Thursday, August 4, 2011

BEYOND BAROQUE POETRY SUBMISSION (SEPTEMBER 1, 2011 DEADLINE)

Beyond Baroque, one of the United States' leading independent Literary/Arts Centers, is currently accepting submissions for its annual poetry competition. Check out the submissions guidelines, rummage through your own collection of poems, and see if you have one that just may be good enough to be published!

Just in:
ATTENTION POETS:
BEYOND BAROQUE’S ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST IS UNDERWAY!

L.A.’s preeminent literary center conducted its first-ever competition in 2010.
Last year’s success has enabled us to increase the prizes:
$1,000, $500, $250
Final judge is JOYCE JENKINS, editor/publisher of POETRY FLASH.
Winners will be published in the Flash and honored, along with five runners-up,
at an October 16th reading/reception at Beyond Baroque.
Entry deadline: SEPTEMBER 1, 2011 (postmarked)
CONTEST RULES
1. Submit up to three unpublished poems, 40 line limit per poem.
2. All themes and styles welcome.
3. No ID on poems; poet’s name, address, phone, e-mail address
and poem titles on cover sheet.
4. Send entries, including $15 entry fee, to Beyond Baroque Contest,
681 Venice Blvd.,Venice, CA 90291 (snail mail only).
5. Checks payable to Beyond Baroque.
6. No SASE. Poems not returned.
7. Open to CA residents only.
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BEYOND MUSIC is a new and innovative series promoting music specifically of genres outside (beyond) those that are more commonly heard at commercial venues, such as clubs.  Although it is primarily a curated series, proposals may be submitted by sending a CD accompanied by a description of performers and technical requirements to Beyond Music at Beyond Baroque. Please do not email your information with links to a website where your music can be heard. Beyond Baroque appreciates proposals it receives from composers and performers; however, please be advised that limited series dates for the current season and dates already scheduled for future seasons prevent Beyond Music from programming everything of interest. We hope you will come and enjoy the series.
Check our web calendar for the music events listings. 
 
MORE INFORMATION ONLINE AT:  http://www.beyondbaroque.org/

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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Charles Banks, Jr. on Wordpress.com

©2009 photo by Carolyn A. Scott



Good afternoon all!!!! Check out Poet Charles Banks, Jr. on Wordpress.com now as he posts poems writing as his two alter egos, CURIOSITY and BLACK ANGEL!!!

ALSO, check him out on facebook.com "Charles Author Banks Jr."

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001119248973

http://charlesbanksjr.wordpress.com/

SAMPLE POEM:

HOMECOMING

I sure do love it here—my childhood home.
I love the comforting, dusty confines of my twenty-year-old asylum.
Everyone I know and love are accounted for tonight!

Uncle Repent sits at the kitchen table with his thermos cup of rum.
He thinks he has everyone fooled, but we all know better.
Grandpa Regret laughs at his sinful past.
He used to tell me stories when I was little about the crazy life he’d led on.
And now, in his older age, he might as well set up residence at the nearest confessional.

Meanwhile, my dad, Shame, stares out the kitchen window.
He is fixated on our next door neighbor, Mrs. Unsatisfied.
And a dishonorable glimpse at his band of commitment ensues.

My mother, Irretrievable, marvels in at her latest shopping exploits.
She always had a liking to covert attire and opaque shades.

My twin aunts, Disguise and Deception, rummage through my mom’s closet.
They always wore the sneakiest of smiles whenever they came around.

For the first time ever, all my siblings were gathered in the same room.
Modest, Destitute, and Seclusion, share a hot meal at the dining room table.

All my cousins were in attendance, too!
I heart Smart-Ass pull up in his new 7-Series BMW.
Despite my advice over the phone, he went ahead and bought a foreign vehicle.

I also heart about the latest exploits of Ticking-Time-Bomb.
He’d thrown a classroom chair at his 7th grade English teacher.
I guess he must have hated the Great Gatsby’s ending.

And Mr. Know-It-All got married while I was away.
I guess I’ll refer to his wife as Mrs. Smarty Pants!

My whole family is here for my homecoming tonight.
I guess I should unpack my bags and mingle with the crowd.
I love you guys!
Always and forever,
-        Charles

© 2011 by Charles Banks, Jr.
Writing as BLACK ANGEL
EXCERPT FROM THE UPCOMING BOOK OF POEMS "OPEN WINDOW"


Monday, August 1, 2011

The 7th Annual Writer's Digest Poetry Awards Competition


The 7th Annual Writer’s Digest Poetry Awards Collection is here! The deadline is December 1, 2011. Here are the details:

1.     The competition is open to poems 32 lines or less. Entries outside the line limitation will be disqualified. Type the line count along with your name, address, phone number and email address at the top left-hand corner of the page. No refunds will be given for disqualified entries.
2.     The entry fee is $15.00 for the first poem submitted and $10.00 for each additional poem. You may enter as many poems as you wish. If you are submitting your entry via regular mail, you may send one check (in U.S. funds) and one entry form for a single entry or batch of entries.
3.     Entries may be submitted online at www.writersdigest.com or submitted via regular mail. All entries must be in English, original, unpublished, and not submitted elsewhere at the time of submission. Writer’s Digest retains one time publication rights to the 1st through 50th-place winning entries to be published in Writer’s Digest publication. No refunds will be issued for disqualified entries.
4.     Mailed in entries must be typewritten and double-spaced on one side of 8.5 x 11 or A4 white paper. Poems will not be returned.
5.     Entries must be postmarked by Dec. 1. 2011.
6.     Winners will be notified by March 16, 2012. If you have not been contacted by this date, you may assume that your entry is not a finalist and may be marketed elsewhere.
7.     Enclose a self-addressed, stamped postcard with your entry if you want to be notified of its receipt. We cannot notify you personally of your story’s status before the winners are announced.
8.     Winners’ names will appear in the July/August 2012 issue of Writer’s Digest magazine. Their names and poem titles will be posted at writersdigest.com after that time.
9.     The following are not permitted to enter the competition: employees of F+W Media Inc. and their immediate families, and Writer’s Digest contributing editors and correspondents as listed on the masthead.

More information available at:
http://www.writersdigest.com/competitions/poetry


POETRY COMPETITIONS

GREETINGS ALL! IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, I'M A SUBSCRIBER TO WRITER'S DIGEST AND THEY HAVE QUITE A FEW AMAZING PARTS ABOUT THEIR ISSUED MAGAZINE. IN THE SEPTEMBER 2011 ISSUE, WD (WRITER'S DIGEST) INTERVIEWS TEN WRITERS FROM TEN DIFFERENT GENRES: WOMEN'S FICTION WRITER KRISTIN HANNAH, NONFICTION WRITER A.J. JACOBS, HISTORICAL FICTION WRITER PAULA MCLAIN, CHILDREN'S WRITER JEFF KINNEY, INSPIRATION WRITER DONALD MILLER, MEMOIR WRITER JEANETTE WALLS, SHORT STORIES SPECIALIST ZZ PACKER SCIENCE FICTION AUTHOR JOHN SCALZI, PARANORMAL ROMANCE WRITER CHRISTINE FEEHAN, AND HUMOR WRITER JUSTIN HALPERN, ALL ABOUT THE INS AND OUTS OF WRITING TECHNIQUES AND GENRE-HOPPING. ALSO, WRITER'S DIGEST HAS IT'S 7TH ANNUAL POETRY AWARDS COLLECTION! FURTHER DETAILS ARE FORTHCOMING IN THE NEXT ENTRY!

- THANK YOU ALL FOR READING, AND REMEMBER, STEP BEYOND THE YELLOW TAPE AT YOUR OWN PERIL!


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