There was a Zoom bombing of our meeting today - rest assured, we now have protocols in place for any future disruptions. Thank you for your understanding after today's incident, and we hope to see you again at next month's meeting. UPCOMING POETRY READINGS/WORKSHOPS
May 15 @ 3pm – The next Poetry Rocks reading will take place in person this Sunday, May 15, 3:00pm, at Arts Center East, 709 Hartford Turnpike, Vernon, CT. Featuring Christine Beck, author of four books of poetry; Summer Tate, who teaches at Fairfield University; and award-winning Rockville High School student Muriel Stankeviciute. To sign up for the open mic, contact [email protected]. Suggested donation $5. Masks recommended. Free to attend. May 15 @ 7pm – Bantam Cinema & Arts Center, located at 115 Bantam Lake Road in Bantam, presents Susan Katz reading from her new book The Limits of Light, a collection of narrative poems which explore how the tales of Greek Mythology compare to contemporary life. Suggested donation of $15. All proceeds will be donated to the Cinema & Arts Center. May 20 @ 7pm (Friday) – The Art Café Mystic presents Tim Seibles, author of seven collections of poetry and Poet Laureate Emeritus of Virginia. Music and poetry at The Mystic Museum of Art, 9 Water Street, Mystic. Admission $15 (students $5). May 21 @ 10am-noon (Saturday) – The Noah Webster Library sponsors the Faxon Poets, who meet the third Saturday of every month at the library at 20 S Main Street in West Hartford. Poets will share their work and discuss poetry in general. Free to attend. May 26 @ 7pm - Connecticut Poetry Society is featuring Lawson Fusao Inada, a third-generation Japanese American, known for his exploration of Japanese American internment during World War II. Session moderated by Aaron Caycedo-Kimura. Free to attend. Zoom link Passcode: 069298 May 24-27 (various times) – Poetry by the Sea, a global conference & community, is now back in person this spring. Located at The Mercy by the Sea Center, 167 Neck Road in Madison, the keynote speaker is Marilyn Nelson. There will be a number of readings, one-day workshops, and three-day workshops – check out their schedule online. June 9 @ 7-8:30pm – Wintonbury Poetry Series Workshop presents The Art of Submitting/Reach for the Stars. An interactive session led by Luisa Caycedo-Kimura to help you submit your writing. Free to attend. PLACES TO SUBMIT YOUR POETRY Publisher: Miniskirt Magazine Deadline: May 31, 2022 Accepting submissions for their next two issues. Theme: love and romance. Submit up to 5 poems, no more than 10 pages total. Reprints accepted. Simultaneous submissions okay. No reading fee; no payment. Response within 6 weeks. Publisher: Defunkt Magazine chapbook contest Deadline: May 31, 2022 Accepting submissions for poetry chapbooks. Variable reading fee from $6-$25, based on the writer’s ability to pay. Submit up to 20 pages of poetry. Winners of the contest will receive a publishing deal with a $30 advance and a print run of 50 chapbooks. Publisher: Bethlehem Writers Roundtable Deadline: June 1, 2022 Submit on poem for consideration at a time, but once you receive a response, can submit again for the same call. Summer theme is “unplugged.” No horror or erotica. Payment of $5 per published poem. Submission form on website; free to submit. Publisher: Red Ogre Review Deadline: June 1, 2022 Submit up to ten poems or prose poems. Optional donation to support the magazine; no payment for publication. Publisher: HASH Deadline: June 1, 2022 Accepting all forms of poetry, they tend to publish pieces that are culturally observant, humorous, and a little offbeat. Simultaneous submissions okay. No reading fee/no payment. Publisher: Cotton Xenomorph Deadline: June 2, 2022 Send 3-5 poems (or 1 long poem). Single or 1.5 spacing is preferred. No reading fee; no payment. Publisher: Unsettling Reads Deadline: July 1, 2022 or until full (previous anthologies have all closed before their deadline) Call for submissions for their newest anthology, Still of Winter: A Fantasy, Horror & Sci-Fi Anthology. Looking for spec fic poems that feature the winter season, trees, and are a bit creepy. Send up to 3 poems. Simultaneous submissions okay. No fee to submit, no payment.
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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
February 2024
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