Mar 6, 2011

Boston Review Fourteenth Annual Poetry Contest

http://bostonreview.net/about/contest/index.php

Deadline: June 1, 2011
Judge: Tomaž Šalamun
First Prize: $1,500

Complete guidelines:
The winning poet will receive $1,500 and have his or her work published in the November/December 2011 issue of Boston Review. Submit up to five unpublished poems, no more than 10 pages total. Any poet writing in English is eligible, unless he or she is a current student, former student, relative, or close personal friend of the judge. Mailed manuscripts must be submitted in duplicate, with a cover note listing the author's name, address, email and phone number. No cover note is necessary for online submission. Names should not be on the poems themselves. Simultaneous submissions are not permitted, submissions will not be returned, and submissions may not be modified after entry.
A non-refundable $20 entry fee, payable to Boston Review in the form of a check or money order or by credit card, must accompany all submissions. All submitters receive a complementary half-year subscription (3 issues) to Boston Review. Mailed submissions must be postmarked no later than June 1, 2011. The winner will be announced no later than November 1, 2011, on the Boston Review Web site. All poems submitted to the contest will be considered for publication in Boston Review. Please enter online using our contest entry manager: https://bostonreview.net/contest/submit/
This requires payment using a credit card or Paypal.

Or mail submissions to:
Poetry Contest, Boston Review
PO Box 425786
Cambridge, MA 02142

Bellday Poetry Prize

BELLDAY POETRY PRIZE
$2,000 PRIZE TO WINNING POET
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: March 15, 2011
CONTEST FINAL JUDGE: ELAINE EQUI
CONTEST RULES
- Submit manuscript of 60-90 pages of original poetry in English. The manuscript must not have been published in book or chapbook, but may contain poems that have appeared in print or on the Internet.
- Manuscript must contain 2 title pages: Name and contact information should appear on first title page only. Name should not appear anywhere else in manuscript. Manuscript should be typed, single-spaced, paginated, and bound with spring clip.
- Include a table of contents page, but no acknowledgements.
- Enclose SASE for announcement of the winner.
- Manuscripts cannot be returned. Complete rules: belldaybooks.com
- Check or money order for $25 reading fee, payable to Bellday Books.
- Mail entries: Bellday Books, Inc., P.O. Box 3687, Pittsburgh, PA 15230.
- Bellday Books reserves the right not to select an award winner, in which case all fees will be refunded.
Contest mailing address:
Bellday Books, Inc.
P.O. Box 3687
Pittsburgh, PA 15230
Questions may be directed to <office(at)belldaybooks.com>.
Replace (at) with @ in sending e-mail.

Four Way Books: 2011 Levis Prize in Poetry

2011 Levis Prize in Poetry
Claudia Rankine, Judge
January 1 - March 31, 2011
electronic or mail submissions accepted
Publication of a book-length manuscript
$1000.00 honorarium
Featured reading in a New York City event sponsored by Four Way Books

Open to all poets regardless of publication history
For complete guidelines, please visit
http://www.fourwaybooks.com/
Four Way Books
P.O. Box 535 Village Station
New York, New York 10014

Jan 28, 2011

Reading with Esther and Ann

RASP
7:00 pm. in Room 105
At the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center (ORSCC) at 16600 NE 80th Street, Redmond, WA 98052

Jan 28, 2011

Jan 14, 2011

10 Poets. 10 New Chapbooks. 1 Night.

Friends, lovers, and poetry addicts,

Tomorrow night, Saturday the 15th, we present a showcase of ten poets, all celebrating the release of new chapbooks. For most of us, it's our first chapbook. For others, it may be the first time publishing a chapbook in which all the poems therein have appeared in print or online journals.

A suggested donation of $5 is asked to cover the cost of renting the space. All chapbooks will be on sale-- go home with a bundle of new, inexpensive literature.

The poets have previously read at such venues/events as Richard Hugo House's Cheap Wine and Poetry, Seattle PLOP!, Seattle Spit, and the Bent Mentor Showcase.

Line up:
Evan J. Peterson (Secular Exorcisms)
Sparkle (God's Chin)
Imani Sims
Cecily Schuler (Degeneration of a Playful Genius)
Cole Arden Peake (Brass Tacks)
Casey Tonnelly
Erin Kilpatrick
Jessica McPherson
Laurie Cox (Don't Be a Dogwalker)
Sarah Zurat

and hosted by Marita Isabel Deleon

7pm-10pm
Washington Hall, Lodge Room
153 14th Ave
Seattle, WA

Nov 4, 2010

Cheap Wine and Poetry tonight at Richard Hugo House

Tonight.
7pm.
Richard Hugo House.
Cheap Wine and Poetry.
Starring:
Elissa Ball as Princess Haiku
Sean O'Connor as Captain Afterglow
Evan J. Peterson as Doktor Feelgood
Mary Purdy as the Kale Queen

We anticipate a large crowd. Those who are tardy may receive furtive glances.

Oct 19, 2010

SAM WORD

Oct. 21, 2010

Jack Straw Productions curates an evening of readings in response to works on view in Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris. This month's reading features Denise Calvetti Michaels, Esther Altshul Helfgott and Tara Roth.

Oct 16, 2010

PLOP! avant garde reading and arts series tonight

8:00 tonight
Location: need-to-know basis. Email plopliteraryseries@gmail.com to RSVP and receive location info.
See also http://plopliteraryseries.blogspot.com/
and Facebook!

Starring (in order of appearance)
Josie Davis as The Impresario
Paul Pauper as The Bard
Matty Byloos as The Storyteller
Paco-Michelle Atwood as The Witch
Miko Kuro as Midnight Tea
Evan J. Peterson as The Monster

with:
complimentary chocolate pie, wine, and tea
not-so-complimentary artists' cds and books available 

$10 to see the show. Half the ticket price will be refunded to ladies and nervous persons who faint dead from fright during the performance.

Oct 12, 2010

It's About Time Writers updated calendar

Thurs. Oct. 14, 2010 #253 Ann Teplick, Monica Schley, Georgia S. McDade + John W. Marshall on The Writer's Craft

No reading in Nov - the library will be closed due to Memorial day.

Thurs. December 9 2010 # 254 Carol Levin, Gerry McFarland, Karen Finneyfrock
+ Elizabeth Colen on The Writer's Craft

2011 Calendar

Thurs. Jan 13, 2011 #255 Emily Dietrich, Leonard Orr, Michael Spence + Deborah Woodard
on The Writer's Craft

Sep 27, 2010

Self-Reflection: On the Problem of Memory and Memoir

Only a few spots left in my next reading course at Hugo House:
http://encke.org/self-reflection-on-the-problem-of-memory-and-memoir/

Even the finest memories are incomplete. Fittingly, in this class we will examine the attempts of various authors to fathom memory and self-reflection by reviewing those attempts in bits and pieces. Readings will include short selections from Plato’s Republic, Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Wordsworth’s The Prelude (and Dorothy’s journals), Nietzsche’s “On Truth and Lying in the Nonmoral Sense,” Ashbery’s “Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror,” Borges’ Ficciones, and Proust’s À la recherche du temps perdu. Alongside these authors, or what they left of themselves on the page, we will explore the nature of individual and shared memory and its representation—a problem that sits at the center of all literary writing.




Meets: Saturday, October 09, 2010 – Saturday, November 13, 2010
Saturday, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM at Richard Hugo House
General: $230.00
Members of Hugo House: $207.00

Click here for information on registration and financial aid.

Required Readings

Week 1
Plato, Phaedrus and Book VII of The Republic
Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 3, “The Story of Echo and Narcissus”

Week 2
William Wordsworth, The Prelude (Books I, II, and XI)

Week 3
Jorge Luis Borges, “Funes the Memorious,” “The Library of Babel,” and “The Secret Miracle”

Week 4
Marcel Proust, À la recherche du temps perdu, selection from Swann’s Way (pages 1-64 in the Modern Library edition)

Week 5
Friedrich Nietzsche, “On Truth and Lying in the Nonmoral Sense”
John Ashbery, “The Painter” and “Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror”

Week 6
Selections from Memory, Brain, and Belief, including “Introduction” (Daniel L. Schacter and Elaine Scarry), “Mining the Past to Construct the Future” (Chris Westbury and Daniel C. Dennett), and “Autobiography, Identity, and the Fictions of Memory” (Paul John Eakin)

Poetry book contest: Philip Levine Prize

Philip Levine Poetry Book Prize
$2000 prize and publication by Anhinga Press
Final Judge: Brian Turner

Postmark Deadline: 9/30/10

2010 Guidelines
Manuscript should be original poetry, not previously published in book form, 48-80 pages, no more than one poem per page. Include two manuscript title pages: one with name and contact information and one with the name of the manuscript ONLY. Manuscripts are screened and judged anonymously. Multiple submissions are fine as long as the manuscript is withdrawn immediately upon its acceptance elsewhere.

The entry fee is $25. Checks should be made out to "CSU Fresno Levine Prize." Poets can submit more than one manuscript, but each will be considered a separate entry and must be accompanied by the $25 fee.
www.csufresno.edu/english/philip_levine
or Email Connie Hales at <connieh(at)csufresno.edu> (replace (at) with @)
Sponsored and administered by:
MFA Program in Creative Writing at California State University, Fresno

Open chapbook reading period: Tarpaulin Sky Press

Tarpaulin Sky Press Chapbook Reading Period

Deadline: September 30, 2010

During the month of September, Tarpaulin Sky Press ( http://www.tarpaulinsky.com/ ) is reading chapbook manuscripts of poetry, fiction, and cross-genre work. There is no need to query first; simply mail the manuscript according to the directions below.

In addition to publishing both perfect-bound and hand-bound chapbooks, Tarpaulin Sky Press publishes trade paperbacks and a literary journal that appears both online and on paper. Featured in venues as diverse as After Ellen, HTML Giant, and Poets & Writers, Tarpaulin Sky's titles are regularly reviewed in Publishers Weekly as well as American Book Review, Bloomsbury Review, Bookslut, Jacket, and Rain Taxi. Ranked among "Great Titles from Underground Presses," by Time Out New York, Tarpaulin Sky's books also routinely appear on the "Bestsellers" list at Small Press Distribution.

GUIDELINES IN BRIEF
Chapbook manuscripts should be emailed or postmarked between September 1 and September 30, 2010. Manuscripts should be in the vicinity of 18-28 pages (give or take a couple). Send one copy of your manuscript along with two copies of the title page (note: the reading process is not "blind"--we ask for two title pages only so that we may keep one with the manuscript, and the other for reference/notes, etc). Be sure that your title pages include your name, address, telephone number, and email address. Cover letters are read with interest. We like to know who your are, what you're up to, and where we can read more of your work.

Multiple submissions are OK. We also accept simultaneous submissions but ask that you let us know immediately if your manuscript is accepted elsewhere. Individual pieces from the manuscript may have been previously published in magazines and anthologies, but the collection as a whole must be unpublished. Manuscripts will not be returned; please do not send us your only copy.

Writers who have not been published in our literary journal should include a $10 reading fee. Past contributors to Tarpaulin Sky may submit their manuscript with a $5 reading fee. Reading fees may be paid online or by check.

Notification of decisions will be made in December 2010. Publication of accepted manuscripts will be in 2011 and 2012.

Please see our guidelines page for mailing addresses and payment details: http://www.tarpaulinsky.com/

Poetry book contest: Three Candles Press

http://threecandlespress.com/OB2010.htm

Three Candles Press is pleased to announce the third Three Candles Press Open Book Award for a best book of poems by a poet at any point in his or her career. The contest will be judged by Paul Guest, whose poetry books include The Resurrection of the Body and the Ruin of the World, Notes for My Body Double, and My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge. He is also the author of a memoir entitled One More Theory About Happiness.

Award: Winner receives $500.00 and 25 copies of the winning book. Deadline Oct. 15th (post-mark date). The winner will be notified at the end of December. Runners up and two alternates will be posted on the website by January 15th, 2011. The book will be available through Small Press Distribution, online retailers such as Amazon and Barnes and Noble, and at fine booksellers in America and Europe. The winner will receive a standard royalty contract.

Guidelines: Manuscripts of 60-95 pages should have one cover page containing the poet's name, address, phone number, email address and title of manuscript, and another with only the name of the manuscript. Please include only one acknowledgements page.

How the Contest Works: Publisher Steve Mueske will read all submitted manuscripts and forward the finalists to the judge (around 12 manuscripts). The final round of materials will be judged anonymously (without coversheet or acknowledgements page). To avoid conflicts of interest, the following manuscripts will be ineligible: those from former students of the judge or from family members or friends of the judge; those who have workshopped with Steve Mueske or received comments from any poems contained in the manuscript; and those who have worked with the editor in a business capacity (an exchange of money for goods or services) prior to the opening of the competition.

Manuscripts should be printed on one side only and bound with a sturdy clip. Contest entry fee is $22.00. Make checks payable to "three candles press."

Send materials to:
three candles press
open book award
PO Box 1817
Burnsville MN 55337

Call for submissions: Timber

The MFA program at the University of Colorado at Boulder is proud to announce a new literary journal, Timber. Timber is dedicated to the promotion of cutting edge, truly innovative literature. We publish work that explores the boundaries of poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, and digital literatures. We produce both an online journal, in which we explore the potentials of the digital medium, and a semi-annual "book object," which is a venue for more traditional print-based work.

Our reading period is now open.

Please submit your work here:
http://timberjournal.submishmash.com/Submit

Baltic Writers Residency

Applications for the 2011 Baltic Writers Residency, a funded month-long annual summer residency in Riga, Latvia for poets, playwrights, and writers of fiction working in English are now invited. Though, neither the writer nor their project need be connected with Latvia.

Both emerging and established writers are encouraged to apply. Recent finalists and winners range from those who have yet to conceive of their first manuscripts, to writers who have extensive publication records, and have been finalists for the National Book Award and numbered in the New Yorker's "20 Under 40."

Emma Jones, author of one volume of verse, The Striped World (Faber & Faber, 2009), winner of the Forward Poetry Prize, is this year's resident, and we strongly encourage other young and emerging writers to apply. Previous winners include Salvatore Scibona and Amity Gaige.

The deadline is December 15th, and we are accepting applications now. Details about the residency, about Riga, and about the application process can be found on the website: http://www.balticresidency.com/

The Baltic Writing Residency in Latvia, PO Box 17184, Louisville, KY 40217
<balticresidency(at)gmail.com> (replace (at) with @)

Aug 27, 2010

Vermont Studio Center Fellowship

Vermont Studio Center - Upcoming Fellowship Deadline
Applications due by October 1st, 2010

The Vermont Studio Center provides 4-12 week studio residencies on an historic 30-building campus along the Gihon River in Johnson, Vermont, a village in the heart of the northern Green Mountains.

VSCa wards a number of fellowships for 4-week residencies throughout the year. Open to all artists and writers. In addition to VSC Fellowships, a variety of special fellowships are also available for full or partial funding. Please visit our website for more information and to downloadan application:
www.vermontstudiocenter.org/fellowships/

NANO: Flash fiction/prose poem/micro essay contest

NANO Fictionis now accepting entries for the Second Annual NANO Prize. $500 and publication will be awarded to a flash fiction piece, prose poem, or micro essay of 300 words or less.

The entry fee is $15 for the first three pieces and $2 for each additional piece. Each entrant will also receive a one year subscription to NANO Fiction. All submitted pieces will be considered for publication. Previously published work will not be accepted and all entrants will be notified of the winner by email in October.

Contest deadline is August 31, 2010.

Entry instructions at http://nanofiction.org/?page_id=88

Call for submissions: Soundings

http://www.writeonwhidbey.com/Publications/

Soundings is currently reading for the fall issue, including our two contests, Founders' Circle Award and First Publication Contest. Deadline for these for the fall issue is September 15, but any submissions received at that time will be considered for the spring issue. All entries are considered for publication in the magazine.
Founders' Circle: $300 award, open to all except staff of the magazine. All genres, prose and poetry.
Length: poetry up to two pages; prose (fiction or nonfiction) up to 3,000 words. Entry fee: $5 for WIWA (Whidbey Island Writers Association) members; $7 for nonmembers. Winner receives publication and $300 and publication. Follow standard submission guidelines for magazine: 12 pt. Times Roman font, double space prose, include small SASE for response or larger envelope for return of manuscript. Write "Founders Circle Contest" on manuscript.

First Publication Contest: $100 award, open to those who have never before published in a book or magazine open to national submissions nor in a publication advertised or circulated nationally. Entry fee: $5 for WIWA members; $7 for nonmembers. Follow standard submission guidelines for magazine: 12 pt. Times Roman font, double space prose, include small SASE for response or larger envelope for return of manuscript. Write "First Publication Contest " on the manuscript. All entries will be considered for publication.

Currently, Soundings Review reads all year. Manuscripts received too late for one issue will be considered for the next. Published authors include Kelli Russel Agodon, Marvin Bell, Larry Cheek, Lorraine Healy, Bruce Holland Rogers, and David Wagoner. Full guidelines at our Website. www.writeonwhidbey.org/Publications

Philip Levine Prize

$2000 prize and publication by Anhinga Press

Final Judge: Brian Turner

Postmark Deadline: 9/30/10

Previous Winners: Sarah Wetzel, Shane Seely, Neil Aitken, Lynn Chandhok, Roxane Beth Johnson, Steve Gehrke, Fleda Brown.

2010 Guidelines
Manuscript should be original poetry, not previously published in book form, 48- 80 pages, no more than one poem per page. Include two manuscript title pages: one with name and contact information and one with the name of the manuscript ONLY. Manuscripts are screened and judged anonymously. Multiple submissions are fine as long as the manuscript is withdrawn immediately upon its acceptance elsewhere.

The entry fee is $25. Checks should be made out to "CSU Fresno Levine Prize." Poets can submit more than one manuscript, but each will be considered a separate entry and must be accompanied by the $25 fee.

http://www.csufresno.edu/english/philip_levine%20or Email Connie Hales at <connieh(at)csufresno.edu> (replace (at) with @)

Ohio State University Press/The Journal Award in Poetry

http://www.ohiostatepress.org/

The Journal, the literary magazine of The Ohio State University, selects one full-length manuscript of poetry each year for publication by The Ohio State University Press. In addition to publication under a standard book contract, the winning author receives the Charles B. Wheeler prize of $3,000.
Entries of at least 48 typed pages of original poetry must be postmarkedduring the month of September.

Entries postmarked later than September 30 will be returned unread. Clear photocopies are acceptable.

Your name or other identification should only appear on the cover page.
Manuscripts must be previously unpublished. Some or all of the poems in the collection may have appeared in periodicals, chapbooks, or anthologies, but these must be identified.
Include a nonrefundable handling fee of $25.00 (U.S. dollars) with each manuscript (check or money order payable to The Ohio State University). Entrants will receive a one-year subscription (two issues) to The Journal.
Include a stamped, self-addressed business-sized envelope so we can notify you of the results. Manuscripts will not be returned.
If you wish us to confirm receipt of your manuscript, include a stamped, self-addressed postcard. The winning entry will be announced by the following January 15.
OSU Press assumes no responsibility for lost or damaged manuscripts.
Mail to:
Poetry Editor
The Ohio State University Press
180 Pressey Hall
1070 Carmack Road
Columbus OH 43210-1002