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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

Poetry Contest Deadline April 30

29 Wednesday Apr 2020

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There is only a short time left to submit to the Bermuda Triangle Prize. Send us your poems on the theme of Fire.

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

Current Theme: Fire (2019-2020 Theme)

We are open to interpretations on the theme: Forest fires, magical fire, the absences of fire, your fired, how to extinguish a fire, the fires of passion. 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, 2020

Click here to go to contest page

Winners of the 2018 Atlantis Award

20 Friday Sep 2019

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creative-writing, inspiration, MFA, poem, poems, Poetry, writers

We are so pleased to post the winner and finalist for the 2018 Atlantis Award. Jennifer Hollis is our winner. N.L. Pillman the runner-up and Jari Chevalier, Emily K. Michael, and Amber Thompson our finalists. Congratulations to them and to our semifinalists.

We are currently accepting submissions for the 2019 Atlantis Award. If you are interested please submit!

Announcing 2016 Pangaea Prize Winners and Finalists

18 Saturday Mar 2017

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art, books, inspiration, news, poem, Poetry, reading, writer, Writing

We are proud to be announcing the 2016 Pangaea Prize winners and finalists. We have two runners-up this year. We published both of their entries which means we have 3 collections being published for this contest. Go to the site and check out some great collections along with a selection of our finalists.

Congratulations to  Lauren Henley for winning the 2016 Pangaea Prize. She is the winner of the 2017 Perugia Press Award and the poems appearing on The Poet’s Billow are from her unpublished book called Whole Night Through. Check them out!

The Poet’s Billow is also now welcoming submissions to the Bermuda Triangle Prize and the 2017 Pangaea Prize. If you would like to stay updated on contests and publications in the future you can join us on Facebook and Twitter.

Winner
L.I. Henley

Runners-up 
Sarah Ann Winn
Catherine Cobb Morocco

 Finalists
JC Reilly
Peter Ludwin
Rob Carney
Amy Nawrocki
Therese L. Broderick
Cassondra Windwalker
Flower Conroy

 Semi-Finalists
John Bergholz
Maril Crabtree
Candice Iloh
David Bublitz
Jack Cooper
Kimberly Williams
Mary Kay Rummel
Bo Niles

Interview With Lucian Mattison

13 Friday Jan 2017

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inspiration, interview, poem, Poetry, reading, writers, Writing

petworth-1Lucian is the winner of 2014 Atlantis Award and the 2014 Bermuda Triangle Prize. He is the author of Peregrine Nation (The Broadkill River Press, 2014) which won the 2014 Dogfish Head Poetry Prize. His second collection “Reaper’s Milonga” is forthcoming from YesYes Books in the fall of 2017.

Go to our website for the entire interview.
Here is an excerpt:

So one function of writing is that it can be a way of creating homes out of memory and experience. Part of it comes from the inherent solitude that comes with such movement. You aren’t tied to any one place and people come and go in your life. You do your best to stay in touch with as many of those people as possible, but for the most part, you are operating on your own and adapting as you move forward. Writing is a way of recording growth and human experience in a meaningful way. It also helps to have a constantly changing foreground and background when composing. It enriches the experience of writing and the writing itself.

Generator By Cindy St. Onge

10 Saturday Oct 2015

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entertainment, inspiration, Movie, Poet, Poetry, writers, Writing

“Generator” was originally published at The Poet’s Billow, in December 2013. It was selected as a runner up for the Atlantis Award. You can read the poem by following this link. The video is made by the author. More of Cindy’s work can be found on her website.

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