POETRY READINGS
Off the Coast Deadline June 15
Poetry
Send 1-3 previously unpublished poems, any subject or style, using
our submission manager.
Postal submissions with SASE with sufficient postage for return.
Please include contact information and brief bio with submission.
We accept simultaneous submissions, but please inform us if your work is accepted elsewhere.
Call for submissions! Forgetting Home: Poems About Alzheimer’s
Email 2-4 poems in the body of an email, on the topic of Alzheimer’s or old age and memory loss,
to annaevans(at)barefootmuse(dot)com. Type Anthology Submission followed by your last name in the
subject header. Deadline July 31 2013. Publication Date tbc. Contributors will receive one free
copy of the anthology. Previously published poems accepted—include publication credit.
drown in my own fears is a poetry journal about the human condition, therefore, we want poems reflecting that.
poems submitted should be about love, hate, pain, sorrow, etc. we don't want maudlin sentimentality. we want the
depths of your very being. we want well written, deeply conceived pieces of work. anything that isn't about the
human condition really isn't for us. send us your poems in the body of an e-mail. we don't want to mess with
attachments. sorry, that's just the way it goes here. please include a cover letter and a brief bio with your
submission. we are also accepting photo submissions.
send poems and photos to drowninmyownfears@yahoo.com.
WHAT MATTERS to you? Are you passionate about lovers, politics, the environment, animals, health, discrimination,
war and peace? No limit on subject matter. First poem free. $3 additional poems.
Fee can be paid at the Donate link on our Contact page.
Attach poems as Word documents and email to jacarassist@gmail.com
Deadline May 1, 2013
Submit to Extract(s)
Extract(s) is looking for submissions for our Poems, Stories, and Haiku features, as well as excerpts from
upcoming novels, memoirs, and poetry and story collections. We will take submissions via our online submission
manager only. We are not yet accepting self-published work.
If you are interested in having “In Place” feature your writing program/group, please send a formal
query to us here.
https://extracts.submittable.com/submit
Guidelines for Submission
Poetry
Please submit up to five (5) poems. We are looking for smart, fresh,well-crafted pieces to consider. If you took
a look through our personal poetry collection you would find writers who challenge us, who move us, and who we cannot
help but share with others. Do you think you have a poem that will take off the top of our head? Submit now! Our
submission period is always open, but please wait at least six months before sending another.
Prose
Please submit one short story (fiction or non-fiction) of no more than 1,000 words. We are looking for fresh,
well-crafted stories that make us cry and laugh and think. We want to be moved in some fundamental way in as few
words as possible. Our readers should carry your characters with them as they go about the rest of their day—or
longer. Our submission period is always open, but please wait at least six months before sending another.
Haiku
Please submit up to three pieces of original artwork in any medium with an original haiku for each. The haiku
need not be an explanation of the image, merely a companion to it. As Japanese and English syllables are not the
same, do not worry about meeting the “5/7/5? syllable count. Instead, think of the lines as “short/long/short.”
Excerpts
Please submit no more than 1,000 words of prose and three poems from a book that has been published in the past
three months or will be published in the coming weeks/months/year. We will accept excerpts from publishers and
writers, but are not yet accepting self-published work.
https://extracts.submittable.com/submit
Zero Point
We are looking for writers that would like to have their work workshoped with our staff. Send us your work and
we will set-up a reading and discussion at Zero Point's downtown office. This also applies to works of poetry.
Our office is located at 265 Franklin St, Suite 1702 Boston.
E-mail it too Emil@zptheater.com.
For more info visit http://www.ZPTheater.com
or email Emil@zptheater.com Read the rest of the posting at
http://www.stagesource.org/postings/show/8733/
Poetry
Send 1-3 previously unpublished poems, any subject or style, using our submission manager.
Postal submissions with SASE with sufficient postage for return.
Please include contact information and brief bio with submission.
We accept simultaneous submissions, but please inform us if your work is accepted elsewhere.
Long Poem Library is now accepting poems of any length
Revolution Poesy revolutionpoesy@GMAIL.COM
Poetics List (UPenn, UB)
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain
The Long Poem Library is now accepting poems of any length.*
*Please submit you work to the
Long Poem Libraryfor consideration.
Muddy River Poetry Review Guidelines
Reading dates for Muddy River Poetry Review are December 1 to March 1 for spring issue and June 1 to September 1 for fall issue.
Poems received on other dates will be deleted.
- 1. Submit 1-3 poems. NO PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED POEMS.
- 2. No attachments. Please paste poems into body of email. Include a short poetry (and/or other) bio.
- 3. Prefer free verse.
- 4. Do not want "mushy" or religious poems.
- 5. Do not want porno, sexist, racist or biased poetry relating to politics or ethnicity.
- 6. Simultaneous submissions okay, but please let me know which ones AND notify me if any are accepted somewhere else.
- 7. Future (other) publication should credit Muddy River Poetry Review.
- 8. Response time will be as close to 30 days as possible.
- 9. If you do not hear in 45 days, feel free to inquire.
- 10. Payment will be publication in MRPR.
- 11. Poems only accepted during open reading dates. Poems received on other dates will be deleted.
- 12. Submit all poems to mrpr@comcast.net only. All rights revert to author upon publication.
FutureCycle Press Open for Submissions
As of June 1, we are open for submissions again! We will be reading paper and online submissions in all genres
until January 15. Here are our writer's guidelines, which have a few new wrinkles, most
significantly Pshares Singles (see below)
FutureCycle Press is open to submissions of books, chapbooks, and individual works of poetry and flash fiction.
Complete guidelines, including instructions on how to submit, are available on the website
at http://www.futurecycle.org/FutureCycleGeneralGuidelines.aspx. We invite you to send your best work.
Submission of Individual Works
For individual poems and flash fiction pieces, we are currently working on two projects:
FutureCycle 2012
Our annual anthology of poetry and flash fiction is published after the end of each calendar year in print-on-demand
and, a little later, Kindle ebook format. All submissions accepted for publication in 2012 will appear in the 2012 edition.
Payment is one copy of the ebook and the same very deep discounts on printed copies that we extend to our book and chapbook authors.
Please submit a maximum of five poems or three flash fiction stories. We consider simultaneous submissions but not
previously published material unless it last appeared 10 or more years ago.
What Is Metaphor: The Poetic Genius Issue
The genius of poetry is many things, but it partly resides in the definition of poetry itself: communicating with
metaphor. What do you think of that? We want to know!
Submit your poems, prose, essays, flash-fiction, and artwork
to Jessica Harman or The Editors at this email address: poptzine@gmail.com
Sleet seeks poetry, fiction, flash irregulars. For guidelines,
please see www.fleetmagazine.com
The Pedestal Magazine is currently seeking submissions of poetry and fiction. Please visit their web site for
more information www.thepedestalmagazine.com
New West Submissions
I have recently been named fiction editor for New West magazine, and we are welcoming submissions for stories or novel
excerpts of up to 5000 words. New West has just added fiction to its format, so you can be among the pioneers.
Please check out the submission guidelines here...
http://www.facebook.com/l/03282SNJ2faTKw-KVX690jbP44w/newwest.submishmash.com/Submit
Fuller Museum of Art
Saturday, May 18, 3:30 pm
Joyce Wilson and Barbara Helfgott Hyett
Fuller Museum of Art
455 Oak Street
Brockton
SOUTH OF BOSTON POETRY TRAIL
VOL 3 NO 31 May, 2013
May, 2013 READINGS
SATURDAY MAY 18,@2PM
GREATER BROCKTON SOCIETY FOR POETRY AND THE ARTS
THE FULLER CRAFT MUSEUM
455 OAK ST BROCKTON, MA
FEATURES: BARBARA HELFGOTT HYETT & JOYCE WILSON /OPEN-MIC/POETRY WRITING WORKSHOP 12NOON TO 2PM
MORE INFO: WWW BROCKTONARTS.ORG
WEDNESDAY MAY 22, @7PM
SALON OF SHORTS
BARN AT COTUIT CENTER FOR THE ARTS
RTE 28, COTUIT
AN EVENING OF POETRY, MUSIC, PERFORMANCE OR RANDOM ACTS OF GENIUS
MORE INFO: CONTACT WWW.ARTSONTHECAPE.ORG
SUNDAY MAY 26, @ 1:15PM
POETRY UNDER THE TREES
MARSHFIELD ARTS FESTIVAL
142 OLD MAIN ST MARSHFIELD HILLS VILLAGE
OPEN-MIC ONLY
MORE INFO: SHEILATWYMAN@HOTMAIL.COM
THURSDAY MAY 30, @7PM
POET’S CORNER AND MUSIC OPEN MIC
THE CULTURAL CENTER OF CAPE COD
307 OLD MAIN ST. S. YARMOUTH
FEATURE: “MKUOSU” NEIEL ISREAL & MWALIM DE PHUNKEE PROFESSOR/MIC
MORE INFO; http://home.comcast.net/~bmhellman
SUBMISSIONS
For Submissions click here or scroll up.
Bits and Pieces
Sorry for the delay in this month’s newsletter but things happen so here we go.
I missed the Mass Poetry Festival for the first time ever, I had had attended the prior four,
but from what I hear from everyone who was there, another great display of poets and poetry. Big round
of applause, for executive director January O’Neil, who is one of the features in Plymouth June 9.
Except for POETRY: The Art of Words, my next favorite of poetry venue is "Poetry Under the Trees."
Hosted by Sheila Mullen Twyman at the Marshfield Arts Festival, it will be held on Sunday May 26 starting
at 1:15pm. [this is only an open-mic program no feature poets}
Congratulation to Bill ‘Liam’ Alberti for being selected for the Spring 2013
editions Muddy River Poetry Review.
You can check it out at www.muddyriverpoetryreview.com.
Word on the street is that Sean Theall will soon have a poetry venue up and
running in N.Easton, good luck and welcome back Sean.
Any suggestions, additions or subtractions please feel free to send me a note.
JACK SCULLY
Johnscully36@yahoo.com
Brookline Poetry Series
Sunday, May 19, 2 - 4 pm
Norah Pollard and George Kalogeris
Brookline Public Library
Main Branch, Hunneman Hall (2nd Floor)
Brookline
THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS AT THE ARMORY
POETRY AT THE CAFÉ
191 HIGHLAND AVENUE
SOMERVILLE, MA
TUESDAY, MAY 21st
7:00 PM/ADMISSION: $4.00
READING AND OPEN MIC
Hosted by: Harris Gardner and Gloria Mindock
THE FIRST AND LAST WORD POETRY SERIES
Ann Bookman's poetry has been published in The Larcom Review,
Chronogram: A Journal of Arts, Culture and Spirit,
"The Virtual Wall," an on line site run in memory of the veterans of the Vietnam War, and others.
Point of Attachment, her first chapbook, was recently published by Finishing Line Press. She is on
the faculty at Brandeis University.
Faye George introduces her newest collection, Voices of King Philip's War, a sequence of dramatic monologues,
drawn from the 17th century conflict that decimated the indigenous people of New England.
George is the author of 3 previous collections, including A Wound On Stone, Perugia Press Prize winner for 2001.
Her poems have appeared in The Paris Review, Poetry, and The Poetry Anthology, 1912-2002.
Lawrence Kessenich won the 2010 Strokestown International Poetry Prize
and has been published in Sewanee Review,
Poetry Ireland Review, and many other magazines. His poem "Underground Jesus" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
His chapbook Strange News was published in 2008. His full-length book, Before Whose Glory, was published in
March 2013 by FutureCycle and is available on amazon.com.
The Center for the Arts is located between Davis Square and Union Square. Parking is located behind the
armory at the rear of the building. Arts at the Armory is approximately a 15 minute walk from Davis Square
which is on the MTBA Red Line. You can also find us by using either the MBTA RT 88 and RT 90 bus that can be
caught either at Lechmere (Green Line) or Davis Square (Red Line). Get off at the Highland Avenue and Lowell
Street stop. You can also get to us from Sullivan Square (Orange Line) by using the MBTA RT 90 bus. Get off
at the Highland Avenue and Benton Road stop.
The Launch of AGNI 77:
E. C. Osondu,
Erica Funkhouser, and David Huddle
Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at 7:00 p.m.
Boston Playwrights’ Theatre
949 Commonwealth Ave, Boston
(Green Line B, Pleasant St.)
E. C. Osondu, born in Nigeria, won the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2009 and has also received a
Pushcart Prize. The author of the story collection Voice of America (HarperCollins), he is assistant
professor of English at Providence College.
Erica Funkhouser’s fifth book of poems, Earthly, was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2008.
She has also written essays and short stories. Her work on Sacagawea led her to become involved with
the production of Ken Burns’ documentary on the Lewis and Clark expedition. Her most concrete poem has
been sand-blasted into the Davis Square MBTA Station in Somerville. A 2007 recipient of a Guggenheim
Fellowship in Poetry, she lives in Essex and teaches the advanced poetry-writing workshop at MIT.
David Huddle’s third novel, Nothing Can Make Me Do This, appeared from Tupelo Press in 2011, and his
seventh poetry collection, Black Snake at the Family Reunion, from Louisiana State University
Press in 2012. Another novel, The Faulkes Chronicle, is forthcoming in 2014 from Tupelo. His poems,
essays, and short stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s, The Best American Short Stories,
and elsewhere.
Free and open to the public. For further information
contact us at agni@bu.edu or (617) 353-7135.
Jabberwocky Books
Wednesday, May 22, 7 pm
Peter Filkins & Midge Goldberg
Jabberwocky Books (in the Tannery Mall)
50 Water St., Newburyport
Free & open to the public
"Poetry Under the Trees"
Open Mic at the
MARSHFIELD ARTS FESTIVAL
142 Old Main Street, Marshfield Hills Village, MA
Sunday, May 26, 2013
1:15pm – 3:30pm
Come and read your poetry at our 10th annual “Poetry Under the Trees.” Poets read their works in
the yard of an historic house at 142 Old Main Street as festival goers make their way from exhibit
tent to tent. It’s a very relaxed & fun atmosphere.
This Annual Festival of the Arts is sponsored by the North River Arts Society. Last year’s festival
included the work of over 200 artists, craftsmen, and performers, and attracted well over 9,000 visitors.
Featured events include …”Poetry Under the Trees”-Open Mic…Juried Art, Sculpture and Photography;
Art Sale, Artisan’s Sale, Book Sale, Feature Barn, Food Tent, & Full Entertainment Schedule.
LOCATION: Look for the bright red and white “Poetry Open Mic” sign in the
front yard of 142 Old Main St., Marshfield Hills Village.
TO GET THERE: From Boston: Take Route 3 South. Get off at the Hanover Exit 13 and turn left onto Route
53 toward Rt 123/Norwell. From the Cape: Take Route 3 North. Get off at the Hanover Exit 13 and turn
right onto Route 53 toward Rt 123/Norwell.
About 1/2 mile & turn right onto Route 123 and travel to the end (6 miles). Turn right onto Route 3A
toward Marshfield. Cross the bridge over the marsh and take the 2nd left onto Old Main Street
(landmark = blue/white/orange auto shop sign). The Festival is about ½ mile up the road so find
a parking place wherever you can. Or…continue driving up Rt. 3A to the next intersection (Highland Ave)
to find parking.
Amplification is provided.....so is cover in case of rain.
Questions? sheilatwyman@hotmail.com
Please reference poetry open mic
Brookline Booksmith
Friday, May 31, 7 pm
Michael Lynch, Nicole Terez Dutton, and Erica Anzalone
Brookline Booksmith
Harvard Street
Coolidge Corner
Brookline
Poets Porter Square Books
Monday, June 3, 7 pm
Aimée Sands, Nicole DiCello, and Jenny Barber
Workshop for Publishing
Poets Porter Square Books
25 White Street
Cambridge
CHAPTER AND VERSE LITERARY READING SERIES
FRIDAY JUNE 7, 2013
LORING-GREENOUGH HOUSE, 12 SOUTH STREET
JAMAICA PLAIN CENTER
Presenting:
Kemi Alabi, a writer and performer from Milwaukee, is pursuing a joint degree in philosophy and
political science from Boston University. There, she served for two years as president of spoken
word collective Speak for Yourself. Kemi competed with BU's first slam team, representing the
university at a national contest in 2010. Since then, she's performed in colleges, museums, poetry clubs,
theaters, and protests throughout New England. She competed in the National Poetry Slam as a member of
the 2012 Boston Poetry Slam Team.
Jennifer Barber is the author of Given Away and Rigging the Wind, both from Kore Press,
and Vendaval in Take Three: 3 (Graywolf Press). She is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize,
a St. Botolph Grant, a Heinrich Boll Cottage residency, and the Anna Davidson Rosenberg Award.
Recent poems have appeared in Orion, Cerise Press, the New Yorker, the Harvard Divinity Bulletin,
and the Gettysburg Review. She teaches at Suffolk University and is founding and current editor of the
literary journal Salamander, now celebrating its 20th year.
Dan Memmolo grew up in the suburbs of Boston where he discovered the virtues of a three-chord stomp,
a 15-foot jump shot, and the seven dirty words. His poetry collection, Fist City, won the 2011 Holland
Prize from Logan House Press. He is the author of the chapbook Beat Surrender (Main Street Rag, 2006) and
his poems have appeared in numerous magazines, including Atlanta Review, Gargoyle, New York Quarterly and
Southern Poetry Review. He holds an MFA in creative writing from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Suggested donation $5.00 or whatever you can afford.
(We mean this. We would rather have you than your money.)
Free refreshments are served.
Parking Information: The Loring-Greenough House has a parking lot, but four spaces are reserved for
ZIP Cars. Please respect these spaces, and also please try not to park on the grass. There is ample
nonrestricted street parking and a large, free public parking lot off Centre Street, between Burroughs
and Thomas Streets, just a block from the Loring-Greenough House.
For information check our website at http://jamaicapondpoets.com
or email dorothy.derifield@gmail.com or call 617-325-8388.
ČERVENÁ BARVA PRESS STUDIO
THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS AT THE ARMORY
APRIL & MAY 2013 EVENTS
Arts for the Armory
Basement, Room B8
191 Highland Avenue
Somerville, MA
ADMISSION: $3.00
Inside the Armory:
Go inside main doors and walk straight ahead about 30 feet, look for the door on the right to the
stairs down to the basement. (There is an elevator just after the stairs.) Once in the basement walk
through the basement lobby straight ahead about 20 feet, first door on the right is
the Červená Barva Press Studio.
ČERVENÁ BARVA PRESS READING SERIES
Featuring: Jack Scully | Nancy Brady Cunningham
SATURDAY JUNE 8th, 7:00PM
Jack Scully was the co-founder with the late Mike Amado of two ongoing poetry venues in Plymouth,
Massachusetts, Poetry: The Art of Words a monthly poetry series and The Poetry Showcase a yearly
poetry reading held in conjunction with the Plymouth Guild for the Arts yearly juried art show.
Mike Amado published three books of poetry during his short time on this earth.
Scully and poet Nancy Brady Cunningham have edited this, his fourth book. Scully, who currently
serves as the literary executor of Mike’s work has read Mike's poetry as a feature reader at
numerous poetry venues throughout Eastern Mass.
Nancy Brady Cunningham is a published poet and author of 5 books of non-fiction. Nancy has featured
at many venues, including Boston's First Night 2000 in Big Night at the Bookhouse at the Boston Public
Library. Her international experience includes readings in Paris, Toronto, and Lesbos, Greece. She
is the founding member of the poets’ theater troupe IYANU, which has performed in Cambridge at the
Blacksmith House, Club Passim, and Squawk Coffee House, as well as in Easton at the Blackthorne Tavern.
In April 2010, Nancy was one of 6 finalists for the New England Greater Brockton Society for
Poetry and the Arts' poetry contest held through the Brockton Public Library. In August 2010,
Nancy was the co-winner for first place in the New England Poetry Club’s contest for the
Barbara Bradley Award. Also in 2010 Nancy was co-winner for first place in NEPC’s Gretchen
Warren Award contest.
Admission $3.00. Reception to follow.
Directions & parking:
The Center for the Arts is located between Davis Square and Union Square. Parking is located behind the
armory at the rear of the building. Arts at the Armory is approximately a 15 minute walk from Davis Square
which is on the MTBA Red Line. You can also find us by using either the MBTA RT 88 and RT 90 bus that can be
caught either at Lechmere (Green Line) or Davis Square (Red Line). Get off at the Highland Avenue and Lowell
Street stop. You can also get to us from Sullivan Square (Orange Line) by using the MBTA RT 90 bus. Get off
at the Highland Avenue and Benton Road stop.
Inside the Armory:
Go inside main doors and walk straight ahead about 30 feet, look for the door on the right to the
stairs down to the basement. (There is an elevator just after the stairs.) Once in the basement walk
through the basement lobby straight ahead about 20 feet, first door on the right is
the Červená Barva Press Studio.
POETRY: THE ART OF WORDS
MIKE AMADO MEMORIAL SERIES
Poetry reading and Open Mic
The Plymouth Guild for the Arts
11 North St. Downtown Plymouth, MA [Downtown just off Rte 3A]
MIKE AMADO
Doors open 11:30AM, Music Feature 12:00 noon, Poetry Features 12:45pm open-mic 1:15pm. Free admission and refreshments.
SUNDAY JUNE 9, 2013
Poetry Features
January Gill O'Neil is an assistant professor of English at Salem State University, and the executive
director of the Massachusetts Poetry Festival. She is the author of the poetry collections Underlife
(CavanKerry, Press 2009) and Misery Islands (CavanKerry Press, 2014). Prior to teaching at Salem State,
she was a senior writer/editor at Babson College. Visit her blog at poetmom.blogspot.com.
J.D. Scrimgeour holds a BA and MA in English from Columbia University and an MFA (in poetry) and PhD in
American Literature from Indiana University. He has published a collection of poetry, The Last Miles (2005)
and two books of creative nonfiction, Spin Moves (2000) and
Themes For English B: A Professor’s Education In and Out of Class (2006), which won the
AWP Award for Creative Nonfiction.
With the musician and composer Philip Swanson, he formed Confluence, which blends poetry and music.
Confluence has performed at such venues as the Massachusetts Poetry Festival, the Robert Frost Place,
and the AWP Conference. Confluence’s first CD, Ogunquit, was released by MSR Classics in 2009 and
has been nominated for a Spoken Word Grammy Award.
MUSIC FEATURE
Sue Anderson
Upcoming readers:
Sept TBA 8th POETRY SHOWCASE-Louisa Clerici, Gregory Hischak, Robert K Johnson, Lawrence Kessenich,
Kim Triedman & Molly Lynn Watt
Oct 13-Zvi Sesling & Paul Stone
FREE REFRESHMENTS! More info:
johnscully36@yahoo.com
visit us on-line www.ptaow.com
“THIS PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED IN PART BY A GRANT FROM THE PLYMOUTH CULTURAL COUNCIL, A LOCAL AGENCY WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY
THE MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL, A STATE AGENCY”
Poetry in the Village
June 19 - The Young Lions
Concord Poetry Center
Sunday, June 30, 3-5pm
Aimee Sands
Concord Poetry Center
40 Stow Street
Concord
Out of the Blue Gallery
EVERY MONDAY NITE,
Stone Soup Poetry (Host: Chad Parenteau),
a 38 year old venue, $4, sign up to be a feature - call Bill Perrault at 978-454-7423.
Starts at 7:30PM and don't forget to sign up!
Recorded on local t.v. station.
Stone Soup Poetry Series
Out of the Blue Gallery
106 Prospect Street
Cambridge, MA
Host: Chad Parenteau
Visit the Stone Soup web site: http://stonesouppoetry.blogspot.com
Stone Soup Poetry meets from 8-10 p.m. every Monday at the Out of the Blue Art Gallery at 106 Prospect Street with an open mike sign-up at
7:30 p.m.
http://stonesouppoetry.blogspot.com/
TIMOTHY GAGER'S
DIRE LITERARY SERIES /Out of the Blue Gallery/
1st Friday- Cambridge, MA
(starts with four, 15 MINUTE OPEN MIC SLOTS AT 8 PM)
with SIGN-UP starting at 7 PM
FOLLOWED BY FEATURES
8 PM, 106 PROSPECT STREET, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
For more info and to get on the mailing list:
EMAIL
USUALLY the 3rd FRIDAY of the MONTH!
NOLA’s TIGH FILI POETRY & OPEN MIC, $5, 8PM, Host:
Nola, poems/prose.
OPEN BARK meets @ the Out of the Blue Art Gallery,
Open Bark "Candelite Poetry" with Hostess Deborah M. Priestly and Features!!!!
Out of the Blue Art Gallery
106 Prospect Street,
Cambridge, MA 02139
www.outoftheblueartgallery.com
Every Saturday Nite
Open Bark Features @ the Out of the Blue Art Gallery:
Time: 8PM into the night!
Admission: $3-5 at the door (donations accepted & adored!)
Readers: Features are determined about 1 month in advance. If you want to
be one, Deborah Priestly and Rob Russell
(Feature Coordinator), will book you to be one. Call the gallery at (617)354-5287
and ask to speak to Rob Russell, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from about 1pm to 8pm. Or email us at ootb@att.net
and put your Poetry Feature Request to the Attention of Rob Russell, Feature Coordinator! Thank you!
Other info: We are a very laid back and creative Poetry Venue, "Open Bark Candelite Poetry Series" running on 11
(eleven) years strong now. We only ask that you bring original work and if you read someone else's work, like a
famous poet or poetess' that you give recognition to their work by reciting first their name.
Musicians, actors, mimes, dancers, drummers and others welcomed!!!!
Out Of The Blue Art Gallery
106 Prospect Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
phone: 617-354-5287
The Boston Poetry Slam
Downstairs at the Cantab Lounge
every Wednesday night at 8 * open mic, featured poet, poetry slam *
738 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Mass.
There is poetry at the Cantab Lounge every Wednesday night, year-round.
Our rotating cast of hosts is led by SlamMaster Simone Beaubien.
Cover charge is $3.00 (unless otherwise noted on our schedule ).
Open mic for all begins at 8:00 p.m. Our doors and sign-up lists open promptly at 7:15. The open mic sign-up fills very quickly,
so we recommend that you be prompt. Poems may be on any subject, and you may read more than one, but we ask that you keep your
time on the mic to three minutes.
After the open, usually at about 10:00, our featured poet performs for half an hour.
Click here to see our schedule of features.
The slam follows the feature, usually around 11:00. Most slams are open to the first eight who sign up; however, on some nights,
we have semi-finals or finals in our slam series. Click here for slam details.
The Boston Poetry Slam at the Cantab Lounge is 18+, and you must have a photo ID to enter. (Note that the Cantab is 21+ for all
other shows.) Feel free to email us at cantab@slamnews.com if you have questions
about our policy. You can also check out the
website for the venue, www.cantab-lounge.com.
Cantab Lounge
738 Massachusetts Ave,
Central Square, Cambridge, Mass
(617) 354-2685
Email: cantab@slamnews.com
(http://www.slamnews.com/)
Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam Sunday Night!
Every Sunday with a Poetry Slam co-hosted by Joyce Cunha and
Jeff Robinson starting at 7:30pm and a Featured Poet and Open Mic
accompanied by the Jeff Robinson Trio starting at 9:00pm – there’s a $5 cover and you must be 21 to enter the venue – Sultry
red lights, intimate tables, and wooden church pews give this small room one of the best ambiances in town.
Cambridge Common
1667 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA. 02138
617-547-0759
Patridge Boswell Readings
New England Review Vermont Reading Series (Middlebury, VT), August 8
with Michael Collier and Cleopatra Mathis
Burlington Book Festival, Grace Paley Poetry Series (Burlington, VT), Sept 21
Coming Up at Poets House
All programs take place at Poets House, 10 River Terrace (at Murray St. ) in Lower Manhattan,
unless otherwise noted. Directions are below.
2013 Poets House Showcase
Opening Reception: June 27, 2013
Submission Deadline: April 15, 2013
Dear Publisher, Poets and Friends,
This year marks the 21st year of the Showcase, Poets House’s free, annual exhibition of new poetry books,
chapbooks, broadsides, and multimedia titles.
We are now accepting submissions for this year's exhibition of your newest poetry titles.
As a publisher of poetry your work makes an incomparable contribution to the intellectual and spiritual
life of the national poetry community. Participation in the Poets House Showcase ensures that your
contribution is recognized and valued within the context of the community and becomes part of the
record of our art.
Opening on Thursday, June 27, 2013, this year’s Showcase will be on view throughout the month of
July and will include all of the year's new poetry and poetry-related books, chapbooks and multimedia
titles published in the United States. More than 2,400 titles were in last year’s exhibition,
representing close to 650 U.S. publishers—commercial, university, independent, small and
micro-presses.
Inclusion in the Showcase is free. To participate, send us one (1) copy of each book you have
published in the past year. The 2013 Showcase will include all poetry and poetry-related titles
(volumes by individual authors, anthologies, chapbooks, biographies, critical studies,
essay collections, CDs, DVDs, etc.) published from January 2012 to the present.
Why participate?
• Books are organized by publisher and displayed face-forward, offering free publicity not only for your latest titles but for your press, as well.
• The Showcase offers unparalleled exposure to poets, poetry readers, anthologists, library acquisition committees and the public.
• Your titles are included in our online catalog and the print Showcase catalog.
• After the Showcase, all titles are incorporated into Poets House's 50,000-volume, non-circulating poetry library.
To ensure your new titles are included:
• Send one (1) copy of each work to Poets House (address below) as soon as they are available.
All titles must be received by April 15, 2012 to ensure a spot in the display and inclusion
in our print exhibition catalog.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me. I look forward to including
your titles in our Showcase.
Send titles or questions to:
Gina Scalise, Librarian
Poets House
10 River Terrace
New York NY 10282
Attn: Gina Scalise
poetshouse.org
gina@poetshouse.org
For more information, call (212) 431-7920 or visit www.poetshouse.org.
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All programs take place at Poets House, 10 River Terrace (at Murray St.) in Lower Manhattan, unless otherwise
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LALITA JAVA READINGS
3rd THURSDAYS 7-9 PM
HOSTED BY DOROTHY F. AUGUST
Lalita Java
210 East 3rd St.
New York, NY 10009
(Btwn. B & C)
Every Monday:
Louder Arts presents...
"The Slam"
Poetry, Spoken Word, Slams & Guest Poets.
Always an open mic
$5 students/ $6 regular
Sign-up at 7pm, show starts at 7:30 at:
Thirteen
35 E.13th St.
(between Broadway & University Pl.)
New York, NY
(212) 979-6677
Bar13.com
Every Thursday
Mike Geffner presents...
The Inspired Word
An all-star poetry/spoken word event
every Thursday
featured guests plus open mic
Cover Charge: $10
7pm (open mic signup starts at 6:30)
at:
One and One
76 E. 1st St. (corner of 1st Ave.)
New York, NY
212 598-9126
OneandOneNY.com
92nd Street Y Reading Series
Main Reading Series
92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10128
212.415.5500
John Petrolino
Presents
The Frank Talk Reading Series
A New Poetry Reading Series
at
Frank Talk Art Bistro and Bookstore
Frank Talk Poetry Series Home Page
Click Here: Frank Talk Poetry Series
Poets.Org (Academy of American Poets)
Click Here: Poets.Org
Frank Talk Art Bistro and Bookstore
163 Shrewsbury Avenue
Red Bank, NJ 07701
$5.00 Cover
(includes food, beverages, and other goodies
supplied by Frank Talk owner Gilda Rogers)
Open Mic after the Feature
Contact: John Petrolino
jpetrolinoiii@yahoo.com
"Poetry & Prose & Anything Goes with Dr. Ni"
(radio show; internet radio)
Date, time, pre-requisites: Last Friday of every month, 1-3 p.m.
Address: 1303 W. Susquehanna Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19122
City and State: Philadelphia, PA 19130-9998
Contact person and or URL/information: Dr. Niama L. Williams;
http://www.lulu.com/drni;
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/drni
One copy of book to be subject of interview must be mailed to address above if one would like to be considered for show
Readers: International internet radio listeners
Dr. Niama L. Williams
1303 W. Susquehanna Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19122
http://www.lulu.com/drni
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/drni
1ST FRIDAYS ON VINE
Hosted by Aziza Kintehg
Every First Friday of the Month
Be part of an Art Extravaganza
* Spoken Word * Music Freestyle * Open Mike
Jose Sebourne Graphic Design
1213-15 Vine Street Philadelphia PA 19107
7-10pm $5.00 Cover
Contact info:
The Gallery - (215)564-2554
Aziza Kintehg(215)668-4500
Email: azizalockdiva@...
or check out the website: www.Josesebourne.com
Poetry Readings and other events in Seattle
and around the Pacific Northwest
Southern California Open Readings
LOS ANGELES/ORANGE COUNTIES
Barnes & Noble Poetry and Verse with Bill Robertson every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m., open workshop/reading, 1201 Third Street Promenade,
Santa Monica, (310) 260-9110.
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center presents an Open Reading, first Sundays monthly, free, 5:00, sign up at 4:45.
Hosted by Marie Lecrivain. Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, (310) 822-3006,
www.beyondbaroque.org.
Cobalt Poets presents open readings every Tuesday, hosted by Rick Lupert, with featured readers on the first Tuesday,
featured regulars on second Tuesdays, Valley Contemporary Poets featured guest plus open reading on third Tuesdays, and
Cobalt Classic All Open Reading usually every fourth and fifth Tuesdays, seven minute limit, 9:00, sign up 8:30-8:45,
free, one drink minimum, all ages. The Cobalt Café, 22047 Sherman Way in Canoga Park (west of Topanga Canyon Blvd.),
(818) 348-3789, http://poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt.
Da’ Poetry Lounge spoken word open mic, every Tuesday, 9:00-midnight. Greenway Court Theatre, 544 N. Fairfax Blvd.
near Melrose, LA, free parking next door at Fairfax High School, early arrival is a must,
www.dapoetrylounge.com.
Barnes & Noble Featured and open reading, every last Saturday, sign up 6:30, reading 7:00. Hosted by Ron Dvorkin. Barnes & Noble,
16461 Ventura Blvd., Encino, RONDVORKIN @ aol.com.
Poetry circle, second Wednesday, 6:30. Hosted by Ron Dvorkin. Encino-Tarzana Branch Library, 18231 Ventura Blvd.,
Tarzana, (818) 343-1983, RONDVORKIN @ aol.com.
Gypsy Den in Santa Ana hosts a featured poetry reading every first Tuesday and open mics every Monday and Thursday,
sign up starts 7:30. 125 N. Broadway Avenue, Santa Ana, (714) 835-8840, www.gypsyden.com.
Emerging Urban Poets Saturday Afternoon Poetry presents featured readers and open mic, every first and third Saturday,
including January 23, 3:00-5:00. Free, hosted by Don Kingfisher Campbell. Santa Catalina Branch of the Pasadena Public
Library, 999 E. Washington Blvd, two blocks east of Lake Avenue, Pasadena,
kingfisher1031 @ charter.net,
emergingurbanpoets.blogspot.com.
Moonday, A West Side Reading Series, open reading followed by featured reading, second Monday monthly,
come early to sign up, 7:30. Hosted by Lois P. Jones and Alice Pero, Village Books, 1049 Swarthmore Avenue,
Pacific Palisades, (310) 454-4063, www.moondaypoetry.com,
or pero @ earthlink.net.
La Palabra presents a featured poetry reading, plus open mic, usually every fourth Sunday, except
January 31, 2:00-4:00. Co-hosted by Laura L. Longoria and Don Newton, Avenue 50 Studio, 131 N. Avenue 50,
Highland Park, (323) 258-1435, www.avenue50studio.com.
Our Poetic Souls open mic, every third Sunday monthly, sign up 2:30, readings 2:45. Hosted by Jim Lyon,
please use appropriate language. Home Brew Coffee, 661 West Arrow Highway, San Dimas,
(909) 394-1964, www.chrystinedrums.com/PoeticSouls.
Psychobabble Cabaret open mic with teeth, every Sunday, sign up 8:00, reading 8:30, no cover.
Psychobabble Coffee House, 1866 N. Vermont, at Franklin, LA, (323) 664-7500.
The Rapp Saloon spoken word open mic, every Friday, sign up 7:30, readings 8:00. Six minute slots,
free, all ages, co-hosts Mani Suri, Dave Nordling, Brenda Petrakos, Joe Camhi. International Youth Hostel,
1436 2nd Street, Santa Monica, www.rappsaloon.com.
Redondo Poets featured reading and open mic every Tuesday, sign up 7:50, reading 8:10, free. Coffee Cartel,
1820 South Catalina Avenue, Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach, (310) 316-6554, www.redondopoets.com.
Tebot Bach presents featured readers and open reading, last Friday of the month, sign up 7:30, reading 8:00.
Golden West College, Community Room 102, Huntington Beach, www.tebotbach.org.
Tía Chucha’s Open Mic: Night of Music & Spoken Word, every Friday, 8:00-10:00, no cover, donations welcome.
Hosted by Nery Boche. Tía Chucha’s Centro Cultural, 13197-A Gladstone Avenue, Sylmar,
(818) 896-1489, www.tiachucha.com.
Two Idiots Peddling Poetry featured and open poetry readings every Wednesday at 8:00, $2 cover or
one drink minimum with student ID. Ugly Mug Caffé, 261 N. Glassel, Orange, (714) 997-5610,
www.poetryidiots.com.
World Stage Anansi Writers Workshop presents a three-part evening beginning with a workshop session,
followed by a featured reader and open mic, every Wednesday, 7:30-10:30, open mic 9:05.
Literary Director: Jawanza Daumisani, $5. World Stage, 4344 Degnan Blvd., LA,
(323) 293-2451, www.theworldstage.org.
SAN BERNARDINO/RIVERSIDE COUNTIES
Barnes & Noble “Valley Voices of the Muse” featured poet and open reading, first Friday monthly, 6:00.
Westfield Shopping Center, 72-840 Highway 111, Palm Desert, (760) 346-0725.
Patricia D’Alessandro, host: ciaopat9 @ gmail.com.
A Mic & Dim Lights presents spoken word and music open mic, every Thursday, 9:30, $3. Cal Poly
Downtown Arts Theater (Pomona Arts Colony), 300 W. Second Street, Pomona (909) 469-0080.
SAN DIEGO AREA
Monday Montage, a support group for poets, readers, and writers, bring your own work, share your thoughts,
or just listen, first Monday monthly, 7:00, if Monday falls on a holiday, reading will be held on the
second Monday. Hosted by Curran Jeffery. Bluestocking Books, 3817 Fifth Avenue, Hillcrest, San Diego,
(619) 296-1424, www.bluestockingbooks.com.
Lestat’s Coffee House songwriters/poets open mic, every Monday, 7:30-11:00, sign up 6:00.
Ten-minute slots. Lestat’s Coffee House, 3343 Adams Avenue, Normal Heights, San Diego,
(619) 282-0437, www.lestats.com.
The Off Beat Open Mic, second and fourth Sundays monthly, 5:00-7:00. Poetry, fiction.
Rebecca’s Coffee House, 30th and Juniper Street, San Diego,
(619) 284-FOOD, www.rebeccascoffeehouse.com.
Dime Stories Open Mic for prose writers, first Friday monthly, 7:00.
Hosted by Amy Wallen, $5. The Ruby Room, 1271 University Avenue, San Diego,
(619) 299-7372, www.DimeStories.org.
Poetic Brew open mic poetry reading, third Thursday monthly, sign up 6:30, reading 7:00.
Hosted by Eber Lambert, read up to three poems or for three minutes, thirty-three seconds.
Rebecca’s Coffeehouse, 30th and Juniper Street, South Park, San Diego,
(619) 284-FOOD, sandiegowriters.org.
Sunset Poets presents a featured poet and open mic, usually third Sundays monthly, 3:00.
Oceanside area, (760) 758-2410, or www.sunsetpoets.org.
Fallbrook’s Writers featured reading and open mic for poetry or prose, once a month,
usually on Thursdays, doors open 5:30, reading 6:00. Café des Artistes,
103 S. Main Street, Fallbrook, (760) 522-1064,
www.kbgressitt.com/fallbrooks-writers-read.
the Vessel open mic features poets, singers, actors, comedians, every first and
third Friday, 8:00. Live music, drinks, and refreshments, all ages, $5 cover.
Canvas Cafe, 1370 San Marcos Blvd., Suite 120A, San Marcos,
www.myspace.com/thevesselmovement.
Drunk Poets Society spoken word open mic, every Monday, 6:30-8:00. Hosted by Ola.
Winston’s Beach Club, 1921 Bacon Street, San Diego,
(619) 222-6822, www.myspace.com/winstonsdrunkpoetssociety.
SAN LUIS OBISPO/SANTA BARBARA/VENTURA
Tuesday Night Poets featured reading with open mic, every Tuesday, 7:30. Hosted by Roe Estep.
The Artists’ Union Gallery, 330 South California Street, Ventura, (805) 320-3524.
Bell Arts Factory presents a featured poet and open mic last Saturday monthly, 7:30.
Host: Friday Lubina. Bells Arts Factory, 432 N. Ventura Avenue, Ventura,
www.bellartsfactory.com.
Corners of the Mouth! presents an open reading after the featured poets, limited to
five minutes and original work every third Sunday monthly since 1984, free, 7:00.
Linnaea’s Café, 1110 Garden Street, San Luis Obispo. Kevin Patrick Sullivan,
Artistic Director, (805) 547-1318, www.languageofthesoul.org.
Favorite Poems Project reading, poets and non-poets read favorite poems not their own,
hosted by Lois Klein, third Monday monthly, 5:15-6:30. The Blue Agave, 20 East
Cota Street, Santa Barbara. e-mail: loisklein @ verizon.net.
Friday Night AA Meeting plus Open Mic, every Friday, 6:30. Drug and alcohol free,
896 East Main Street, Ventura, (805) 794-9878, www.aplaceofpeace.org.
Poetry Zone featured reading and open mic, every second Saturday, 2:00-4:00.
Karpeles Manuscript Museum, 21 W. Anapamu, Santa Barbara. Host, Suzanne Frost,
(805) 252-1655.
Train of Thought open mic, every Thursday, 6:30, 856 East Thompson Blvd., Ventura,
between Ash and Kalorama, behind Kids and Families Together.
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