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Congratulations goes out to Poemeleon contributor Christina Lovin, who was recently awarded the 2008 AWP WC & C Poetry Scholarship by the Association of Writers and Writing Programs. The $500 award is to be used toward any member workshop, conference, or residency.

It has taken me far longer than I anticipated to finish getting out all of the notifications for the persona issue, but it's done.

I think I've said this before, but the rejections are the hardest thing for me. I, too am routinely on the receiving end of the rejection slip, so I know how it feels. You've all put an enormous amount of effort and time and thought into your poems, and it shows, which is why I ended up turning down some very competent work this time. I hope that those of you whose poems we did not select will find success in publishing them elsewhere, and that you will continue to write and submit to Poemeleon. Regretfully, in order to speed up the process I had to resort to generic letters for the majority of rejections. It's not my preference, but I just didn't want to keep anyone waiting any longer. Joyfully, I think this is going to be one our most interesting issues to date.

Thanks for your patience. Look for the persona poem issue in early June.

Cati Porter

Hi folks,

Just thought I'd let you all know that I'll be reading this weekend. Hope to see some of you there!

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Cati Porter, Featured Reader  

Friends of the Claremont Library Poetry Series

Sunday April 27, 2008

2 p.m., Claremont Public Library

208 N. Harvard Ave.
Claremont, CA 91711-4758
Phone: (909) 621-4902

Hi folks --

Here is an upcoming reading at Beyond Baroque that will feature several Poemeleon contributors, Lucia Galloway, Judy Kronenfeld, and Ruth Nolan, as well as Rattle editor Timothy Green, and sponsored by John Amen, editor of another fine journal, The Pedestal.

I'd be there myself, but am also reading that day (I'm going to post that info in a different announcement), but if you're ambitious -- and have a speedy vehicle -- you could race from one reading to the other!

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POETRY READING
Sunday, April 27, 4:00 p.m.
Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA


SPONSORED BY THE PEDESTAL MAGAZINE
www. thepedestalmagazine. com
Sunday, April 27, 4:00 p.m.


Beyond Baroque
681 Venice Blvd, Venice, CA
phone 310-822-3006
http://www. beyondbaroque. org/

Readers:
Ed Frankel
Marylen Grigas
Ellaraine Lockie
Karen Stromberg
David Dannov
PB Rippey
Timothy Green
Judy Kronenfeld
Lucia Galloway
Florence Weinberger
Ruth Nolan

For more information:
contact Beyond Baroque
phone 310-822-3006
http://www. beyondbaroque. org/

or contact event coordinator:
John Amen - pedmagazine@carolina.rr.com
or event assistant Ruth Nolan runolan@aol.com

It was hard to choose, made only slightly easier by the restrictions placed on the nominations (no full-length collection out, no appearance in last year's anthology), but seeing as tomorrow is the deadline and I can deliberate no more, here are our two nominees for the University of Virginia, Merdian's, 2008 Best New Poets anthology:

• Kristen Orser, for "Minnows" (The Prose Poem Issue)
• Benjamin Vogt, for "Portraiture at Blanks' Photography -- Weatherford, 1978" (The Form Issue)

Congratulations! And best of luck.