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Poetry Submission Period Open For The 2018 Atlantis Award

14 Tuesday Aug 2018

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The Atlantis Award is given for an outstanding 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 guidelines here.

Read previous year’s winners here: Literary Art Gallery

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

Interview with L.I. Henley

26 Thursday Apr 2018

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L.I. HenleyL.I. Henley is the winner of the 2016 Pangaea Prize. She is the author of Starshine Road which won the 2017 Perugia Press Prize. She is also the author of two chapbooks, Desert with a Cabin View, and The Finding (Orange Monkey Publishing).

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

I think I just realized that with poetry I had to be willing to explore my own distances, get out of a comfort zone that was only “comfortable” because I told myself it was. I had to be able to open the doors that I was once content to leave locked forever. I had to be devoted to the pursuit rather than to the “right ending.” The poet, upon opening one door and seeing there are infinite doors ahead, says, “Yes! This is exactly what I want to do with my time—open doors that lead to more doors.”

2017 Pushcart Nominees

29 Friday Dec 2017

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We are thrilled to announce our 2017 pushcart nominees. Congratulations to these wonderful poets.

“Ancient Future” by M. Wright

“A Week After the Failed Military Coup” by Jennifer Reimer

“And a Heart Two Thousand Years Forewarned” by Marjorie Stelmach

“Public Domain” by Jonathan Travelstead

“Love Song with Lag” by JP Allen

“On The Conservation of Energy” by Emily Rosello Mercurio

Currently we are accepting submissions to the Bermuda Triangle Prize.

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Poetry Contest Submissions Welcome

09 Saturday Dec 2017

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The Poet’s Billow, an organization dedicated to increasing the exposure of poetry, is accepting submission for the Bermuda Triangle Prize – the deadline is March 15th.

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

Current Theme: Nature (2017-2018 Theme)

Nature—human nature, the natural world, or anti-nature—we are open to interpretations.

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. See our guidelines to submit.

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

2017 Bermuda Triangle Prize Winners and Finalists

16 Saturday Sep 2017

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Congratulations to our winners and finalists of the 2017 Bermuda Triangle Prize. This year’s judge Andrea England picked out wonderful poems on the theme of Revolution. Go give them a read.

Winner
Fran Markover – On the Fourth of July
Kurt Luchs – Winter Begins
Emily Rosello Mercurio – On the Conservation of Energy

Finalists
Emily Rosello Mercurio – Holocene
Alex Umlas – This Is an Alternative Poem
Alex Umlas – 2 am
Jen Karetnick – 23andMe Says My Body Is a Sanctuary City
Jen Karetnick – Mobility
Jennifer Reimer  – A Week After the Failed Military Coup
Laura Shovan – Baking Challah

The Poet’s Billow is also now welcoming submissions to the Atlantis Award: Deadline October 1st. If you would like to stay updated on contests and publications in the future you can join us on Facebook and Twitter.

Atlantis Award Poetry Submission Deadline: October 1st

08 Friday Sep 2017

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We are looking for the best, most unique, and interesting poems out there for the 2017 Atlantis Award. There are no restrictions on length, style, or subject. We just want poems that make it so we can’t stop reading, ones that make us want to write. Deadline October 1st.

The Atlantis Award is given for a single best poem. The winning poet receives $250 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.

Read previous year’s winners here: Literary Art Gallery

Claire Scott, Pangaea Prize Runner-up

26 Saturday Aug 2017

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Congratulations to Claire Scott for being our runner-up for the 2017 Pangaea Prize. Check out these amazing poems!

 

Claire-2Claire Scott is an award winning poet who has been nominated twice for the  Pushcart Prize. Her work has been accepted by the Atlanta Review, Bellevue Literary Review, Enzagam and Healing Muse among others. Claire is the author of Waiting to be Called and the co-author of Unfolding in Light: A Sisters’ Journey in Photography and Poetry.

 

 

Poetry Contest Deadline Extended

05 Friday May 2017

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Hello Poets! The Poet’s Billow is extending the deadline for the Pangaea Prize to June 1st.

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.

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. Finalists will also be considered for publication.

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

Visit our Literary Art Gallery to read our previous winners and finalists.

If you would like to stay updated on contests and publications in the future you can join us on Facebook and Twitter.

Poetry Contest Deadline: Revolution

28 Friday Apr 2017

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Only a few days left to submit to the Bermuda Triangle Prize. Send us your poems on the theme of Revolution. This year’s judge is Andrea England.

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

2017 Judge: Andrea England

Current Theme: Revolution (2017 Theme)

Revolution

  1. a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.
    1. a dramatic and wide-reaching change in the way something works or is organized or in people’s ideas about it.
  2. an instance of revolving.
    1. the movement of an object in a circular or elliptical course around another or about an axis or center.

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.

Guidelines:

As entries will be read blindly, your name and contact information should not appear on the poems themselves.

Simultaneous submissions are accepted as long as you send an email if a poem needs to be withdrawn. Multiple submissions are allowed with a paid submission fee for each set of three poems.

Each entry of three poems costs $10 and should be paid through paypal and the poems submitted by email to thepoetsbillow@gmail.com. Please format subject line (First, last name — Bermuda Triangle) (Follow this link and go to the bottom of the page for a paypal link)

Please submit all poems in one document and attach it to the email.

Submit Early – If you are worried about submitting earlier and paying for an entry you will have to withdraw, don’t worry! We will allow you to replace withdrawn poems until the end of the reading period.

If you need to withdraw a poem, please do so by replying to the confirmation email sent for your entry.

Submissions are open starting: November 15th, 2016

Submission deadline: April 30th, 2017 **Open**

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Poetry Contest Deadline: April 30th

21 Friday Apr 2017

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The Poet’s Billow, an organization dedicated to increasing the exposure of poetry, is accepting submission for the Bermuda Triangle Prize – the deadline is April 30th.

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

Current Theme: Revolution 

  1. a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.
  2. a dramatic and wide-reaching change in the way something works or is organized or in people’s ideas about it.
  3. an instance of revolving.
  4. the movement of an object in a circular or elliptical course around another or about an axis or center.

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

Visit our website for guidelines on how to submit.

If you would like to stay updated on contests and publications in the future you can join us on Facebook and Twitter.