UPCOMING POETRY READINGS/WORKSHOPS
August 15 @ 2-4pm (Sunday) - Poetry Summer 2021 Series at Roseland Park, 205 Roseland Park Road in Woodstock, CT, in the outdoor amphitheater. This series is free to the public and will be held from 2-4 p.m. These readings are for people ages 14 and up. Wine will be served. Folding chairs or camp chairs are recommended for a more comfortable time. Besides featured readers there will be an open mic segment at each event as time allows. Covid guidelines will be met. There are 4 reading dates over the summer, and some of the summer’s featured poets will include Paul Richmond, Candace Curran, Karen Warinsky, Paul Rabinowitz, T’Challa Williams, Christine Kalafus, Brian Sneeden, Robert Eugene Perry, Dina Stander, Gerald Yelle, David Wyman, Janine Roberts, and Jayce Porter. Organized by Mrs. Warinsky, who can be reached at [email protected]. August 21 @ 9am-4:30pm (Saturday) – Online Woodhall Press Writers Conference with multiple authors discussing all aspects of writing, including Gina Barreca, Jane Friedman, Tom Hazuka, Darien Gee, Jeff Palicki, Ashleigh Renard, Allison Williams, Alena Dillon, Eugenia Kim, Shelley Evans and poet Charles Rafferty, who will lead a poetry workshop. Registration $0-$175. August 21 @ 5pm (Saturday) – The James Merrill House presents poet Armen Davoudian in a virtual reading. He is the author of Swan Song, which won the 2020 Frost Place Chapbook Competition. His poems and translations from Persian appear in AGNI, The Sewanee Review, The Yale Review, and elsewhere. He grew up in Isfahan, Iran and lives in California. August 21 @ 2-3:30pm (Saturday) – Join the Asian American Poets + Community Dialogues, featuring Aaron Caycedo-Kimura at the Connecticut Historical Society, 1 Elizabeth St, Hartford. The Asian and Asian American Studies Institute at UConn and the Connecticut Historical Society, along with Make Us Visible CT, invite you to listen to Connecticut’s Asian American poets and explore personal stories and local histories. Free to attend, but register in advance to get tickets. August 22 @ 2-3:30pm (Sunday) – Poetry Reading, Storytelling & Entertainment with South Windsor poet laureate Charles Margolis. Located in person at Nevers Park, 150 Nevers Road, South Windsor. Open mic following the poet laureate’s reading – sign up to read one poem or up to one page of narrative that reflects on the year of COVID. Also bring copies of your work for possible inclusion in a book publication slated for 2022. Free to attend, bring your own beverages, snacks, and chairs. Contact for questions/to sign up for open mic: Charles Margolis, [email protected]. August 31 @10:30am-12pm (Tuesday) – Online poetry discussion with Janet Krauss about the poetry of Stanley Kunitz. No charge for the program. A readings packet will be emailed in advance of the program. Advance registration required. Register online in order to receive the Zoom session invitation link and readings packet. Please email Michael Bellacosa at [email protected] with any questions. September 9 @ 6-8pm (Thursday) – In-person Open House at the new location for the Westport Writers’ Workshop, 25 Sylvan Road South, Unit J in Westport. Stop by and check out their new space, meet their instructors and other writers, and have a drink to toast the re-emergence of in person workshops and events. This event is free and open to the community. Entrance in the back, plenty of parking. Also meet their new poetry instructor, the fabulous local poet Shanna Melton. Some of you might know her from The Writer’s Group she hosts at the City Lights Gallery in Bridgeport. PLACES TO SUBMIT YOUR POETRY Publisher: Pure Slush Deadline: August 31, 2021 New anthology with the theme “love.” Submit up to 5 poems between 80-1000 words each. This submission call is part of a 12-volume set of books with the overarching theme of “Lifespan.” Can submit to all books in the anthology with linked or unlinked works along the theme, or just one. Publisher: As You Were: The Military Review Deadline: open August 15-30, 2021 A digital publication released every Veterans & Memorial Days, they’re looking for military-themed poems and invites submissions from military veterans, families and civilians exploring military themes. Publisher: Prime Number Magazine Deadline: August 31, 2021 Submit one unpublished poem of up to three pages. Simultaneous submissions accepted. Free to submit. Payment is a copy of the guest editor’s poetry book (LaWanda Walters, Light Is the Odalisque). Publisher: Lammergeier Deadline: August 31, 2021 They seek poetry of contradiction: the poetry that finds the intimacy in the grotesque, the grotesque in the intimate, the vulnerability and fist fight. Submit up to five poems in a single document. Simultaneous submissions okay. They offer expedited responses if the submitter donates to one of the listed charities on their website. Payment for published work is $25. Publisher: The Fourth River Deadline: September 1, 2021 Theme of “home.” Send 3-5 poems per submission. Reading fee is $3, but they announce select free submission days on their social media for each submission period. They especially enjoy publishing diverse writers of all backgrounds. Simultaneous submissions okay. Publisher: Save as Writers’ International Writing Competition 2021 Deadline: August 31, 2021 2021 marks the centenary of T S Eliot’s visit to Margate, where he wrote part of The Waste Land while looking out on the sea from the Nayland Rock shelter. To celebrate Eliot, Save As Writers launch their annual international creative writing competition, this year asking for poems and short stories on the theme of Horizons. The theme can be literal, figurative, a celebration of views, a reflection on Eliot and his work (The Waste Land itself opened new horizons in poetry) or a broader take on the theme. Each poem must be a maximum of 60 lines. £3 entry fee per poem, £8 for three. Three winners: 1st prize is awarded The Canterbury Christ Church University Poetry Prize of £200, 2nd is £100, 3rd is £50. Publisher: Fool for Poetry International Chapbook Competition Deadline: August 31, 2021 Two prizes: 1st place receives €1,000 and publication, 2nd place receives €500 and publication. The competition is open to new, emerging and established poets from any country. One of these winners will be the highest scoring manuscript entered by a poet with no solo collection (full-length or chapbook) previously published. Up to 25 other entrants will be publicly listed as "highly commended." Submit a manuscript between 16-24 pages. Entrance fee of €25 ($30). Publisher: Jack Grapes Poetry Prize 2021 Deadline: August 31, 2021 Free to enter. Submit 1 poem. 3 winners will receive $500 each, plus publication. 9 finalists will receive $100 each, plus publication. Publisher: NAWG Open Competition Deadline: August 31, 2021 Entry fee of £5 per story or poem, or £10 for three poems. Cash prizes of £200, £100 and £50 for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. Publisher: MONO Poetry Competition Deadline: September 1, 2021 It is with great excitement that we invite you to enter our first poetry competition on the theme of “sanity.” The competition will be judged by acclaimed poet, Padraig Rooney. You can submit up to three poems for a total cost of £6.00. 1st Prize £250, 2nd Prize £100, 3rd Prize £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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