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THE POETRY KIT NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2010 |
NEWSLETTER CONTENTS
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1 - POETRY KIT NEWSLETTER - SITE STATISTICS
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November 2010 - Over 390,000 unique visitors
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HIGHLIGHTED WEBSITES
Kate Fox
John Row
www.johnrow.comChristopher English
http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~c.english/index.html
BLOGS
Ink Sweat and Tears
http://www.ink-sweat-and-tears.com/
Dick Jones Patteran Pages
http://patteran.typepad.com/patteran_pages/
Poetry Kite
These sites are just a few of the many thousands of sites we check each month The Poetry Kit listing of Poets on the Internet
shows sites that have been awarded Poetry Kit Awards. Each month one of the links in the two above sections is changed, so that once selected a link will be in up to three newsletters.
Poetry Kit Bookshop Buying your books, CD's and DVD,s through the Amazon links at Poetry Kit earns Poetry Kit
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Prole
Issue three is now available from our website.
We are open to submissions for issue four which is due out in March 2011.
Website:
www.prolebooks.co.uk
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The December issue of Poetry Monthly International is now on-line at:
http://streetcakemagazine.com/files/issue14.pdf
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3am magazine
An interview with the Slovenian poet, Primož Čučnik, the 32nd subject of the 3am magazine interview series centred on contemporary European poets.
The interview is also accompanied by two poems.
http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/two-poems-primoz-cucnik/
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The Fall/Winter 2010 issue of The Salt River Review is online,
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Provincetown Community Radio station WOMR-FM. "The Poets Corner"
My name is Joe Gouveia and I host a poetry radio show out of Provincetown
Community Radio station WOMR-FM. "The Poets Corner" can be heard online
streaming at www.womr.org every Thursday afternoon from 12:45 to 1:00PM EST.
Each week I hold a 15-minute casual conversation with a poet, leading the talk
into a reading of some poems. Past shows are also archived online, in the
station's online jukebox, in podcast form should listeners decide to subscribe
to "The Poets Corner" podcast.
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ow has a regular, first Monday of every month, slot on BBC Radio Gloucestershire. He is the Breakfast Bard from 7am - 9am and writes poems on the spot about anything that happens to come up during the programme. He also includes poems from his collection if they are relevant.
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Kate Fox is touring with her new show
the Sunday Telegraph gave it four stars and said it was "a funny and affecting autobiographical show".
The tour dates are on her website www.katefox.co.uk and there are 11 dates between now and January.
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PHILIP LARKIN STATUE
The
culmination of a year-long
campaign to highlight
Philip Larkin’s
life and
work on the 25th anniversary
will happen on 2nd
December, with the unveiling of a
huge new statue
of the acclaimed poet.
The statue
has been
created by the renowned sculptor
Martin Jennings
and will
be unveiled in Hull on December 2nd 2010.
We’ve
created an
exclusive video interview with
Martin Jennings
– In the video, Martin Jennings talks
about his
statue design,
inspiration and work on this
new bronze
sculpture, which will take centrestage at Hull Paragon
Station,
in Larkin’s home town.
Roselle
Angwin
Distance and internet:
Fire in the Head distance learning courses, novel (any time) and poetry
(next course January to July 2011), occasional mentoring, with Roselle Angwin
www.fire-in-the-head.co.uk 01548 821004 roselle@fire-in-the-head.co.uk
Diary
Sunday March 20
GROUND OF BEING
Writing and environmental awareness (‘re-imagining the world’); four
workshops outdoors on Dartmoor (solstices and equinoxes; March 20, June 19, Sept
25) with Roselle Angwin www.fire-in-the-head.co.uk 01548 821004 roselle@fire-in-the-head.co.uk
Diary
Sunday May 15
LITTORALS
Outdoor beach workshop, poetry & art, Branscombe Mouth, East Devon, with
poet Roselle Angwin & sculptor Michael Fairfax www.fire-in-the-head.co.uk 01548
821004 roselle@fire-in-the-head.co.uk
Residential
Fire in the Head workshops with Roselle Angwin:
Islands of the Heart, Isle of Iona, April 2-8, 2011
The Wind’s Eye, poetry intensive, Languedoc, France, June 4-11 2011
www.fire-in-the-head.co.uk 01548 821004 roselle@fire-in-the-head.co.uk
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- for access information see listing at www.poetrykit.org
There is a full listing of regularly held events and festivals from around the world at the Poetry kit website.
To have you events listed send details to info@poetrykit.org
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| Manchester | 1st December |
LARISSA MILLER Larissa Miller is one of Russia's most highly-regarded writers - she is famous as a poet, essayist, short story writer & novelist. WEDNESDAY 1st DECEMBER 1pm Becker Room, 1st Floor, CITY LIBRARY Elliot House, 151 Deansgate MANCHESTER M3 3WD FREE EVERYONE WELCOME NO NEED TO BOOK |
| Cardiff | 2nd December |
Open Mic Session 'First Thursday' December 2nd
with Mike Jenkins Moor
Music reading with Paul Henry The
Brittle Sea in Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff £2
starting at 7pm.
The First Thursday event also continues February
(2nd), March (3rd), April (7th) and May (5th), but we have yet
to finalise the line up.
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Whitley Bay |
9th December |
The
Barnacle Cafe Bistro :: Whitley Bay would like to invite you to
a Poetry Reading & Fine Wine Tasting Evening. To begin the festive
season come and join us for a relaxed evening, sampling of a
selection of seasonal homemade canapés & tasting of fine wine
supplied by our local Oddbins, whilst listening to our local poet as
we are delighted to welcome the fab Keith Armstrong ! there is wheelchair access website with more details http://www.facebook.com/thebarnaclewhitleybay email address info@thebarnacle.co.uk Tickets (booking necessary as limited places) :: further information or PR available by calling The Barnacle on 0191 253 3876= |
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Tyneside |
13th December |
Master Slammer The Professionals Tyneside Bar Tyneside Cinema Monday 13th December Doors 7.30 we start at 8.00 £4.00 tickets from the box office or online at www.tynesidecinema.co.uk/buy-tickets
We finish our first year of slamming at the Tyneside with the BIG ONE. The Slam Winners Slam, only those who have won a slam before can take part. We will have the best of the North’s poetry slammers battling out for the £100.00 BIG Money Prize.
Are you a slam winner? Do you want the ONE HUNDERED POUNDS BIG MONEY Prize and the title of 2010 Master Slammer. The email jeff@zebrapublishing.co.uk now. Let me know which Slam you have won and book your place on the hotest poetry night of the year.
"Slamming doesn't get any tougher than this."
Beginning in Chicago in 1984, Poetry Slams are a high-energy, fast and furious competition between performance poets. Each slammer will have three minutes to wow the audience with their words and performance, and then the judges vote, scoring on content and style. Over the night we whittle down the poets until only one is left standing. Slam Poetry, echoing out from the clubs of Chicago, across the North and into the fabulous Tyneside Bar… it’s poetry, but not as you know it.
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| London | 13th December |
Kid, I
wrote back
Monday 13th December 2010
7pm - 10pm
£3 on the door / FREE TO
PERFORM!
Bar Kick Stage, 127 Shoreditch
High Street, London, E1 6JE
Nearest Tube: Liverpool St/Old St
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Chester |
13 December |
ZEST! Open Floor
Poetry, Chester
- start at 8:00 pm. Bring your own, or a favourite poem to read or simply enjoy listening
Monday 13 December 2010 Guest Poet: TBA Compère: Leih Steggall
Where: £3/£2 at
Alexander's jazz theatrebar, Rufus Court, off Northgate St, Chester
CH1 2JG. Food available - see
www.alexanderslive.com |
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6 - COMPETITION DEADLINES - OTHER COMPETITIONS CAN BE FOUND AT
http://www.poetrykit.org/comps.htm
SEE POETRY KIT LISTINGS PAGE FOR SHORT STORY COMPETITIONS
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| 12th December 2010 | 1st Publication
entry ? |
Tellus is running an under 18’s competition, in conjunction with the Iris project. The winning poem submitted by 12th December on the theme of Orpheus and Eurydice will be published in Tellus, and two runners up in Iris Magazine. Acclaimed poet Maureen Almond will judge the final entries. For more information please see www.tellusmagazine.co.uk.’
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| 20th December 2010 | 1st £150
entry £3 |
Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry and Short Story Competitions (January 2011) | Closing date: 20-Dec-2010 Details: For previously unpublished poems and short stories in English Language on any subject or style. Maximum lengths: 40 lines (poems); 1,500 words (stories). Prizes in each category: £150 (1st), £60 (2nd) £40 (3rd) Plus first publication in Sentinel Champions (print) magazine. Fees: £3 per poem, £12 for 5 poems | £5 per story, £9 for 2 stories and £12 for 5 stories. Judges: Amanda Sington-Williams (Stories), Mandy Pannett (Poetry) Contact: How to enter: Online at www.sentinelpoetry.org.uk or send GB£ cheques or Postal Orders payable to SENTINEL POETRY MOVEMENT, to Unit 136, 113-115 George Lane, London E18 1AB E-mail: sentinel@sentinelpoetry.org.uk
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| 24th December 2010 | £100, publication in Prole
and showcase on our website.
Entry fee £3 for first poem, £2 for subsequent poems |
Search for Prole Laureate
We’re looking for entries that represent the editorial ambitions of
Prole: to make writing engaging, challenging, entertaining and
accessible.
All forms of poetry welcome.
Entry by post or email.
Full details are on our website:
www.prolebooks.co.uk
Click on the competition link.
Winners will be announced April 2nd 2011 |
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CAUGHT IN THE NET FEATURED POET SERIES
CITN is a two weekly email mag with an online archive. Dedicated to presenting the best in contemporary poetry CITN currently is featuring an individual poet in each edition. To be considered please send one poem, plus a bio to info@poetrykit.org with the subject heading "CITN Submission" |
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Poetry Kit Poetry Book Reviews - we are seeking
informed reviews relating to recent publications or retrospective
commentaries on books that may have been available for some time.
Contact info@poetrykit,org in
the first instance,
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| EVENT 10th December - Manchester |
I'M LOOKING FOR POETS AND STORY TELLERS/ WRITERS FOR
MY WINTER THEMED NIGHT. I wonder if you may be
able to help. This is just to let you know about a night called FOLK
THREADS- A themed folk music and spoken word night. December's theme is
WINTER. It will start at 8pm on Friday 10th
December, upstairs at the Briton's Protection pub in Manchester.
All performers are welcome, but it might be worth emailing me with your
song ideas:
folkthreads@hotmail.co.uk
If you have written an original song or spoken word piece around
the theme of Winter feel free to turn up and perform it here. All ages
and abilities welcome, or just come and listen. |
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| 31st December 2010 |
CALYX, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women will open for submissions of poetry, short fiction, and creative non-fiction on October 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010. Please send up to six poems or 2,500 words of prose, SASE, and a short bio to: CALYX Journal PO Box B Corvallis, OR 97339 For 34 years CALYX Journal has been a creative forum for women’s diverse voices showcasing work from new and emerging writers and artists. Visit our website www.calyxpress.org/submission for full guidelines.
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| 31st December 2010 |
.Kaffeeklatsch
We,
in general, are looking for poetry that shows a certain inventiveness
with language--which is a hopelessly cloudy description of what we're
after, but I hope makes it clear that we're open to poetry in many forms
and guises, though perhaps showing a certain tendency toward the more
experimental side of things.
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| 1st January 2011 |
Rainbow Crow Press is currently seeking finely
crafted, imaginative poems for an anthology of poetry based on
traditional fairy tales. Submit up to 6 poems to
RainbowCrowPress@gmail.com with Submission (poet’s last name) as the
subject. We will ask for selected poems to be sent to us in an RTF
attachment, but we will not be opening attachments during the selection
process. Deadline January 1, 2011. |
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Poetry Foundation
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Next course start date |
1st Monday in each Month |
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Following start date |
3rd Monday in each month |
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The Course - This foundation course in writing poetry takes the participant through some of the basic processes of writing poetry with lots of practical examples and
writing exercises. The purpose of the course is to allow the participant to explore many aspects of writing poetry and to introduce them to a wider reading and understanding. The course will look at modern free form poetry and several set forms including the sonnet. This course has been introduced to enable those who are relatively new to poetry to develop their skill and to learn more about contemporary poetry. Qualifications required - People wishing to take this course do not require any previous qualifications, they do however need to have an interest in the craft of writing poetry and a determination to improve their writing and produce successful poems. Fee - The course fee is £45 (UK£) For more information email - courses@poetrykit.org |
Poetry 1
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Next course start date |
1st Monday in each Month |
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Following start date |
3rd Monday in each month |
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The Course - This course in writing poetry takes the participant through some of the basic processes of writing poetry in an entertaining and interesting way. Through a series of set exercises, discussions and critique sessions, backed up with talks, notes and feedback. The purpose of the course is to allow the participant to build their skills of observation and clarity of language while at the same time allowing their individual voice and technique to develop. Through an integrated use of internet technology each course builds into a small community of poets who learn in a supportive and challenging environment, learning to give and take critique. The course looks at a variety of styles and forms of poetry which will allow the participant to build a sound knowledge of some of the technical terms while utilising them in a practical and interesting way. The course includes elements relating to preparing and submitting poems for publication, reading poems and presenting them in a live setting, revising poetry and editing. Qualifications required - People wishing to take this course do not require any previous qualifications, they do however need to have an interest in the craft of writing poetry and a determination to improve their writing and produce successful poems. Fee - The course fee is £70 (UK£) For more information email - courses@poetrykit.org |
Poetry 2
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Next course start date |
2nd Monday in each Month |
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Following start date |
2nd Monday in each Month |
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The Course - This course in writing poetry takes the participant on from the point of Poetry 1 and is intended for those with some experience at writing and who wish to develop their skills further. The objectives of the course are achieved through exercises designed to introduce new concepts in writing and stretch the participant, discussions and critique sessions, backed up with talks, notes, support and feedback. The purpose of the course is to allow the participant to build their skills of observation and clarity of language while at the same time allowing their individual voice and technique to develop. The course looks at a variety of styles and forms of poetry which will allow the participant to build a sound knowledge of some of the technical terms while utilising them in a practical and interesting way. The course includes elements relating to preparing and submitting poems for publication, reading poems and presenting them in a live setting, revising poetry and editing. Qualifications required - People wishing to take this course do not require any previous qualifications, they do however need to be able to identify themselves as writers with some experience. Those who have previously taken the Poetry Kit Poetry 1 course will find this a natural development. Fee - The course fee is £80 (UK£) For more information email - courses@poetrykit.org |
Poetry Kit runs a full range of interesting and challenging courses. In addition to those listed above there are other
courses including Script writing and The Poetry of Bob Dylan.
For a more complete listing of courses and availability please see
http://www.poetrykit.org/pkcourses.htm
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PLEASE NOTE Poetry Kit does not accept paid advertising or exchange links. All listed services are listed because we believe they
offer a good reliable service. There is no charge made or expected for listing at Poetry Kit.
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Poetry Kit on-line courses and critique service. For details see
http://www.poetrykit.org/pkcourses.htm
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POETRY KIT CRITIQUE SERVICE Critique and close reading of up to 10 poems (some limitation in respect of word and line length may mean this figure is reduced if the poems are longer) This is an individual critique service available from Jim Bennett, allowing those using the service to send 10 poems and have them individually critiqued by Jim who is an internationally known, prize-winning poet. By sending poems over a period of time the participant can use the service to develop their skills and to get feedback on their progress. Fee - The fee for this service is £30 (UK£) Contact courses@poetrykit.org for further information |
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Send 4-book poet Dan Masterson a one-page poem of your own making, and he'll comment on it free of charge. Thereafter you may continue working with him on a fee basis if you wish (and receive a $10 discount for those receiving this mail).
See details at http://www.poetrymaster.com and read his first two books online at http://capa.conncoll.edu
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Proofreading service http://www.studentproofreading.co.uk
Scholarly proofreading - very reliable, set up for students originally but will handle anything at a reasonable cost.
Also write CV's.
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Please direct all news and queries to info@poetrykit.org
The Poetry Kit - http://www.poetrykit.org/
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The Poetry Kit - e-mail: info@poetrykit.org
Managing Editor Jim Bennett - jimbennett11@btinternet.com
Website - http://www.poetrykit.org/jim/index.htm
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