Magnapoets Announcements

RAL,M - Revue d'Art et de littérature, musique NOVEMBRE 2011

Le nº 77 (novembre 2011) de la RAL,M est en ligne:
http://www.lechasseurabstrait.com/revue/

Renee Duke Youth Award Poetry Contest

Call for submissions

The Renee Duke Youth Award Poetry Contest, sponsored by Poets for Human Rights and Artists in Action International. This year's youth poetry contest is dedicated to Renee Duke (1927-2011) mother, artist, poet, mentor and life counselor who inspired and helped thousands of people across all walks of life. She was a constant supporter of Poets for Human Rights.

Entries are being accepted by email until November 30, 2011

Guidelines:

Anyone aged 17 or younger may submit up to five poems.

Poem(s) must relate to one or more of the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To view public service announcements for each of the articles, visit
www.youthforhumanrights.org

Poems must be in the body of email, or as PDF attachments. Email to stazja@yahoo.com. Note in the subject line "Youth Award"

Poems should be no more than one page long. Do not use colors or graphics.

Previously published poems and simultaneous submissions are accepted.

Include the following information:

Name
Address
Age
School
Poem Title
Statement that the poem is your original composition.
Statement that you give permission to publish (with rights reverting back to the poet)

First prize is $50. Winner will be awarded a certificate and poem will be published at the Poets for Human Rights web site.

Honorable Mentions may be awarded at the discretion of the judge. HM's will receive a certificate of award.

Winner and Honorable Mentions will be announced on December 10, 2011, the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

For questions contact Stazja McFadyen at
<stazja(at)yahoo.com> (replace (at) with @ in sending email)

2. 6th Annual Anita McAndrews Award Poetry Contest

Guidelines

Theme of the poem must relate to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which celebrates its 63rd Anniversary on Dec. 10, 2011. Poems must be the original work of the submitting poet.

1 page per poem, any form. Use 10 point type or larger, no graphics, no colors.

Send two copies of each poem - one copy identifying the poet, one without identification.

Include a cover sheet with name, address, phone, email, titles, and permission to publish with rights reverting back to the author. Do not send SASE.

Reading fee: $1 USD per poem. Forms of payment accepted: Money orders (USD), check (make checks payable to Artists in Action International), cash (USD), Pay Pal (payable to <stazja(at)yahoo.com> (replace (at) with @ in sending email)

Mail submissions, cover sheet and reading fee to: Stazja McFadyen 100 Waverly Way, #310 Clearwater, FL 33756

The deadline for entries is extended to November 30. The judging will be completed by Dec. 5, and winner will be announced by Dec. 7, 2011.

First Prize is $100, winning poem will be announced and read at Annual Awards on or around Dec. 10, 2011. Poem will be published at Poets for Human Rights website. A signed certificate will be issued.

Honorable mentions will be decided at the discretion of the judge. Honorable mentions will be published at Poets for Human Rights website. A signed certificate will be issued.

For questions contact Stazja McFadyen, at

<stazja(at)yahoo.com> (replace (at) with @ in sending email.

Silver Boomer Books seeks submissions for widowhood anthology

Silver Boomer Books seeks submissions for an anthology on the widowhood experience. We are interested in all aspects of widowhood—grief, memories, glitches, triumphs. Either prose or poetry is acceptable. You can even send a 6-word memoir if you like. Submissions will be read between December 1, 2011 and January 31, 2012. Visit

www.silverboomerbooks.com

and click on Call for Submissions for additional information.

Anderbo's First-Ever Fundraiser

Anderbo's First-Ever Fundraiser will feature Readings* from the anderbo.com site
*Readers to be announced
Thursday, December 1st from 7-10pm (Doors open at 6:30)
$20 contribution; includes wine & snacks
Jimmy's No.43 is at
43 East 7th Street  New York, NY 10003 between Second & Third Avenues
By Subway: Take the 6 to Astor Place or R/W to 8th St. or F to 2nd Ave.http://nymag.com/search/search.cgi?map_view=1;listing_id=11501

The Irish Haiku Society International Haiku Competition extends deadline

Deadline is extended for the Irish Haiku Society International Haiku Competition 2011!

The IHS International Haiku Competition offers prizes of Euro 150, Euro 50 and Euro 30 for unpublished haiku/senryu in English. In addition there will be up to 7 Highly Commended haiku/senryu. Also, there will be prizes from Dóchas Ireland of Euro 100, Euro 30 and Euro 20 for unpublished haiku/senryu in English or in Irish Gaelic (with an English translation) about poverty + up to 3 Highly Commended haiku/senryu in this category.

Details here: http://irishhaiku.webs.com/haikucompetition.htm

All the entries shall be postmarked by 30th November 2011. No e-mail submissions, please!

Good luck to all!

The Larry D. Thomas Prize for Poetry and The William J. Stuckey Memorial Prize for Fiction

REAL: Regarding Arts and Letters, the literary journal at Stephen F. Austin State University, has extended the deadlines for the Larry D. Thomas Prize for Poetry and the William J. Stuckey Memorial Prize for Fiction. These are two great opportunities for young writers looking to pick up a publication. The new deadline is December 31, 2011.

The Larry D. Thomas Prize for Poetry
$500 Prize and publication
Entry fee: $10 for up to 3 poems

The William J. Stuckey Memorial Prize for Fiction
$500 Prize and publication
Entry Fee: $10 per story up to 4000 words
Entrant must attend a creative writing program (BFA, MA, MFA, Ph.D.)

Deadline:
December 31, 2011

All entrants receive a year's subscription.

Make checks payable to REAL, and send them to:

Andrew Brininstool, Editor
REAL: Regarding Arts & Letters
Stephen F. Austin State University
P.O. Box 13007, SFA Station
Nacogdoches, TX 75962-3007
For more information, email us: <reallitmag(at)gmail.com> (replace (at) with @)

Call for submissions: The Whistling Fire

The Whistling Fire is currently accepting submissions for our December and January Guest Editors.

For the first time ever The Whistling Fire will be accepting screen plays! Our January Guest Editor Jeff Wood is currently accepting shorts, 5-8 minutes/pages long. Submission Deadline December 26th.

Our December Guest Editor A.E Stueve is still accepting Steampunk fiction and poetry until November 26th.

Our Guest Editors top selections will be published on The Whistling Fire during their Guest Editor Month. Get your submissions in before time runs out. To find out more about both Guest Editors and their themes, please visit our Guest Editor page at www.whistlingfire.com. Please read rules and descriptions carefully. All submissions should be sent to <whistlingfire(at)gmail.com> (replace (at) with @ in sending e-mail)

2012 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry

2012 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry
Open Competition Awards
$3500 and publication
for two collections of poems
final judge: Cynthia Huntington
http://craborchardreview.siuc.edu/conpo.html


Crab Orchard Review and Southern Illinois University Press are pleased to announce the selections for the 2011 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition Awards. Our final judge, Yusef Komunyakaa, selected Jacob Shores-Arguello's IN THE ABSENCE OF CLOCKS and Wally Swist's HUANG PO AND THE DIMENSIONS OF LOVE as this year's winners. Both collections will be published by Southern Illinois University Press in June 2012 and both authors will be awarded a $2000 prize and $1500 as an honorarium for a reading at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Both readings will follow the publication of the poets' collections by Southern Illinois University Press.

Below are the guidelines for the 2012 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition:

All unpublished, original collections of poems written in English by United States citizens and permanent residents are eligible* (individual poems may have been previously published). (*Current or former students, colleagues, and close friends of the final judge, Cynthia Huntington, and current and former students and employees of Southern Illinois University and authors published by Southern Illinois University Press are not eligible for the Open Competition.) For questions about judging, please visit http://www.CrabOrchardReview.siuc.edu/conpo3.html. Two volumes of poems will be selected from an open competition of manuscripts postmarked October 1 through November 16, 2011. The winners will each receive a publication contract with Southern Illinois University Press. In addition, both winners will be awarded a $2000 prize and $1500 as an honorarium for a reading at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Both readings will follow the publication of the poets' collections by Southern Illinois University Press.

Manuscripts should be typewritten and single-spaced (recommended length: 50 pages minimum to 100 pages maximum; 12 pt. type preferred). No more than one poem should appear on a page. A clean photocopy is recommended. Please do not send your only copy of the manuscript since manuscripts will not be returned, and please do not include illustrations. Crab Orchard Review and Southern Illinois University Press assume no responsibility for damaged or lost manuscripts. All submissions must be accompanied by a $25 entry fee. Please make your check out to "Crab Orchard Series in Poetry." All entrants will receive a one-year subscription to Crab Orchard Review.

Submit two title pages for the collection. The author's name, address, e-mail, and daytime phone number should appear on the first title page only. The author's name should appear nowhere else in the manuscript. An acknowledgments page listing poems previously published in magazines, journals, or anthologies should be placed after the second title page. All identifying materials will be removed before screening and the final judge sees only the first title page, table of contents, and text.

ALL ENTRIES MUST BE POSTMARKED OCTOBER 1, 2011 through NOVEMBER 16, 2011. (Since this is a postmark deadline, there is no need to send Express Mail, Fedex, or UPS. First Class or Priority Mail are preferred.)

Please address entries to:

Jon Tribble, Series Editor
Crab Orchard Series in Poetry
(Open Competition Awards)
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
1000 Faner Drive
Carbondale, IL 62901

Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for notification of contest results. If you would like confirmation that the manuscript has been received, please include a self-addressed, stamped postcard as well. Manuscripts may be under consideration elsewhere, but the series editor must be informed immediately if a collection is accepted for publication. Entrants are not to contact the final judge under any circumstances; all questions should be directed to Jon Tribble, Series Editor of the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry.

The Hyam Plutzik Centennial at JAHLIT Annual Symposium 2011

17th Annual JAHLIT Symposium includes the inaugural Hyam Plutzik Memorial Panel

Greetings Literary Friends,

The Hyam Plutzik Centennial continues this week at the Society for Jewish American & Holocaust Literature Annual Symposium, Nov 13-16th, hosted by the Betsy Hotel in South Beach, FL. Click here for a full conference schedule. The following is a brief announcement from JAHLIT Symposium co-Director Ezra Cappell of the University of Texas-El Paso.

Through their literary works so many Jewish American writers, in the aftermath of the Holocaust, have focused on the importance of memory in commemorating all that was destroyed in the Shoah.  These literary works are indispensable in forging a sense of community among those who survived as well as their literary descendants, those who are witnesses to the Holocaust through their own imaginations and artistic creations.  The poetry of Hyam Plutzik--a poetry of witness--offers articulate testimony to the power of language to move us from woundedness towards an awareness of what remains.

The Society for the Study of Jewish American and Holocaust Literature (JAHLIT) is pleased to announce the establishment of The Hyam Plutzik Memorial Panel at its annual Symposium. This panel will carry forth Plutzik's legacy of witness and remembrance by encouraging scholars and poets young and old to reflect on Plutzik's body of work and the importance of poetry and artistic creation in giving voice to the losses of the Shoah.

Dr. Ezra Cappell
co-Director, JAHLIT Symposium 2011

Pigbaby comes to town - tickets selling fast

Pigbaby Comes to Town! Pigbaby is the 2011 Brighton Poetry Festival, placing some of the most vital established and emerging talents from the Sussex area alongside national and international poets of seminal importance. We hope you'll want to join us for five evenings of readings and book launches so please get your diaries handy and prepare to read on...

Sharing their finely-wrought words will be Mimi Khalvati, Peter & Ann Sansom, Lee Harwood, Tom Raworth, Hugo Williams, plus Pighog poets Iain Sinclair, Ciaran O'Driscoll, Clare Best, Charlotte Gann & many others. There are several free readings, and you can get eminently affordable access to all of Pigbaby's ticketed events with the our bumper value festival pass.

Tuesday 22 November Live readings featuring the earthy, poignantly weighted verse of Neil Rollinson, the enthralling poet and drama-diarist Susie Campbell and the punk gallows-humour of legendary Brighton poet Brendan Cleary (pictured). Tickets & info

Wednesday 23 November 6pm: The strikingly evocative new poet Rachel Woolf gives a free reading as Philip Pollecoff delineates the intriguing problematics of memory with his humourous verse. 8pm: Captivating readings from master Irish poet Ciaran O'Driscoll alongside the luminous and disarming Kay Syrad and the multi-award-winning Hugo Williams (pictured). Tickets & info

Thursday 24 November 6pm: Mark Whelan gives a free launch to his Brighton Suite, a vividly modulating hymn to love and loss. 8pm: Avant Garde Old Guard: In a highly stimulating evening of readings involving three of the UK's most esteemed authors of experimental verse, urban shaman Iain Sinclair will be accompanied by Lee Harwood and Tom Raworth, both key figures in the British poetry revival of the 1960s. Tickets & info

Friday 25 November Three superb women poets from Sussex whose work boasts distinctive readings of identity and outstanding narrative skill. 6pm: Clare Best gives a free launch to Breastless, a beautiful and engrossing pamphlet documenting her experience of life-changing surgery. 8pm: Lorna Thorpe (pictured) launches Sweet Torture of Breathing alongside Charlotte Gann, whose tantalising and sinister work is a real treat. Tickets & info

Saturday 26 November Pigbaby reaches its climax with an evening of readings from some of the most influential figures in contemporary British poetry. 8pm: Launch of Mimi Khalvati's sensuous new collection Child: New and Selected Poems 1991-2011. 8.50pm: Ann & Peter Sansom of the Poetry Business and Smith/Doorstop. 10pm: The terrific Catherine Smith, one of Sussex's favourite poets. Tickets & info