Poet's Lane

Submissions

Please send information to PoetsLane@everestkc.net

CONTESTS

 

 

LOVE POEMS WANTED!

 

The Benicia Historical Museum and Benicia Public Library

      Once more celebrate the early California romance of 

   Conceptión Argüello and Nikolai Rezanov.

Born in San Francisco, Conceptión died in Benicia, a beloved nun. After she and Nikolai fell in love, he had returned to Russia to get official permission to wed his California sweetheart. Learn more of their romantic story, one that has inspired novels, songs, and poems at:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concepción_Argüello

  Original, Unpublished Love Poems are Sought. 

All forms of poetry will be accepted including poems self-published in chapbooks. Poems need not be about Conceptión and Nikolai but can be about love and lovers in general.

  UP TO 3 POEMS PER CONTESTANT MAY BE ENTERED.

 

EMAIL SUBMISSIONS:

Please send poems copy/pasted (embedded) into an email (no attached files, please, since they will not be downloaded).  Email up to three original love poems to ronnaleon@mac.com  and include the following contact information at the end of each poem: your name, address, email, and phone number. Please title each poem.

POSTAL SUBMISSIONS:

Please send two copies of each poem, one with your contact information at the end of the poem, one without. Use 8-1/2 x 11 paper. All poems must have titles. Mail to:

Ronna Leon, Benicia's Poet Laureate                                                                                                     2060 Casa Grande,   Benicia, CA 94510

 

  SUBMISSIONS DUE:

        WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2010. 

 

 AWARDS AND CELEBRATION 

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2011, 2-4 P.M. 

          Benicia Historical Museum

  2060 Camel Road, Benicia, CA 94510

                      SAVE THE DATE

PRIZES: 1st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes will be awarded. 1st place prize: $40 plus poet’s name will be inscribed on a trophy on display at the Benicia Historical Museum.  2nd place prize: $30.  3rd place prize: $20.

An ANTHOLOGY of winning poems and honorable mention poems will be made available. Submission of poems gives permission for publication of this original work in such an anthology. Poems will appear exactly as submitted without further copy editing.  Poets retain copyright to all submissions.

DETAILS: Judging will be done by a city or county poet laureate not from the local region.

QUESTIONS? Contact: RonnaLeon@mac.com  707/746-5597

 

Passionate Shepherd to His Love: Verse 1

 

Come live with me and be my Love,

And we will all the pleasures prove

That hills and valleys, dale and field,

And all the craggy mountains yield.

 

                                       Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)       

 

Photo: Wedding Information ©Ronna Leon 2009

 

 

 

 Poetry Contests

CALYX, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women

editor@calyxpress.org

Corvallis, Oregon

(post to submissions/contests page please!)

 

Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry Prize

Final Judge: Frances P. Adler

 Submission dates: March 1, 2010-May 31, 2010(postmarked)

Prize: Winner will receive $300 cash award and publication in CALYX Journal (Vol. 26:2, Winter 2011). The winner and all finalists will receive a one-volume subscription, and all their poems will be published on CALYX’s website (www.calyxpress.org).

Details: Each entry can include up to three (3) unpublished poems, no more than six (6) manuscript pages total. Do not put your name on the same page as a poem; all entries are read blind. Include a separate cover letter with name, address, phone, email, and titles of poem/s. No manuscripts will be returned. Please send unpublished work and please do not send simultaneous submissions. The Journal Editorial Collective reads manuscripts first, then selects 15-20 to send to the final judge. Judge’s decisions are final.

Reading Fee: $15 per entry, all checks in U.S. currency on a U.S. bank, checks payable to CALYX.

Notification: Contest winner and finalists will be notified by October 30, 2010, and announced on CALYX’s website, www.calyxpress.org. All entrants will receive prize results, and U.S. entrants will receive an issue of CALYX Journal in October 2010.

Final Judge: Frances P. Adler is the author of five books: two poetry collections, Making of a Matriot (Red Hen Press, 2003), and Raising The Tents (Calyx Books, 1993), and three collaborative poetry-photography books. She is also the co-editor of Fire and Ink: An Anthology of Social Action Writing (University of Arizona Press, Fall 2009). Adler's poems and prose are published in Poetry International, Calyx, Counterpunch, Bridges, Ms. Magazine, The Progressive, and The Congressional Record, among others. Her awards include a California State Senate Award for Artistic and Social Collaboration, an NEA Regional Award, and the Obama New Millennium Award. Adler is a professor of creative writing at California State University Monterey Bay, and founder of their Creative Writing and Social Action Program.

Send submission to:                     

CALYX, INC.

Lois Cranston Poetry Prize

PO Box B

Corvallis, OR 97339

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Name:
Chapbook Competition - IPA
Category:
Entertainment & Arts - Books & Literature
Description:
The Isles Poetry Association conducts a Chapbook Competition. Publication is provided.
Privacy Type:
Open: All content is public.

Contact Info

 Email:
jeromevbrooke@yahoo.com
Website:
http://chapcompisles.4mg.com
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Poetry Submissions

Call for Submissions NOW OPEN TO ALL WRITERS

Type:
Other -
Start Time:
Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 7:00pm
End Time:
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 11:30pm
Location:
www.wwohd.org

Description

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

The Haiti I Knew, The Haiti I know, The Haiti I want to Know
Edited by Women Writers of Haitian Descent, Inc.
To be published in the United States through an independent press in English, French and Creole.
Distribution: International.

We are currently seeking short stories for our anthology. The Haiti I Knew, The Haiti I know, The Haiti I want to Know: Contemporary Writings by Haitian Women, an anthology of prose by women in Haiti, and women of Haitian descent living abroad, will strengthen the voice of Haitian women in the world of literature.

Through a sampling of various Haitian women's narratives, the literary legacy and unique history of the island will be highlighted in content and style. This collection will be unique yet use successful techniques from preceding anthologies. As in Lillian Castillo-Speed' s anthology Latina: Women's Voices from the Borderlands, the work will include both fiction and nonfiction. Like Edwidge Danticat's anthology The Butterfly's Way: Voices from the Haitian Dyaspora in the United States, the book will have a thematic structure according to the contributions received.

Guidelines: Haitian women living on the island or women of Haitian descent living abroad are encouraged to tell their stories. Submissions may include fiction, creative nonfiction, personal essays and memoirs. Please only send unpublished work. No simultaneous submissions. Writings submitted will not be returned.

Deadline: June 30, 2010
Length: 3,000-5,000 words
Format: Pieces should be typed, double-spaced and paginated. Please include your mailing address, e-mail address, telephone number and a short bio on the last page.
Submitting: Electronic submissions are preferred. Send work electronically as a Word or Rich Text Format file (with .doc or .rtf extension) to M.J. Fievre at <jessfievre@gmail. com>   Put “Anthology” in the subject line.

Reply: Please allow until January 31st for a response. If you haven't received a response by then, please assume your work was not selected. An effort will be made to contact each writer.

For more information, please visit www.wwohd.org
 

Astarte Fantasy Publications

 

AFP calls for submissions

 

Please submit Poetry and Short   Stories

 

Query for the Submission Standards and FAQs

 

Fantasy and all genres sought

 

Subsidies may be required

 

AFPublicationsAstarte Immortal [astarteimmortal@yahoo.com]