Anca Mihaela Bruma – Short Bio My name is Anca Mihaela Bruma, I am Romanian living in Dubai/UAE. My love for poetry started when I was just 9 years old, when I registered myself to some creative poetry writing group. It was a turning point for me as I started to discover the mysteries…
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Thorns by Maggie Lillo
Here’s a shared poem! Thorns This is an ill-humored spring full of vicious rages, sullen gray apologies, weeks of cold silence It isn’t funny any more, patience is lagging Time to let it go, spring forward… Blow away your angry monologue, there is nothing left to say The birds have hope Oblivious…
Untitled poem by Glorey Wooldridge
One of my creative writing students at the City Centre Community School wrote this poem for International Women’s Day and I want to share it with you all! when I think about how we should be spurring each other on women friends comrades in the struggle to be heard it takes my breath away because…
PEI POET OF THE OIL PATCH – JUNE 5
Winter’s Tales Author Reading Series Contact: Dr. Richard Lemm – 566-0389, rlemm@upei.ca PEI’s newest published poet, Mathew Henderson, will launch his first book, The Lease, on Wednesday, June 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the UPEI Faculty Lounge, Main Building. His reading is sponsored by the UPEI English Department with support from The Canada Council for…
J.J. Steinfeld to launch 2nd poetry collection
Award-winning fiction writer, playwright, and poet J. J. Steinfeld will be launching his 13thbook, and second poetry collection, Misshapenness (Ekstasis Editions), at the Confederation Centre Public Library on Sunday, February 21, 2010, at 2:00 pm. All poetry lovers are invited to come in from the mid-winter cold and hear J. J. read some “hot” — or…
carte blanche is looking for submissions for Spring 2010!
The Montreal-based online literary magazine, http://www.carte-blanche.org is looking for fiction, non-fiction and graphic fiction writers, poets, translators, and photographers from across the country and around the world.We publish high-quality, cutting edge and good old fashioned great writing from both emerging and established writers. New for 2010, carte blanche has been invited to submit fiction for the Journey Prize award. Submission deadline…
Mother Loss Poetry Submissions Wanted
Has Your mother died? An anthology about the death of a mother seeks emotionally honest and compelling submissions that will resonate with the reader. Through the writers’ varied experiences, readers will recognize themselves and be encouraged in knowing they are not alone. Prose poems and poetry, max 100 lines. Short prose, max 750 words. If…
TUPELO PRESS: Open Submissions Month for Poetry
Throughout July, Tupelo Press will hold open submissions for book-length poetry collections (48-90 pages). Aware of the current economy, we have reduced our reading fee from $35 to $25. We also now accept electronic submissions, which save on photocopying and postage, via a special transfer site. This ensures correct formatting and provides automatic receipts and…
Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest
The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a short story that is worth telling everyone! And to all who have the ability to dream… Write a poem or short story for a chance to win…
Poem of the Year Contest
Arc’s International Poem of the Year Contest is in its fourteenth year, and is one of the longest running poetry competitions in Canada. For thirty years Arc has published some of the finest poets from across the country and abroad. Contest Guidelines Arc: Canada’s National Poetry Magazine invites entries to its International Poem of the…
Put Poetry on Your Wall
11 x 17 broadsheets of original poems by Brian Bartlett, David Hickey, Hugh MacDonald and Richard Lemm will be available for sale @$5 each at the readings at Confederation Art Gallery on March 5th and March 24th. The total price goes to support the League of Canadian Poets. Original poems contributed for this cause combine with…
Winter’s Tales Reading: David Hickey and Jeffery Donaldson
PEI native and poet David Hickey and McMaster professor and poet Jeffery Donaldson will read at Confederation Centre Art Gallery on Tuesday, March 24, at 7:30. David’s first book, In the Lights of a Midnight Plow, was a finalist for the Gerald Lampert Award for Best First Poetry Book by a Canadian. He is currently…
The Writing Pool 