UPCOMING POETRY READINGS/WORKSHOPS
October 10 @ 2pm (Sunday) – Poetry reading by selected poets from the anthology Waking Up to the Earth: Connecticut Poets Writing in a Time of Global Climate Crisis, including Haddam Poet Laureate Lorraine Reiss and Connecticut poet laureate Margaret Gibson. The reading will take place at Haddam Meadows State Park. Chairs provided or feel free to bring your own. Books available for sale, with a portion of the proceeds benefitting the Brainerd Memorial Library in Haddam. Free, no registration required. October 12 @ 7pm (Tuesday) - Join Riverwood Poetry Series @ Real Art Ways for a reading with John Surowiecki on Zoom. Help him launch his new book of poetry, Burger King of the Dead, and read new work from his upcoming book, The Place of the Solitaires: Poems with Titles by Wallace Stevens. Free to attend, but registration is required. An open mic will follow, which you can sign up for by emailing [email protected]. October 13 @ 7-8:30pm (Wednesday) – Poet Shanta Lee Gander presents the reading and discussion: Trying to Speak Woman in Woke Tongues: Black Girlhood and Black Womanhood. This free event is both in person at Trinity College at 300 Summit Street, Hartford (Terrace Rooms, Mather Hall, 2nd floor) and also available to Zoom. October 16 @ 2-3pm (Saturday) – The Asian and Asian American Studies Institute at UConn and the Connecticut Historical Society, along with Make Us Visible CT, is featuring Connecticut’s Asian American poets and exploring personal stories and local histories. Guest speaker is poet laureate of Wallingford, Debora Kuan. Free to attend at the Connecticut Historical Society, 1 Elizabeth Street in Hartford, but advanced registration required. October 24 @ 9pm (Sunday) – Chax Books presents a reading by one of the most famous Chinese contemporary poets, Yan An, with translators Chen Du & Xisheng Chen, & a reading by Norman Fischer. Free to attend online, but registration required. November 6 @ 3pm (Saturday) – The 26th Annual Wallace Stevens Birthday Bash, with featured guest speaker Edward Hirsch. Free to attend online; RSVP to Jim Finnegan: [email protected] and he will send you the Zoom link and password prior to the event. The speaker will be discussing “Sunday Morning” by Wallace Stevens. November 9 @ 6:30-7:30pm (Tuesday) – Poets Reading Poetry, an online event hosted by the East Hartford Public Library, with featured poets Marilyn Johnston, Jane Schneeloch, John Stanizzi and Elizabeth Thomas. Part of the event will include an open mic. For more information, contact Adult Services Librarian Rolande Duprey by calling (860) 290-4330 or by emailing [email protected]. For ages 12+. Free, but registration required. PLACES TO SUBMIT YOUR POETRY Publisher: Pidgeonholes Deadline: October 10, 2021 Send up to 5 poems no longer than 50 lines each, in a single document. They'll consider anything from unrhymed couplets to haibun to prose poems. Invented and experimental forms are encouraged. Free to submit, no payment. Publisher: Hotel Deadline: October 31, 2021 (UK time) Send up to 4 pages of poems. Specifically say NO simultaneous submissions. Free to submit, no payment. Publisher: New Feathers Anthology Deadline: November 1, 2021 Accept submissions of 1-5 poems. Simultaneous submissions okay. Accepted authors will be published both online and in print. Free to submit, no payment. Publisher: Vast Chasm Deadline: None They publish bold work that explores the expansive human experience. Free to submit; submit 1 poem at a time. Simultaneous submission okay. Payment on publication: $50. Publisher: The Rail Deadline: None They are currently accepting poetry submissions that 'doesn't just get your gears turning— but shifts them entirely.' Poetry shorter than 90 lines. Free to submit, no payment. Publisher: Press Pause Deadline: None Hyped as “a literary magazine with zero social media presence,” they’re accept submissions for their 6th volume, due out in March 2022. Send up to 10 poems at a time. Open to young writers 18 and under, in addition to 18+. Free to submit, no payment. Publisher: Gold Soundz Deadline: None An independent magazine based in Nashville, they accept up to 5 poems at a time from submitters. Looking for submissions for Issue 11, they accept typed or handwritten pieces. Free 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
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