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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.

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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.

2014 Judge of the Atlantis Award: Devon Moore

19 Sunday Oct 2014

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We are proud to introduce our judge for this year’s Atlantis Award: Devon Moore

Deadline is at the end of the October. Submit today.

Here is a little bit more about her:devon-j-moore

Devon J. Moore is a native of Buffalo, NY. She currently lives in Syracuse, NY where she teaches writing at Syracuse University and Le Moyne College. A former Syracuse University Fellow, she has an MFA in Creative Writing from Syracuse University. Her poems have appeared in Gulf Coast, Foothill, Ovenbird, Cider Press Review, Harpur Palate and Stone Canoe and her first poetry book, Apology of a Girl Who Is Told She Is Going to Hell, which was once a semi-finalist for the 2013 Crab Orchard First Book Award and the University of Wisconsin Press Brittingham and Pollak poetry series, is now forthcoming from Mayapple Press in April 2015.

Announcing The Winner And Finalists Of The 2014 Pangaea Prize

31 Thursday Jul 2014

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Follow the links to read the poems of our winner and finalists.

Winner: Brittany Cagle
Runner-Up: Christina Clark

Finalists:
Alison Palmer
Kelly Scarff
Theodora Ziolkowski
Katharyn Machan
Myra Rasmussen

Semi-Finalists:
Sydney Justice
Karla Linn Merrifield
M.K. Brake
Claire Scott

More about the Pangaea Prize

Also, we are currently accepting submissions for the Atlantis Award.

For more announcements you can follow us on facebook.

Poetry: Who Needs It?

16 Wednesday Jul 2014

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“A century ago, poetry did not appear in little magazines devoted to it, but on the pages of newspapers and mass-circulation magazines. The big magazines and even the newspapers began declining about the time they stopped printing poetry.” — William Logan

This is a great article. Read it here: Poetry: Who Needs It?

Announcing the Winners of the 2014 Bermuda Triangle Prize

06 Friday Jun 2014

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We are happy to announce that we have published the winners and some finalists of the 2014 Bermuda Triangle Prize selected by guest judge Lawrence Eby. Below is a list of poets we would like to showcase for sending us great work, unfortunately we could not publish them all, but you can follow this link to read our selection.

Winners:
Lucian Mattison
Steven Blythe
Liz Casey

Finalists:
Jen Ashburn
Amy Neill Bebergal
Lucile Blanchard
Kathleen Kilcup
Alison Palmer

Semi-Finalist:
Michael Klecker
Daniel Devaughn
Catherine Howl
Fran Markover
Jed Myers
Jessica Glover
Andrew Renolds
Molly Prosser

Announcing the 2013 Atlantis Award Winner

07 Saturday Dec 2013

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We are so happy to bring you the poems for the 2013 Atlantis Award. Big thanks to Mike Dockins who judged this year’s contest. He selected Lisa Summe‘s poem “Pilot You” as the winner. Please, go read it and the other fantastic poems by our finalists. 

https://thepoetsbillow.org/literary-art-gallary/2013-atlantis-award/

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Lisa SummeLisa Summe
Lisa Summe was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio and earned her BA and MA in English at the University of Cincinnati. Her poems have appeared in Fourth River, Mead, The Licking River Review, and others. This year she received honorable mention in the Jean Chimsky Poetry Prize and was nominated twice for a 2014 Pushcart Prize. Currently an MFA candidate in poetry at Virginia Tech, she lives in Blacksburg, Virginia with her very handsome cat, Ozzy.

List of 50 Best New Poets 2013

01 Sunday Sep 2013

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The Poets Billow editor and poetry mentor, Michelle Bonczek is selected for Best New Poets 2013.

http://bestnewpoets.org/blog/2013/8/28/announcing-our-50-best-new-poets-of-2013

 

Book Contest Through Permafrost

26 Friday Jul 2013

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Caitlin Scarano, winner of the Pangaea Prize and Editor of Permafrost, says: Send me your Manuscript for Permafrost’s first annual book contest. 

Winner of the 2013 Pangaea Prize

20 Saturday Jul 2013

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The Poets Billow is happy to announce the winner of the 2013 Pangaea Prize. Here is an except from Caitlin Scarano’s Entry. Visit our Literary Art Gallery to read seven of her finally crafted poems. 

Losing It

God came to me like a drunken man
running from a car accident. God came

at me with a mouth full of snow, blood
& broken teeth. I used to be alone.

I used to wake up without an arm across my neck.
No boys or gods licking the sole of my shoe

or testing the rope ladder hooked in my lower lip.
Sinning is storytelling –

you always look them in the eye. Your body
always betrays you. God came to me

like the accident itself. No, he came at me like the tree
that parted the car, or the girl that parted

the windshield. The only car accident I was ever in
was the night I lost my virginity in the backseat.

God wasn’t there.
Just a frightened, frightened boy.

Read more by Caitlin Scarano

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