POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY presents poetry, of course
Rick Lupert
Highway Poetry Contest. Prizes are due to be sent out by This Monday
October 19. If you haven't notified me that you've sent you're prizes
out, please do so by Monday. Thanks so much for sponsoring! If you
didn't get the e-mail letting you know where to send your prizes,
please send me an e-mail and I'll resend you the info.
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THE POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY WEEKLY VIRTUAL UPDATE
http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/
Issue # 628 - ISSN: 1523-6587
October 19-25, 2009
this week:
~ This week featuring poets from ELYRIA, OH and PHOENIX, AZ
~ 5 new poetry and writing related links added this week.
~ 2010 POET'S MARKET by ROBERT LEE BREWER featured this week in the
Poetry Resource Books section of 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
~ This week's featured poets are: J. R. SIMONS and LISA ZARAN
J. R. SIMONS (Elyria, Ohio) is a poet and playwright. He works as a
substitute high school teacher, college theatre instructor, high
school drama club assistant director, SAT/ACT preparation teacher and
improvisational murder mystery producer / writer / director. He is a
recent graduate of the MFA program in poetry at Ashland University in
Ashland, Ohio. His work has appeared in a number of local Ohio
newsletters and poetry publications.
LISA ZARAN (Phoenix, Arizona) is an American poet, essayist and
author of six collections including The Blondes Lay Content and the
sometimes girl, the latter of which was recently the focus of a year
long translation course in Germany. She is the founder and editor of
Contemporary American Voices, an online poetry journal, a
ridiculously tasmanian Bob Dylan fan and the mother of two amazing
children
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
~ THEPLEBIANRAG
The Plebian Rag is an online/print magazine which presents a
collective of voices who have one mission: to create literature/art
that will reshape the social landscape which has become a virtual
cesspool of mass marketed conformists, to bolster an effect that will
cause a shift in the social conscience for a better world. Plebian
writers will either make you love them or hate them, and if the
latter applies to you then, hey at least we tried.
~ EYE ON LIFE MAGAZINE
Eye on Life Online Magazine publishes two to four poems a week. See
site for guidelines.
~ POET GROW-OP, THE
An electronic publication showcasing quality, post-secondary student
poetry.
NEW INDIVIDUAL POETS PAGES LISTINGS THIS WEEK
~ HIP AS THEY COME
Short stories and pieces that i have compiled. Trying to get more
viewers and fellow writer feedback. thank you and enjoy!!
~ CARL S KAUCHER, PSCHOHRAPHICAL ADVENTURES IN THE MYTHOPEIC SPIRIT
Poetry, prose and photographyof Carl S. Kaucher
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POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY BOOKSTORE
Featured this week in the Poetry Resource Books section of the PSH
Bookstore:
2010 POET'S MARKET by ROBERT LEE BREWER
Poets of all skill levels have turned to Poet'�s Market for more than
two decades for all the information they need on publishing poetry.
Whether you¹re targeting magazines and journals or book/chapbook
publishers, the 2010 Poet¹s Market gives you up-to-date contact and
submissions information for more than 1,000 listings. This new
edition includes:
� Features on the realities of poetry publishing, mistakes to
avoid, identifying scams, and promoting your work.
� Articles on translating poetry, electronic poetry, chapbooks,
poetry readings, and more.
� Information on workshops, organizations and online resources
that help poets perfect their skills and network with fellow
poets and editors.
� Thorough indexes to make choosing the best potential markets
easier.
� And, new this year, access to all Poet'�s Market listings in a
searchable online database!
Paperback, 576 Pages, Published by Writers Digest Books, (Aug., 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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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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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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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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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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PSH Contest Judge Salvatore Buttaci Releases New Chapbook
Boy on a Swing is available at
http://www.bigtablepublishing.com/chaptitles.html
�Salvatore Buttaci�s poetry uncovers a delightful, honest boyhood
from beginning to end. His poems, 'wrapped in good intentions,' are
gifts making 'all that is sad happy again.' Ultimately, one will
discover that his poems are blissful, breathing and pleased to be
flourishing with the goodness of life.�
~ Susan Yount, poetry editor, Arsenic Lobster
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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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"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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Want a poet in your classroom, library, bookstore, coffeehouse, or
event? Please visit http://4poetrypeople.blogspot.com/ or email
poetry...@charter.net
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sparkling little ode to his literary image...." -Wanda Sue Parrott
"Phyrrs Hierwals and Bouldergeists" by Johnmichael Simon
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/B002AD02RG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244408946&sr=1-1
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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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