UPCOMING POETRY READINGS/WORKSHOPS
June 14-19 @ various times (Monday-Saturday) – The Schomburg Center Literary Festival (virtual). This year, the day-long book festival has been reconfigured as a virtual festival taking place over six days as the Schomburg Center's doors remain temporarily closed due to COVID-19. Throughout the week, featured authors and books will help writers explore concepts of freedom, culminating on June 19, also known in the United States as Juneteenth, a day in 1865 marking freedom for enslaved people in Galveston, Texas. June 19 @ 1pm (Saturday) – The 2021 Rose Garden Reading presents two Connecticut poets, Antoinette Brim-Bell and Sophie Cabot Black in Under the Tent in Elizabeth Park Hartford, CT. The reading will be followed by an open mic at 2:30pm, hosted by West Hartford’s poet laureate, Ben Grossberg. For more information about the reading, contact Jim Finnegan [email protected], and for more information about the open mic, contact Ben Grossberg at [email protected]. June 19 @ 5pm (Saturday) – The Merrill House introduces their June Merrill Fellow, Desiree Bailey, who will be reading online from her new work. Bailey is the winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets Prize. Stream online either via Facebook or YouTube. June 20 @ 5pm (Sunday) – The Arts Cafe Mystic presents a reading by Margaret Gibson and Friends, who will celebrate the newly published "Waking Up To The Earth," an anthology of poems by Connecticut poets celebrating and exploring the natural world. It will be held outdoors on the patio behind the Mystic Museum of Art @ 9 Water Street in Mystic, and all precautions will be taken to maintain the health and safety of everyone present. June 20 @ 7pm (Sunday) – Father’s Day Virtual Reading honoring fathers. Up to 20 poems will be selected and posted in a Father Day's Poetry Anthology on the Poetorium’s website AND will be read by their authors on Zoom at 7:00 p.m. on Father’s Day. We’re hoping to have a diverse representation of poets and poetry forms, so please pass this invitation on to anyone (especially in Worcester County) who may be interested. Please submit one or both of the following by June 13th at the latest: · A poetry stanza inspired by the prompt “I remember my father …” · One original poem about a father/father figure (be sure to include where your poem has appeared if it was previously published) You don’t need to submit an entry to participate in the virtual event, but registration in advance is required. To register, please send us an email with your name and email address (with "Father's Day Poetry Project" in the subject heading) along with any submissions by June 13th to [email protected]. If you are submitting a contribution to the group ode and/or a poem, be sure to include a short bio. Organized by Paul Szlosek from The Virtual Poetorium. June 26 & 27 @ 12-1:30pm, 2:30-4pm (Saturday) @ 12-1:30pm, 2-3:30pm (Sunday) – The Poets, Writers & Storytellers Stage Live & Outside at the 2021 Norwalk Art Festival. Located at the Lockwood-Matthews Mansion at 295 West Avenue in Norwalk. Hosted by Jerry T Johnson, the event includes poets you might know from the Poets’ Salon: Edward Ahern, Alison McBain, Mary Keating, William Hayden, Gabi Coatsworth, and Jack Powers (hope I didn’t leave anyone out! Let me know if you’re also reading and I’ll add your name to the list). The Rockland Poets June 19 @ 6:45pm - The Rockland Poets hold multiple poetry events every month (currently online), including poetry slams, workshops and reoccurring open mic readings. The next open mic reading is June 19th. For more information, check out their Meetup website HERE. PLACES TO SUBMIT YOUR POETRY Publisher: The Virtual Poetorium (Paul Szlosek) Deadline: June 13, 2021 To contribute, send 2-8 lines inspired by the prompt “I Remember My Father” (the phrase may or not be included in the lines). The lines will then be compiled and edited by Paul Szlosek (bear in mind your lines may be split up and recombined with others to form new stanzas). This ode will be modeled after a similar poem by national poet Kwame Alexander who released “The Ceremony of Giving” on Mother’s day.” (Find his poem and read the full story.) The group ode, along with up to 20 poems about fathers, will be read on the 20th. Please submit one or both of the following by June 13th at the latest: · A poetry stanza inspired by the prompt “I remember my father …” · One original poem about a father/father figure (be sure to include where your poem has appeared if it was previously published). To register, send an email with your name and email address (with "Father's Day Poetry Project" in the subject heading) along with any to [email protected]. If submitting a contribution to the group ode and/or a poem, include a short bio. Publisher: Housatonic Book Awards Deadline: June 15, 2021 Granted to a book of short or long fiction published in 2020. The award includes all forms of fiction, both literary and genre (mystery, fantasy, science fiction, thriller, etc.). Submission fee $25. Winning prize: $1,000. Publisher: Bull City Press Deadline: June 15, 2021 This is the open reading period for the press, and the reading fee is “pay what you want.” For poetry chapbooks, they are accepting manuscripts between 18-30 pages, single-spaced. Simultaneous submissions accepted. Payment is an advance against royalties plus 10 copies of the chapbook. Publisher: Curiouser Magazine Deadline: July 1, 2021 Submit up to 3 poems. Simultaneous submission accepted. Available to most genres, including speculative poetry. Payment is $25-$40 per poem (Australian). https://curiousermag.com/submissions/ Publisher: Poetry Online Deadline: None. Submit 1-5 poems at a time. Reprints and simultaneous submissions okay. Payment of $25 per poem. https://www.poetry.onl/submit Publisher: Unsettling Reads They’re looking for submission for Autumn Noir: A Crime, Mystery, Noir, Suspense & Thriller Anthology. Sub up to 3 poems that prominently feature autumn and a noir/gritty ethos. Simultaneous submissions okay. Deadline: July 11, 2021 or until full https://unsettlingreads.squarespace.com/submissions
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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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