Congratulations to Poets' Salon member Carey Link on her new poetry chapbook Through the Kaleidoscope, published by Blue Light Press! UPCOMING POETRY READINGS/WORKSHOPS
October 11 @ 2-4pm (Sunday) – The Arts Café Mystic Presents A “Green Poetry Café” With Margaret Gibson, Joan Hofmann, and Steve Straight at the Mystic Museum of Art, 9 Water Street, Mystic. Green poetry includes poetry about nature, the environment, and climate crisis but in addition it explores our relationship, as individuals and communities and countries, with the natural world. Seats are limited and tickets must be purchased ahead of time via our website. Social distancing will be practiced and safety precautions will be strictly adhered to. Tickets are $15 for general admission and $5 for students. For more information, contact Lisa Starr at 401-241-2592 or [email protected]. October 14th @ 11am-1pm (Wednesday) and October 16th @ 2pm-4pm (Friday) – All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, the pantoum will be explored, a form born of Malaysian oral poetry that draws heavily upon repetition, rhyme, and juxtaposition. The group will explore a wide variety of poems and conclude with a guided creative writing workshop, where participants will compose an original pantoum. Free to attend, but registration is required; space is limited. To register, email [email protected] with the date and time of the session you would like to attend. October 15th @ 7-9pm (Thursday) – Readings and discussion by the poets of Forms & Features, an online creative community that celebrates the diverse voices, rich experiences, and powerful words of poets from around the world. Free, online event, but advanced registration is required. October 20th @ 7:30pm (Tuesday) – The Allan K. Smith Reading Series presents Jericho Brown, who will do a reading online from his work. He is the author of The Tradition (2019), which was a finalist for the 2019 National Book Award and the winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Event is free, but advanced registration is required. October 22nd-November 1st - The Dodge Poetry Festival is moving online this year, and it's FREE to attend! With multiple events featuring close to 100 celebrated poets, check out the festival's online schedule to find out which poetry events capture your interest. November 10th @ 9pm (Tuesday) – Open Door Series online presents a live virtual reading with Chicago poets Suzanne Buffam, CM Burroughs, and their MFA students Fatima Eldigair and Chad Morgan. Free to attend, but advanced registration required. PLACES TO SUBMIT YOUR POETRY Publisher: Conduit Books & Ephemera Deadline: October 31, 2020 “Minds on Fire” Open Book Prize is awarded to any poet writing in English, regardless of previous publication record. Previously unpublished manuscripts of 48-90 pages should be submitted through our Submittable page. Blind read. The winning poet will receive $1,500 and 30 author copies. $25 entry fee. Publisher: Quarterly West Deadline: November 1, 2020 This fall, Quarterly West will open for its inaugural poetry and prose contests. The winners will each receive $1000 and publication in the Issue 102 of Quarterly West. Two runners-up will each receive $250 and all entries will be considered for publication. To enter, submit up to three poems. The submission fee is $10. The inaugural poetry judge is Natalie Scenters-Zapico. Publisher: Perugia Press Deadline: November 15, 2020 The press’s tagline reads: “Publishing New Women Poets Since 1997.” The Perugia Press Prize is now open to women poets living in the U.S., and the winner receives publication, $1,000 and 10 author copies, mentoring during the publication and promotion of her book, travel stipends and honorariums during a series of opening book launch events, and publicity and promotion at local and national book events. Poets must have no more than 1 previously published full-length book of poetry in English. Also open to hybrid works that include collaborations and visual art. Manuscripts should be previously unpublished as a whole (individual poems published elsewhere are okay), be 45-85 pages, with one poem per page. Blind read. $27 entry fee per submission (multiple submissions okay). Publisher: The Halcyone/Black Mountain Press/Her Words Deadline: October 29, 2020 (Her Words), November 1, 2020 (The Halcyon), November 20, 2020 (Black Mountain Press Chapbook Contest) Her Words is a collection of poetry and short stories for, by, and about women. The collection provides a feminine touch on the literary world and gives women the opportunity to receive recognition for who they are and for the words they have written. Send 2 pieces per submission. Selected writers of each issue will receive two copies as payment. $6 submission fee. * * * The Black Mountain Press will now be awarding a quarterly chapbook winner for poets and fiction writers. Submissions should be from 16-64 pages for consideration of your short novel, short story collections, graphic novel, or poetry collection. Quarterly winner receives 12 copies as payment. The Black Mountain Press intends to publish one or more manuscripts from this reading period. $12 submission fee. * * * We are now accepting submissions to the the Fall 2020 Issue of The Halcyone. Enter up to 4 poems that have not been published elsewhere. The Halcyone pays featured poets (3-4 poems) 5 copies of the quarterly review. Single poems receive 3 copies of the publication. Entry to The Halcyone also acknowledges that the writer or artist accepts that their submitted work may be used in the online blog at TheHalcyone.com. $8 submission fee. Publisher: So to Speak Deadline: November 10, 2020 (early deadline with ½ submission fee: October 11, 2020) Submit up to 5 poems, not exceeding 10 pages. Looking for work that celebrates intersectional feminism. Multiple submissions okay, each requiring a separate submission fee. $5 submission fee until October 11, 2020 (tomorrow) - $10 submission fee until November 10, 2020. Publisher: New Letters Deadline: No deadline Send no more than 6 poems. Accepts both online and paper submissions. Sim subs okay. $4.95 fee for submissions (waived for subscribers to the magazine). Publisher: Palette Poetry Deadline: October 18, 2020 The 2020 Brush & Lyre Prize is now open. This unique multimedia contest will accept work that incorporates poetry into new media formats, including but not limited to: music, video, art, photography, sculpture, and performance. The editors will rate the work accordingly: 50% poetic experience, 50% media experience. Each submission must include poetry into the work in some significant way—visually written or audio recorded. Ekphrasis is welcome as well, as long as the art is original. Their editorial team will select the winner of the $3000 top prize, as well as two runner-ups for $300 and $200 respectively. Keep any recordings or video to under 8 minutes in length. Collaborations are welcome. No page requirement, but submission must be no more than 2 individual works. Multiple submissions okay, but each submission will include the reading fee.
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September 13th (4-6pm) – Great Weather for Media Spoken Word Sundays presents Susana H. Case and Christopher Madden (co-owner of Woodhall Press in Norwalk). Hosted by local poet Jerry T. Johnson, with a period after the main speakers for open mic. Free/$3 suggested donation. September 15th (5-7:45pm) RESCHEDULED – Joy Harjo (US poet laureate), with Margaret Gibson (CT poet laureate) and music by Orice Jenkins at the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival, located @ the Hillstead Museum at 35 Mountain Road in Farmington, CT. Outdoor event. Tickets cost $10 to livestream, $20 in person (social distanced, blankets on the lawn). September 15th-29th – Saugatuck StoryFest. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the Westport Library’s annual Saugatuck StoryFest is going online! While there are no poetry presentations this year, there’s a great lineup of authors from various genres, including YA, science fiction, nonfiction, history, comics, romance, fantasy, horror, and mystery. September 26th (2:30-5pm) – Ironbridge Festival of the Imagination Online Poetry Slam 2020. 15 poets go head-to-head on Zoom to see who will come out the winner. October 4 (10am-8pm) – Virtual Festival Day by the Brooklyn Book Festival. Most events are free; varied events for kids and adults centered around authors, poets, and comic writers, all virtual. The in-person event takes place from September 28-October 5. October 10 (4-6pm) – Scarlet Tanager Books Presents Fire and Rain: Ecopoetry of California. Select contributors will read their selections, including poets Lucille Lang Day, Ruth Nolan, Sally Bliumis-Dunn, Patricia Brody, Mary Makofske, Heidi Sheridan, J.C. Todd, and Anne Whitehouse. Following will be a discussion with the audience. Proceeds from the sale of the anthology will be donated to environmental organizations. PLACES TO SUBMIT YOUR POETRY Publisher: Coffee-House Poetry Deadline: September 28, 2020 Based in the U.K. First place: £2000, second place: £1000, and publication on the Coffee-House Poetry website. Submit 1 poem at a time of up to 45 lines with $7 entry fee per poem (no limit on number of entries). Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press Deadline: September 30, 2020 The Pitt Poetry Series annually publishes books by poets who have previously published full-length collections of poetry. They take any style of poetry. (They also have an annual contest for unpublished poets, which takes place in the spring.) Publisher: Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest Deadline: September 30, 2020 Each contest awards $3000 to the winner – Tom Howard to a poem in any style or genre, Margaret Reid to a poem that rhymes or has a traditional style. 10 honorable mentions will receive $200. Top 12 entries published online. Limit of 250 lines per poem. $15 submission fee. Publisher: Sky Island Journal Deadline: Always open to submissions; deadline for next issue September 30, 2020 With over 75k readers, this is a great venue to showcase your poetry. In addition to publishing established authors, they are looking for fresh voices. They are an online journal, 100% free to read, and accept all types of poetry. They respond in 18 days or less. Publisher: Witness Deadline: October 1, 2020 Published twice a year, the magazine calls on authors to submit work that reflects the times we live in. Theme for next issue: “As seen on TV.” Submit up to 5 poems; response time within 4 months. Also run an annual contest (open now). Submission cost: $3 for regular submission, $10 for contest entry. Pays $25 per poem/$50 for poems over 3 pages for both print and online work. Publisher: Carlow University Deadline: October 1, 2020 The Dobler Poetry Award is an annual contest open to women writers over the age of 40 in the U.S. who have not published a full-length book of poetry. NO entry fee, cash prize of $2500. Publisher: Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival Deadline: October 15, 2020 A prize of $1000 and publication in Antenna::Signals given annually for a group of poems. The winner will also be invited to do a reading at the 2021 Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival. Submit 2-4 poems of 400 lines or less. $15 entry fee. UPCOMING POETRY READINGS/WORKSHOPS
August 12th (Tuesday, 7:30pm-9pm) – Open Mic for Poetry & Prose. Join the Albany Poets on ZOOM at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87065314477 - They’ll use the first few minutes to decide on their reading order. Share poetry or very short prose, up to 5 minutes per person. If you have a book to sell or a journal to promote, post the web link in the chat window on the right side of your ZOOM screen. August 12th (Tuesday, 8pm) – Enjoy an evening of live-stream poetry featuring Mike Jurkovic, Guy Reed, Cheryl A. Rice from Green Kill. Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/live-stream-august-12-8-pmmike-jurkovic-guy-reed-cheryl-a-rice-tickets-115417299249. They ask for a donation to help support the program and poets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/live-stream-august-12-8-pmmike-jurkovic-guy-reed-cheryl-a-rice-tickets-115417299249. The recommended donation for this event is 10 dollars, but whatever you can contribute would greatly help these performers. August 12th (Tuesday, 1:30pm-8pm) – Come Create! Workshop Day on Japanese poetry and art is offered by Portsmouth Poet Laureate Tammi Truax. You will learn traditional Japanese poetry and art forms from local writers and artists. Open to adults and kids ages 10+.
August 15th-31st – Edinburgh International Book Festival – online, free. In lieu of an in-person festival, they’ve curated a special online festival for adults and children for free. In addition to readings and events, there will be chat rooms for fellow Festival goers to interact with each other and take part in Q&A sessions. You’ll even be able to meet the author and get your books signed at selected events. All events are available to watch here on theirwebsite. 'Save your place' on the event page and you’ll be emailed a reminder just before it starts. August 21st (Friday @ 7:30pm-9:30pm) - Hudson Valley Writers Center open mic. Online, via Zoom. Free, but donations welcome. Limit 20 readers in all genres, from fiction, non-fiction, poetry, music, etc. Bill Buschel will lead the event, and our own poetry host Edward Ahern will be reading. August 22nd (Saturday, 4pm) – Anthology Release Celebration (Facebook link OR Zoom link) and reading by Jerry T Johnson, one of 8 aoets/Authors who will be featured at Great Weather for MEDIA’s Escape Wheel Celebration #1. Other featured poets/authors include M.A. Dennis (NYC), Marina Kazakova (Belgium), Mary Mackey (Sacramento), Jeanne Morel (Seattle), K.R. Morrison (San Francisco), Puma Perl (NYC), Roddy Williams (London). Hosted by David Lawton. October 22nd-26th (deadline for application September 1st) - The Writer’s Hotel Weekend Conferences, an online conference featuring poetry faculty, including Marie Howe, Terrance Hayes, Mark Doty, Deborah Landau, Tim Seibles, Valzhya Mort, Pádraig Ó Tuama, Camille Dungy, Javier Zamora, Alexandra Oliver, Kevin Larimer, Jenny Xie, TWH Directors Shanna McNair and Scott Wolven, with more Poetry Faculty TBA. Submit 10 pages of poetry, $30 to apply; it is $2000 for the full program. If a writer is accepted, they will receive an email of congratulations. They will accept no more than 40 writers for this program. September 13th – Joy Harjo, with Dujie Tahat, the winner of the Tupelo Press Poetry Award, will be reading at the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival, located @ the Hillstead Museum at 35 Mountain Road in Farmington, CT. Outdoor event. Tickets cost $10 to livestream, $20 in person (social distanced, blankets on the lawn). PLACES TO SUBMIT YOUR POETRY Publisher: Typishly Deadline: August 11, 2020 Typishly is a popular online literary magazine publishing short fiction and poetry submitted by established and emerging writers. They aim to inspire writers by responding overnight with a few personalized words of encouragement and critique. 5 poems per submission. Submission fee of $4.97. Publisher: Pine Row Press Deadline: For autumn 2020 issue (no deadline listed) A new journal seeking submissions for their 2nd issue. Pine Row is interested in poetry with a voice. Poetry submissions should consist of 1-3 poems. $3 submission fee. 1-3 poems per submission. Publisher: Cream City Review Deadline: August 22, 2020 For the CCR Summer Prize in Poetry, it's $15 to submit one entry of up to 4 poems. One entry fee includes a one-year subscription to our journal, which is normally $22. 7-10 finalists will be forwarded to the judges for final decision. The winner will receive $700, publication, and an online feature on their website. The runner-up will receive $300, publication, and an online feature on their website as well. Blind submission. Publisher: Sequestrum Literature & Art Deadline: August 15, 2020 They're looking in particular for sonnets and haiku for their next themed issue, but will consider all poetic forms. For haiku, they’re open to standard 5-7-5 as well as more traditional/modern styles. Maximum 4 poems per submission. Submission fee $6.35. Publisher: The Moving Force Journal Deadline: No deadline listed (for fall 2020 issue) Fairly new journal, looking for submissions for their third issue to be released fall 2020. Can send up to 3 prose poems or 5 non-prose poems per submission. $4 submission fee. Publisher: River Heron Review Deadline: August 15, 2020 Publication on September 15th. “Poems for Now” will be a supplemental issue highlighting poems responding to the current socio-political climate. Submit up to 3 poems. Blind read. Submission fee is $3, and River Heron Review will donate $1 from each submission fee to Philabundance, Philadelphia’s largest hunger relief organization and a member of Feeding America. Publisher: Poetica Magazine Deadline: August 15, 2020 Poetica Magazine is looking for work centered on the personal Jewish experience. Submit one poem per submission (but can make multiple submissions). Response time between 1 day-1 month. FREE submission. All poems considered, and there’s also a special anthology theme: Mizmor, poetry that expresses spiritual experiences with a strong emphasis on the relationship between the modern world and ancient wisdom. Publisher: FEED Lit Deadline: Every week FEED is a weekly, online lit mag seeking short poetry, prose, and genre-blending in-betweeners. FEED defines short-form literature as works of 750 words or less; they love micro poetry. FEED currently accepts all submissions on a rolling basis. Send 3-5 unpublished pieces of poetry in a single document to [email protected]. Limit one poem per page; six pages maximum. Submitters will generally hear from FEED editors within 1-2 weeks. Publisher: Diode Poetry Deadline: Ongoing They welcome all types of poetry (including, but not limited to, narrative experimental, visual, found and erasure poetry). They also accept poetry in translation and collaborative poems. No submission fee, no payment. They respond to submissions in 5-30 days. Publisher: Split Lip Magazine Deadline: September 30, 2020 Free submissions during August & September. They pay (via PayPal) $50 per author for poems for their web issues. Payment for print is $5 per page, minimum of $20, plus 2 contributor copies. Response time within 4 months. Send 1 poem per submission. UPCOMING POETRY READINGS/WORKSHOPS
Friday, July 17 @ 3pm-4pm - Poetry Evening with Rakaya Fetuga. Spoken word poet Rakaya Fetuga won the Roundhouse Poetry Slam in 2018. Her work engages with women, faith & empowerment. Other poets are invited to share their own poetry during the evening, please email to book a 5mins slot: [email protected]. Online Zoom (£2 admission). Poets House Language Is a Temptation July series – poets read from Bernadette Mayer’s Memory. Online – 5 minutes EACH DAY from different poets, including Greg Masters, Rona Cran, Andrew Durbin, Lee Ann Brown, Olivier Brossard, Peggy Decoursey, Barbara Epler, Matt Connors, and more. Thursdays @ 12pm-12:15pm - Poets House has poets read their poetry for 15 minutes livestream. This month includes Genya Turovskay and Tacey M. Atsitty. August 9th – Young Poets Day with Mahogany L. Brown and the winners of the Fresh Voices Poetry Competition, part of the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival at the Hillstead Museum at 35 Mountain Road in Farmington, CT. Outdoor event. Tickets cost $10 to livestream, $20 in person. PLACES TO SUBMIT YOUR POETRY Publisher: Aurora Poetry Journal Chapbook Contest Deadline: July 15, 2020 The author of the winning manuscript will recieve $500, and at least one of the manuscript's poems will be selected for inclusion in a future issue of Aurora Poetry. Entries should consist of a single poetry manuscript of between 15 and 40 pages. $22 entry fee. Publisher: The Petigru Review Deadline: July 31, 2020 The Petigru Review is a literary magazine in the South especially interested in diverse and emerging voices. Submit up to 3 poems at a time. Submission fee $3-$4. Publisher: Howling Bird Press (Augsburg University’s MFA in Creative Writing) Deadline: July 31, 2020 An annual prize that results in book publication. The press welcomes innovative, original work from established and emerging authors. The competition is open to all writers in English living in the U.S., whether published or unpublished. Manuscript length should be between 60 and 80 pages. $25 entry fee. Winner receives $1,000 and publication in fall 2021. Publisher: Into the Void Deadline: July 31, 2020 Submissions to WE ARE ANTIFA: EXPRESSIONS AGAINST FASCISM, RACISM AND POLICE VIOLENCE IN THE UNITED STATES AND BEYOND are open. 100% of proceeds from sales of the anthology will go to Black Lives Matter Toronto. $4.95 submission fee. Publisher: Orison Books Deadline: August 1, 2020 The Orison Anthology Awards is for single works in 3 genres (poetry, fiction, & nonfiction). 2020 judge is Joy Ladin (for poetry). Orison Books releases all titles in print, and fiction titles in both print and e-book formats. They offer a cash prize as well as a standard royalties contract for manuscripts selected as contest winners. $15 submission fee. UPCOMING POETRY READINGS/WORKSHOPS
June 15 (Monday, 2-4pm), June 17 (Wednesday, 10am-noon), June 19 (Friday, 1pm-3pm) – Forms & Features Online: Haibun, led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we explore the haibun, an ancient Japanese form that fuses prose and haiku. The group will explore a wide variety of poems and conclude with a guided creative writing workshop, where participants will compose an original haibun. Free; registration required; space is limited. To register, email [email protected] with the date and time of the session you would like to attend. June 19 (Friday) @ noon-12:15pm – Poets House presents artist & poet Rachel Eliza Griffiths reading from her forthcoming book Seeing the Body (W. W. Norton, 2020) from her home in New York. Rachel Eliza Griffiths is a multi-media artist, poet, and writer. She received the MFA in Creative Writing from Sarah Lawrence College and is the recipient of numerous fellowships including Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, Kimbilio, Cave Canem Foundation, Vermont Studio Center, Millay Colony, and Yaddo. Free to listen. June 22 (Monday) @ 6:30pm – #SpreadTheWord: Views from a Crisis is a digital poetry event amplifying Injustice Watch’s reporting and community. Five Illinois artists perform original spoken word art inspired by our coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and criminal justice. Poets include Kwyn Townsend-Riley, Luis “Logan Lu” Tubens, Lonnie Smith and Ayinde Cartman. This event will take place via Facebook Live, and is affiliated with the Poetry Foundation. Free event, registration required. June 26 (Friday) @ noon-12:15pm – Poets House presents Xandria Phillips reading from their debut collection HULL (Nightboat Books, 2019), which won the Judith A. Markowitz Award and 2020 Lambda Literary Award. Xandria Phillips is a poet and visual artist from rural Ohio. Xandria has received fellowships from Oberlin College, Cave Canem, Callaloo, and the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing, where they are the First Wave Poetry Fellow. Free to listen. June 27 (Saturday) @ noon-6pm – The Poets, Writers, & Storytellers Stage of The Norwalk Art Festival (online), hosted by Jerry Johnson. It’s an all-day streaming event, with notable local poets reading throughout the day – email Jerry at [email protected] to receive the link to the online event. Come and go as you please to listen to your favorite poets and find a few new ones. Some members of the Poets’ Salon who will be reading include: Mary Keating, Mary Grace Dembeck, Alison McBain, Ed Ahern, and Bill Hayden. June 29 (Monday, 2-4pm), July 1 (Wednesday, 10am-noon), July 2 (Thursday, 6pm-8pm) – Forms & Features Online: Prose Poetry, led by Maggie Queeney. This workshop focuses on the prose poem, a hybrid composition that takes the appearance of prose while assuming the devices, and name, of poetry. Together, we will read and discuss a wide variety of poems and conclude with a guided creative writing workshop, where participants will compose original prose poems. Free; registration required; space is limited. To register, email [email protected] with the date and time of the session you would like to attend. July 2 (Thursday) @ 7pm-8:30pm – Phoenix Books FireWorks Verse Open Mic, hosted by Bianca Amira Zanella. You are invited to a poetry pick-me-up performance with pop! People want poems more than ever during this uncertain time, so Phoenix Books welcomes you to RSVP for another virtual pandemic poetry party. We will find comfort in each other's words, release our stress and emotional weight, and celebrate connection and gratitude. Bring your best metaphoric firework of a verse to share, or just come to listen to the show! Those interested in reading can sign up at the beginning of the meeting, via the Zoom Chat Box feature. July 10 (Friday) @ 6pm-8pm – Virtual Poet’s Corner led by Bonafide Rojas. The Poet’s Corner is a free workshop for teens and adults meant to empower participants in writing creatively with different styles of poetry and structures. This program aims to create a nurturing space for emerging poets and writers to document their own stories and emotions. Writers create unique pieces at every workshop and are encouraged to participate in an open mic session that same evening to share their creation. For ages 13 & up. Free event, registration required. PLACES TO SUBMIT YOUR POETRY Publisher: Winning Writers Deadline: 6/30/2020 The North Street Book Prize for Self-Published Books. $5,000 to the grand prize winner, with six category winners each receiving $1,000. All seven top winners will receive additional benefits from our co-sponsors, BookBaby and Carolyn Howard-Johnson, to help market their books. Everyone who enters will receive a free digital copy of Ms. Howard-Johnson's handy guide, How To Get Great Book Reviews Frugally & Ethically. Entry fee $65. Publisher: Chestnut Review (for stubborn artists) Deadline: 6/30/2020 2020 Stubborn Writers Contest: Enter up to 5 poems of less than 60 lines – blind submission (no names). First Prize: $500, Second Prize: $250, Third Prize: $125; all winners will be featured in the January 2021 issue of Chestnut Review. Submission fee is $20, but the fee is waived on June 15th (limited to the first 500 submissions received on this day). Publisher: carte blanche Deadline: 7/1/2020 They welcome poems of any form. Submit up to 3 poems per submission round (per year). Theme for Issue 39 is Anxiety. Prior to COVID-19, worldwide climate anxiety was already on the rise, as well as anxiety relating to politics, mental health, poverty; this list could go on and on. With this new global pandemic affecting our daily lives, we are now living in a period of even greater anxiety than before. As artists in this precarious time, how does the concept of “anxiety” affect and resonate with you? Publisher: Gris-Gris Deadline: 7/2/2020 Submit up to three poems for their summer poetry contest. $10 entry fee for up to three poems. Winner receives $500 dollars and publication in the 11th issue this winter. Publisher: Raconteur Deadline: Open submissions. Submit 1 poem of 500 words or under. Payment: $5 upon publication. Publisher: Black Telephone Magazine Deadline: Open submissions. Looking for dark literary work along the themes of memory, love, death, lust, spiritualism, and loss. Submit up to 3 poems. Published both online & in print. Poets receive $25 and a contributor’s copy. UPCOMING POETRY READINGS/WORKSHOPS
Online all the time – “Some of the best of online poetry, as read by actual poets.” Includes recorded videos of poetry read by Sharon Olds, Sonia Sanchez, Ocean Vuong, E.E. Cummings, Sandra Cisneros, Kay Ryan, Allen Ginsberg, and Gwendolyn Brooks. May 13 (Wednesday) @ noon – Poets House Presents: Nicole Wallace. Nicole Wallace reads from her chapbook WAASAMOWIN (Imp, 2019) and new poetry from an upcoming work, from her home in Lenapehoking (Brooklyn, NY). May 19 (Tuesday) @ 7pm-8:45pm – Read your work in a casual open-mic Zoom meetup. Monthly meeting on the 3rd Tuesday of every month where you can read your work aloud and receive gentle feedback. Welcomes writers of all stripes, from non-fiction to fiction to poetry. May 21 (Thursday) @ 5pm – Poets House Presents: Poetry, Protest & Climiate Change Activism with Ed Roberson, Joan Kane & Brian Teare. Each will read recent work considering the role of poetry alongside pedagogy and protest in the global movement for climate action. June 4 (first Thursday of every month) @ 12:30-2pm – Monthly Zoom meeting for poetry, hosted by the Bigelow Center. Each month is a new theme (May was sonnets). Hosted by local poet Emerson Gilmore. Ask Ed if you’d like to know more. PLACES TO SUBMIT YOUR POETRY Publisher: Broadsided Press Deadline: May 15, 2020 Broadsided Press has created special prompts to inspire creative work during coronavirus. Submit what you make as a result to “Responses: A Sense of Home.” The press has also curated a broadsides focused on solace. Publisher: Fearsome Critters Deadline: May 23, 2020 Fearsome Critters has opened submissions for The Quaranzine: Poetry in the Time of COVID-19. Editors are calling for up to three poems directly related to life under quarantine during COVID-19. Pubisher: Please See Me Deadline: June 1, 2020 Although the theme for its Summer 2020 issue is “Heroes,” editors at Please See Me are seeking any health-related work (short stories, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, poetry, and art) inlight of the COVID-19 crisis. Publisher: Sky Island Journal Deadline: June 30, 2020 For Issue 13, Sky Island Journal is seeking poetry, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction from around the world that provides culturally diverse perspectives on, and experiences with, the COVID-19 pandemic. Publisher: Junk Books Deadline: July 1, 2020 Junk Books is looking for poets who are unique and original for a new poetry collection PUNCH DRUNK. No restrictions on poetic theme or form. They accept online submissions via email. Please send no more than 5 poems; simultaneous submissions okay. Publisher: Able Muse Deadline: July 15, 2020 Looking for metrical poetry and poetry translation, including ekphrastic poems. All forms of formal poetry acceptable. Send 1-5 poems at a time. Response time between 2-12 weeks. No simultaneous submissions. Publisher: Las Laguna Gallery Deadline: September 31, 2020 In response to COVID-19, Las Laguna Gallery has launched its first online exhibition of art in all media, “a light in the darkness.” All submissions will be accepted and posted in an online gallery. Publisher: COVID-19 Creative Calls for Submission list Publisher: Indolent Books No deadline. For its poem-a-day “What Rough Beast—COVID-19 Edition,” Indolent Books is seeking verse written in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Editors are seeking three poems or up to three pages of writing. Publisher: Let it Ripple No deadline. Let it Ripple is calling for people around the world interested in being part of its new global film project. Read all or part of the poem “Lockdown,” and answer a few questions to get involved. Publisher: Pangyrus No deadline. Pangyrus has launched an online series with quick turnaround: “In Sickness & In Health: Life in the Pandemic and Beyond.” Editors are seeking well-crafted, thought-provoking writing and multimedia storytelling in every genre. Publisher: Rattle No deadline. Since 2014, Rattle has been publishing weekly poems about current events. Editors have been publishing several per week lately in response to COVID-19 with a live streamed open mic every Sunday morning, where all poets are welcome to share their responses. UPCOMING POETRY READINGS/WORKSHOPS
February 13 (Thursday) @ 7-9pm – Jumpstart Your Engines Poetry Workshop with Jericho Brown @ The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 258 Main Street, Ridgefield. Jericho Brown helps students generate new work. Participants read, discuss, and even recite the work of several poets whose examples might lead us to a further honing of their craft. The workshop also features exercises for writing the duplex, a form Brown invented that blends the ghazal, the sonnet, and the blues. Each student should bring to class at least fourteen nine to ten syllable lines from past poems that haven't "worked." They’ll talk about ways to repurpose good but failed lines in new poems and use the duplex as a catalyst for our conversation. February 17 (Monday) @ 9pm-1am – Melanin Unplugged Poetry Jam @ 50s on Fitch Lounge, 50 Fitch Street, New Haven. Energetic and excited about Black History Month. Come enjoy a night of Melanin Unplugged! Come with an open mind and open ears for powerful expressions from local creatives. We are celebrating Black History Month with a late night poetry jam/party. This poetry jam platform will allow conversation to move beyond this space to discuss Black Lives and the contributions made in history. Admission: $10 (partial proceeds will benefit BLMNH). February 20 (Thursday) @ 7pm - “A Bloomfield Poet and a Massachusetts Poet” at the Wintonbury Poetry Series, located at the Prosser Public Library, 1 Tunxis Avenues, Bloomfield. Bloomfield poet James Black is a multifaceted creative who simply loves expressing himself through poetry. Though an artist, musician, speaker and author, James simply was born for poetry as poetry was born in him. Howie Faerstein‘s book, Dreaming of the Rain in Brooklyn, was published in 2013, and he presently volunteers as a citizenship mentor at the Center for New Americans and is Co-Poetry Editor of CutThroat, A Journal of the Arts. Open mic follows. February 21 (Friday) @ 10:45am-1:15pm – YoYB: Poetry Deep Revision with Jennifer Franklin @ Hudson Valley Writers Center, 300 Riverside Drive, Sleepy Hollow, NY. This a 6-week class starting Friday February 21st. After writing the first draft of your full-length collection, this class will help order all of the poems, decide if there should be sections, revise each of the poems, settle on the title, and most importantly—remove any poems that are not as strong. A combination of workshopping new and old poems and deep revision, serious critique, deadlines, and mutual support, the goal is to submit to all of the first book prizes and chapbook contests in fall 2020. March 1 (Sunday) @ 3pm – "Poetry on the Streets," a project by Melanie Pappadis Faranello @ Charter Oak Cultural Center, 21 Charter Oak Avenue, Hartford. Featuring readers: Lucy Ferris & John Stanizzi, Hartford's Poet Laureate. PLACES TO SUBMIT YOUR POETRY Publisher: The Poetry Porch Deadline: February 15 Send 3-8 poems, formal or informal. Publisher: Post Road Magazine Deadline: April 30 Accept most forms of poetry, including formal verse. $3 reading fee. Publisher: 32poems Deadline: Open year-round 32 Poems publishes shorter poems that fit on a single page (about 32 lines) and like the lyrical style. Send no more than five poems. Contributors receive $25 per poem and two copies of the issue in which their writing appears. For online submissions, $3 reading fee. Publisher: The Asses of Parnassus Deadline: Open year-round Submit online. Looking for short, witty, formal poems. Publisher: Muse-Pie Press Magazines: Shot Glass Journal and The Fib Review Deadline: Open year-round The Fib Review: Online poetry journal that specializes in only one particular poetry form – the Fibonacci poem. The Fibonacci poem is based on the structure of the Fibonacci number sequence. More info about Fibonacci poems HERE. Shot Glass Journal: Online poetry journal devoted to short poetry of 16 lines or less, both formal and free verse. Send no more than 5 poems at a time. Publisher: Lighten Up Online: The quarterly light verse webzine Deadline: Open year-round Accepts reprints and usually responds within 2 weeks. Looking for light, formal verse. Publisher: The Raintown Review Deadline: Open year-round Submit 3-5 poems. They publish many forms, including blank verse, experimental, formal verse, metrical, rhyming, sonnets and villanelles. If accepted, contributors receive one print copy of the issue and a discount on further issues (no monetary payment). 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. |
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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