Category: Poetry News (Page 6 of 6)

Poetry headlines in the news

• How Did Poetry Survive: Interview with University of Illinois professor John Timberman Newcomb about his new book How Did Poetry Survive, with such questions answered as "In 1850," you write, "poetry was the central genre of American literary culture. Fifty years later it was widely viewed as a mawkish refuge for dilettantes and sentimentalists." What was the cause of this seismic shift? and You mention "poetry's current disciplinary crisis in the American academy." What is the nature of this crisis?
• Zen Zuby rejuvenates Urdu poets on canvas 
• Q&A with Johannesburg poet Quaz
• Wall Street Journal: A Plea for More Poetry on Golf Balls

Publishing News

Contests

Poetry association and guild contests are booming for some reason.

• Oregon Poetry Association Fall Poetry Contest: http://www.oregonpoets.org/contests
• Tallahassee Writers Association Contest: http://www.twaonline.org
• Springfield Writers Guild 19th Annual Literary Awards: http://springfieldwritersguild.org/contests.html

• Alligator Juniper Contest: http://www.prescott.edu/experience/publications/alligatorjuniper/writing-contest-guidelines.html

Poetry headlines in the news

• Oman sentences writer, poet, for defaming sultan 
• Young poets get a boost from art and tattoo show
• LA Times: Lawrence Ferlinghetti's interest in poetry, painting on display
• Watch out for “poetry contest” scams 
• Egypt: Palestinian Poet Criticizes New President 
• Haiku puts economy in perspective 
• LA Times: 'Poetry of the Taliban' elicits both anger, astonishment

Publishing News

Calls for Submissions

• Prairie Wolf Press Review has open reading from July 1 to Sept. 1 and is looking for poetry: http://www.prairiewolfpress.com
• The Citron Review is now accepting submissions, for guidelines: http://thecitronreview.wordpress.com/ 
• H.O.D. (A Handful Of Dust) is accepting submissions of "UNPUBLISHED" writing
  http://hofd.wordpress.com

Contests

• First Book Award Crab Orchard Review, final judge: Chad Davidson http://craborchardseriesinpoetry.submittable.com/submit
• TCJournal.org seeks creative works that use new media or are on the subject of technology http://tcjournal.org/drupal/inquiries
• Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments, judged by Suzanne Frischkorn; The contest theme is "Ruin and Renewal": http://www.terrain.org/contest
• Comstock Review is extending the postmark deadline for the Muriel Craft Bailey Poetry Award to Friday, July 20th; judge is  Dorianne Laux http://www.comstock review.org/annualcontest.html
• Palettes & Quills 3rd Biennial Poetry Chapbook Competition; judge J. P. Dancing Bear http://www.palettesnquills.com/

Other Stuff

• Poetry Posters: http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2012/06/29/friday-poetry-poster-1/

Poetry headlines in the news

• Huffington Post profile of Jang Jin-sung, North Korean Poet
• Poetic Prelude to the Olympics
• The Australian profile of Rosemary Dobson and Peter Steele
• Slam poet winner’s homeless story
• Alec Baldwin loves Emily Dickinson at his wedding 
• Personal Essays Engage Power Of Poetry

Publishing News

Calls for Submissions

• Rattle seeks submissions of Speculative/Science Fiction Poetry: http://www.rattle.com
• Measure is looking for metrical poetry submissions for a music-themed issue:   http://www.measurepress.com/measure/
• The Survivorʼs Review  is seeking poems by those who are intimately familiar with the cancer journey: http://www.survivorsreview.org
• burntdistrict is seeking poetry: http://www.burntdistrict.org
• Digging to the Roots Poetry Anthology Calendar 2013 is looking for sseasonal poems no more than twenty lines: http://wrupblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/digging-to-roots-poetry-anthology.html
• Holy Cow! Press would like to consider poetry and personal essays on the idea of home: http://www.holycowpress.org/Home%20Anthology.htm

Poetry headlines in the news

• 100 Poets for Change Event
• Huffington Post: Obama + Shelley Get it Right: Poets ARE the Unacknowledged Legislators of the World
• ‘My Poets’ by Maureen N. McLane

Publishing News

Calls for Submissions

• Diverse Voices Quarterly
• Palooka
  
• Writer's Relief: a good resource for lists of contests: http://client.writersrelief.com/writers-classifieds/

Poetry headlines in the news

• Poetry is flourishing in Saskatoon Canada
• HuffingtonPost asks if students should be memorizing poetry
• Poet Afaque Sinddiqui dies
• The Guardian's 5-part series on John Donne
• Sudanese poet Abdelmoniem Rahma sentenced to death
• Natasha Trethewey named 19th U.S. poet laureate
• Seamus Heaney's poetry is rock star attraction
• Syrian poet Faraj Bayrakdar talks about opposing Syria's ruling Assad family
• Prime Minister of Pakistan ridiculed through poetry
• Arizona Invokes the Power of Poetry to Promote Highway Safety
• Profile of New Mexico poet Sheila Black hired by San Antonio literary arts nonprofit organization

Publishing News

Contests

• My friend Ann sent me this news…The Science Fiction Poetry Association is offering prizes for sci fi, fantasy and horror poetry: http://sfpoetry.com/contentsts.html; (Ann has an amazing blog for monthly news on art and poetry. Check it out at http://www.annogram.blogspot.com/)
• Still contest is open in fiction, poetry and nonfiction for literature of the Southern Appalachian region, deadline August 31: http://www.stilljournal.net
• Amherst Writers and Artists contest deadline July 1:
  http://www.amherstw riters.com/ awa-press/ peregrine/ pat-schneider- poetry-contest. html
• The New Guard contest, deadline http://www.newguard review.com/
• Crab Orchard contest, deadline July 7: http://craborchardr eview.siu. edu/firstpo. html
• Red Hen Press contest, deadline August 31: http://redhen.org/awards- 2/bsa/

Call for Submissions

• From June 1 to July 15, Talking Writing is looking for poetry submissions for an issue on prose poems, for a general issue, and for creative nonfiction on Writing that Crosses Mediums: http://talkingwriting.com/
• Autumn House contest in poetry, fiction and nonfiction deadline June 30:
  http://www.autumnhouse.org/contest- submissions/
• The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts is currently open to poetry, prose fiction, and creative nonfiction submissions: http://matter.submittable.com/submit
  They publish (very) tiny, compressed prose creations of 600 words or fewer and poetry of 25 lines/75 words or fewer.
• Consequence Magazine seeking online submissions from June 1 to September 1: http://www.ConsequenceMagazine.org
• Grist Journal: http://www.gristjournal.com
• Mixed Fruit: http://mixedfruitmagazine.com/submissions/
• Erotic poetry submissions: http://www.innerchildpress.com/anthologies. php

Other Stuff

• The WriteGirl POETRY Drive! (Help a teen, buy a poem)
• Why Reading is Social
• Free Kindle Poetry E-books In June