Here’s news of upcoming events for the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets:
MON, JAN 12, the WFOP Poetry Series moves to its new home at Copper Rock Café, 210 W. College Ave, Appleton. We invite you to arrive by 6:45 or earlier to get refreshments and sign up for the open reading, with the featured readers beginning promptly at 7, followed by an open reading. First up: Thomas J. Erickson and C. Kubasta.
Thomas J. Erickson grew up in Kohler, Wisconsin. He received a BA from Beloit College in English Composition and a law degree from Marquette University. His poems have appeared in numerous publications including The Los Angeles Review, Quiddity International Literary Review, Mad Poet’s Review, The New Poet, and Slant. , His chapbook, “The Lawyer Who Died in the Courthouse Bathroom” (Parallel Press, 2013) was awarded second place in the 2014 Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Chapbook Contest. He is an attorney in Milwaukee where he is a member of the Hartford Avenue Poets.
C. Kubasta attended Wells College and received an MFA in poetry from The University of Notre Dame. Her work experiments with hybrid forms, excerpted text, and shifting voices. A Lovely Boxwas published by Finishing Line Press in 2013 and won the 2014 Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Chapbook Prize. Her poems and translations have appeared in numerous journals, including So To Speak, Stand, The Spoon River Poetry Review, Verse Wisconsin, and The Notre Dame Review. Check out her website: http://ckkubasta60.wix.com/ckubasta She currently teaches English and Gender Studies at Marian University, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. She lives with her beloved John, cat Cliff, and dog Ursula.
For more information, contact Sarah Gilbert at pses@sbcglobal.net.
ON DECK at COPPER ROCK:
Feb 16: Andrew McSorley, Melissa Hope Range, Charles Austin Segrest
Mar 16: Richard Swanson and Timothy Walsh
Apr 20: Lawrence University Students
ADDITIONAL READINGS
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TUES, JAN 6 at 7 p.m.: The Foot of the Lake Poetry Collective in partnership with Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts presents the FAVORITE POEM PROJECT: local “celebs” and the audience are invited up to read a poem from a favorite poet (not one of their own). Check outhttp://www.favoritepoem.org/! THELMA, 51 Sheboygan Street, Fond du Lac, WI. The event is free. Refreshments are available.
WED, JAN 14 at 7:00 P.M. DAVID CLOWERS, featured at the DICKINSON POETRY SERIES: On the second Wednesday of every month the Dickinson Poetry Series features a reading by a local or regional poet followed by an open mic and reception. The public is welcome, and admission is free. 7:00 p.m. at the UUF, 10341 Highway 42 in Ephraim. For more information visit www.uufdc.org or call 920.854.7559.
THURS., JAN 27, DAVID CLOWERS at CARAMEL CRISP, 200 E City Center, Oshkosh at 6:15pm: We are now reading in the game room beyond the cafe portion of the building. Pick up your edibles, walk on back. You’ll take a little jog to the left and keep on til you see us. It is not far. The section is cozy and much quieter so we may all hear better. So come early to treat yourself to coffee, dessert or other goodies to enjoy during the 6:15 reading. Tom is the author of In This Place: Selected Poems 1982-2013, read. An open mic will follow where participants may read a poem of their own or one that they love.
So please come early and treat yourself to coffee, dessert or other goodies to enjoy during the reading which begins promptly at 6:15. This will allow us time for a few minutes of visiting before Caramel Crisp closes at 7:30. Looking forward to seeing you at the beginning of another wonderful year of POETRY in Oshkosh.
Last Thursdays, 6-8 pm:
Featured Reader(s) + Open mic at The Readers Loft | 2069 Central Ct, Suite 44, Green Bay, WI 54311 | (920) 406-0200 | www.readersloft.com
JANUARY 29 Estella Lauter
FEBRUARY 26 Sarah Gilbert, Mark Falcone
MARCH 26 Bobbie Lovell, F.J. Bergman
APRIL 30 Phil Hansotia, Wendy Schmidt
MAY 28 Tim Walsh, Kathryn Gahl
JUNE 25 Abraham Smith
JULY 30 Ching-In Chen
AUGUST 27 Bruce Dethlefsen, Cathryn Cofell, Karla Huston
SEPTEMBER 24 Marilyn Windau, Georgia Ressmeyer
OCTOBER 29 Steve Tomasko, Jeanie Tomasko, CX Dillhunt
WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES
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WED, JAN 7 6-8 P.M. CREATIVE WRITERS’ WORKSHOP, Kress Family Branch Library, 333 N. Broadway, De Pere. A monthly group gathering of adult writers seeking networking and support. Bring poems or short prose to read along with copies for critique.
DEADLINES & SUBMISSIONS
VISIT THE WFOP WEBSITE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT MULTIPLE CONTESTS with differing deadlines, including the 2014 Chapbook Prize, and the 65th Anniversary Contest. wfop.org
January 31 deadline for the Council for Wisconsin Writers Awards! Visit http://www.wiswriters.org/awards.htm for more information.