Entry fee of $30, which includes a 1-year subscription to Rattle. One $15,000 Winner and ten $500 Finalists will be selected in an anonymized review by the editors of Rattle and printed in the Winter 2024 issue; one $5,000 Readers’ Choice Award will then be chosen from among the Finalists by subscriber and entrant vote. Simultaneous submissions are allowed. Blind read. Send up to 4 poems per entry. Publisher: Patricia Eschen Prize for Poetry 2024 Deadline: July 19, 2024 (UK time) Entries may be written in any form or style, in up to 40 lines. Blind read. The prize money for the overall competition has been increased in 2024 to: £2000 for first prize; £1000 for second prize; £500 for third prize. All shortlisted poets will be invited to a hybrid (in person and online) prize giving event in October in West Cornwall. Entry fee £5. Can also submit to the Sonnet Prize free of charge with your entry fee; prize is £1500. Publisher: Briefly Write Poetry Prize Deadline: July 31, 2024 FREE to enter. Poems of 10 lines or fewer (not including title). There is a prize fund of £75, split between the winners. Prize and commended poems will be published online. Publisher: Fast Flesh Literary Journal Deadline: August 1, 2024 Theme: Newborn/birth/rebirth. Simultaneous submissions okay. No fee; no payment. No mention of line limits/word limits. Publisher: Morecambe Poetry Festival Competition 2024 Deadline: August 4, 2024 (UK time) Any subject poem, 50 lines or less. Entry fee: £3-£4 per entry. Max 5 poems per submission. First prize £300, 2nd £125 & three 3rd prizes of £25 each. Winning poets will be invited to read their poems at the Morecambe Poetry Festival in the UK and will be published in the year’s festival anthology. Publisher: The Aurora Prize Deadline: August 7, 2024 (UK time) The submission fee is £9 for a first entry and £7 for each additional entry. The winners will receive a cash prize of £500, feedback on a piece of work of their choice from a leading literary agent (or Editor as appropriate) and a year’s free membership to the Society of Authors. Second prize: £150. UPCOMING POETRY READINGS/WORKSHOPS
June 9 (Saturday) @ 5-6:30pm – Poetry Reading by Sebastian Merrill – hybrid event. He will be joined by Professor Willard Spiegelman for a Q&A session following a poetry reading. Located at the Stonington Free Library at 20 Hight Street in Stonington. Free to attend. June 12 (Wednesday) @ 6:30-8:30pm – “Poetry Hops” at Hops 44, located at 625 Middle Turnpike in Storrs, CT. New summer open mic series on the second Wednesday of each month. Open mic of 3-5 minutes per reader, with sign up at 6:15pm. June 15 (Saturday) @ 1pm – Annual Rose Garden Reading, sponsored by the Friends & Enemies of Wallace Stevens, with Cristina J. Baptista, Aaron Caycedo-Kimura and Frederick-Douglass Knowles II at Elizabeth Park rose gardens in Hartford. 2024 Wallace Stevens Poetry Prize and Scholarship winner, Shammia Martin, will also be invited to read a poem. Anita Durkin will give the introductions. June 16 (Sunday) @ 2-4pm – Poets at Large presents Spoken Word/Poetry at Roseland Park in the barn @ 205 Roseland Park Road in Woodstock, CT. Featuring Howie Faerstin, Karen Warinsky, Steve Borodkin, and Lea Deschenes. Special Father’s Day raffle for all dads. Open mic – email [email protected] to sign up (5 min max). Free to attend. June 20 (Thursday) @ 6pm – Julien Strong and Ben Grossberg online reading as part of the summer 2024 Phosphorescence Contemporary Poetry Series, hosted by the Emily Dickinson Museum. Admission is free, but online donations are welcome. Register for the link. June 21 (Friday) @ 6-9pm – A Night of Poetry hosted by Shanna T. Melton and Luvjonz Ent. Featured poet is Jamaal St John. Located at the Thorton Wilder Auditorium at Miller Library, at 2901 Dixwell Ave in Hamden. Open mic. June 27 (Thursday) @ 6pm – Poetry Night with Peter Anderheggen and Keigh Palmer at Beekley Community Library, located at 10 Central Avenue in New Hartford. Free to attend. June 27 (Thursday) @ 6:30pm – Poetry in the Julia de Burgos Park with Frederick-Douglass Knowles II, who will perform his original poetry and help the Curbstone Foundation celebrate the legacy of Curbstone Press legends James Scully, Jack Agüeros, Judy Doyle, Paul Von Drasek, Steve Walsh, Maria Proser, and Jane Blanchard. PLACES TO SUBMIT YOUR POETRY Publisher: Underblong Deadline: June 15, 2024 Submit up to 4 poems of no more than 6 pages total. Payment: $20 per contributor. Publisher: Kinship: Poems Exploring Belonging anthology Deadline: June 17, 2024 (UK time) One poem per applicant, up to 100 lines or 750 words. No fee to enter. 1st prize: £200, 2nd prize: £100. Special mentions at the judges’ discretion. All of the poems on the shortlist will be published in a volume, and everyone included will receive a copy of the book, and will be invited to take place in an online launch event. Publisher: Last Stanza Poetry Journal Deadline: June 30, 2024 The theme is “A Table in the Wilderness.” A single $100 award will be given for an outstanding poem. No reading fee. dPoems can be any style, but preferably non-rhyming. Submit up to three poems, each no longer than 64 lines. Reprints are rarely accepted. Publisher: Fiery Scribe Deadline: June 30, 2024 Theme: anti-oppression. Free to submit; $10 payment per published submission. Publisher: The Number 50 Deadline: July 1, 2024 Send no more than five poems of no more than 50 words each. Subject matter and theme are open, including humor. Reprints are welcome. Simultaneous submissions are fine. No payment. Publisher: Ledbury Poetry Competition 2024 Deadline: July 8, 2024 Entry fee: £6 per poem, up to 10 poems per writer. Cannot be longer than 40 lines. Blind read. First Prize: £1000 cash and a week’s poetry course with Arvon, Second Prize: £500, Third Prize: £250. Winners will be invited to perform their work at Ledbury Poetry Festival 2025. Publisher: Samjoko Magazine Deadline: June 10, 2024 Submit 1-5 poems of 3-50 lines per poem. Payment: $20 per contributor for up to 3 poems. Simultaneous submissions ok. UPCOMING POETRY READINGS/WORKSHOPS
May 13 (Monday) @ 7pm – Poets on Poetry presents “Latine Poetry Today” with Dr. Jose B. Gonzalez. An exploration of contemporary Latine poetry, followed by a Q&A and discussion. Free to attend. Register to receive the Zoom link. May 14 (Tuesday) 6:30-7:30 – Poetry Night at Black Rock Books, and our very own Edward Ahern will be one of the poets reading. Located at 3030 Fairfield Avenue in Bridgeport. Free to attend, but if you're able to, they request a $5-$10 donation. Refreshments will be served. May 16 (Thursday) @ 6-7pm - Join Sandra Yannone, host of Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry, and her special guests, Kate Flaherty, Joell Jacob, and Victoria Larkin, as they read from The Glass Studio (Salmon Poetry) surrounded by her father's stained glass to celebrate his artistry. Located at the Acton Public Library at 60 Old Boston Post Rd in Old Saybrook in the Grady Thomas Room. Light refreshments served. Books available for purchase and signing. May 18 (Saturday) @ 1-3pm - Launch of two new books of poetry: Downward Dreaming by Marilyn Johnston and Finches in Kilmainham by D. Walsh Gilbert. Located at the Barney Library at 71 Main Street in Farmington. An open mic will precede the featured readings—bring 1-2 one-page poems. Young/student poets are encouraged to read. Sign-up at the door. Discussion, Q&A, and Book signings will follow the readings. May 31 (Friday) @ 5pm – Reception for Scotland's Poet Laureate, Susan Powers, at the Scotland Public Library at 21 Brook Road in Scotland, CT. Susan is a published poet and a life-long teacher. She will share her poetry and open the floor for others to step up to the open mic. Please bring your own original poems to read or simply read any poem that you love. Light refreshments will be available. June 1 (Saturday) @ 2pm – The WordHouse Reading Series presents poets Eric Hoffman and Steven Ostrowski at the Noah Webster House, located at 227 South Main Street in West Hartford. Readings begin with an open mic. Free event; donations welcome. June 5 (Wednesday) @ 7pm – Poems from CT’s Four Corners (online) on the first Wednesday of the month. Hosted by the Ridgefield Library and organized and hosted by Barb Jennes, Ridgefield PL emerita, this monthly zoom series gathers five poets from Connecticut to share their work. Register at the link to get the Zoom link. June 6 (Thursday) @ 7-8pm – Vicinanza Studios & Gallery presents a new Poetry/Acoustic Open Mic on the first Thursday of every month. Sign-up at 6:30pm; performers get 5 minutes. There will be 1-2 featured poets and/or singers each month. Located at Vicinanza Studios & Gallery, Suite 4C, 493 Heritage Road in Southbury. Free to attend; donations welcome. PLACES TO SUBMIT YOUR POETRY Publisher: Montreal International Poetry Prize Deadline: May 15, 2024 Submit 1 poem of 40 lines or fewer; $25 CAN entry fee for first submission, $17 for each additional. Top prize is $20,000 and publication in The Montreal Poetry Prize Anthology. Publisher: McLellan Poetry Prize Deadline: June 2, 2024 (midnight UK time) Submit 1 poem of 90 lines or fewer; £7 entry fee for first submission, £5 for each additional. Top prize is £1000, publication, and the winner and commended poets will be invited to read at the awards ceremony. Blind read. Open to all formats and subjects. Publisher: The Orchards Poetry Journal Deadline: Not listed; for July issue Submit 1-3 poems. All styles welcome, not to exceed 2 pages per poem. Reprints and simultaneous submissions welcome. Submissions are free. 2 poems from each issue will receive a cash prize of $30-$50. Publisher: $ (Poetry is Currency) Deadline: Open Anti-capitalist magazine; any theme and subject are welcome. Submit 3-7 poems. Simultaneous submissions ok; reprints ok. Payment of $10 per featured poet. Publisher: God’s Cruel Joke Deadline: Open Send up to 3 poems. Prefer something strange about the human condition. Nothing is off the table. Simultaneous submissions ok. No submission fee; payment of $10 per published piece. Publisher: Centaur Lit Deadline: Open Looking for hybrid work, so prose poetry is welcome. 400 words max. No submission fee; $20 payment per published piece. Simultaneous submissions ok. Publisher: The Scribes Prize Deadline: September 1, 2024 We’re about to open our competition on June 1st to very short stories of 90-110 words. Top 18 stories get cash prizes ranging from $20-$250. Entry fee of $5. Each story will get feedback from 2 editors; winners receive cash prizes, publication in ScribesMICRO magazine & electronic award seals to celebrate their achievement. Simultaneous submissions and reprints welcome. UPCOMING POETRY READINGS/WORKSHOPS
April 14 (Sunday) @ 3pm – Poetry Rocks presents Bolton Poet Laureate Bessy Reyna, physician-poet Srini Mandavilli, Glastonbury poet Andrea Barton, and award-winning Iris Hida reading at Arts Center East, located at 709 Hartford Turnpike in Vernon. Following the reading will be an open mic, refreshments and a book sale. The event is free and open to the public, but donations of $5 are appreciated. For more information, contact [email protected]. April 18 (Thursday) @ 7-8:30pm EST - Hosted by the Connecticut Poetry Society, poet-educator Philip Terman presents "Wild Perfection: The World of James Wright ," a Poets on Poetry (PoP) program. FREE. Online & register to receive the Zoom link: bit.ly/3wwDeJ8. April 19 (Friday) @ 7-8pm EST - Hosted by Ridgefield Library and Ridgefield poet laureate emerita Barb Jennes, a reading and talkback with CT State Poet Laureate Antoinette Brim-Bell and 2023-24 CT Youth State Poet Laureate Mercuri Lam. FREE. Online & register to receive the Zoom link: bit.ly/49EiePm. April 20 (Saturday) @ 11am-2pm – The Poetry Walk will run from Effie's Place to Playhouse on Park, 91-244 Park Road in West Hartford. Free, family-friendly event. 20+ local poets will be reading a few verses as you stroll along. Books are available for purchase from the poets at their booths. If you’d like to participate as a poet, fill out the registration online. April 25 (Thursday) @ 6pm-9pm EST – CT State Community College Quinebaug Valley will hold its 17th Annual Julius Sokenu Poetry Prize Celebration at 729 Main Street in Willimantic. Free and open to the public. Sandwiches, hors d'oeuvres, sweets, and cold beverages will be provided. The event will feature a reading by award-winning student poets and Ines P. Rivera Prosdocimi, a Caribbeanist poet. April 26 (Friday) @ 5pm – Finalists for the Fresh Voices Poetry Competition will read before a panel of judges and an audience at the Hill-Stead Museum, located at 35 Mountain Road in Farmington. 4-6 WINNERS will be announced, and after the reading, a reception will celebrate the completion of the Fresh Voices 2024 Competition and all entrants. April 29 (Monday) @ 8pm EST – Pitt Poetry Series Book Club online. Join poet V. Penelope Pelizzon and the Pitt Poetry Series editors, Terrance Hayes, Nancy Krygowski, and Jeffrey McDaniel, for a virtual discussion of A Gaze Hound That Hunteth By the Eye, followed by a reading by the poet and a Q&A. Free to attend. April (anytime) – C.H. Booth Library is sponsoring a poetry walk around Newtown featuring the work of 20 poets (map on website). May 7 (Tuesday) @ 3pm-4:30pm – The Ekphrastic Poetry Trust of Connecticut monthly poetry group at the Guilford Community Center, Menunkatuck Room on the 2nd floor. Takes place on the 2nd Tuesday of every month. Hosted by Edward Lent. All ages welcome. Ekphrastic poetry is poetry based on a work of art. 30 mins learning “what is and how” to write ekphrastic poetry, then a 30-min writing session, followed by a 30-min reading/discussion section. Show-ups are fine, but RSVPs help with seating set up! Email: [email protected]. PLACES TO SUBMIT YOUR POETRY Publisher: Connecticut River Review Deadline: April 15, 2024 Send up to 3 poems of no more than 4 pages. Simultaneous submissions accepted. No fee to submit (donation optional), no payment for publication (receive 1 copy of journal where your poem is published). Publisher: West Hartford Public Library and the Faxon Poets Group Deadline: April 20, 2024 One submission per person, no longer than 20 lines. There will be three winners, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. First prize will win $200. Second and third-place winners will each win $50. To submit, please send an e-mail to West Hartford Public Library’s Publicity Specialist, Maura Beaudreault, at: [email protected]. Subject Line should read as followed: “West Hartford Public Library Poetry Contest.” Winners could be published by the library. Publisher: Sixfold Deadline: April 23, 2024 $1000 for best story and poems; $5 to enter. Submit a poem, get voted on by other members, and also read and vote for the winners. Publisher: 2024 Oversound Chapbook Prize Deadline: April 30, 2024 Manuscript length: 15-30 pages. Blind read. Simultaneous submissions okay. Multiple submissions okay (each with an entry fee). Winner receives $1000 and 50 copies of their chapbook. $18 to enter. Publisher: The Peseroff Prize Poetry Contest Deadline: May 1, 2024 Submit up to 3 poems of any genre or subject for an entry fee of $10. Prize is $1000 and publication. Publisher: Writer’s Digest Annual Writing Competition Deadline: May 6, 2024 A prize of $5,000, an interview in Writer’s Digest, and an all-expenses-paid trip to the Writer’s Digest Annual Conference is given annually for a single poem, a short story, or an essay (among other categories). $1,000 each and publication on the Writer’s Digest website are also given for a rhyming poem and a non-rhyming poem. Submit a poem of up to 40 lines. The entry fee for poetry is $20 ($15 for each additional poem). |
About Us:The Poets' Salon is an all-inclusive group that gets together the second Saturday of every month from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m in the Memorial Room at the Fairfield Public Library. We read our poetry aloud, politely critique each others' work (upon request), highlight publishing opportunities, and also talk about local poetry readings. Meeting Notes
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