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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

Submit to our Atlantis Award

POETRY REPORT: ZIMMERMAN VERDICT

18 Thursday Jul 2013

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The ever-entertaining poet Scott Poole reports the news through poetry.

GEORGE ZIMMERMAN DRIVES HOME, BUT HIS CAR DIES…

Read the poem at Nailed Magazine

Poet El Jones on Violence Against Women

16 Tuesday Jul 2013

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El Jones, poet laureate of Halifax and Women’s Studies professor at Acadia University, joins Jian to express a more nuanced take on the controversy that has erupted around a planned Chris Brown concert in the Halifax area.

The Dartmouth, N.S. show is set to feature controversial R&B singer Chris Brown, who pleaded guilty to assaulting his girlfriend, pop star Rihanna, in 2009.

Check out the radio interview on the show Q with Jian Ghomenshi

Michelle Bonczek’s New Poem in Orion Magazine

10 Wednesday Jul 2013

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Check out the current beautiful issue of Orion Magazine to read a new poem by Michelle Bonczek, as well as an essay by Barry Lopez, and an article by environmental activist Bill McKibben.

“Advection, Nova Scotia”

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The Best Defense Ever for Breastfeeding in Public: A Poem

09 Tuesday Jul 2013

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We’ve heard a lot of thoughtful, impassioned arguments from moms who have to defend their rights to breastfeed in public, but we’ve never come across anything quite as powerful as this.

Hollie McNish, a published U.K. poet and spoken word artist, posted this video entitled “Embarrassed” on YouTube on July 4, that slowly but surely became a viral sensation.

Check it out: Embarrassed

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The Humanities are Not in Decline According to the Numbers

02 Tuesday Jul 2013

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Recently, Nate Silver, the statistician who has become famous for the accuracy of his analyses of polling data, has weighed in on the inexorable decline of the humanities, and has found, using “numbers” and “arithmetic,” that “the relative decline of majors like English is modest when accounting for the increased propensity of Americans to go to college.”

“In fact, the number of new degrees in English is fairly similar to what it has been for most of the last 20 years as a share of the college-age population,” Silver said.

Read the article, see the numbers at The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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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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Seven European Literary Journals You Should Know

30 Sunday Jun 2013

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Everybody knows The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Poetry, AGNI and The Kenyon Review but which European (including British) magazines should a poet-in-the-know be sending work to? Which magazines should a reader-in-the-know be reading? Let B O D Y guide you hither and thither with our recommendations of literary publications from the U.K and Europe who are doing (and publishing) good work.

Read the full article at: Body: Poetry. Prose. Word.

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Online Poetry Workshop Starting July 7th

21 Friday Jun 2013

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The Poet’s Billow is starting an online poetry workshop July 7th run by poet and author Michelle Bonczek.

This is a 4 week workshop. Post a poem onto a private website each week and comment on your fellow poets’ work. Michelle Bonczek will give editorial and revisionary comments on poems; through the course of a workshop she may give suggestions for books to read, suggestions for publishing and exercises designed to generate new work. You are guaranteed feedback on a poem of your choosing each week.

This is a great option for anyone who wants honest editorial feedback on their work. It is great for writers who want to publish, enter MFA programs, just want to improve their writing or even just started writing.

We expect to have writers of multiple styles, and ages, with different experiences and plots in life. But what will bring us all together is a love for poetry and a desire to interact with others who write.

For more information on the workshop and to sign up for the workshop visit the workshop page on the poet’s billow website: https://thepoetsbillow.org/workshops/

Find out more information about the workshop leader Michelle Bonczek at: https://thepoetsbillow.org/our-poets/michelle-bonczek/

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

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