Before we share upcoming events and opportunities for March, we’d love to get your feedback on Poetry Unlocked moving back to in-person events for April – December. We’re tentatively planning to meet at Acoca on College Avenue in Appleton. We’re also contemplating shifting our start time to 6:30 pm so that we can be out of Acoca before 8:00pm, their regular closing time.
Are you ready to return to in-person readings? Would 6:30 pm work for you? Let us know!
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Monday, March 14
ELIZABETH KEGGI & CRISTINA M.R. NORCROSS
THE WOMEN OF POETRY UNLOCKED
7:00 pm
Virtual – see link below
Elizabeth Keggi is a lifelong musician, reader, and writer. She works with dyslexic children and teens in the Appleton, Wisconsin area and loves opening the doors to reading and writing for her students.
Cristina M. R. Norcross lives in Southeast Wisconsin with her husband and their two sons and is the editor of the online poetry journal, Blue Heron Review. Author of 9 poetry collections, a Pushcart Prize nominee, and an Eric Hoffer Book Award nominee, her most recent books are The Sound of a Collective Pulse (Kelsay Books, 2021) and Beauty in the Broken Places (Kelsay Books, 2019). Cristina’s work appears in: Visual Verse, Your Daily Poem, Poetry Hall, Verse-Virtual, Silver Birch Press, The Ekphrastic Review, and Pirene’s Fountain, among others. Her work also appears in numerous print anthologies. Cristina has helped organize community art/poetry projects, has led writing workshops, and has hosted many open mic readings. She is the host of the Facebook writing prompt group, Connection and Creativity in Challenging Times and is the co-founder of Random Acts of Poetry & Art Day. Find out more at her author website: www.cristinanorcross.com
A limited open mic will follow (one piece, two if they are short).
TO REGISTER FOR THE KEGGI & NORCROSS READING, CLICK ON THIS ZOOM LINK:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwude-grTMuH9OFqzWo4fM6jIwroBsikGiA
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
ON DECK FOR POETRY UNLOCKED:
4/11/22: MaryAnn Hurtt and Lisa Vihos (fingers crossed, in person at Acoca Coffee!)
These events are 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
Belonging Through Poetry at the Appleton Public Library
Every 4th Wednesday, the library is supporting a monthly, virtual group that will explore life’s big topics in poetry with the hopes of creating connections and a sense of belonging in the community.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoc-qhrj8iGdxObAwqie5iqvYkbKKGobjX
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Are you passionate about education, meeting people from different backgrounds, and helping others? Become a tutor! Fox Valley Literacy is a non-profit organization that provides free, confidential, one-on-one tutoring for adults in reading, writing, English Language, and U.S. citizenship as well as small group English language classes. We currently have a waiting list of +50 students ready to be matched with a volunteer. No teaching background or bilingual skills are required! Tutors receive initial training and ongoing support and education from staff.
Fox Valley Literacy students have a broad range of goals! You will be matched with a student based on your interest and availability. Meet with your student once a week for one hour. Email our volunteer coordinator, Paola, for more information! paola@foxvalleylit.org
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WFOP Spring Conference, April 29-30, 2022
The WFOP is planning for an in-person conference this spring.
Place: The Pointe Hotel and Suites, Minocqua WI
Theme: Getting the Word Out
Features: Keynote Speaker Dasha Kelly, the current WI Poet Laureate, plus panels on publishing and bringing poetry to communities, jails, schools, and other institutions.
Cost: The early bird rate is $65 for members, $95 for non-members, which includes breakfast and lunch on Saturday. After April 15 and at the door, rates go up $10. For more on the event including hotel accommodations, visit here: https://www.wfop.org/conferences
CONTESTS & SUBMISSION OPPORTUNITIES
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WI People & Ideas Poetry & Fiction Contest, Deadline March 15
We encourage emerging and established writers to send in their best works of fiction and poetry for a chance to win up to $500 and other prizes along with publication in Wisconsin People & Ideas, a reading at the Wisconsin Book Festival in Madison, and a one-week residency at the lovely Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts in Mineral Point.
https://www.wisconsinacademy.org/content/writing-contests
This list of poetry readings, workshops, submissions and more comes to you from the women of Poetry Unlocked: Katie Chicquette, Cathryn Cofell, Sarah Gilbert, Bobbie Lee Lovell and Laura Winkelspecht. You are receiving this email because you are a member of the Central Fox-Valley Region of the WFOP or you or someone you know has asked me to include you. We will always blind cc you, so your email address is not shared. If you wish to be removed from this list, please reply to this email and we’ll remove you from future emails.