UPCOMING POETRY READINGS/WORKSHOPS
March 13 @ 4pm (Sunday) – Poetry Rocks, a quarterly series entering its sixth year, will have an in-person, Irish-themed reading at Arts Center East, 709 Hartford Turnpike in Vernon. The reading will feature Nancy Kerrigan, author of the full-length poetry book, Lucky Enough: A Journey. Samara Mercado and Natalie Tolman, seniors in the award-winning Rockville High School Creative Writing Program, will read as well. An open mic will follow the featured readers. Suggested donation $5. For more information, please contact [email protected] or www.artscentereast.org. Mask required! March 31 @ 6pm (Thursday) & April 5 @ 6pm (Tuesday) – The UConn Wallace Stevens Poetry Reading with D.A. Powell will be held online via Zoom. Free to attend. Check page for Zoom link. April 5 @ 6:30-8pm (Tuesday) - The co-founders of Capital Classics Theatre Company, Geoffrey and Laura Sheehan, will perform Shakespeare live on Zoom. They will illustrate how Shakespeare uses poetry to drive the action of the play. Participants will also learn how music is used in a similar fashion by witnessing the actual process of a song composed on the fly by Composer Jaeme Brennan McDonald with Geoff’s direction. Free to attend; registration required. April 20 @ 6:30pm (Wednesday) - Yawp! Writer’s Series: “Adopted Korean-American Poets: A Poetry Reading and Panel Discussion” featuring Lee Herrick, Jennifer Kwon Dobbs, Julayne Lee. This online poetry reading/panel discussion is presented in conjunction with QU’s celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. These events are free and open to the public. Zoom link HERE. Password: yawp April 23 @ 2-4:30pm (Saturday) – In celebration of National Poetry Month and the decline of COVID, the Poets' Salon is holding a special indoor event at the Fairfield Public Library. It will also be streamed live online via Zoom. Led by Fairfield writers Edward Ahern and Alison McBain, we'll welcome five wonderful guest poets from Fairfield County, who will read some of their latest poems and answer questions about the process of writing and publishing poetry. There will also be an open mic and special giveaways. If attending in person, we’ll be following the library’s COVID policy, which currently requires masks for all indoor events. Free to attend. PLACES TO SUBMIT YOUR POETRY Publisher: THE POET Deadline: March 31, 2022 Submit up to 2 pieces at a time. Contribute to their next special collection: POETRY FOR UKRAINE. Poetry in support of Ukraine, from poets around the world. All profits from this publication will go to the Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund. No fee; no payment. Contributors will receive a PDF copy of the anthology. Publisher: Circumference Magazine Deadline: April 1, 2022 Send up to 3 poems to [email protected]. Write “Circumference Submission” in the Subject Line. Please include a brief bio of not more than 50 words. The poems and bio should be submitted together in a single Word Doc attachment. Besides poetry, we will publish a limited amount of photography or other visual art. And we may also consider publishing links to video or audio poetry and art. For artwork, submit as a Word Doc or a JPEG. In the text of your email, tell them that you are the sole author of your poems and that you own the rights to the poems, and that you give Circumference the right to publish the poems. Publisher: Gwenn A. Nusbaum / WWBA “Poets To Come” Scholarship Award Deadline: April 4, 2022 Applications are sought from those poets at the beginning of their careers, ages 25-35 years. This scholarship of $1500 aims to encourage and assist an emerging poet in their creative poetry writing endeavors. Their emerging poetry career should demonstrate a passion for poetry, an awareness of the power of the poem, an originality of perspective and skillful use of expressive language. No fee to apply. Submit a cover letter, resume, 10 poem sample or 1 chapbook. Publisher: Masks Literary Magazine Deadline: April 15, 2022 They are open to all forms of prose, poetry, and visual arts. Submit up to 3 poems of no more than 1 page long/about 36 lines each. All submissions are considered for their annual poetry award in addition to publishing. They’re passionate about publishing new writers, new artists, and new perspectives. No fee to submit. Simultaneous submissions okay. Poets will receive $20 per published poem. Publisher: Connecticut River Review Deadline: April 15, 2022 Send up to 3 poems of no more than 4 pages total. Simultaneous submissions okay. No fee, although accept donations. Payment is 1 copy of the journal in which your work is published. Publisher: Leslie McGrath Poetry Prize (Helix Literary Magazine) Deadline: April 15, 2022 Submit one poem of any length or style. Reading fee of $10. First place will receive $1000 and one finalist will receive $100. Publisher: CT Book Awards Deadline: May 2, 2022 The Connecticut Book Awards recognize the best books either about Connecticut or by authors and illustrators from Connecticut that were published in 2020. Categories include: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Books for Young Readers. Awards also include the Bruce Fraser “Spirit of Connecticut” Award. This special award is in memory of longtime Connecticut Humanities director Bruce Fraser and celebrates Connecticut’s sense of place. Entry fee of $50.
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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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