The York Emporium in York, Pa. is sponsoring its first writing contest. The deadline is September 15, 2008. Any genre of writing can be submitted – poetry, one-act play, or short story of 5,000 “words/ communication units/symbols/thought implants/squeaks or less.” The creators of the contest evidently have a sense of humor because their press release…
Category Archives: Poetry Contests
Poetry Potpourri, Volume 8
War poet Robert Graves is accused of stealing from his mistress. Here’s a contest for East Texas poets. Here’s how to promote your poetry. Verse changes its format. Darwish draws a crowd. Journals that read in the summer. New online lit mag: Cella’s Round Trip. William Stafford on revision. A win-win for poets and editors?…
Hating And Loving Poetry, Including Workshops And Pulitzers
A philosopher on writing workshops. How the Pulitzers are selected. A new addition at The New York Quarterly. Hating poetry is a virtue. Why some poetry matters (and some doesn’t).
Introducing The Perfect Poem
A writer lives her dream through “Portals of Country Living.” Meet the poet laureate of Poetic Asides, Sara Diane Doyle. Billy Childish, 3 poetry books published in one month. How to change the world with a poem. Naomi Shihab Nye says “Losing Bedrock Farm” is the perfect poem. A fight between the literati ensues: I’m…
Is Barack Obama A Poet?
No matter what else he may be, Barack Obama is no poet. Diane Lockward recommends these Letters to the World. It pays to be the world’s worst poet. On writing German haiku. Jilly Dybka publishes Trouble and Honey. Poetry publishing basics for beginners. A scrap of paper wins the contest. Defending criticism. Should poets write…
Great Poets And Contests
Happy birthday to Gary Snyder, who is, in my view, the best of the Beat poets. And you’ve got to watch this video. Thanks to Edward Byrne. Finally, I’ve found something that Ron Silliman and I have in common: A white male in a failing empire . . . . Winners in Adirondack. Speaking of…
Poetry For The Birds
Here’s an interesting project, and a revolutionary way to market poetry. What do you think? Here’s a bird poetry contest. Speaking of birds, meet Amy Clampitt. Poet Laureate Charles Simic’s swan song. Gary Snyder wins $100,000 poetry prize. More on birds: How about loons? This week I’ve published a review of Variations on a Natural…
On Aram Saroyan, Bill Knott, And Ron Silliman
There’s something quite indiscernible about Bill Knott’s outrageous tirade against Ron Silliman’s selection for the William Carlos Williams award. But I agree with him. At least in part. Third paragraph: and I assume (I hope) that many of those same poets are now feeling insulted and outraged by the choice of this year’s winner, Well,…
The INSPIRIT Christian Poem Contest
Today, instead of posting a poem, I’d like to maintain the spirit of religious poetry by announcing a religious poem contest. The INSPIRIT Poetry Prize is $500 and publication in the journal INSPIRIT for an unpublished poem of 100 lines or less that explores issues of Christianity, culture, faith, and/or nature. To enter, submit a…
Rhyming Poets Contest And One Annoying Litmag
I’m sure you’ve noticed that I’ve fallen a little behind on my reading. I subscribe to over 100 RSS feeds overall and a good number of them are literary blogs. Most of those are poetry. But since I’ve been writing down my thoughts on poetics for the last couple of weeks I’ve fallen behind in…
