UPCOMING POETRY READINGS/WORKSHOPS
April 11-12 (Tuesday-Wednesday) @ 6:30pm each day – Northwestern Connecticut Community College hosts the 24th Annual Mad River Poetry Festival in the Founders Hall Auditorium, 4 Park Place in Winsted. Free and open to the public. Tuesday’s reading will have students and Kateri Kosek, Jim Kelleher, and Joshua Brunetti reading. Wednesday’s reading will have Rob Piazza and Steven Ostrowski and a reception following. April 14 (Friday) @ 5:30-6:30pm – April is Poetry Month reading with poets Sally Van Doren and Emma Wynn at the Scoville Memorial Library in the Reading Room, 38 Main Street in Salisbury, CT. Free to attend but registration required. April 18 (Tuesday) @ 4:30pm – A.K. Smith Reading Series with poets Clare Rossini and David Wojahn. Located at Trinity College, in the Reese Room at Smith House, 123 Vernon Street in Hartford. April 18 (Tuesday) @ 7-9pm – WritersMic is a place to read your work in front of a group of friendly, non-threatening fellow writers. Westport Library. Hybrid meeting, both in person and on Zoom the third Tuesday of every month in a casual open mic format. We welcome fiction, essays, memoirs, non-fiction, and poetry. Each reader will have five minutes to read. This is a supportive group, with feedback if you request it. If you're not ready to read, come to listen — but bring something anyway — you may change your mind! April 22 (Saturday) @ 1pm – Spring Poetry Reading at the Hoppin Gallery in The Barney Library, 71 Main Street in Farmington. Launch and reading of the poetry collections Feather and Bones and imagine the small bones with poets John Stanizzi and Debbie Gilbert. April 29 (Saturday) @ 11am-12pm - The Joy and Pain of Motherhood: An Intimate Conversation in Poetic Verse with former New London Poet Laureate Rhonda Ward and Hartford Poet Laureate Frederick-Douglass Knowles II in the Community Room at the Otis Library at 261 Main Street in Norwich. May 5 (Friday) @ 7:30pm – Other People’s Poems reading at Hartford Flavor Company, 30 Arbor Street, Suite 107, in Hartford. Every first Friday, read a poem that you love (NOT your own). Come at 6:30pm to sign up (25 slots open). PLACES TO SUBMIT YOUR POETRY Publisher: Wildhouse Poetry Prize: 2023 Chapbook Contest Deadline: April 15, 2023 Entries should comprise 25 pages of poetry at 30 lines/page (including blank lines). Winners will be awarded the Wildhouse Poetry Prize (first place $500, runner-up $250) and publication. Short-listed entries may also be published. Reading fee $25. Publisher: The Rising Poet Prize Deadline: April 16, 2023 Exclusively for new and emerging poets without a full-length collection out at the time of submission. Winner receives $3000, publication, and an interview with Palette Poetry. Second and third place will win $300 & $200 and publication. Blind read; $20 sub fee. Publisher: Open Door Magazine Deadline: April 30, 2023 Theme is envy. Can sub multiple pieces (no specifications on how many poems). No word limit. No reading fee; no payment. Publisher: Under a Warm Green Linden Deadline: April 30, 2023 Submissions are open for Issue 15: America/Being America. Poems that address topics in contemporary American public policy and political discourse. Send up to 5 poems. Simultaneous submissions okay. No reading fee; no payment. Publisher: Fast Flesh Literary Journal Deadline: None. Poetry submission under 1000 words. Hybrid and cross-genre work also accepted. No reading fee; no payment. Publisher: Pretty Cool Poetry Thing Deadline: None Interactive poetry – some will move, some will scroll, some will have music or animation. In addition to submitting a poem, you should also submit a 3-sentence proposal on how your poem can be interactive. No reading fee; $30 payment per poem. Publisher: $ Poetry is Currency Deadline: None Send 3-7 poems. Prefer to publish 2+ poems by each accepted poet. No reading fee; no payment.
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UPCOMING POETRY READINGS/WORKSHOPS
March 11 (Saturday, today) @ 5pm – James Merrill House & Writer-in-Residence Program presents Pemi Aguda (winner of the O. Henry Prize) in conversation with writer and artist Gerardo Sámano Córdova. Free to attend; live on James Merrill House’s Facebook and YouTube channels. https://www.youtube.com/@thejamesmerrillhouseprogra6390/about March 12 (Sunday) @ 5pm – Author Talk with Christie Max Williams, who will be reading poems, both new and from his William Meredith Prize-winning book The Wages of Love. Located at the Stonington Free Library at 20 High Street in Stonington Borough. Free to attend. https://www.stoningtonfreelibrary.org/event/christie-max-williams/ March 16 (Thursday) @ 7pm – The Wintonbury Poetry Series presents an online event with featured poets Dennis Barone (poetry editor of the Wallace Stevens Journal) and Anita Durkin. An open mic will follow the featured poets. Free; registration required to attend/read. https://bplct.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=11443&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2023/03/07 March 22 (Wednesday) @ 6pm – An evening of poetry with Julie Choffel, Anna V.Q. Ross, and Danielle Pieratti in celebration of their new books. Located at Barnes & Noble UConn Hartford Bookstore, 18 Front Street in Hartford. Reading, Q&A. Free to attend. March 24 (Friday) @ 7pm – The Arts Café Mystic presents Philip Schultz, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. With musical guests Dr. Westchesterson and Faith Vicinanza. Located at La Grua Center, 32 Water Street in Stonington. General admission $15 – tickets available at the door. https://theartscafemystic.org/ Parking fee March 26 (Sunday) @ 2-4pm – Poets at Large presents spoken word poetry at The Rose Room, 4 E. Main Street in Webster, MA. Featuring G. John Brand and B. Fulton Jennes. Open mic following the speakers. Email [email protected] to sign up. Free to attend. https://www.facebook.com/groups/473720100932690/ April 2 (Sunday) @ 2-4pm - An afternoon poetry reading with 4 CT poet laureates: Sandy Carlson of Woodbury, Rick Magee of Bethel, Deborah Rose of New Milford, and Faith Vicinanza of Southbury. Located at the Arts Escape, 493 Heritage Road, Suite 4C in Southbury. Free event, registration required. https://www.artsescape.org/an-afternoon-with-four-ct-poet-laureates/#program April 5 (Wednesday) @ 6:30pm – The Racial Equity Book Club presents poet Magdalena Bessy Reyna. The books under discussion are Battlefield of Your Body and Ink Knows No Borders: Poems of the Immigrant and Refugee Experience. Online over Zoom – either email [email protected] or call 860-434-2272 for the link. Free to attend. https://www.lymepl.org/events/month/2023-04/ PLACES TO SUBMIT YOUR POETRY Publisher: Word Works Washington Prize Deadline: March 15, 2023 A prize of $1,500 and publication is given annually to a U.S. or Canadian poet for a poetry collection. Submit a manuscript of 48 to 80 pages with a $25 entry fee. Blind read. https://wordworksbooks.org/submissions/the-washington-prize/ Publisher: Robinson Jeffers Tor House Prize Deadline: March 15, 2023 A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a single poem, plus $200 to honorable mentions. Submit up to three poems of no more than three pages each with a $10 entry fee as a snail mail submission that needs to be postmarked by March 15 to qualify. Publisher: Frost Farm Prize for Metrical Poetry Deadline: March 31, 2023 A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a poem written in metrical verse. The winner also receives a scholarship to attend and give a reading at the Frost Farm Poetry Conference in Derry, New Hampshire, in June. Blind read. Submit any number of poems with a $6 entry fee per poem. Publisher: Prime Number Magazine Deadline: March 31, 2023 $1,000 and publication in Prime Number Magazine is given annually for a poem. Submit a poem of up to three pages with a $15 entry fee. Publisher: Aurora Journal Deadline: March 25, 2023 Submit up to 5 poems at a time; no length limit. Open to all subjects, sim subs okay. They like to publish surrealistic poetry that is ethereal and dreamy. Encourages diverse submissions. No submission fee; $12 paid per poem. Option to pay for feedback. Publisher: Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest Deadline: April 1, 2023 A prize of $2,000, a gift certificate for two-year membership to the literary database Duotrope, and publication on the Winning Writers website is given annually for a humorous poem. A second-place prize of $500 is also awarded. Unpublished and previously published works are eligible. Submit a poem of up to 250 lines. No entry fee. Publication: Intima Deadline: April 3, 2023 Intima welcomes poetry that deals with any aspect along the illness/healing/caregiving continuum. Poems should preferably be no longer than one page in length. $7.50 reading fee. Blind read. Please submit each poem individually. You can submit up to three (3) poems per submission period but submit each poem individually. UPCOMING POETRY READINGS/WORKSHOPS
February 12 (Sunday) @ 3pm – Poetry Rocks hosts five black poets to celebrate Black History Month. Manchester Poet Laureate Ryan Parker and New London Poet Laureate Emerita Rhonda Ward will read their works at Arts Center East, at 709 Hartford Turnpike in Vernon. Rockville High School students McKena Clemons, Kimberly Yankson, and Gabrielle McKayle will open the program. Masks are highly recommended, and a $5 donation is much appreciated. To register for the open mic and/or to obtain a zoom link in case of inclement weather, please email [email protected]. February 15 (Wednesday) @ 7-8:30pm – An Evening of Rap, Hip-Hop & Poetry in person, hosted by the Ridgefield Library, 472 Main Street in Ridgefield (Main Program Room). Hosted by Ridgefield Poet Laureate Barb Jennes, guests will include “Goddess” Tymani Rain, AnUrbanNerd (Josh Brown), Sharmont “Influence” Little, Iyaba Ibo Mandingo, and MayaRose. Free to attend; registration required. February 16 (Thursday) @ 7pm – The Wintonbury Poetry Series presents an online reading of poetry with Summer Tate and Pegi Deitz Shea. Open mic follows the poets. Register at the link, both to attend and to sign up for the open mic. February 25 (Saturday) @ 1-2:30pm – A Poetic Immersion with Mary Oliver, held both in person and via Zoom. Hosted by the Southbury Public Library at 100 Poverty Road in Southbury, it celebrates the life and poetry of Mary Oliver. Feel free to bring your favorite Mary Oliver poem to share. Free to attend; registration required. Zoom registration In-person registration February 25 (Saturday) @ 1-3:30pm – The Cromwell Creative District (CCD) Coffeehouse presents a family-friendly open mic event. Located in the Belden Room of the Cromwell Library at 39 West Street in Cromwell. Refreshments, raffle prizes. Tickets: $10 adults, $2 13 and under. Tickets sold at door. February 23 (Thursday) @ 5:30pm – An evening of poetry with three poets - Catherine Denunzio (Enough Like Bone to Build On), Caitlin Blackburn (another beginning) and Nancy Manning (The Unspoken of Our Days). Located at the Bank Square Books, 53 W Main Street in Mystic. February 25 (Saturday) @ 5-6pm – An evening with author Catherine Denunzio for an hour of poetry. Located at the Hygienic Art Gallery, 79 Bank Street in New London. She will read sections from her book Enough Like Bone to Build On. March 4 (Saturday) @ 10:30am-1pm – Women’s Writing Retreat hosted by Poets at Large in the Silver Circle Gallery at 134 Main Street (2nd floor) in Putnam, CT. If interested in attending, email Karen Warinsky at [email protected] for more details. Space is limited. PLACES TO SUBMIT YOUR POETRY Publisher: Omnidawn – 2023 First/Second Poetry Book Contest Deadline: February 13, 2023 Submissions should be 40–120 pages. Open to writers worldwide who have either never published a full-length book of poetry, or who have published only one full-length book of poetry. Entry fee $27. Prize: $3000 and publication. Omnidawn also runs 3 other poetry contests per year, so worth checking out. Publisher: Applause Deadline: February 14, 2023 Theme: The (In)Evitable Ending. Looking for the most interesting angles you can give us as your piece approaches its “evitable ending.” Submit up to 5 poems. Reading fee: $3, payment: $25. Publisher: Finishing Line Press – 2023 Open Chapbook Competition Deadline: February 15, 2023 A prize of $1500 and publication for a chapbook-length poetry collection. Submit up to 16-38 pages of poetry in manuscript format. Open to all – international entries welcome. The top ten finalists will be offered publication. Entry fee: $20. Publisher: 3rd Wednesday’s Annual Poetry Contest Deadline: February 15, 2023 Accept contest entries of up to 3 previously unpublished poems of any style and subject matter (unlimited number of entries). There is no limit on length. Winning poets and honorable mentions will receive a print copy of the contest issue. Non-prize poems will be considered for inclusion in the same or later issue. $6 submission fee; 3 prizes of $100, plus publication. Publisher: After Hours – Mary Blinn Annual Poetry Prize Deadline: February 28, 2023 Open to all poets writing in English. Open to all themes, styles, and forms of poetry. One winner of $200 and three $50 finalists. $15 fee to submit. Publisher: I-70 Review – Bill Hikok Humor Award for Poetry Deadline: February 28, 2023 Submit 1–3 poems. Winning poem will appear in the 2023 issue of I-70 Review. $15 submission fee – submit 1-5 poems. Prize: $1000. UPCOMING POETRY READINGS/WORKSHOPS
January 16 (Monday) @ 11:30am-3:30pm – Z Experience Poetry Slam. Join influential poet-performers Croilot and Ngoma, in-person for the first time since 2020, as they emcee an electrifying spoken word experience, honoring Poetry Slam founder Zannette Lewis, in one of the largest auditoriums on Yale’s campus. Electrifying, live spoken word experience featuring a group performance, open mic, and Poetry Slam. In-person for the first time since 2020 at the Yale Science Building, O.C. Marsh Lecture Hall, 260 Whitney Avenue in New Haven. January 18 (Wednesday) @ 6pm – Please join us as we honor the Class of 2022 Connecticut Arts Heroes at Infinity Music Hall, 32 Front Street in Hartford. The event is free and open to all with performances by the Dwayne Keith Project, Dancer Colleen Fitzgerald, Connecticut's State Troubadour Kayla Farnham and State Poet Laureate Antoinette Brim-Bell and a Dance Party & Mingle with DJ Kasey Cortez! January 28 (Saturday) @ 11am-2pm – A Poetry and Short Prose Writing Workshop online put on by the Southbury Public Library. Join Poet Laureate Faith Vicinanza for a writing workshop. Explore the writing process through writing prompts and sharing your work. Free to attend and open to anyone regardless of town of residency. Registration is required. January 28 (Saturday) @ 9:45am-12pm – Saturday Mornings with Poetry - A meeting of people who love reading and writing poetry. SMwP provides poetic opportunities for anyone to share their poetry, discuss the literary works of poets known and unknown, and expand skills in writing and editing poems in the shared camaraderie of comfortable, supportive members. No registration required. To participate and for details about meeting virtually or in-person, contact Karen Ciosek at [email protected]. February 1 (Wednesday) @ 7pm – Poets From Connecticut’s Four Corners, presented online and featuring poets representing each of the state’s four corners, plus one from the central Hartford area: Gemma Mathewson, Laura Mazza-Dixon, Claudia McGhee, Garrett Phelan, and Jack Powers. Ridgefield Poet Laureate Barb Jennes will facilitate the event. February 2 (Thursday) @ 12-1pm – Literary Lunch: Join artist, botanist, and poet Dick Rauh and Westport's Poet Laureate Jessie McEntee for a Literary Lunch on Feb. 2 at 12 noon. Bring your own meal or take advantage of the Library Cafe's offerings at a 10% discount. Register early; space is limited to 10 participants. PLACES TO SUBMIT YOUR POETRY Publisher: Grayson Books Chapbook Contest 2023 Deadline: January 31, 2023 Submit 16-36 pages of poetry. Simultaneous and multiple submissions okay. Reading fee: $20. Top prize: $500, publication of chapbook plus 50 copies. Organizer: Poems from Connecticut’s Four Corners Deadline: Every month They’re currently seeking poets from throughout the state to take part in "Poems from Connecticut's Four Corners," a new series of online, monthly readings, hosted by the Ridgefield Library. Their goal is to feature a diverse range of poets from all areas of the state, including those with limited publication history. If interested, please send a brief bio to Ridgefield Poet Laureate Barb Jennes at [email protected]. Please be sure to specify the town or city where you reside. Publisher: WB Yeats Society of NY Deadline: February 1, 2023 Unpublished poems in English up to 60 lines on any subject and style. Each poem will be judged separately and read anonymously. $15 for the first poem and $12 each additional poem. There are no limits on the number of poems that can be submitted. Winners and honorable mentions receive plaques and two-year Yeats Society memberships and permit the Society to publish and/or broadcast winning entries. $1000 first prize/$500 second prize, honorable mentions. Publisher: Soundings East Clare Keys Poetry Award Deadline: February 1, 2023 A prize of $1,000 and publication in Soundings East will be given for a group of previously unpublished poems. Submit 8-10 pages of poetry (no more than one poem per page) with a $10 entry fee/$15 entry fee (includes a copy of the magazine). Publisher: Slippery Elm Literary Journal Prize Deadline: February 1, 2023 $15 entry fee for up to 3 poems (no line/length limit). All contest entrants will receive a copy of the winning issue and be considered for publication. Sim subs okay. Multiple entries okay. Publisher: Driftwood Press – In-House Poem Contest Deadline: January 15, 2023 Send up to 5 poems, not exceeding 60 lines each. Any type of poem okay. Blind read. Submission fee $10.99. $300 prize. Up to 5 finalists will be selected as well and will receive $50 and publication, plus a copy of the anthology. UPCOMING POETRY READINGS/WORKSHOPS
December 10 (Saturday) @ 1-2pm – The inaugural poetry event by Southbury’s first town Poet Laureate Faith Vicinanza. Located at the Southbury Public Library, 100 Poverty Road in Southbury (Kingsley Room A/B). Free to attend. December 10 (Saturday) @ 1-2pm – The Orenaug Chapter of the Connecticut Poetry Society will host an ekphrastic writing workshop in the gallery of the Woodbury Public Library, located at 269 Main Street in Woodbury. Works of Southbury artist Marc Chabot will be on display. Writers are also welcome to stay for the artist's reception in the gallery, which will begin at 2 p.m. Contact Sandy Carlson at [email protected] with questions. December 10 (Saturday) @ 2pm – Wordhouse Reading Series with readings by Julie Choffel and Krysia Jopek. Will start with an open mic. Located at Noah Webster House, 227 South Main Street in West Hartford. Free to attend. December 14 (Wednesday) @ 7pm – The Riverwood Poetry Series @ Real Art Ways will host Terry Blackhawk at Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor Street in Hartford. In-person reading; audience mask wearing is encouraged, but not required. An open mic will follow the featured readers - one poem, one page. Free to attend. December 15 (Thursday) @ 7-8:30pm – The Oliver Wolcott Library presents the “Holiday Peace Poetry Reading” via Zoom. Celebrate the peace and hope of the holidays with our best local poets reading the finest work of the season. Poets will include: Rennie McQuilkin - CT Poet Laureate Emeritus; Ginny Connors - West Hartford poet laureate emerita; Robert Piazza - Litchfield poet laureate; Sandy Carlson - Woodbury poet laureate; Rick Magee - Bethel poet laureate; Barb Jennes - Ridgefield poet laureate; Karen Silk - Washington poet laureate; Joan Hoffman - Canton poet laureate; Deborah Rose - New Milford poet laureate; Jack Sheedy - Harwinton; Patricia Martin - Torrington; and Jim Kelleher - Goshen. Each poet will read a poem of their own or a classic by a favorite author. Zoom link on website. December 15 (Thursday) @ 7-8:30pm – The Wintonbury Poetry Series will host a virtual reading with Antoinette Brim-Bell, the Poet Laureate of Connecticut, and Suzanne Frischkorn. An open mic will follow the featured poets. To register to get the link (and to sign up if you want to read for the open mic) follow the link below from the Bloomfield Public Library. PLACES TO SUBMIT YOUR POETRY Publisher: Poetry Society of America Awards Deadline: various, last one: December 31, 2022 They run a series of poetry awards, all closing soon – everything from short to long poems, various styles of poetry, etc. Single poem entries are $10 – multiple poem entries are $15. Prizes are $250-$2500. Publisher: Poetry Quarterly – Rebecca Lard Award Deadline: December 31, 2022 Submit up to 3 poems for $10 reading fee (includes subscription to Poetry Quarterly). $300 prize, publication, featured on the back cover and their website. Publisher: Roanoke Review Eco-Poetry Contest Deadline: December 31, 2022 Submit up to 3 poems on the theme of eco-poetry for a $15 reading fee, no more than 6 pages total. $500 prize, publication. Publisher: Sunspot Lit Goldilocks Zone contest Deadline: December 19, 2022 Submit 1 poem on the theme of planetary habitability (the Goldilocks Zone) for a $9.50 reading fee. $200 prize, publication. Publisher: Bayou Magazine Kay Murphy Prize for Poetry Deadline: January 1, 2023 Submit up to 3 poems for a $20 reading fee. $1,000 prize, publication. Publisher: Smartish Pace Erskine J. Poetry Prize Deadline: January 1, 2023 Submit up to 3 poems for a $10 reading fee. $200 prize. All submitted poems will be considered for publication in Smartish Pace. Publisher: The Madison Review Phylis Smart-Young Prize in Poetry Deadline: January 17, 2023 Submit 3 poems EXACTLY for a $2 reading fee. Maximum page length 15 pages. $1,000 prize, publication. Publisher: The Meadow Deadline: January 15, 2023 Send up to 5 poems. Blind submission. Simultaneous submissions okay. No payment; $2 reading fee. UPCOMING POETRY READINGS/WORKSHOPS
November 12 (Saturday) @ 3pm – In-person Writers Salon hosted by Erika Lutzner and featuring Ralph Nazareth, Kate Lutzner, and Suzanne Frischkorn. Open mic, food, and drink. For info and to RSVP, email [email protected]. November 13 (Sunday) @ 2-4pm – Sponsored by the Branford Land Trust and Branford Arts and Cultural Alliance is the book launch and art reception of Writing the Land: Windblown I. Held at the BACA Gallery, 1004 Main Street in downtown Branford. Poet Laurel Peterson will read a selection of her poems about Branford’s Beacon Hill Preserve, and the book’s featured artwork by BLT and BACA members will be on display. Free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. Masks are encouraged. November 13 (Sunday) @ 7-8:15pm – Connecticut Poetry Society presents POP (Poets On Poetry) on Zoom: “The Eloquence of Elegy” by Margaret Gibson, former CT Poet Laureate. Free to attend; registration required at link. November 17 (Thursday) @ 7-9:30pm – The Wintonbury Poetry Reading features poets Jennifer Franklin and Sean Singer. Open mic following the featured poets. Free to attend; registration required for Zoom link. Any questions or problems email Bloomfield Librarian Mara Whitman at [email protected] or Garrett Phelan at [email protected]. November 18 (Friday) @ 7pm - The Arts Café Mystic is thrilled to present Christie Max Williams and Albert Kausch. The two poets can and should be given credit for the birth of The Arts Café Mystic. Also will have musical guest Lara Herscovitch. Tickets will be sold at the door; $15 for general admission and $5 for students. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for art gallery viewing before the program. Masks are optional and parking vouchers will be provided. November 19 (Saturday) @ 2pm – Wordhouse Reading Series presents David Cappella and Robert Cording. Located at the Noah Webster House, 227 South Main Street in West Hartford. Reading starts with an open mic. Free to attend. November 19 (Saturday) @ 7pm – Phyllis Klein’s Zoom series “Poets in Conversation” will feature Richard Cole and Ginny Lowe Connors. Ginny Connors will be reading a brief sample from her latest book Without Goodbyes, and Richard Cole will feature his poetry book Song of the Middle Manager, which won the Grayson Books Poetry Prize a year ago. It’s important to register in advance, so that you’ll receive the Zoom link a few days before the date of the program. December 4 (Sunday) @ 3pm - Poetry Rocks takes place at Arts Center East, 709 Hartford Turnpike, Vernon. It features South Windsor poet Steve Straight, whose new book is Affirmation, and Suzanne Frischkorn, a Cuban-American poet from Redding, whose new book is Fixed Star. Also reading will be Rockville High School’s award-winning poets Anaya Tolton and Caitlin Chatterton. There will be an open mic. A reception and book-signing will follow the reading. Requested donation is $5. Masks are recommended but not required. For more information, email [email protected]. PLACES TO SUBMIT YOUR POETRY Publisher: Abandon Journal Deadline: November 30, 2022 Send no more than 5 poems at a time, any length or form. They want to showcase writing that has been created with abandon. Next issue’s theme is “Abandon Love.” Free to submit, simultaneous subs okay. $15 paid upon publication. Publisher: the Decolonial Passage Deadline: December 1, 2022 Submit 2 poems or less. Looking to highlight writers engaged in the decolonial project. Next theme’s issue is asking for a sensory description of food while also examining how food intersects with power and powerlessness and imperialism. Free to submit; no payment. Publisher: The Baltimore Review Deadline: November 30, 2022 Prose poem winter contest. Open themed, but prefer short poems – “shorter is often better.” Can submit up to 3 poems, but total word count for all 3 can’t be more than 1000 words. Blind judging. $8 fee to submit. $300 prize. Publisher: Roanoke Review Deadline: December 1, 2022 Send 5 or fewer poems per submission. No line limit. Simultaneous subs okay. No fee; no payment. Publisher: Black Fox Literary Magazine Deadline: November 30, 2022 Send 3 poems at a time. Prefer poems with shorter lines for publication. Simultaneous subs okay. No fee; no payment. Publisher: The Mire Deadline: November 18, 2022 Submit 1 poem at time; no length requirement. Aimed at a young adult audience, so be aware of themes and language. No fee; no payment. Publisher: Lunaris Review Deadline: November 30, 2022 Sub 2-6 poems of no more than 20 lines each. Simultaneous subs okay. No fee; no payment. UPCOMING POETRY READINGS/WORKSHOPS
September 11 (Sunday) @ 2-4pm – Poets at Large: An affiliation of regional poets will perform in a series of spoken word/poetry readings at Roseland Park, 205 Roseland Park Road, Woodstock, CT, and will be in the Rose Bowl outdoor auditorium (barn if rain). Featured Readers: Karen Warinsky, Paul Richmond, Margaret Gibson. Featured open mic: Nancy Weiss. These readings are free to the public and will include an open mic segment. Sign-ups at the event; 5-minute limit. Email [email protected] with questions. September 14 (Wednesday) @ 7pm - Riverwood Poetry Series @ Real Art Ways at 56 Arbor Street in Hartford will host a Book Launch Extraordinaire, including Steve Straight, Peggy Deitz Shea, Brad Davis, and Ginny Lowe Connors, as they introduce their newest poetry books. This is to celebrate the re-opening of in-person readings with them. Audience mask wearing is encouraged, but not required. An open mic will follow the featured readers—one poem, one page please. September 15 (Thursday) @6-7pm – Suzanne Frischkorn and Emily Hockaday will read from their work and talk the literary life with Laurel Peterson at the Norwalk Public Library at 1 Belden Avenue in Norwalk. Both writers explore what it means to be mothers and writers, and discuss loss—of loved ones, of a culture, of identity. Free to attend. Email [email protected] to register. September 16 (Friday) @7pm – The Arts Café Mystic presents Searching for Norman Rockwell. Located in the main gallery of the Mystic Museum of Art, located at 9 Water Street in Mystic, 15 poets, writers, and musicians will share newly completed pieces responding to a painting of their choice in the “Tell Me a Story” exhibit on display in the museum. Admission: $15 (students: $5). Masks optional. September 17 (Saturday) @ 2pm – The WordHouse Reading Series presents short readings by current and past Poets Laureate of the town of West Hartford CT—Benjamin S. Grossberg, Maria Sassi, Ginny Lowe Connors, Dennis Barone, Christine Beck and James Finnegan. Taking place at the Noah Webster House at 227 South Main Street in West Hartford. Reading is free and starts with an open mic. For more info, contact Jim: [email protected] or 860-508-2810. September 19-22 (Monday-Thursday) @ various times – The Windham Campbell Prizes 2022 Festival is a 4-day event that is free and open to the public. It takes place at Yale University in New Haven at various locations around campus. Talks by authors and poets, including book launches, readings, and literary conversations and lectures. See the schedule for more information. PLACES TO SUBMIT YOUR POETRY Publisher: Passager Deadline: September 15, 2022 Magazine for writers over 50. Submit up to 5 poems of 40 lines each. Theme: ancestral or generational trauma. Simultaneous submission okay. No reading fee; no payment. Publication: Women in their 80s Deadline: September 30, 2022 Octogenarian poetry and prose anthology seeking submissions. Email submissions to [email protected]. Publisher: Presence: A Journal of Catholic Poetry Deadline: October 1, 2022 Submit up to 5 poems of no more than 2 pages per poem. They publish poetry written by authors whose work is informed by the Catholic faith. Simultaneous submissions okay. No reading fee; no payment. Publisher: Amethyst Review Submit up to five poems (of any length). Simultaneous submissions okay. Your work should engage in some way with spirituality or the sacred. No reading fee; no payment. Publisher: Stone of Madness Press Deadline: September 30, 2022 Submit up to 2 poems at once up to 4 pages total. Prefer unshaped/nonvisual poetry. Free to submit; can also opt for a $5 paid submission to receive either a fast response or feedback. A great meeting, but there are no notes for August... Alison was on the road moving to Canada and didn't have any notes for this month. More happenings in September!
UPCOMING POETRY READINGS/WORKSHOPS
July 11 (Monday) @ 7pm – “A Garden of Verse” presents poets Meredith Bergmann and Kyle Potvin at the Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center at 152 Main Street in Ridgefield. Hosted by Ridgefield Poet Laureate Barb Jennes, the grounds open at 6:30pm. Attendees should bring a lawn chair or blanket. If it rains, the event will move indoors to the museum. Free to attend. July 14 (Thursday) @ 6-8pm - Join with poets from the ongoing twice-monthly virtual Norwalk Poetry Workshop, led by Norwalk Poet Laureate Bill Hayden for an evening of Live Ekphrastic Poetry at the Norwalk Art Space’s Creative Happy Hour at 455 West Avenue in Norwalk. Free to attend, and the Café will be open for refreshments (for sale) during the creative happy hour. July 15 (Friday) @ 7pm – Poetry reading online, featuring Bronwen Tate, Lynn Xu, Kate Schapira, Michael Tod Edgerton, and Caroline Noble Whitbeck. Free to attend; registration required for Zoom link. Hosted by the White Whale Bookstore. July 17 (Sunday) @ 2-4pm – Poets at Large: An affiliation of regional poets will perform in a series of spoken word/poetry readings at Roseland Park, 205 Roseland Park Road, Woodstock, CT, and will be in the Rose Bowl outdoor auditorium (barn if rain). Featured Readers: Candace Curran, Tony Fusco, Eve Rifkah; Featured Open Mic reader, Michael Milligan. These readings are free to the public and will include an open mic segment. Sign-ups at the event; 5-minute limit. Email [email protected] with questions. July 20 (Wednesday) @ 7pm – Triple book launch online reading with poets David Cappella, Michael C. Keith and Doug Mathewson. Free to attend. Contact Gloria Mindock at [email protected] for the Zoom link. July 20 (Wednesday) @ 7-8pm – Online poetry reading & discussion featuring Conyer Clayton and Sienna Tristen. Two plant-loving poets discuss their new releases, top gardening/foraging tips, and how animism influences their wordsmithing. Free to attend; registration required for Zoom link. July 25 (Monday) @ 7pm – “A Garden of Verse” presents poets Joan Kwon Glass and Jordan Franklin at the Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center at 152 Main Street in Ridgefield. Hosted by Ridgefield Poet Laureate Barb Jennes, the grounds open at 6:30pm. Attendees should bring a lawn chair or blanket. If it rains, the event will move indoors to the museum. Free to attend. Join with poets from the ongoing twice-monthly virtual Norwalk Poetry Workshop, led by Norwalk Poet Laureate Bill Hayden for an evening of Live Ekphrastic Poetry along with the Norwalk Art Space’s Creative Happy Hour to be held on Thursday, July 14th from 6-8pm at 455 West Avenue Norwalk, CT. By the way the Café will be open for refreshments during the creative happy hour! PLACES TO SUBMIT YOUR POETRY Publisher: Rattle Poetry Prize Deadline: July 16, 2022 Send up to 4 poems of any theme per entry. No line limit. Entry fee is a 1-year subscription to Rattle at their regular rate of $25. Multiple entries accepted, each accompanied by the $25 fee (and each entry will extend the entrant’s subscription to Rattle by 1 year). Simultaneous submissions okay. Blind read. The top winner will receive $15,000 and ten finalists will receive $500. All winners and finalists will be published in Rattle. Of the finalists, one will be chosen by the readers of Rattle and receive an additional $5000 and the Readers’ Choice Award. Publisher: Pure Slush and Truth Serum Press Deadline: July 31, 2022 Theme for the anthology is marriage. Send 5 poems of between 80-1000 words each. No submission fee; no payment. Publisher: Sliced Up Press Deadline: July 31, 2022 Call for submissions for their newest anthology Bloodless. Submit one poem within the horror genre that does not mention blood at all. No simultaneous submissions. No fee to submit; payment of $30 plus one print copy of the anthology. Publisher: The Sprawl Mag Deadline: July 31, 2022 Looking for speculative poetry. Accept simultaneous submissions. Submit 1-4 poems of no more than 40 lines per poem. Payment of $20 CAD per published piece. Publisher: Winchester Poetry Festival Deadline: July 31, 2022 (UK time) Unlimited entry for poems - entry fee is £5 for first poem, £4 for subsequent poems, and there will be a limited number of entries available for those who can’t pay the entry fee. Send poems of no more than 40 lines (excluding title). Blind read. First Prize: £1,000, 2nd Prize: £500, 3rd Prize: £250. Publisher: MONO. Poetry Prize 2022 Deadline: August 1, 2022 (UK time) You can enter up to three poems at a cost of £6 per poem. Any theme, but the judge enjoys work that “tests the limits.” 1st Prize £500 and publication in MONO., 2nd Prize £200, 3rd Prize £100, 3 highly commended poems will be published on the MONO. blog. UPCOMING POETRY READINGS/WORKSHOPS
June 12 (Sunday) @ 2-3:30pm – Poets on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder – a reading and panel for PTSD Awareness Month. Located at Reader’s Block Bookstore, 2420 Main Street in Stratford. Featuring Jwon Choi, Emily Franklin, Saida Agostini, Lynne Schmidt, Fox Henry Frazer and Joan Kwon Glass. Light refreshments will be served. June 12 (Sunday) @ 4pm – Music and Poetry to Benefit Ukraine. The Windy Hill Guitar Ensemble and the Kachala Family will present a benefit concert to benefit Ukraine at the South Congregational Church, 242 Salmon Brook Street, in Granby. In addition to Ukrainian and world music, performers will include poet Kevin Carey of the Connecticut Poetry Society. Due to Covid-19 protocols, for those attending in person, masks and social distancing will be required. For more information contact Laura Mazza-Dixon, director of the Windy Hill Guitar Studio at 860-653-6146 or at [email protected]. For those who can’t attend in person, a video will be available on the South Church YouTube channel after the concert. June 18 (Thursday) @ 1pm – The annual Rose Garden Reading with the award-winning poets Julien Strong and Luisa Caycedo-Kimura, editor of the Connecticut River Review. Event will be at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Hubbard Hall, 679 Farmington Avenue in West Hartford. Sponsored by the Friends & Enemies of Wallace Stevens. Free to attend. For more information, contact Jim Finnegan at [email protected] or 860-508-2810. June 22 (Wednesday) @ 6pm. Held the 4th Wednesday of every month, poet laureate of Yorktown John McMullen hosts a poetry workshop on Zoom. It’s a place for poets to sharpen their skills by reading their work and having it respectfully criticized, as well as listen to the work of others and share information about the business of poetry and publishing. If you plan to attend, please email [email protected]. Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83176155376 June 23 (Thursday) @ 7pm – The Connecticut Poetry Society presents Poets on Poetry with moderator and poet Antoinette Brim-Bell in conversation with Cornelius Eady, who is an award-winning poet, musician, and co-founder of Cave Canem. Free and open to the public. Zoom link Meeting ID: 894 3704 2728 Passcode: 952778 June 26 (Sunday) 2-4pm – Poets at Large: An affiliation of regional poets will perform in a series of spoken word/poetry readings at Roseland Park, 205 Roseland Park Road, Woodstock, CT, and will be in the Rose Bowl outdoor auditorium (barn if rain). Featured Readers: Dina Stander, Robert Eugene Perry, Ben Grossberg; featured Open Mic reader, Sarah St. George. These readings are free to the public and will include an open mic segment. Sign-ups at the event; 5-minute limit. Email [email protected] with questions. PLACES TO SUBMIT YOUR POETRY Publisher: The Twin Bill Deadline: July 1, 2022 Please send up to five poems per issue. They love baseball from all eras, but would particularly like to see poems of a more contemporary style or subject matter. Simultaneous submissions are okay. No fee to submit. Pays $5 honorarium per published poem. Publisher: Poetry London Prize Deadline: June 30, 2022 (London time) Open to poets worldwide. Submit as many poems as you’d like, but each one must be accompanied by the entry fee of £4-£8. Free entries are available for writers on low incomes. 1st prize: £5,000, 2nd prize: £2,000, 3rd prize: £1,000 plus publication in Poetry London. Publisher: Annual Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Contest Deadline: June 15, 2022 Contest open to all writers who have not yet published a book of poetry. Manuscripts can either be a collection of poems or one long poem and should be a minimum of sixteen and a maximum of twenty pages (not including title page, table of contents, or cover sheet). Blind read. $15 reading fee. BIPOC submissions are free. The winner receives a $500 cash award, publication, ten copies, a reading at the Hudson Valley Writers Center, plus travel expenses up to $500 if needed and if reading is in person. Winning poets are also offered editorial and marketing advice. Publisher: Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology Deadline: June 30, 2022 Submit no more than 5 poems inspired by Dolly Parton’s life and music. Poems should not exceed 3 pages, for a total of 15 pages max. No fee to submit. Contributors will receive 1 copy of the anthology as payment. Publisher: FAMILY anthology by THE POET Deadline: June 30, 2022 Mothers and fathers, husbands, wives and partners, grandmothers and grandfathers, sons and daughters, grandchildren, aunties, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins; whether from your distant past, present day, or forthcoming arrivals, you can write about anything to do with family. Submit up to 4 poems of any style. No profanity of any kind or adult themes; family-friendly publication. No fee to submit. Contributors will receive a PDF copy of the anthology they’re published in. Publisher: The Lauria/Frasca Poetry Prize 2022 Deadline: July 1, 2022 The prize promotes the literature of the Italian diaspora and is open to poets of Italian descent writing poems on any style and theme. The winning poet will be awarded $1000 and Bordighera Press will publish the manuscript, along with a standard royalty contract. Completed manuscript should be 48-75 pages with 1 poem per page. Simultaneous submission okay. Entry fee $20. Multiple manuscripts can be submitted, accompanied by a reading fee. |
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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