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Independent Publishers Book Award Winner: Michelle Bonczek Evory

08 Thursday Jul 2021

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Congratulations to our Poetry Mentor, Michelle Bonczek Evory, who won a 2021 Independent Publishers Book Award for her collection The Ghost of Lost Animals. The book was published last year by Gunpowder Press when it won the Barry Spacks Poetry Prize.  

Michelle is available for one-on-one mentoring sessions and manuscript reviews of poetry, nonfiction, & fiction. The Poet’s Billow provides one-on-one study with published, working writers and professors who will cater lessons, assignments, and readings to you individually. Mentoring integrates today’s technology with traditional immersions in reading, writing, and discussion to allow students and mentors to develop close relationships and conduct deep discussions about the art of poetry and the act of writing it. Specific foci and scheduling are designed to fit your schedule and needs and can range from one-time meetings to extended, regular interactions.

Poetry Contest Deadline

01 Wednesday Apr 2020

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Hello Poets! The Poet’s Billow is accepting submissions for the 2020 Pangaea Prize.

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 All poems must be previously unpublished.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.

You can view our guidelines here.

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.

Rob Carney, Pangaea Prize Finalist

18 Friday Aug 2017

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Rob Carney is a finalist for the 2017 Pangaea Prize. There are three poems here that are going to knock your socks off even though you have shoes on. Read them and enjoy.

 

robcarneyliteraryartsphotoRob Carney is the author of four previous books of poems, most recently 88 Maps (Lost Horse Press, 2015), which was named a finalist for the Washington State Book Award, as well as the forthcoming collection The Book of Sharks (Black Lawrence Press). In 2014 he received the Robinson Jeffers/Tor House Foundation Award for Poetry. His work has appeared previously in The Poet’s Billow (2015), as well as Cave Wall, Columbia Journal, Sugar House Review, and many others, and he writes a regularly featured series called “Old Roads, New Stories” for Terrain: A Journal of the Built and Natural Environments. He lives in Salt Lake City.

2015 Atlantis Award Winner & Finalists

04 Friday Mar 2016

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The winner of the 2015 Atlantis Award is Alison Palmer for her poem “Flight.” We are thrilled to publish it along with a selection of the finalists from the contest. We really hope you read these wonderful poems and that they inspire you in some way: to write, to sing, to live your life fully.

The winning poem along with a selection of the finalists can be read here; and the full list of finalists and semi-finalists is below.

The Poet’s Billow is also now welcoming submissions to the 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.

 
Winner: Alison Palmer

Finalists:
Garrett Flatt
Jen Karetnick
Katharyn Howd Machan
Julie Prentice
Diana Roffman
Teresa Sutton

Semi-Finalists:
M.K. Brake
Michael Collins
Colette Gill
Colleen Harris-Keith
Heather Keyser
Kieran MacNaughton
Adrian S. Potter
Jessica Temple
Martin Willitts, Jr

Poetry Contest Deadline: November 1st

24 Saturday Oct 2015

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The Atlantis Award is given to a single best poem. The winning poet receives $200 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. *The contest deadline has been extended to November 1st*

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

See our submission page for details.

Read last year’s winner and finalists.

Bon Vivants Hereafter

01 Saturday Aug 2015

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Greg EmilioCongratulations to Greg Emilio for his group of poems titled “Bon Vivants Hereafter” which won the 2015 Pangaea Prize. What an awesome set of poems! Selected by Mike Dockins.

Greg Emilio is a Southern California native whose poetry and essays have appeared in Miramar, Pleiades, Spillway, andWorld Literature Today, among others.  He’s currently pursuing his PhD in English at Georgia State University in Atlanta.  He also fancies himself a decent bartender.

Atlantis Award: Submission Period Open

28 Tuesday Jul 2015

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The Poet’s Billow is currently accepting submissions for the Atlantis Award.

The Atlantis Award is given to a single best poem. The winning poet receives $200 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.

See our submission page for details.

Read last year’s winner and finalists.

Poetry Contest Deadline Extended

02 Saturday May 2015

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The Poets Billow is extending the submission period for the Pangaea Prize until May 31st, 2015.

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. Click here to read last year’s winner, Brittany Cagle.

Submit now. We have already started reading entries and hope to announce a winner by the end of June.

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

Poetry Contest Deadline: March 20th

17 Tuesday Mar 2015

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The deadline for the Bermuda Triangle Prize is March 20th.

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

Current Theme: Space

Outer space, domestic space, mental space, the space between teeth, 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. 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.

Click here to see our guidelines.

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

 

Poetry Contest Deadline Approaching: Bermuda Triangle Prize

05 Thursday Mar 2015

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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 20th.

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

Current Theme: Space 

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.

Submit now. We have already started reading entries and hope to announce a winner by the middle of April.

Go to our website for the full guidelines: The Poet’s Billow Awards

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

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