POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY contest winners to be announced
Rick Lupert
We received 461 poem entries from contestants all over the world!
Thanks to Ellaraine Lockie, F.J. Bergmann, and Salvatore Buttaci, our
3 contest judges, who worked tirelessly to individually score each
poem entered.
Join us next Sunday, October 4th at 2:00 pm (Pacific) for the next
broadcast of PSH Live where we'll announce the winners first. Tune in
to hear all the statistics...how many people entered, average scores,
and all the names of the poets who scored in the top 10 positions. If
the winners happen to be listening, we'll ask them to call in and
read their poems as well. You're also invited to call in and share
the poem you entered (regardless of whether it won in a post
announcement open reading) or to share your experiences on having
participated.
Thanks to our many sponsors, the judges, and all of the contest
entrants for making this year's contest another success!
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THE POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY WEEKLY VIRTUAL UPDATE
http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/
Issue # 626 - ISSN: 1523-6587
September 28 - October 4, 2009
this week:
~ This week featuring poets from SUGAR LAND, TX and KOCHI, KERALA,
INDIA
~ 2 new poetry and writing related linsk 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 - Oct 4, 2pm (pdt)
~ Poetry / Writing related Classified Ads.
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POETS OF THE WEEK
~ This week's featured poets are: ANDREW BARONY and M.K. HARIKUMAR
ANDREW BARON (Sugar Land, Texas) is an autobiographical minimalist..
M.K. HARIKUMAR (Kochi, Kerala, India) is a journalist and writer.
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
~ MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE POETRY MAGAZINE
An online poetry magazine, publishing twice monthly. We are seeking
well crafted poems that deal with the unsual and overlooked.
NEW INDIVIDUAL POETS PAGES LISTINGS THIS WEEK
~ LOVE NEVER LOVES
Love quotes and poems
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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:
2009 POETRY CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT
Sunday October 4th, 2009 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
We will announce the winners of the 2009 Poetry Super Highway Poetry
Contest in this live broadcast first! Any content entrants listening
who score in the top ten spots will be invited to call in and read
their poem during the broadcast.
Recently Archived broadcasts:
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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TOM HOWARD/JOHN H. REID POETRY CONTEST - LAST CALL!
7th year. Fifteen cash prizes totaling $5,350. Top prize $2,000.
Submit poems in any style or genre. Both published and unpublished
work accepted. Winning entries published online. Entry fee is $7 for
every 25 lines, payable to Winning Writers. Postmark deadline:
September 30. Judges: J.H. Reid, D.C. Konrad. Submit online or mail
to Winning Writers, Attn: Tom Howard Poetry Contest, 351 Pleasant
Street, PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060. Winning Writers is proud to
be one of "101 Best Websites for Writers" (Writer's Digest,
2005-2009). More information: http://www.winningwriters.com/tompoetry
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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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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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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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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
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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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Indulge your outer child with poetry books and videos by Robert
Arthur Reeves: http://outerchild.wordpress.com/
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"Phyrrs Hierwals and Bouldergeists" by Johnmichael Simon
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EXPERIENCED POETRY AND WRITING MENTOR
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Beginning or experiencedwriters welcome. Most writers published
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Poetry Broadside Contest! - Help a Poet In Need
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO SEPTEMBER 15-WE REALLY NEED AT LEAST 75
ENTRIES!!!!
2 winners! 1 Los Angeles poet, and a 2nd winner from anywhere!
Please enter your 30 Lines or Less poem with a $10.00 contest
donation fee. Winners will split 25% of the donated money and will
receive 25 copies of their broadside. Additional donations will
benefit Marla Gregg�s stroke recovery. (If we have less than 50
entrants, there will be only 1 winner). You may enter as many times
as you like, but a separate donation is requested for each additional
poem.
DEADLINE: August 1, 2009 EXTENDED TO SEPTEMBER 15, 2009!!! Click here
for more information:
http://marlasfriends.wordpress.com/poetry-contest/
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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.
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