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Bermuda Triangle Prize Deadline Extended

16 Sunday Mar 2014

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We are extending the deadline fir the Bermuda Triangle Prize. Submissions will be accepted until April 1st. We have started reading submission and hope to have a winner announce by the middle of April.

The Bermuda Triangle Prize is given to three poems on a theme from up to three different poets.

Current Theme: Disappearance 

We are open to interpretations on the theme. It is up to you how literal or abstract you would like to play on the chosen theme.

Each winning poem will receive $50, for a total cash prize of $150. The poems will be published and displayed in the Poet’s Billow Literary Art Gallery and nominated for a Pushcart Prize. If the poet qualifies, the poem will also be submitted to The Best New Poets anthology.

Deadline approaching for entries to the Bermuda Triangle Prize

07 Friday Mar 2014

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March 15th is the deadline to submit your poems to the Bermuda Triangle Prize.

The Bermuda Triangle Prize is given to three poems on a theme from up to three different poets.

Current Theme: Disappearance 

We are open to interpretations on the theme. It is up to you how literal or abstract you would like to play on the chosen theme.

Each winning poem will receive $50, for a total cash prize of $150. The poems will be published and displayed in the Poet’s Billow Literary Art Gallery and nominated for a Pushcart Prize. If the poet qualifies, the poem will also be submitted to The Best New Poets anthology.

Go to the website for full guidelines on how to submit.  https://thepoetsbillow.org/poetry-awards/bermuda-triangle-prize/

Or, go to our Literary Art Gallery to read the winners of the Atlantis Award and Pangaea Prize.

Announcing the 2013 Atlantis Award Winner

07 Saturday Dec 2013

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We are so happy to bring you the poems for the 2013 Atlantis Award. Big thanks to Mike Dockins who judged this year’s contest. He selected Lisa Summe‘s poem “Pilot You” as the winner. Please, go read it and the other fantastic poems by our finalists. 

https://thepoetsbillow.org/literary-art-gallary/2013-atlantis-award/

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Lisa SummeLisa Summe
Lisa Summe was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio and earned her BA and MA in English at the University of Cincinnati. Her poems have appeared in Fourth River, Mead, The Licking River Review, and others. This year she received honorable mention in the Jean Chimsky Poetry Prize and was nominated twice for a 2014 Pushcart Prize. Currently an MFA candidate in poetry at Virginia Tech, she lives in Blacksburg, Virginia with her very handsome cat, Ozzy.

This Reminds Us: TPB Now Taking Submissions for The Atlantis Award ; Pangaea Prize Winner Posted

20 Saturday Jul 2013

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First mentioned in two dialogues (Timaeus and Critias) by Plato in 360 BC, the legendary island of Atlantis has long been sought by historians, archaeologists, and explorers alike. Said to have originally existed between South America and Africa, this sunken island has been searched for in no less than dozens of locations worldwide, from Bimini to the Black Sea.

In a new twist, a team of scientists from Brazil and Japan say they have discovered their version of Atlantis, or at least an ancient piece of granite that was part of a continent that disappeared nearly a hundred million years ago when Africa and South America separated.

Read the Article at Redorbit

Check out the Pangaea Prize Winner

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Winner of the 2013 Pangaea Prize

20 Saturday Jul 2013

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The Poets Billow is happy to announce the winner of the 2013 Pangaea Prize. Here is an except from Caitlin Scarano’s Entry. Visit our Literary Art Gallery to read seven of her finally crafted poems. 

Losing It

God came to me like a drunken man
running from a car accident. God came

at me with a mouth full of snow, blood
& broken teeth. I used to be alone.

I used to wake up without an arm across my neck.
No boys or gods licking the sole of my shoe

or testing the rope ladder hooked in my lower lip.
Sinning is storytelling –

you always look them in the eye. Your body
always betrays you. God came to me

like the accident itself. No, he came at me like the tree
that parted the car, or the girl that parted

the windshield. The only car accident I was ever in
was the night I lost my virginity in the backseat.

God wasn’t there.
Just a frightened, frightened boy.

Read more by Caitlin Scarano

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Atlantis Award for Best Poem: Submission Period Now Open

01 Monday Jul 2013

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The Atlantis Award is awarded to a single best poem. The winning poet receives $100 and will be featured in an interview on The Poet’s Billow web site. The winning poem will be published and displayed in the Poet’s Billow Literary Art Gallery and nominated for a Pushcart Prize. If the poet qualifies, the poem will also be submitted to The Best New Poets anthology.

Up to five runners-up will be considered for publication and a Pushcart Prize nomination.

Follow this link for guidelines on how to enter: Atlantis Award

Read last year winners here: 2012 Atlantis

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Pangaea Poetry Prize Deadline Approaching

10 Friday May 2013

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The Deadline for the Poets Billow Pangaea Prize is in 5 days. If you would like to enter get your submission in by May 15th.

The winning poet receives $100 and will be featured in an interview on The Poet’s Billow web site. The winning poems will be published and displayed in the Poet’s Billow Literary Art Gallery, at least one of the winning poems will be nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Finalists will also be considered for publication and nomination. If the winning poet qualifies, two poems will also be submitted to The Best New Poets anthology.

See the Poets Billow website for full guidelines.

Pangaea Poetry Prize Deadline Extended

29 Monday Apr 2013

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The deadline to enter The Poets Billow Pangaea Prize has been extended to May 15th.

The Pangaea Prize is awarded for the best series of poems ranging between two and up to seven poems in a group. Judging will be based on poems as individual entities as well as their cohesiveness – that can be in terms of common themes, images, narrative or however else you would like to group your poems. All poems must be previously unpublished.  There are no restrictions to length or style.

Go to The Poets Billow for full Guidelines.

Interview with Poets Billow Editors on Doutrope

21 Thursday Feb 2013

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Doutrope has posted their interview with The Poets Billow editors Michelle Bonczek and Robert Evory on their website. Get a behind the scenes look at how we run our poetry competitions, who our favorite writers are, and what our judging process is like.

Link to the Interview