Don’t forget, the Council for Wisconsin Writers’ contests deadline is Jan. 31, 2018 — just two weeks away!
Two contests for poetry–The Lorine Niedecker Award for individual poems and the Meudt Book-Length Poetry Award, one for a book-length poetry. Winners receive $500 and writing residencies. Details at http://wiswriters.org/contest-entry-forms/
The following courtesy of Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets’ Cathryn Cofell:
NO POETRY READING AT THE DRAW FOR JANUARY! Join us next for:
THE 2ND ANNUAL POETRY RECITATION EVENT
Monday, February 19, 2018
The Draw, 800 S. Lawe Street, Appleton
7 – 8:30 pm
Open mike follows featured readers. FREE and Open to the Public!
Calling all readers, any readers, to recite a favorite poem (not your own) by heart.
Interested? Please reply to Cathryn Cofell at ccofell@gmail.com so we can add you to our list of featured readers.
Our traditional open mike will follow. The evening will include book giveaways and cash bar with beer, wine and root beer, plus light snacks on us.
NOTE: There is a NEW parking lot across the street from The Draw.
ON DECK:
March 19 Michael Koehler and Richard Merelman
April 16 Andrea Potos and Katrin Talbot
May 21 Judy Kolosso and Andrew McSorley
For more information about the poetry reading series in Appleton, contact Sarah Gilbert at pses@sbcglobal.net
This event is brought to you, in part, by the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets (WFOP), an organization founded for the creation, promotion and enjoyment of poetry throughout the state of Wisconsin. To learn more, visit www.wfop.org.
OTHER READINGS & EVENTS IN THE AREA
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FAVORITE POEMS
Tuesday, January 16
6 – 8:30 pm
THELMA Center for the Arts
51 Sheboygan Street
Fond du Lac, WI
Enjoy a night of great poetry featuring some of Fond du Lac’s community members, including Rick Moulton, Patty Lehn, Paul Krikau and Al Schumacher.
Bar opens at 6 pm
Readings begin at 6:30 pm
Open mic to follow after reading in Cafe 1906
On Deck: February 22 – Bonnie Jo Campbell with C. Kubasta
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BE YOUR AUTHENTIC SELF
Annette Grunseth & Bobbie Lovell
Thursday, January 25
The Reader’s Loft
2069 Central Court, Green Bay
5:30-7 pm
Open mike follows.
On deck: February 22 – Emilie Lindeman & Laurie MacDiarmid. More info here: http://www.houseofthetomato.com/poetry-events/
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MANDI ISAACSON, FRANKIE MENGELING & KAY SANDERS
Tuesday, January 23
Caramel Crisp and Café
200 City Center # D, Oshkosh
6:15 pm
An open mic will follow where participants may read a poem of their own or one that they love.
Mandi Butterfield Isaacson was writing a mystery when, late in life, she fell in love with poetry and has been writing poems ever since. She is a member of two Oshkosh writing groups and the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets. Mandi assists in running the monthly poetry readings at the Caramel Crisp Café. She has been published in many issues of the Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar and has placed twice in the Reedsburg Fermentation Fest poetry contests.
A native Southerner, Kay N. Sanders married a Connecticut Yankee and the two of them settled a “civil war” by moving to Wisconsin and making Oshkosh their home. She has worked in a variety of positions, including substitute teaching which hones a person (in case raising five children didn’t) to do almost anything else she has a mind to. Her work has appeared in Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar, Wisconsin People & Ideas, Fox Cry, and a number of other venues. Her chapbook, That Red Dirt Road, was published by Parallel Press (2010). Kay will be reading from her labyrinth poems.
Frankie Mengeling grew up in Sheboygan and spent many a day on the beaches of Lake Michigan. She lives on Oshkosh’s only hill, with her husband Marvin, son Tom and cat Katrina. She is the author of the blogwww.ridingthebeertrail.wordpress.com began in the summer of 2009 after the three couple beer trail began. She’s been writing poetry since 6th grade when her school ran a contest on why the new blackboard was green.
For further information you may contact Kay Sanders at rksanders42@gmail.com or Frankie Mengeling mengeling.frankie23@gmail.com.
DEADLINES & SUBMISSIONS
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COUNCIL FOR WISCONSIN WRITERS (CWW) OPENS 2017 WISCONSIN WRITERS CONTESTS
Awards must be postmarked no later than Jan. 31, 2018.
Work published by Wisconsin writers in 2017 is eligible in seven categories, including book-length fiction, nonfiction and poetry; short fiction and nonfiction; a set of five poems two of which must have been published in the contest year, and children’s literature.
First-place winners receive $500 and a one-week writer’s residency at Shake Rag Alley in Mineral Point, WI. Honorable mention recipients receive $50 and a one-week writer’s residency at the Painted Forest Study Center in Valton, WI. Entries for this year’s Wisconsin Writers Authors who enter must be current Wisconsin residents.
The entry fee is $25. Membership in CWW is not required, but members are entitled to one free entry. Out-of-state judges will make the selections. Awards will be presented at a banquet in May 2018.
Specific guidelines, entry forms, and important additional information for each award category are available in the 2017 Entry Forms section of the CWW website, wiswriters.org: http://wiswriters.org/2017-cww-contests-opens-nov-1-entries/
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WFOP CHAPBOOK CONTEST – Deadline February 1
More details here: http://www.wfop.org/chapbook-contest
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WFOP MUSE CONTEST – Deadline February 1
More details here: http://www.wfop.org/muse-contest
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Millwork is now accepting poetry and short fiction submissions!!
Millwork is a new online literary magazine, centered in Wisconsin, seeking submissions of poetry and short fiction for 2017/2018. Millwork publishes original poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction prose in English. There is no reading fee. Please, send us only your unpublished work. We do not accept previously published pieces.
New, emerging, and established poets are encouraged to submit. For further submission details or to check out Millwork‘s inaugural issue, please visit http://millwriters.org/millwork/
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Fox Valley’s The Scene features a poetry column by Troy Schoultz, covering poetry readings, events, happenings, etc., and will feature a poem or two from local and statewide poets. Per Troy, submission process is ridiculously informal: email poems with your name and city of residence totroy.schoultz@gmail.com com.