€ 2008 Poetry Contest off to a great start!We just announced our 11th
annual poetry contest on Thursdayand we already have over 20 paid
contest entries! Everyonewho enters will get a prize of interest to
poets and writers justfor entering (in addition to the cash prize for
the top three scoringpoems.) Enter now! Click on "2008 Contest" from
the main PSHMenu for all the details, or email
guidelines@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
have the guidelines automatically
e-mailed to you.
This week we're featuring the 3 contest judges as our Poets of the
Week. Click on "Poets of the Week" from the main PSH menu toread
their work.
Interested in sponsoring? Join the 36 sponsors who haveoffered
over 100 prizes to be awarded to our contest entrants. If you'd
like to donate, books, subscriptions, services, or anything of
specific interested to Poets and Writers in exchange for promotional
mention in our classified section and in all contest correspondence
for the duration ofthe contest, please click on "SPONSOR THE 2008
POETRY CONTEST" from the main PSH menu for all the details.
€ PSH Live Open Reading Tomorrow - Sunday, July 6
Tune in...better yet plan on calling in to our next world-wide open
poetry reading broadcast live over the internet. The show is at 2:00
pm (pacific). Click on PSH Live from the main PSH menu for the
details on how to listen and how tocall in and read your poetry.
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THE POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY WEEKLY VIRTUAL UPDATE
http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/
Issue # 562 - ISSN: 1523-6587
July 7 - 13, 2008
this week:
~ This week featuring poets from LOS ANGELES, CA, NEW YORK, NY
and BRUNSWICK, ME
~ 7 new poetry and writing related link added this week.
~ THE ENDARKMENT by JEFFREY MCDANIEL featured this week in the PSH
Bookstore.
~ PSH LIVE Schedule: Open Reading - July 6th (TOMORROW)
Contest Judges Chat - July 13 (Next week)
~ Poetry / Writing related Classified Ads.
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POETS OF THE WEEK
~ This week's featured poets are:
GABRIELLE MITTELBACH, MARGOT LURIE and PJ NIGHTS:
GABRIELLE MITTELBACH (Los Angeles, California) was the first place
winner of the 2007 Poetry Super Highway poetry contest. She has had
poetry published in journals such as Rattle and Nimrod. She is
currently editing her first book of poetry called Kisses for the
Possessed.
MARGOT LURIE (New York, New York) works at Parnassus: Poetry in
Review.
PJ NIGHTS (Brunswick, Maine) was born and raised in the wild and
ravi****ng state of Maine, from which outpost she teaches physics,
stargazes, and publishes and edits the quarterly journal, "from east
to west: bicoastal verse." For her, poetry is less about the concrete
and more about the emotional and spiritual, about the sense of wonder
she gets from a unique image or a surprising use of language. No
particular formula works to elicit a reader's "gasps", but those
quick breaths of appreciation when a poet's intent strikes home are
what she looks for in poems and hopes to achieve with her own. She
writes to keep her brain from turning to mush, and, hopefully, to
leave little bits of beauty in her wake.
Click on "POETS OF THE WEEK" from the main PSH menu to read their
work.
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NEW POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY LINKS
Here are all of the new sites added to the Poetry Super Highway's
poetry and writing links sections.
You can find the actual links on the PSH website in the 3 poetry links
categories. Click on "Add Your Link Here" from the main PSH menu to
add your poetry/writing website to our directory.
NEW ONLINE POETRY RESOURCES LISTINGS THIS WEEK
~ POETS WEAR PRADA
POETS WEAR PRADA is a small press based in Hoboken, New Jersey
devoted to introducing new authors through limited edition,
high-quality chaplets, primarily of poetry.
NEW INDIVIDUAL POETS PAGES LISTINGS THIS WEEK
~ THE SUN WILL EXPLODE
BLOG!
~ METAMORPHOSIS
Thought-provoking poetry and photos that speak of animal,
environmental and human rights.
~ ARTIFACTS: POETRY OF RAY HINMAN
Poetry of Ray Hinman: Afraid of neither concete langauge or meaning.
~ RAVEN'S WING POETRY
Raven's Wing Poetry is the Internet home for the poetry of Nicole
Nicholson, a Central Ohio poet. Her work ranges from the dark and
depraved to the hopeful and uplifting.
~ AUTHOR KIMBERLEY LINSTRUTH-BECKOM
Site is about the author, her works, and upcoming works.
~ RICK BELDEN - IRON MAN FAMILY OUTING
Web site for Rick Belden, author of Iron Man Family Outing, a book of
poetry that explores men's issues, family relation****ps,
relation****ps between men and women, male ***uality, dreams, and
recovery from childhood abuse.
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POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY BOOKSTORE
Featured this week in the PSH Bookstore:
THE ENDARKENMENT by JEFFREY MCDANIEL
"Known for his commanding stage presence as a reader, McDaniel trades
hard in his fourth book on his rough-and-tumble persona--a recovering
addict from the working class streets--while also showing softer
sides. McDaniel's sometimes awkward, if earnest searching might just
be what allows him to find moments of great beauty, humor and
stillness." --Publishers Weekly
³Even if you count yourself among the unredeemed who claim they don't
like poetry, buy this book anyway. It will convert you and install a
skylight in your brain. Alive and kicking in these pages is the voice
of a brilliantly comic consciousness. McDaniel is a candid, frisky
survivor: hyperalert, conversant with drugs and sobriety, obscene
phone call addicts, 'boner etiquette,¹ fatherhood, the special hell
of family, being an Œemotional warrior¹ and so much more. He's an
urban wordsmith of the first order. You hold in your hands his
anguished autobiography, a smorgasbord of famished compassion,
tenderness, luminous surprises, and armor-piercing humor.² ‹Amy
Gerstler
"McDaniel zings metaphors across the page like he's the Robin
Williams of poetry. This collection in frequently moving and
inventive with enough lightheartedness and whimsy to balance the
heaviness of the darker moments." --hipbooksterclub.com
Paperback, 80 pages, published by University of Pittsburgh Press,
(April, 2008)
~ If you are or were a featured poet of the week on the Poetry Super
Highway AND you have a book available through Amazon.com, please let
me know so we can feature your work in the Poetry Super Highway
Bookstore in a new section just for former featured poet's books.
Write books@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
with your name and the title of
the book.
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UPCOMING POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY LIVE EVENTS
Our Live events are hosted through BlogTalk Radio and can be accessed
during the event by visiting http://blogtalkradio.com/psh
and
clicking on the "Click to Listen" button.You can listen to the shows
through your web browser as well as call in and ask questions live
through by dialing (646) 716-7362 during the live broadcast.Can't or
don't want to call in? You can ask questions live during the show's
broadcast time by sending an instant message to RickPoet on AIM.If
you can't make the live time, you can also listen to any past show by
visiting http://blogtalkradio.com/psh
and clicking on the show's
title. (As well as subscribe to all of our shows through iTunes or
any other software you use to listen to podcasts.
Upcoming Shows:
JULY WORLDWIDE OPEN READING
Sunday July 6, 2:00 pm (pacific) - TOMORROW!
Call in and read your poetry, open mic style. No content or style
restrictions. Share details about your local poetry community with
our listeners. We want to hear you!
CHAT WITH 2008 POETRY CONTEST JUDGES
Sunday July 13, 2:00 pm (pacific) - NEXT WEEK!
Listen in to a conversation with the 2008 Poetry Contest Judges to
learn what they look for when they are scoring your contest entry
poems. Rick Lupert will also be on hand to answer any questions
regarding how the contest is run, the rules, the entry guidelines etc.
Recently Archived broadcasts:
JUNE WORLDWIDE OPEN READING
Sunday June 8
The June, 2008 edition of our open reading featured readers from East
Canton, Ohio, Wa****ngton, DC, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Delray Beach,
Florida, Ontaro, Canada, Calabasas, California, Tacoma Park,
Maryland, Seattle, Wa****ngton, Hunterton County, New Jersey,
Evenston, Illinois and Los Angeles, California.
Poetry Super Highway Live would love to host your reading, interview,
contest promotion or other poetry/writing related show. Please e-mail
your show idea to Rick@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
and we'll take it from
there.
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AND SO ON . . .
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POETRY CLASSIFIEDS
For information on placing Poetry Related classifieds ads on the
Poetry Super Highway web page and weekly e-mail outburst, send an
e-mail to: classifieds@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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MARGARET REID POETRY CONTEST FOR TRADITIONAL VERSE - LAST CALL!
Fifth year. Fourteen cash prizes totaling $5,250. Top prize $2,000.
Submit poems in traditional verse forms, such as sonnets and free
verse. Winning entries published online. Both published and
unpublished work accepted. Entry fee is $6 for every 25 lines,
payable to Winning Writers. Postmark deadline: June 30. Judges: J.H.
Reid, D.C. Konrad. Submit online or mail to Winning Writers, Attn:
Margaret Reid Poetry Contest, 351 Pleasant Street, PMB 222,
Northampton, MA 01060. Winning Writers is proud to be one of "101
Best Websites for Writers" (Writer's Digest, 2005-2008). More
information: http://www.winningwriters.com/margaret
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Author & Book Promotions -- a resource directory which promotes
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LAST CALL!
THE DREAM QUEST ONE POETRY & WRITING CONTEST is open to anyone who
loves to express innermost thoughts and feelings into the art of
poetry or to write a short story that is worth telling everyone!
Guidelines: (1) Write a poem, thirty lines or fewer on any subject,
form or style. And/or (2) Write short story five pages maximum,
single or double line spacing, on any subject or theme, fiction or
non-fiction. Multiple entries are accepted. (
http://www.dreamquestone.com
) Postmark Deadline: July 31, 2008.
Prizes: Writing Contest First Prize is $500; Second: $250; Third:
$100. Poetry Contest First Prize: $250; Second: $125; Third: $50. All
contest winners works will be published online in the Dare to Dream
pages, on August 31, 2008. Entry fees: Writing Contest: $10 per short
story. Poetry Contest: $5 per poem. To send entries by mail: Include
title of poem(s) or stori(es), name, address, phone#, email, brief
biographical info. (Tell us a little about yourself) on the
coversheet; add a self-addressed stamped envelope for entry
confirmation. Fees payable to: "DREAMQUESTONE.COM²- Mail to: Dream
Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest, P.O. Box 3141, Chicago, IL 60654.
Visit http://www.dreamquestone.com
for details or to enter!
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Christine Bruness won The 2008 Covert Press Chapbook Contest in may
2008. Christine's new chapbook: "Alley Cat", with a forward by John
Dorsey, is now available from Covert Press. Cost: $5.00, includes
****pping and handling. Covert Press Link: http://www.covertpress.com/
Christine Bruness's website: www.chatnoirstudios.com .
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19th International Reuben Rose Poetry Competition 2008. Prizes. Ist
prize US$500; 2nd prize;US$200; 3rd Prize;US$100. Deadline for
entries October 7th. Winners announced in December together with Hon.
Mentions; to be published in our annual Voices anthology. Entries
unlimited at US$5 per entry payable to Voices Israel. Poem length
less than 40 lines. Address.Voices Israel. P.O.Box 236, Kiryat Ata
Israel 28101. See website for details;
http://www.poetry-voices.8m.com
Judge: poet Richard Berengarten aka
Richard Burns. Teaches at Cambridge University. (sponsored by the
British Council)
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This month, the staff at http://www.UnlikelyStories.org/
celebrate the
site's tenth anniversary.
Some people never learn.
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Just released. Dragons Dance Volume One. a spoken word CD featuring
the poetry of Lawrence R. Berger. get your copy today! The CD's
are $10 U.S. each and run for a total of 20 minuets. to get your copy
send your check or money order to :L Berger C/O skysaje EnterPrizes
50 Amesbury Rd. Rochester, NY 14623.
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WINNING WRITERS EMAIL NEWSLETTER ALERTS YOU TO THE BEST FREE POETRY
CONTESTS - SUBSCRIBE FREE!Join the free Winning Writers newsletter
list and receive monthly news about quality free literary contests
and literary resources, plus quarterly specials with award-winning
poems. We'll keep your email address confidential, and you'll get
immediate online access to our members-only database, The Best Free
Poetry Contests, just for subscribing. We're one of the "101 Best
Websites for Writers" (Writer's Digest, 2005-2008). Subscribe now at
http://www.winningwriters.com/free
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From Assume Nothing Press: "Get the Rollax Repliccas You Watned,
Vermin: Poems Directly Marketed"by E.V. Noechel and "Peripheral
Visions" by Scott Virtes.
http://assumenothingpress.blogspot.com/http://tinyurl.com/2ona8a
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"Average Bears" by award winning poet, LB Sedlacek.Poems include
title poem plus 44 others. Also available,"Red Headed Eskimos" and
"Hemlock Suicides"
http://www.lbsedlacek.comhttp://assumenothingpress.blogspot.com/
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INDIANA NATURE POETRY CONTEST
If you are a Hoosier and have written some environmental poems, this
is the contest for you! Deadline: September 30, 2008. Entry fee: $1
per poemThe royalties from the chapbook will go directly to Mounds
State Park of Anderson, IN.For details, please visit
http://srsmith25.tripod.com/tranquilmoments/id34.html
.
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Science Fiction Poetry Association
http://www.sfpoetry.com/Member****p
- $21/year US/Canada/Mexico,
$25/year Internationalpayable through PayPal to
sfpatreasurer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
or by check toSFPA Treasurer, PO Box 4846,
Covina, CA 91746
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Southern California Haiku Study Group
http://www.socalhaiku.org/Meets
the third Saturday of every month,
from 2-4 pmat the Pacific Asia Museum, 46 North Los Robles
Ave, Pasadena, California 91101.
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This is the cheapest way to get bookstore quality books of your
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(or your pictures, images, website logos, poetry on t-****rts,
sweat****rts, coffee mugs, and mouse pads, hats, picture frames, lunch
boxes, stickers, postcards, calendars, frisbees, and more!)
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Set up your store for free and earn commission from every sale or
order merchandise for yourself or for gifts.
visit: http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/storeref.aspx?refby=rickpoet
for the details.
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A Poet's Haggadah: Passover Through the Eyes of Poets edited by Rick
Lupert
36 Poets reinterpret the traditional themes and text of the Passover
Haggadah through their own unique lenses. Guaranteed to add something
different to your own seders and a great read! Edited by Los Angeles
Poet Rick Lupert (Creator of the Poetry Super Highway) Includes work
from Helen Bar-Lev, Lynne Bronstein, Salvatore Buttaci, Howard
Camner, Larry Colker, devin davis, Barbara Elovic, Robert Klein
Engler, David Gershator, Leslie Halpern, Claudia Handler, Daniel Y.
Harris, Elizabeth Iannaci, Marc Jampole, Rachel Kann, Beth Kanter,
Peggy Landsman, Michael Levy, Jake Marmer, Ellyn Maybe, Heather
McNaugher, Daniel Olivas, Judith Pacht, Jaimes Palacio, Jonathan
Penton, Joan Pond, Lanie Shanzyra P. Rebancos, Richard Schiffman, G.
David Schwartz, Adam Shechter, Diana Sher, Scott Alixander Sonders,
Julia Stein, S. Thomas Summers, Pam Ward and Misha Weidman.
More info and get the book here: http://www.poetseder.com/
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A Man With No Teeth Serves Us Breakfast
is Rick Lupert's latest release and the author's 11th book written
during two weeks in Boston and London during the summer of 2006. It's
a reverse trip through the American Revolution with a special stop to
tread on the remains of King George The III and an introduction by
Brendan Constantine. Read sample poems and learn how to get your copy
here: http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/noteeth.html
See a video of Rick reading from this book here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESl6nId6Mro
See an interview with Rick at his weekly open reading here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pyHYN0gXGP4
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Lupert: It's The Website - & - Poetry Super Highway
http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/
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