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).
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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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