January 31st, 2007 at 11:01pm Under Poetry
When we repeated the oft-made claim that Phillis Wheatley was America?s first black poet, George Wallace wrote to correct our misapprehension: ?Her accomplishments aside, and they are impressive, she is…
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January 30th, 2007 at 08:01pm Under Poetry
New year, new judge (Pascale Petit), new set of poems chosen as winners in the monthly IBPC (none from our Forum, but no matter…)In first place, ?Wolf Dreams? by Laurie…
Read full article at Winners announced in the January InterBoard Poetry Competition
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January 25th, 2007 at 03:01am Under Poetry
Big Bridge is multiplicitous, boundlessly energetic, a Webzine ecosystem that continues to grow, evolve, transform & mutate with each annual issue. We?ve just received the announcement that the 2007 issue…
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January 24th, 2007 at 08:01pm Under Poetry
Grub Street Book Prize (postmark deadline March 15)Robert Watson Poetry Award from Spring Garden Press, The Greensboro Review & From the Fishouse, (postmark or online entry deadline April 2)Lois Cranston…
Read full article at More upcoming contest deadlines just added to our list
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January 23rd, 2007 at 03:01am Under Poetry
The National Book Critics Circle has just announced the five finalists for their award citing the best book of poetry published in 2006, along with an entertaining and quite detailed…
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January 18th, 2007 at 02:01pm Under Poetry
Thinking about poets in their many habitats around the world and about the influence they have on their local neighborhoods, we?ve decided it?s important to update our regional library of…
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January 18th, 2007 at 01:01pm Under Poetry
Thinking about poets in their many habitats around the world and about the influence they have on their local neighborhoods, we?ve decided it?s important to update our regional library of…
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January 18th, 2007 at 04:01am Under Poetry
Writing can be a very lonely occupation, but poetry is an art that flourishes in community — you might even say it requires a community, a ?scene,? in order to…
Read full article at Nothing to Lose but the Chains: Poetry in the Neighborhood, Arts in the Economy
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January 17th, 2007 at 04:01pm Under Poetry
Spend your winter evenings putting together & polishing your poetry manuscript, and send it out to a chapbook or book publication competition with a spring deadline.You can prime your poetic…
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January 11th, 2007 at 02:01am Under Poetry
Editors at the now-venerable, always lively Cortland Review noticed a good number of sonnets and sonnet-like poems in their submissions pile last year and decided to do something about it:…
Read full article at The Cortland Review: All Sonnets for Winter
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