Caution Tape Poetry Update

Good day, ladies and gentlemen! We hope all is well! We are writing this to update our followers about changes. First, we are still accepting submissions for our Tumblr blog, DIVERSITY. So far, it has been a great success. Thanks to all of the lovely artist that have submitted and allowed us to feature their work. Also, we are moving our information blog to tumblr.com. Blogspot has been great to us, but we are stretching our hands to a larger audience. Here is the link to our new Caution Tape Poetry Information blog on Tumblr: Beyond the Caution Tape

Thank you for your continued support!


To read and follow our DIVERSITY blog, go to DIVERSITY

Poetry Submissions (More Contests)

WATERHOUSE REVIEW

RULES/GUIDELINES:

•  3 TO 5 POEMS PER SUBMISSION
• ATTACHED IN ONE DOC OR RTF FILE
• DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 31, 2011.

 MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT:

http://www.waterhousereview.co.uk/


WRITER'S DIGEST POETRY AWARD


RULES/GUIDELINES:

• DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 1, 2011
• FEE OF $15.00 FOR THE FIRST POEM SUBMISSION, AND $10.00 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL POEM
• SUBMISSIONS CAN BE VIA MAIL OR ELECTRONICALLY
• FOR MAIL SUBMISSIONS, MAIL TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS:

WRITER'S DIGEST POETRY AWARD
4700 EAST GALBRAITH ROAD
CINCINNATI, OH 45236

MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT:

http://www.writersdigest.com/competitions/poetry


BRYANT LITERARY REVIEW

RULES/GUIDELINES:

• UP TO 5 POEMS
• NAME, ADDRESS, AND EMAIL ON EACH PAGE.
• SASE (self-addressed stamped envelope)
• SEND SUBMISSIONS TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS:

BRYANT LITERARY REVIEW
FACULTY SUITE F
BRYANT UNIVERSITY
1150 DOUGLAS PIKE
SMITHFIELD, RI 02917

MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT:

http://bryantliteraryreview.org/index.php

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/

THE PRECEDING INFORMATION WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY CAUTION TAPE POETRY VIA BEYOND BAROQUE'S HOMEPAGE!

Beyond Baroque Literary/ Arts Center - All Rights Reserved - 2011

The 7th Annual Writer's Digest Poetry Awards Competition

The 7^th 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 1^st through 50^th-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

A Few Words From Charles Banks, Jr.

      Greetings to all readers my name is Charles and I would like to cordially welcome each of you to my pet project, Caution Tape Poetry. When the initial thought of creating Caution Tape came to me, I wanted to create not only a forum for aspiring poets, published poets, and those who merely write for fun, to come together and celebrate in what makes poetry so special, so intriguing to all of us poetry lovers. A little background on myself: I have been writing poetry since the age of twelve. My early work was inspired by my first dwellings in love. I admit my early work can be classified as cliché, immature, and naïve. But as time went on, I developed an attraction for poems that dealt with the wandering man, and poems about philosophy.

    Also, I have published three collections of poetry, A Rose in the Name of Love, Angel’s Passion, and The Flower That Wasn’t Meant to Blossom. My first book was self-published at Lulu.com which is a self-publishing site that aids in editing, cover design, marketing, and publication of books of poems, cook books, picture books, and many more. My second and third book of poems were published with PublishAmerica which is a self-publishing agency in Baltimore, Maryland that also aids in publication of short stories, novels, collections of poems, and more!

     I welcome everyone to step beyond the caution tape and to indulge in the crime scene that is Caution Tape Poetry! Just remember, step beyond the yellow tape at your own peril!

            Sincerely, Charles Banks, Jr.