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Saturday
Apr102010

Poetry Book Giveaway

 

 

Happy Day 10 of National Poetry Month!

In celebration I want to let you know that Poemeleon is participating in the Poetry Book Giveway that Kelli Russell Agodon is coordinating. 

Here is a list of Poemeleon contributors who are participating in the Poetry Book Giveaway:

Sherry Chandler

Ching-In Chen

Jeannine Hall Gailey

Bridget Kelly-Lossada

Diane Lockward

Ruth Nolan

Martha Silano

Laura Madeline Wiseman

Lynn Wagner

 

(Check out the Book of Kells for a complete list of Bloggers participating in the giveaway.)

 

Here is how it works:

Visit the bloggers above and leave a comment on their giveaway post; this constitutes your entry. Also, please leave a comment on this post to win a copy of either my book, Seven Floors Up, or, in celebration of our upcoming Collaborative Issue, a copy of Saints of Hysteria: A Half Century of Collaborative American Poetry, an anthology edited by Denise Duhamel whose collaborative poetry we are featuring in the issue.

 

I am also participating on my own blog, where I am offering a copy of Beth Ann Fennelly's book Unmentionables (look for a collaborative poem by Fennelly and Ann Fisher-Wirth in the upcoming issue)

 

or a copy of Juan Felipe Herrerra's novel-in-verse CrashBoomLove, os well as my own book, Seven Floors Up.

So please visit all of these blogs for a chance to win one (or possibly more!) of their books.

On May 1st I will choose two winners from the Poemeleon blog and three from my own. (And please be sure to leave an email in your comment so that I can get a hold of you.)

Check back regularly -- the Collaborative Issue is in the works, and though it will probably launch later than anticipated, it should be up by the end of this month.

(If you're a contributor who is participating in the Poetry Book Giveaway drop me a line at editor (at) poemeleon (dot) org and I'll add your name to the list.)

Monday
Apr052010

The Habitual Poet: Penelope Scambly Schott

Installment #21

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Thursday
Mar252010

Contributor News: Sherman Alexie

I have just learned that Sherman Alexie, whose prose poem "Inappropriate" we featured in the Humor Issue, has just won the PEN/Faulkner Award for his collection of short stories, War Dances.

Sherman Alexie came to Poemeleon as a result of his reading Poemeleon's contribution to Meridian's 2006 Best New Poets anthology.

Congratulations, Sherman!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read more about the award here, here and here.

Friday
Mar192010

All Notifications Sent, Plus Mystery Box FYI

Dear Readers,

Just a quick note to say that all acceptances and rejections have been sent. If by some chance you did not receive notification please drop me a line and I'll let you know the status of your poems: editor@poemeleon.org.

We had some amazing work submitted, and it caused us to think about what exactly constitues a collaborative work. Some of the work that was sent was more responsive than collaborative, i.e. ekphrasis after an existing painting rather than a joint partnership between author and artist. I'm very excited about this issue and we have lots of intriguing work to present, including collaborative poems by Denise Duhamel and Stephen Miller, Ann Fisher-Wirth and Beth Ann Fennelly, Richard Garcia and the notorious Long Table Poets, Sarah Maclay and Holaday Mason, and many many more.

Also, while the current Mystery Box Contest is now closed, we do want to invite everyone to read the poems and vote for their favorite. The poems can be found here and the polling place here.

Thank you all for reading, and please stay tuned for more installments of the Habitual Poet and the Collaborative Issue, coming soon!

Sunday
Feb212010

The Habitual Poet: Lesley Wheeler

Installment #20

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