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Announcing Winners for the 2021 Pangaea Prize

28 Thursday Apr 2022

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The Poet’s Billow is happy to announce that Kieran Dieter has been selected as the winner of the 2021 Pangaea Prize; and Martha Brenckle has been selected as the runner-up. The winning poems can be read on the 2021 Pangaea Prize announcement page. 

The Poet’s Billow is now welcoming submissions to the 2022 Bermuda Triangle Prize—Deadline April 30; and to the 2022 Pangaea Prize—Deadline May 1. If you would like to stay updated on contests and publications in the future you can join us on Facebook and Twitter.

 

About our Winner & Runner-Up:

Kieran Dieter is a writer, artist, and educator. Their poems, short stories, and creative nonfiction have appeared in Atticus Review, FIELD, Juked, Pleiades, and Prairie Schooner, among other journals. They were a finalist for the Italo Calvino Prize and Third Coast’s Jaimy Gordon Prize in Fiction. They live with their family in Providence, RI.

 

Martha Catherine Brenckle is a Professor at the University of Central Florida where she teaches First-year Writing and Rhetorical Theory. She writes poetry and fiction and has published most recently in The Sea Letter, Clockhouse Review, Broken Bridge Review, Burningword Literary Magazine, Bryant Literary Review and Poets Billow among others. In 2000, she won the Central Florida United Arts Award for Poetry. Her first novel, Street Angel (2006) and was nominated for a Lambda Award and a Triangle Award and was a Finalist for Fence Magazine’s 2007 Best GLBT Novel Award. In 2019, Finishing Line Press published her poetry chapbook, Hard Letters and Folded Wings. Currently, Martha serves as the Treasurer for the GLBTQ+ Museum of Central Florida. 

Poetry Contest Deadline: April 30

24 Sunday Apr 2022

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Poetry, In the beginningOnly a few days left to submit to the Bermuda Triangle Prize. 

Send us your poems on the theme of change. The Bermuda Triangle Prize is given to three poems on a theme from up to three different poets. 

Current Theme: Beginning (2021-2022 Theme) 

We are open to interpretations on the theme: person change, spiritual change, chemical change, morphing into a giant planet-eating robot.

Send us your interpretation however literal or liberal. 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. Up to five finalists will be considered for publication. We nominate for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net Anthology, and The Best New Poets Anthology. 

Submission deadline: April 30, 2022 

Click here to go to contest page

Wednesday Workshop

07 Monday Mar 2022

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The Poet's Billow
Online Poetry Workshop
Wednesday Workshop

Do you want friendly honest feedback on your poetry without having to commit hundreds of dollars on month long seminars, travel, or packed zoom meetings where all the participants windows are the size of dimes? Then join the intimate, small-group sessions of our Wednesday Workshops. No need to commit to a month of sessions! Join us week to week at your convenience.

Wednesday Workshop is a meeting held weekly where participants share one poem which receives feedback from other workshop participants and a workshop leader who is an award winner poet. These are small groups, so space is limited.

Time: Every Wednesday @ 12:00pm PST/ 3:00pm EST

Length: 1 hour Session

Size: 1-5 participants

Cost: $35

How to Register:

Send an email with the date of a workshop to reserve your space to Thepoetsbillow[at]gmail[dot]com or through our contact page

Poetry will be uploaded in google classroom during the workshop. You do not need a google ID or gmail account to join.

Winners of the 2021 Bermuda Triangle Prize

13 Thursday Jan 2022

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said-alamri-40w3HuwLM0I-unsplashThe Poet’s Billow has selected Emily Light, Becca Rae Rose, and Michael Samra as the winners of 2021 Bermuda Triangle Prize. The winning poems along with a selection of the finalists can be read on the 2021 Bermuda Triangle announcement page.

We also named a number of semifinalists. This was a difficult list to make and hard decisions were made on every level of judging. We receive so many great poems and don’t have the resources to publish them all.

The Poet’s Billow is also now welcoming submissions to the 2022 Bermuda Triangle Prize and the Pangaea Prize. If you would like to stay updated on contests and publications in the future you can join us on Facebook and Twitter.

See our Special Offer for January Only!!!

Poetry Contest Deadline: November 30th

26 Friday Nov 2021

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There are only a few days left to submit to the Atlantis Award. Deadline is November 30. Submit up to 3 poems. We nominate for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net Anthology, and The Best New Poets Anthology. 

The Atlantis Award is given to a single best poem. The winning poet receives $300 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. Finalists will be considered for publication.

Poetry Contest Deadline

22 Friday Oct 2021

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AtlantisThe Atlantis Award is given to a single best poem. The winning poet receives $300 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. Finalists will be considered for publication. *The contest deadline has been extended to November 30th*

We nominate for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net Anthology, and The Best New Poets Anthology.

See our submission page for details.

Winner of the 2020 Pangaea Prize

17 Saturday Jul 2021

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The Poet’s Billow is happy to announce that Marlo Starr has been selected as the winner of the 2020 Pangaea Prize. The winning poems along with a selection of the finalists can be read on the 2020 Pangaea Prize announcement page.

We also named a number of semifinalists. This was a difficult list to make and hard decisions were made on every level of judging. We receive so many great poems and don’t have the resources to publish them all.

The Poet’s Billow is also now welcoming submissions to the Atlantis Award. If you would like to stay updated on contests and publications in the future you can join us on Facebook and Twitter.

About our Winner:

starr-2020-photoMarlo Starr writes and teaches in Baltimore. She holds an MFA from the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins and a PhD in English from Emory University. Her poetry and prose have appeared or are forthcoming in BOAAT, The Threepenny Review, Berfrois, Queen Mob’s Teahouse, and elsewhere.

Poet’s New Website and Blog

13 Tuesday Jul 2021

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Karla Linn Merrifield has been a finalist for many poet’s billow’s poetry awards, published over ten collections of poems, and is published widely. She now has a website where you can learn more about her many talents and travels. Check it out: https://karlalinnmerrifield.org/books/

Karla also has a blog you can subscribe to: https://karlalinnmerrifeld.wordpress.com/

At The Muses’ Refugia blog there will be:

  • Musings about poetry
  • Book reviews
  • Interviews with poets, musicians and artists 
  • New book alerts
  • Photographs and music
  • Special guest posts 
  • Helpful writing resources
  • Occasional foodie observations, including recipes (cooking is an art!)

Poetry Submission Period Open For The 2021 Atlantis Award

02 Friday Jul 2021

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The Atlantis Award is given for a single best poem. The winning poet receives $300 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. Up to five finalists will be considered for publication.

We nominate for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net Anthology, and The Best New Poets Anthology.

To enter the Atlantis Award see our guidlines here.

Read previous year’s winners here: Literary Art Gallery

Don’t forget you can follow The Poet’s Billow on Facebook and Twitter.

Poetry Contest Deadline: March 15

28 Sunday Feb 2021

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Only a few weeks left to submit to the Bermuda Triangle Prize. Send us your poems on the theme of change.

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

Current Theme: Change (2020-2021 Theme)

We are open to interpretations on the theme: person change, spiritual change, chemical change, morphing into a giant planet-eating robot. Send us your interpretation however literal or liberal.

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. Up to five finalists will be considered for publication.

We nominate for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net Anthology, and The Best New Poets Anthology.

Submission deadline: March 15th, 2021

Click here to go to contest page

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