POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY one last contest hoo ha
Rick Lupert
Super Highway Poetry Contest a great success, our amazing sponsors,
our overworked judges, and all of our contest entrants.
� All sponsors were e-mailed a list of where to send your prizes to
and all contest entrants were e-mailed a list of what prizes you will
be receiving. If you didn't get this e-mail please send me an e-mail
and I'll resend you the info.
� Missed the contest announcement on PSH Live?
Tune in to the archived edition and here several of our top 10 poets
read their work including our first and third place winner! Click on
PSH Live from the main PSH menu to hear it.
� Seeking Poet of the Week Submissions
The Poetry Super Highway publishes 2 poets every week chosen from
emailed submissions. Any individual poet is eligible to be a featured
Poet of the Week once during the calendar year...So if you haven't
been a featured poet in 2009, I invite you to submit your work for
consideration. Please click on "Submission Guidelines" from the main
PSH Menu for all the details on how to correctly submit your work.
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THE POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY WEEKLY VIRTUAL UPDATE
http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/
Issue # 628 - ISSN: 1523-6587
October 12-18, 2009
this week:
~ This week featuring poets from ANDOVER MA, COUNTY DONEGAL IRELAND
and SOUTH OHIO, NOVA SCOTIA, CA
~ 1 new poetry and writing related link added this week.
~ THE BEST AMERICAN POETRY 2009 edited by DAVID WAGONER and DAVID
LEHMAN featured this week in the PSH Bookstore.
~ PSH LIVE Schedule: Contest Winners Announcement Archived, Open
Reading November 1st ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
~ Poetry / Writing related Classified Ads.
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POETS OF THE WEEK
~ Enjoy an extra week with our contest winners as Poets of the week.
We'll be back next week with two new picks. This week's featured
poets are:
JIM KNOWLES, SIAN LINDSEY and BRENDA LEVY TATE
JIM KNOWLES (Andover Massachusetts) won first place in the 2009
Poetry Super Highway Poetry Contest.
SIAN LINDSEY (County Donegal, Ireland) won second place in the 2009
Poetry Super Highway Poetry Contest.
BRENDA LEVY TATE (South Ohio, Nova Scotia, Canada) won third place in
the 2009 Poetry Super Highway Poetry Contest.
Click on "POETS OF THE WEEK" from the main PSH menu to read their
work.
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NEW POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY LINKS
Here are all of the new sites added to the Poetry Super Highway's
poetry and writing links sections.
You can find the actual links on the PSH website in the 3 poetry links
categories. Click on "Add Your Link Here" from the main PSH menu to
add your poetry/writing website to our directory.
NEW ONLINE PUBLICATIONS LISTINGS THIS WEEK
~ AMBUSHARTS.COM
A quarterly barrage of high-caliber art. In each issue, you'll
discover potent new work from some of the most exciting voices in art
today. With in-depth interviews and regularly updated bios
accompanying every piece, you'll also have the opportunity to gain
fresh perspectives on the creative process and an inside look at the
personalities redefining art as we know it. Expect the following
ordnance: poetry, short stories, essays, photography, short film,
visual art, and music.
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POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY BOOKSTORE
Featured this week in the PSH Bookstore:
THE BEST AMERICAN POETRY 2009 edited by DAVID WAGONER and DAVID LEHMAN
David Wagoner writes about regular lives with plain grace and
transcendent humanity, and the seventy-five poems he has chosen for
the 2009 edition of The Best American Poetry grapple with life,
celebrate freedom, and teem with imaginative energy. With engaging
notes from the poets, Wagoner's superb introductory essay, series
editor David Lehman's astute foreword about the current state of
poetry and criticism, and cover art from the beloved poet John
Ashbery, The Best American Poetry 2009 is a memorable and delightful
addition to a series dedicated to showcasing the work of poets at
their best.
Paperback, 240 Pages, Published by Scribner, (September, 2009)
~ If you are or were a featured poet of the week on the Poetry Super
Highway AND you have a book available through Amazon.com, please let
me know so we can feature your work in the Poetry Super Highway
Bookstore in a new section just for former featured poet's books.
Write bo...@PoetrySuperHighway.com with your name and the title of
the book.
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UPCOMING POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY LIVE EVENTS
Our Live events are hosted through BlogTalk Radio and can be accessed
during the event by visiting http://blogtalkradio.com/psh and
clicking on the "Click to Listen" button.You can listen to the shows
through your web browser as well as call in and ask questions live
through by dialing (646) 716-7362 during the live broadcast.Can't or
don't want to call in? You can ask questions live during the show's
broadcast time by sending an instant message to RickPoet on AIM.If
you can't make the live time, you can also listen to any past show by
visiting http://blogtalkradio.com/psh and clicking on the show's
title. (As well as subscribe to all of our shows through iTunes or
any other software you use to listen to podcasts.
Upcoming Shows:
NOVEMBER 2009 WORLDWIDE OPEN READING
Sunday November 1, 2009 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
Listen to and participate in our monthly open reading. Call in and
read your poetry. No content or style restrictions. Hosted by Poetry
Super Highway's Rick Lupert.
Recently Archived broadcasts:
2009 POETRY CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT
Sunday October 4th, 2009
We announced the winners of the 2009 Poetry Super Highway Poetry
Contest in this live broadcast first! A few of our top ten scoring
poets were on hand to read their poems and the show began with
comments from all three contest judges. Read the poems online at
http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/PoetLinks.html and listen to this
archived broadcast to hear the announcement and some of the top
scoring poems read live.
WORLDWIDE OPEN READING
Sunday September 6, 2009
Ignore the couple of minutes of silence at the beginning of the show
while I Was realizing my microphone wasn't properly plugged in and
enjoy the poetry from Columbus, OH, Newark, NJ, Lake Wells, FL,
Valley Center, CA, Los Angeles, CA, Sonoma, CA and a new caller from
Philadelphia, PA.
Poetry Super Highway Live would love to host your reading, interview,
contest promotion or other poetry/writing related show. Please e-mail
your show idea to Ri...@PoetrySuperHighway.com, and we'll take it from
there.
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AND SO ON . . .
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POETRY CLASSIFIEDS
For information on placing Poetry Related classifieds ads on the
Poetry Super Highway web page and weekly e-mail outburst, send an
e-mail to: class...@PoetrySuperHighway.com
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WERGLE FLOMP HUMOR POETRY CONTEST - NO FEE
Ninth annual free contest. Fifteen cash prizes totaling $3,600. Top
prize $1,500. New simplified online entry process. Submit one humor
poem by April 1 deadline. No entry fee. Winning entries published
online. Final judge: Jendi Reiter. Sponsored by Winning Writers, one
of the "101 Best Websites for Writers" (Writer's Digest, 2005-2009).
Guidelines and online submission at
http://www.winningwriters.com/wergle
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TRICKS POETRY WRITING CONTEST (No fee)
Gotham Writers� Workshop has teamed up with Ellen Hopkins and Simon &
Schuster publishing for a truly unique poetry writing competition -
The Tricks Writing Contest. Writing in verse, Ellen Hopkins deals
with tough subjects�addiction, abuse�in her books and her latest,
Tricks, is no different.
Now it is your turn to write about a tough subject or trying life
experience�real or imagined�spun into four to eight stanzas of verse.
You can enter online at http://www.WritingClasses.com/Tricks. There
is no entry fee or purchase required.
Ellen Hopkins will read the entries and the author of her favorite
entry will win a free six-week online writing class from Gotham
Writers� Workshop. Ellen will also post the winning entry on her
website, http://www.EllenHopkins.com. The winner and ten runners-up
will also receive a personalized copy of Tricks signed by the author.
There is no entry fee and no purchase is necessary. Only online
entries will be accepted.
If you need to get some of your creative juices flowing, you can
check out some poems from Tricks here:
http://www.writingclasses.com/InformationPages/index.php/PageID/627
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BAY AREA POETS COALITION (BAPC) 30TH ANNUAL CONTEST:
The entry period is 10/1/09 thru 11/15/09 (postmark deadline).
Cash prizes in (3) line-length categories. Poet's choice -- any
subject. Open to all.
Rules available on website: http://www.bayareapoetscoalition.org/
or request by email: poe...@aol.com or send SASE to BAPC Contest 30,
POB 11435, Dept. 4, Berkeley, CA 94712
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POETICA PUBLISHING COMPANY: 2009 CHAPBOOK CONTEST
on the theme of "The Spirit of Nature."
Postmark Deadline: December 31, 2009. Prize: $50.00 and 25 copies of
full color cover, perfect-bound chapbook. Fee: $20.00. Final Judge:
Michal Mahgerefteh. Submit up to 26 pages of poetry, 2 cover sheets,
one with author info (including e-mail and phone), one with title
only. SASE for results only. All entrants will receive copy of the
winning chapbook. Mail to: Poetica Publishing Company, PO Box 11014,
Norfolk, Virginia 23517. More info at
http://www.poeticapublishing.com or contact us at poeti...@aol.com
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Call for Entries:
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 story that is worth telling everyone!
Guidelines: (1) Write a poem, thirty lines or fewer on any subject,
form or style. And/or (2) Write short story five pages maximum,
single or double line spacing, on any subject or theme, fiction or
non-fiction. Multiple entries are accepted. (www.dreamquestone.com)
Postmark deadline: December 31, 2009. Prizes: Writing Contest First
Prize is $500; Second: $250; Third: $100. Poetry Contest First Prize:
$250; Second: $125; Third: $50. All contest winners' works will be
published online in the Dare to Dream pages, on January 31, 2010.
Entry fees: $5 per poem, $10 per short story. To send entries by
mail: Include title of poem(s) or stori(es), name, address, phone#,
email, brief biographical info. (Tell us a little about yourself) on
the coversheet; add a self-addressed stamped envelope for entry
confirmation. Fees payable to: �DREAMQUESTONE.COM�- Mail to: Dream
Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest, P.O. Box 3141, Chicago, IL 60654.
Visit http://www.dreamquestone.com for details and to enter!
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The First Annual WRITE REAL GOOD Poetry Chapbook Contest
Unlikely Books, the print arm of UnlikelyStories.org, is holding a
contest to find one chapbook of superior poetry to add to our 2009
catalog.
When UnlikelyStories.org was founded in 1998, it was the Web's only
regular journal of transgressive literature. In 2004, it expanded
into a multimedia, eclectic journal of culture, arts, literature, and
occasional chapbooks. This year, we�re ramping up chapbook
production. Next year, we�ll begin publishing anthologies and
full-length manuscripts.
The contest�s winner will receive publication and 20 free copies,
additional copies cheap, and a unique marketing campaign including
audiovisual �movie trailers,� review copies, and promotion at one of
the Web�s longest-running �zines. Oh, and $250 cash. All entrants
will receive their choice of 2009 Unlikely Books.
So prepare 20-30 pages of poetry, a $15 entry fee, and head over to
http://www.unlikelystories.org/ for more information. All manuscripts
are dueby the new date of Nov. 29th; electronic submissions gladly
accepted.
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Here at The Free Speech Emporium we will convert your book into an
attractive multi-media flip E-Book in DNL secure pure data file
format. Impervious to viruses, you may easily e-mail and burn your
E-Book onto CDs. We also offer poetry readings at the Beat Street
Cafe and monthly Newsletters. Check out our site at:
http://www.wizzdom.net/BEATST.htm
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Voices Poets invite you to enter our 20th. Reuben Rose International
Poetry Contest. Prizes; US$500; US$200; US$100. Entries unlimited;
send challenging/curious poetry; US$5 per entry; checks to 'Voices
Israel'. Deadline: Oct. 7th. Winners announced in Dec.2009. Send 2
copies, one with contact info. to Voices, P.O.Box 236, Kiriat Ata,
28101 Israel. Judge. John B. Lee. (Canadian Poetry Association) All
submissions considered for publication in Voices Anthology 2010.
See our website: http://www.freewebs.com/voicesisrael/
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Now accepting pre-publication orders for the third editions of
Instant Poetry(just add words!) and The Green Lantern a Guide for
Achieving the American Dream
For complete details send SASE to : skysaje Enterprises: 50 amesbury
Rd. Rochester, NY 14623 or email to laug...@yahoo.com with Preorder
in the subject line
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Corey Mesler, reading from his forthcoming novel, The Ballad of the
Two Tom Mores, due out in October from Bronx River Press, here on
youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJXBcaPlmlg
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Call for submissions: 2009 Anita McAndrews Award poetry contest (All
ages -$2 reading fee per poem. $200 first prize.) 2009 Alexander
Popoff Youth Award poetry contest (16 and under, no reading fee.)
Poems must relate to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Submission deadline: 11/1/09. For guidelines and more information,
contact sta...@yahoo.com.
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2009 Concrete Wolf Poetry Chapbook Contest
Postmark Deadline: November 30, 2009
Prize: 100 Copies of a perfect-bound chapbook
Complete guidelines at http://ConcreteWolf.com/
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Prisoner�s Dilemma: art and poetry from the Snell sisters
Cheryl and Janet Snell announce the publication of their new
collection of art and poetry, inspired by game theory. Prisoner�s
Dilemma won the 2008 Lopside Press Chapbook Competition, and an
expanded edition of the volume is now available at
http://www.lulu.com/content/7186565
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POETREE CONTEST
Earth Love and poet Stacy Smith come together in a transatlantic
poetry competition dedicated to the theme of trees. For details,
visit one of the following websites:
http://srsmith25.tripod.com/tranquilmoments/index.html
http://earthlovepoetrymagazine.co.uk/default.aspx
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PSH Contest Judge Salvatore Buttaci Releases New Book
For several years now, friends and family have been asking me to
compile a book of my haiku. I am happy to announce HAIKU ENCOUNTERS,
my book of 186 haiku for your reading pleasure. If you are
interesting in downloading a copy of this E-book for only $3.00, go
to http://greatamericanstoryhouse.com/category/poetry and click on
HAIKU ENCOUNTERS. If I may say so myself, it is well worth the three
bucks!
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"Surrealism built on surrealism built on ingenuity built on sheer
biting wisdom." - Adam Rubinstein, publisher of Destructible Heart
Press.
Indulge your outer child with poetry books and videos by Robert
Arthur Reeves: http://outerchild.wordpress.com/
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poetry...@charter.net
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"If Beowulf could, he would surely laugh at Johnmichael Simon's
sparkling little ode to his literary image...." -Wanda Sue Parrott
"Phyrrs Hierwals and Bouldergeists" by Johnmichael Simon
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EXPERIENCED POETRY AND WRITING MENTOR
LINDA LEEDY SCHNEIDER
Collaborate through telephone conferences and E-mail with an
award-winning internationally published poet, college writing
instructor, and psychotherapist.
Beginning or experiencedwriters welcome. Most writers published
if that is one of their goals. (616) 942-7179 or Losch...@aol.com
http://www.pw.org/content/linda_leedy_schneider
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Re)verb is now accepting submissions for issue #6. Please send 3-5
unpublished poems to R)v Press | Re)verb 11771 Tunstall St. Garden
Grove, Ca 92845. Please send only your BEST work. You can find more
info at http://www.rvpress.net or http:www.myspace.com/rvpress. Hope
to "hear" from you soon.
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"Hemlock Suicides Planned by Well-Dressed Men in Suits"
by LB Sedlacek "...a 27 poem collection that deals with the
harsh realities of city life such as divorce, crimes, murder, etc...."
-- Andrew C. Angus, Muse's Review
http://www.lbsedlacek.com/
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I AM MY OWN ORANGE COUNTY - 11TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION by RICK LUPERT
"Irreverent and yet somehow deeply empathic, many of the pieces
showcase Lupert's Prevert-like instinct for finding the profound in
the absurd."
- Brendan Constantine
Rick's second book, originally published in 1997 with all of the
original selected poems from artwork, introduction and orange-ness,
along with a newly written "Re-Introduction" and a "bonus material"
section featuring a selection of 29 additional (sometimes even MORE
sophomoric) poems from the I Am My Own Orange County 'era'.
http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/iamooc.html
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A Poet's Haggadah: Passover Through the Eyes of Poets edited by Rick
Lupert
36 Poets reinterpret the traditional themes and text of the Passover
Haggadah through their own unique lenses. Guaranteed to add something
different to your own seders and a great read! Edited by Los Angeles
Poet Rick Lupert (Creator of the Poetry Super Highway) Includes work
from Helen Bar-Lev, Lynne Bronstein, Salvatore Buttaci, Howard
Camner, Larry Colker, devin davis, Barbara Elovic, Robert Klein
Engler, David Gershator, Leslie Halpern, Claudia Handler, Daniel Y.
Harris, Elizabeth Iannaci, Marc Jampole, Rachel Kann, Beth Kanter,
Peggy Landsman, Michael Levy, Jake Marmer, Ellyn Maybe, Heather
McNaugher, Daniel Olivas, Judith Pacht, Jaimes Palacio, Jonathan
Penton, Joan Pond, Lanie Shanzyra P. Rebancos, Richard Schiffman, G.
David Schwartz, Adam Shechter, Diana Sher, Scott Alixander Sonders,
Julia Stein, S. Thomas Summers, Pam Ward and Misha Weidman.
More info and get the book here: http://www.poetseder.com/
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