UPCOMING POETRY READINGS/WORKSHOPS
January 14 (Tuesday) @ 6:30-7:30pm – Riverwood Poetry @ Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor Street, Hartford. Two Poets, Two Paths to Inspiration. Come and hear how Observation and Imagination have equally inspired poetry. Tom Nicotera and John Jeffrey will read their works for Love and Life and Everything Else. Each night begins with an open mic, followed by a poetry reading. The Riverwood Poetry Series, Inc. is a non-profit arts organization committed to the promotion and appreciation of poetry in Connecticut. January 15 (Wednesday) @ 7pm (doors open 6:30pm) – Pi Poetry Series, Featuring Pat Mottola and Bill E @ The Institute Library, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven. On the third Thursday of each month, The Poetry Institute Poetry Series celebrates an eclectic mix of poetic voices. Free. Refreshments. (And participants are invited to bring something to share.) Open mic. Outstanding featured readers. In a casual setting. Open to all members of the public (and even others). January 16 (Thursday) @ 7pm – “Two Poets from East of the River” featuring Jonathan Andersen and Danielle Pieratti @ Wintonbury Poetry Series @ Prosser Public Library, 1 Tunxis Avenue, Bloomfield. Everyone welcome, free event. January 24 (Friday) @ 7-8:45pm – An Evening with Sigrid Nunez & Jim Tilley @ Hudson Valley Writers Center, Philipse Manor Station, Sleepy Hollow, NY. Sigrid Nunez has published 7 novels. Jim Tilley won the Sycamore Review’s Wabash Prize for Poetry in 2008. $10 to attend. January 31 (Friday) @ 7-8:45pm – An Evening with John James, Diane Mehta, and Daniel Poppick @ Hudson Valley Writers Center, Philipse Manor Station, Sleepy Hollow, NY. Three award-winning poets and editors in conversation. $10 to attend. February 2 (Monday) @ 6:30-8pm – "Poetry on the Streets," a project by Melanie Pappadis Faranello @ Charter Oak Cultural Center, 21 Charter Oak Avenue, Hartford. Featuring readers: James Dale and Frederick-Douglass Knowles II, Hartford's Poet Laureate. PLACES TO SUBMIT YOUR POETRY Publisher: Cagibi: a literary space Deadline: January 20, 2020 The Cagibi Macaron Prize 2020: Submit up to 3 poems. Prize winners receive $1000, plus publication. Winners and finalists will be published in a Macaron Prize 2020 CAGIBI print issue, with the launch of this issue celebrated at an event in New York City. $20 fee to submit. (Also accepts general poetry submissions for its regular issues: $3 to submit, deadline January 21st.) Host: The Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing Fellowships Deadline: (depends on fellowship) January 20, January 31, February 14, February 28 A variety of fellowships for fiction and poetry writing, including specific ones awarded to people of color, parents, and LGBTQ writers. Publisher: UCONN: Connecticut Writing Project Deadline: January 27, 2020 Looking for student submissions of poetry that have a distinctive style or rhythm and pays special attention to language. Entries should be 1,500 words or under and consist of 1-5 poems. $7 fee to submit. Winners will attend/be announced at an awards ceremony in March. Publisher: Qwerty Deadline: January 31, 2020 Theme: Ecology Qwerty invites decolonial, innovative approaches to and encounters with the environment – its physical, social, and linguistic spaces. Send up to 6 pages of poetry. Published work receives honorarium of CDN $10 and 2 contributor copies. Publisher: Arts & Letters Deadline: January 31, 2020 Submit 4-6 poems at a time. $3 fee per submission. If published, receive $10 per printed page, plus a contributor copy and a one-year subscription. Publisher: Chestnut Review: for stubborn artists Deadline: January 31, 2020 2020 poetry chapbook contest: submit 25-30 pages of poetry. Blind submissions, submission fee is $15. Winner will receive $500 and 20 copies of their chapbook, and be advertised and interviewed in the Chestnut Review.
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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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