tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91019213735170043082024-03-21T20:39:32.594-07:00UIUC Creative Writing BlogUniversity of Illinois Creative Writing Program News, Events, and InfoJodee Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05653220609138305047noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101921373517004308.post-29989901412378354732016-09-30T10:20:00.002-07:002016-09-30T10:20:29.763-07:00Lillian-Yvonne Bertram wins Narrative Magazine Poetry ContestCongrats to MFA alum Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, who was named first-place winner of the <a href="http://www.narrativemagazine.com/eighth-annual-poetry-contest-winners">8th annual Narrative Magazine Poetry Contest!</a> The first place winner receives $1500 and publication in Narrative Magazine.Jodee Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05653220609138305047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101921373517004308.post-56547298572783359292016-09-30T10:14:00.005-07:002016-09-30T10:14:55.822-07:00Professor Janice Harrington publishes third poetry collection<a href="https://www.boaeditions.org/collections/janice-n-harrington/products/primitive-the-art-and-life-of-horace-h-pippin"><i>Primitive</i></a>, the new poetry collection from Professor Janice N. Harrington, is just out from BOA Editions. A lyrical and biographical reflection on the art and life of Horace H.
Pippin—the best-known African American artist of his time—<i>Primitive</i>
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folk art as supposedly “primitive,” and it also critiques the
underestimation of African American life and imagination in the broader
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Jodee Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05653220609138305047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101921373517004308.post-35105340417497892532015-12-09T12:51:00.002-08:002015-12-09T12:51:28.957-08:00Alumni newsTwo of our Creative Writing alums have recently been honored with writing awards:<br />
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Nafissa Thompson-Spires (MFA '15) was awarded 1st place in <a href="http://storyquarterly.camden.rutgers.edu/2015/11/fifth-annual-fiction-prize-winners-announced/">StoryQuarterly's fifth annual Fiction Prize</a> for her story “Heads of the Colored People: Four Fancy Sketches, Two Chalk Outlines, and No Apology.”<br />
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Sean McIntyre (MFA '14) was named 1st place winner of <a href="http://www.glimmertrain.com/pages/finalists/2015_09_sep_fama.php">Glimmer Train's "Family Matters" story competition,</a> for his story "The Pinch."<br />
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Congrats to Nafissa and Sean!Jodee Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05653220609138305047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101921373517004308.post-81996062949594241882015-09-10T08:59:00.000-07:002015-09-10T08:59:02.804-07:00Joy Harjo Wins 2015 Wallace Stevens Award from Academy of American Poets<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQY-RkmbQhjgW0bPyxAdTSGSLQtIVmRxRAWQyFvyX_-szFPguKNb8hK-RYgt09nOa1qZBbIU11dKbEIMbyP6rE3LHV2m6X5kZCZntW48BK_GmRASVsShRTgYhrw0iiv9WuXPhXrfME34s/s1600/Harjo+on+Rock.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQY-RkmbQhjgW0bPyxAdTSGSLQtIVmRxRAWQyFvyX_-szFPguKNb8hK-RYgt09nOa1qZBbIU11dKbEIMbyP6rE3LHV2m6X5kZCZntW48BK_GmRASVsShRTgYhrw0iiv9WuXPhXrfME34s/s1600/Harjo+on+Rock.jpg" /></a>Professor Joy Harjo has been awarded this year's Wallace Stevens Award from the <a href="http://www.poets.org/academy-american-poets/prizes/wallace-stevens-award">Academy of American Poets.</a> The Academy's highest honor, the Wallace Stevens Award is given annually for "outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry" and carries a $100,000 prize. Past winners have included W. S. Merwin, Louise Glück, Galway Kinell, and Philip Levine. Congratulations, Professor Harjo!Jodee Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05653220609138305047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101921373517004308.post-87752123123445174832015-08-26T08:46:00.000-07:002015-08-26T08:46:21.609-07:00Recent faculty publicationsOver the summer, our faculty members' work has appeared in a number of publications--<br />
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Janice N. Harrington's poem "<a href="http://thesouthernreview.org/issues/latest/">Reverie</a>" was published in the Summer 2015 issue of <i>The Southern Review</i><br />
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Alex Shakar's story "<a href="http://blog.pshares.org/index.php/tag/alex-shakar/">In the Flesh, We Shone</a>" appeared in the Summer 2015 issue of <i>Ploughshares</i><br />
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"<a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/32-things-i-learned-from-my-bike-ride-last-sunday">32 Things I Learned from My Bike Ride Last Sunday,</a>" by Julie Price, appeared at<i> McSweeney's</i><br />
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<a href="http://www.themillions.com/2015/06/something-you-can-use-the-writers-self-healing-wound.html">"Something You Can Use: The Writer's Self-Healing Wound</a>," by Philip Graham, was featured at <i>The Millions</i><br />
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Christine Sneed's "<a href="http://thebillfold.com/2015/06/publish-a-book-and-change-your-life-or-well-maybe-not/">Publish a Book and Change Your Life, or, Well, Maybe Not</a>" appeared at <i>The Billfold</i>Jodee Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05653220609138305047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101921373517004308.post-50266559394415895442015-04-03T09:51:00.004-07:002015-04-03T09:51:46.030-07:00University of Illinois 2015 Creative Writing Award Winners AnnouncedCongratulations to the winners of the University of Illinois Graduate and Undergraduate Creative Writing Awards for 2015! <br />
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<li>Karolina Zapal received the John L. Rainey Prize, sponsored by Alpha Delta Phi, for her story "Mala Means Little Feminine."</li>
<li>Derek Hoot received the Josephine M. Bresee Memorial Award for his story "The Payer."</li>
<li>Preen Dhillon received the Leah Trelease Prize for her story "Mt. Lucifer."</li>
<li>Olivia Ingram was awarded the Folger Adam, Jr. Prize for Poetry, sponsored by Alpha Delta Phi.</li>
<li>Madeline Nevis was awarded the Charles and Susan Shattuck Prize for Poetry. </li>
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<span class="tlActorText" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We are heartbroken to share the news that MFA candidate Greg Rodgers passed away last week on December 17. Greg was completing a novel under the mentorship of LeAnne Howe, and he was only months away from earning his graduate degree in fiction. Greg was beloved by all here in Creative Writing; he was an extraordinary colleague and friend, and will be greatly missed.</span></div>
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<span class="tlActorText" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">You can hear Greg read from his work on our <a href="http://creativewriting.english.illinois.edu/podcast/">podcast page</a>.</span></div>
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<span class="tlActorText" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A remembrance of Greg is featured at the <a href="http://oiir.illinois.edu/native-american-house/remembering-greg-rodgers">Native American House</a> web site.</span></div>
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Jodee Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05653220609138305047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101921373517004308.post-47299497809840381932014-12-02T11:04:00.004-08:002014-12-02T11:04:34.128-08:00National Endowment for the Arts 2015 Poetry FellowsWe're please to announce that MFA alumni Sara Gelston and Lillian-Yvonne Bertram have each been awarded a <a href="http://arts.gov/sites/default/files/Fall_2014_Literature_Fellowships.pdf">2015 Poetry Fellowship</a> from the National Endowment for the Arts! Illinois English alum Mark Neely was also honored with a fellowship. Way to go, Illini!Jodee Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05653220609138305047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101921373517004308.post-25985585872928825412014-11-04T10:17:00.002-08:002014-11-04T10:17:28.817-08:00Numéro Cinq Covers Dzanc Release of Philip Graham's booksThe folks at <a href="http://numerocinqmagazine.com/2014/11/02/philip-graham-redivivus-dzanc-books-reprints-the-entire-fiction-backlist/">Numero Cinq have posted about</a> the recent release by Dzanc Books of Professor Philip Graham's fiction backlist, including his two story collections and his first novel. The article also includes Professor Graham's amazing short story "Light Bulbs"--check it out!Jodee Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05653220609138305047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101921373517004308.post-33542419100199412022014-10-08T11:14:00.005-07:002014-10-08T11:14:48.512-07:00Philip Graham's novel & story collections reissued by Dzanc Books<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Professor Philip Graham's first three books have recently been reissued in e-book editions as part of Dzanc Books' rEprint Series. <i><a href="http://www.dzancbooks.org/reprint-series-books/how-to-read-an-unwritten-language-by-philip-graham">How to Read an Unwritten Language</a>, <a href="http://www.dzancbooks.org/reprint-series-books/the-art-of-the-knock-by-philip-graham">The Art of the Knock</a></i>, and <a href="http://www.dzancbooks.org/reprint-series-books/interior-design-by-philip-graham"><i>Interior Design</i></a> are all now available for purchase directly from the publisher and through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Philip-Graham/e/B000APBHJS/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1">Amazon. </a><br />
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This summer, author Kyle Minor interviewed Philip about these three books and his writing for <a href="http://htmlgiant.com/author-spotlight/a-conversation-with-philip-graham/">HTMLgiant</a>'s Author Spotlight.<br />
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<br />Jodee Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05653220609138305047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101921373517004308.post-31267350028290364932014-08-19T11:17:00.000-07:002014-08-19T11:17:10.266-07:00Illinois alumni book news!Several U of I creative writing alums have been making waves with new book publications and awards in 2014!<br />
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A new story collection by Aaron Burch (MFA '11), <a href="http://www.queensferrypress.com/books/backswing.html">Backswing</a>, appeared in February from Queen's Ferry Press. <br />
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Matthew Gavin Frank's (BA '98) newest book, <a href="http://books.wwnorton.com/books/Preparing-the-Ghost/">Preparing the Ghost: An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer (</a>Norton/Liveright), was published in July.<br />
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Lara Mann's (MFA '09) first poetry collection has been published as part of <a href="http://www.saltpublishing.com/shop/proddetail.php?prod=9781844718955&cat=28">Effigies II</a> (Salt Publishing), a collective of debut poetry books by American Indian women poets. Effigies II also appeared in July.<br />
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Matthew Minicucci, (MFA '10), received the 2014 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize, and his debut poetry collection, <i>No Epithets</i>, will be published by Kent State University Press in 2015.<br />
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JUDGE: Jenny Boully<br />
WHAT WE WANT: Essays and nonfiction up to 6,000 words. Hybrid projects
warmly welcomed. Submissions should be typed and double-spaced. Include a
cover letter with a brief biography, your contact information and any
other pertinent information about your submission. Simultaneous
submissions are fine but please let us know as soon as possible if the
work is accepted elsewhere; multiple submissions are also fine, although
you will have to pay the contest fee again. Please remove your name or
any other identifying marks from your manuscript before submitting.<br />
HOW TO DO IT: Submit online or send a SASE to Mike Coakley and Laura
Miller, Editors-in-Chief / (c/o Nonfiction Editorial Board) / Sonora
Review / Dept. of English / University of Arizona / Tucson, AZ 85719.<br />
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pertinent information about your submission. Simultaneous submissions
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accepted elsewhere; multiple submissions are also fine, although you
will have to pay the contest fee again. Please remove your name or any
other identifying marks from your manuscript before submitting.<br />
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<b>Quarterly West's 2014 Novella Contest deadline EXTENDED to May 1!</b><br />
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selective liberal arts college located in Yellow Springs, Ohio, invites
applications for a three-month teaching fellowship in fiction for Summer
2014. The Summer Teaching Fellow will teach two courses in his/her
area of expertise, including one workshop-style creative writing seminar
(LIT 250) and one course intended to offer undergraduate students an
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necessary, hard copies may be mailed to Literature Faculty Search, c/o
Nancy Wilburn, Antioch College, One Morgan Place, Yellow Springs, Ohio,
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Natalie was awarded a 2014 <a href="https://www.awpwriter.org/contests/intro_journals_project_overview" target="_blank">AWP Intro Journals Award</a> for her poem "Rations." The AWP Intro Journals Project honors the best new writing by students currently enrolled in AWP member programs. "Rations" will be published by the <i>Tampa Review</i>.Jodee Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05653220609138305047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101921373517004308.post-92006918664432796512014-03-10T12:28:00.000-07:002014-03-10T12:28:01.138-07:00David Wright on Writing Race in AmericaAuthor and University of Illinois colleague David Wright has an excellent piece on the <i>Chronicle of Higher Education</i> web site, <a href="http://chronicle.com/article/Writing-Race-in-America/145111/" target="_blank">Writing Race in America</a>.<br />
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(Also, read more about Steve Davenport's "Black Guy Bald Guy" series, referenced in David's article, <a href="http://gasolinelake.com/black-guy-bald-guy-2/" target="_blank">at his web site</a>.)Jodee Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05653220609138305047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101921373517004308.post-31766832991735494862014-02-18T12:18:00.001-08:002014-02-18T12:18:35.591-08:00New CW Podcast: Audrey Petty<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In our latest podcast, Professor Audrey Petty <a href="http://creativewriting.english.illinois.edu/podcast/" target="_blank">reads an excerpt</a> from her book <i>High Rise Stories: Voices from Chicago Public Housing,</i> which was published in September as part of McSweeney's Voice of Witness series.Jodee Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05653220609138305047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101921373517004308.post-65827755593765224482014-02-17T09:42:00.001-08:002014-02-17T09:42:01.065-08:00LeAnne Howe Readings in February<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4G_h__1V2SyupsB5MJi-94gTrEPaatwTBoBhGkQR80v0h5yzf4SIkCOlXWtGrzSO4Hk95BMslxi8ODie_Za-zwWBUsjI6IywCxowTHHBSYHLcw0FF5I_Jl01tHXyTv4kpucdh_TcJmuA/s1600/highpoint2LeAnneHowe+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4G_h__1V2SyupsB5MJi-94gTrEPaatwTBoBhGkQR80v0h5yzf4SIkCOlXWtGrzSO4Hk95BMslxi8ODie_Za-zwWBUsjI6IywCxowTHHBSYHLcw0FF5I_Jl01tHXyTv4kpucdh_TcJmuA/s1600/highpoint2LeAnneHowe+(2).jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a>Professor LeAnne Howe will be reading from her latest book, <i>Choctalking on Other Realities</i>, at High Point University in High Point, North Carolina, on Thursday, February 20, at 7 p.m. The reading is part of the university's Cultural Enrichment Series.<br />
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categories: science fiction, fantasy, horror,
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apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic fiction, or alternate history in
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night of the International Glass Exhibition at Swansea Waterfront Museum
in July 2014. An award of £2000 will go to the winner and a copy of the
poem will be displayed for the next year
at the Dylan Thomas Centre. Short listed poems will be invited for
inclusion in a subsequent publication celebrating the international
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The Department of English and Drama at Loughborough University has set up the Overton Poetry Prize
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prize is for a sequence of poems on any subject up to 300 lines. First
prize is the publication of the sequence in chapbook form, with two
runners-up prizes of £50 each. Amongst the judges is Sarah Jackson,
winner of the Seamus Heaney Prize in 2013.<br />
The entry fee is £10 per submission and the competition closes on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1047464427" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">31st March 2014</span></span>. The proceeds
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publication by Vine Leaves Press (paperback and eBook), 20 copies of
the paperback, worldwide distribution, and promotion through Vine Leaves
Literary Journal and staff websites. Author will receive a 50% royalty
on all eBook and print sales.<br />
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Manuscripts are judged by Vine Leaves Literary Journal staff, and guest
judge, Dan Holloway. This competition is open to vignettes in English
(poetry and/or prose), written by authors anywhere in the world.
Individual pieces in a manuscript may have been previously published in
magazines, print or web journals, or anthologies, but the work as a
whole must be unpublished (this includes previously self-published
books.)<br />
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Winners and finalists will make up next winter's print issue of the
national literary magazine Mississippi Review. Contest is open to all
writers in English except current or former students or employees of The
University of Southern Mississippi.<br />
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Fiction entries should be 1,000-8,000 words and poetry entries should be
3-5 poems totaling 10 pages or less. There is no limit on the number of
entries you may submit.<br />
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Paper entry fee is $15 per entry, payable by check or money order to
"Mississippi Review". Online submission entry fee is $16, payable
through <a href="https://mississippireview.submittable.com/submit">SUBMITTABLE</a>.<br />
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<i><b><a href="http://fatcityreview.com/">The Fat City Review</a></b></i>
"exhibits work from the established to the emerging and unrecognized. We
recoil from imposing limits or censorship on our content, feeling that
it is insincere to classify the breadth of the human experience under
narrowly defined parameters. Following this philosophy, we welcome
diverse styles, visions, and forms, using excellence as our sole
guideline. Welcome to our city." Submissions of text, art, audio, and video art accepted. For complete guidelines, visit <a href="http://fatcityreview.com/submit">http://fatcityreview.com/submit</a> </div>
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<i><b>Commons Magazine</b></i> is now accepting submissions to their poetry column, UNCOMMON/WORD, through <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2108328933" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">December 31 at 11:59 p.m. PST</span></span>.
<i> Commons Magazine</i> reviews work twice yearly, often on a theme or
specific subject. The current theme is “water." You can also learn more about On the Commons, and the commons movement, <a href="http://onthecommons.org/">here</a>. Six poets will be selected and featured in the magazine during each
submission round. See full <a href="http://onthecommons.org/magazine/submission-guidelines">submission guidelines</a>, and please note there is a limit of THREE (3) poems per person, per submission round. Email work to <a href="mailto:poetrysubmissions@onthecommons.org">poetrysubmissions@<wbr></wbr>onthecommons.org</a></div>
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entry can be made online via the website or by post. Entries must be previously unpublished<br />
with a maximum length of 4,000 words (There is no minimum). The entry fee is £8 (about $13 USD) per story. The closing date for entries is <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2108328934" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">April 30th 2014</span></span>.<br />
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1st £1000 (about $1,600 USD) plus £150 Waterstone's gift card<br />
2nd £700 (about $1,100 USD) plus £100 Waterstone's gift card<br />
3rd £400 (about $640 USD) plus £100 Waterstone's gift card<br />
17 further prizes of £100 (about $160 USD) will be presented to the writers whose stories appear on the shortlist. All 20 shortlisted writers will have their stories published in the <i>Bristol Short<br />
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PROSE ON POETRY</b> for possible inclusion in <i>POETRY CITY, USA</i>, vol. 4, an anthology of poems read at the
Great Twin Cities Poetry Read (GTCPR) plus various prose on poetry. Doesn't matter what form the prose takes (review,
interview, essay, missive, etc.). No length requirements. The GTCPR is<span style="font-family: inherit;"> an annual reading, held in April, at which
30 or so poets all read a single poem each. A year after th</span>e reading,
the anthology comes out. That means that the GTCPR held on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2108328940" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">April 26, 2014</span></span>,
with be the fifth anniversary reading. That night will also be the
night POETRY CITY, USA, VOL. 4 launches. Deadline for submission is <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2108328941" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Friday, Jan. 3, 2014</span></span>. Send pieces to mauchmauch [at] gmail [dot] com.</div>
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Guidelines <a href="http://postcardpoemsandprose.wordpress.com/submit-2/" target="_blank">may be </a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9101921373517004308" target="_blank">found here</a>.</div>
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Send between 48 and 84 pages of poetry, no more than one poem per page.
No restriction on content style or subject. Winner receives 50 books
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