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Announcing the 2015 Bermuda Triangle Prize Winners and Finalists

12 Sunday Jul 2015

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The Poet’s Billow is proud to showcase the poems of seven great poets who are our winners and finalists for the 2015 Bermuda Triangle Prize. This year’s poems where published under the theme of space.

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Winners:
Lisa St. John
Evelyn Conley
D. Ellis Phelps

Finalists:
Flower Conroy
Nikki Paley Cox
Libby Kurz
Marti Snell

Semi-Finalists:
Loretta Oleck
Douglas Cole
Ellie White
Karla Linn Merrifield
Bryn Homuth
Ed Coletti
Chris Dingman
Sara Wielenberg

Post-Internet Poetry

11 Wednesday Mar 2015

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This is an interesting article from The New Yorker about how the internet age has influenced how we make poetry. Below is an excerpt. Read the entire article here.

“Over the past few years, the art world has been throwing around the term “post-Internet” to describe the practices of artists who use the Web as the basis for their work but don’t make a big deal about it. For these artists, unlike those of previous generations, the Web is just another medium, like painting or sculpture. Their artworks move fluidly between spaces, appearing sometimes on a screen, other times in a gallery. A JPEG of a painting is often considered another version of a painting, and vice versa.” –Kenneth Goldsmith

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

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Announcing the 2014 Atlantis Award Winner

17 Wednesday Dec 2014

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Our guest judge, poet Devon Moore, has chosen Lucian Mattison as our winner from among the wonderful poems we received.

The winning poem along with a selection of the finalists can be read here.

Winners:
Lucian Mattison

Runner-up :
Kathleen Kilcup

Finalists:
Adrian Potter
Brianna Pike

Semi-Finalist:
Elaine Olund
Alina Stefanescu
Ellene Glenn Moore
Christine Bettis
Emily Cole
Sarah Sala
Teresa Sutton
Jed Myers
Claire Scott

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.

Atlantis Award Deadline Extended

07 Tuesday Oct 2014

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The Poet’s Billow, an organization dedicated to increasing the exposure of poetry, is extending their deadline for the Atlantis Award to November 1st.

The Atlantis Award is given 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. Up to five finalists will be considered for publication.

This link will take you to our submission guidelines: https://thepoetsbillow.org/poetry-awards/the-atlantis-award/

 

Man Stabbed To Death In Russia For Saying Poetry Is Not Real Literature: Cops

19 Wednesday Mar 2014

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This is a great bit of weird news.

A Russian teacher stabbed his friend,
(According to the courts)
Because the man disparaged
Poems, RIA reports.

It started as a friendly chat
Last week, in the Urals.
The men were drunk, discussing books
Just gabbing like old pals.

Go to the Huff Post for the rest

The Poet’s Billow, Poetrie, and Orange Monkey Press Reaing at AWP Seattle

15 Saturday Feb 2014

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reading flyerFor those who are going to the AWP conference in Seattle or for those who live in the area The Poet’s Billow is teaming up with Poetrie and Orange Monkey Press out of California to put on an awesome poetry reading. Also, we will buy you a drink! Hope to see you there.

March 1st

The Black Bottle
2600 1st Ave
Seattle, Washington 98121