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Poetry Submissions Welcome

08 Friday Jan 2016

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The Poet’s Billow is now 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: Running 

Running for president, running down the street, running up the bar tab, 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.

Submit Early – Worried about submitting earlier and paying for an entry you will have to withdraw: we will allow you to replace withdrawn poems until the end of the reading period.

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.

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.

Special Feature – Alaxander Stinton

16 Friday Oct 2015

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The Poet’s Billow has a new Special Features page, and we are so proud to be highlighting Alex Stinton the recipient of the 2014 Sophie Kerr Award, the nation’s largest undergraduate literary award.

Alexander Stinton

Alexander Stinton: I think it was Joyce who remarked how Columbus made his name by being the last person to discover America. Something similar might be said of my undergraduate work. And work it was: those poems took a good deal of shaping and swearing and sleepless nights. I wanted to sound mature, I suppose, and––as an infant does with the voices of those around her––I absorbed and imitated as best I could the poets I was reading. Read more of this interview.

Joseph

On the night God’s seed lay fresh
in the somewhat swanlike
egg beneath Mary’s navel,

who was it
rustling for a bite to eat,
unleavened bread, some dates?

Whose hand went unmoved but
hopeful on the belly
as the other tapped the keys

of his cell phone:
“You’ll never believe. . . .” Continue Reading

Generator By Cindy St. Onge

10 Saturday Oct 2015

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“Generator” was originally published at The Poet’s Billow, in December 2013. It was selected as a runner up for the Atlantis Award. You can read the poem by following this link. The video is made by the author. More of Cindy’s work can be found on her website.

Poetry Contest Deadline: November 1st

27 Sunday Sep 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.

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

To submit follow the guidelines on the Atlantis Award Page

Read previous year’s winners here: Literary Art Gallery

Everything I Know About White

14 Friday Aug 2015

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“Everything I Know About White” is a group of poems by 2015 Pangaea Prize finalists. The title comes from a poem by Nancy Hewitt: the other equally amazing poets are Katharyn Howd Machan, Teresa Sutton, Karla Linn Merrifield, Tasha Graff, and Catherine Moore. Follow the link to read and enjoy!

Possum Kingdom

07 Friday Aug 2015

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Congratulations to Lauren Boisvert for her group of poems titled “Possum Kingdom” which was the runner-up for the 2015 Pangaea Prize. These are selected by Mike Dockins.Lauren Boisvert

Lauren Boisvert is a senior creative writing major at the University of Central Florida. She has been previously published in print and online in Mochila Review, Young Writers Anthology, The Broken Plate, and YARN. One time she walked really close to David Sedaris and it’s her favorite story to tell at bars.

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.

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.

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

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

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