POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY ahh October, we hardly knew you
Rick Lupert
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THE POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY WEEKLY VIRTUAL UPDATE
http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/
Issue # 629 - ISSN: 1523-6587
October 26 - November 1, 2009
this week:
~ This week featuring poets from ROCKAWAY BEACHand LOCUST VALLEY, NY
~ 4 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 Open Reading Nov 1st - Next Sunday!
~ Poetry / Writing related Classified Ads.
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POETS OF THE WEEK
~ This week's featured poets are: JOSH THOMPSON and RAY SIMONS
JOSH THOMPSON (Rockaway Beach, New York) is a poet and short story
writer. His work has appeared in The Coe Review, The Ugly Tree,
Ballard Street Poetry Journal, Thick With Conviction and Poetry Super
Highway, among others. His first book of poetry, When All Else Fails,
Try Dreaming was published by Literary Road in 2006. He is currently
one of the vast number of unemployed artists in New York City. He
drinks too much and has an affinity for dangerous women.
RAY SIMONS (Locust Valley, New York) Ray Simons is Retired from
FDNY/EMS. He writes poetry therapy to cope with 9/11 experiences &
EMS stress in general.
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 POETRY RESOURCES LISTINGS THIS WEEK
~ BLACK POETRY CAFE, THE
The hottest, realest, most active Black poetry spot on the web!!!!!
NEW INDIVIDUAL POETS PAGES LISTINGS THIS WEEK
~ FAME IN ALAMEDA
Website of Poet Laureate of the City of Alameda, CA., Mary Rudge
~ POST OFFICE POEMS, THE
A literary project set in a small frequently flooding northwest town,
near the base of a tall waterfall, local poems are posted weekly on
the post office bulletin board. Anything to make the lobby a little
more interesting. This week, a new poem about a boy who drowned last
week in the river after buying a soda at the market across the street.
~ COMBING THE RAIN
Selected and New Poems, 1976-2009. I've also added some prose in a
category called "Triads and Prose
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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) - Next Week!
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.
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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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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You can order as few as 25 books if you want. They can also provide
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This is the cheapest way to get bookstore quality books of your
poetry or any other work in almost any quantity.
Visit http://www.instantpublisher.com/default.asp?afcc=1172 for
more info!
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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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