12 Thursday Sep 2019
Emily K. Michael, finalist for the Atlantis Award, talks on WJXT4 The Local Station / News4JAX about poetry, teaching, and her new book Neoteny. This is a great interview with a fascinating poet.
https://www.news4jax.com/video/neoteny-poems-video
24 Saturday Aug 2019
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Congratulations to the Alexandra Umlas who won the 2018 Pangaea Prize. This is an awesome crown of sonnets on the theme of work. Follow the link to read her poetry.
You can read the runner-up and finalists here.
Alexandra Umlas is the author of the full-length poetry collection At the Table of the Unknown (Moon Tide Press). She serves as a reader for Palette Poetry and on the board of directors of Tebot Bach, a non-profit literary organization. A recent graduate of the M.F.A. Poetry program at California State University, Long Beach, she currently teaches English and lives in Huntington Beach, CA with her husband and two daughters. www.alexandraumlas.com
07 Sunday Apr 2019
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The Poet’s Billow has selected Catherine Cryan, Eric Hertz, and Richard Thompson as the winners of 2018 Bermuda Triangle Prize. The winning poems along with a selection of the finalists can be read on the 2018 Bermuda Triangle announcement page.
We also named a number of semifinalists. This was a difficult list to make and hard decisions were made on every level of judging. We receive so many great poems and don’t have the resources to publish them all.
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.
01 Saturday Dec 2018
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We are thrilled to announce our 2018 pushcart nominees. Congratulations to these wonderful poets.
“Shahzaman” By Julio Cesar Villegas
“Paola” By Julio Cesar Villegas
“Pull-n-Peel Licorice Twists” By Mary Rood
“My Mother’s Face” By Claire Scott
“Group Therapy” By James Roach
Currently we are accepting submissions to the Bermuda Triangle Prize.
And don’t forget you can follow The Poet’s Billow on Facebook and Twitter.
13 Saturday Oct 2018
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The Atlantis Award is given to a single best poem. The winning poet receives $300 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.
14 Tuesday Aug 2018
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The Atlantis Award is given for an outstanding poem. The winning poet receives $300 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 enter the Atlantis Award see our guidelines here.
Read previous year’s winners here: Literary Art Gallery
Don’t forget you can follow The Poet’s Billow on Facebook and Twitter.
26 Saturday May 2018
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The Poet’s Billow is accepting submissions for the Pangaea Prize – the deadline is June 1st.
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, Marjorie Stelmach who is the author of five volumes of poetry, most recently, Falter (Cascade Books, 2017). Previous books include Without Angels (Mayapple), A History of Disappearance and Bent upon Light (Tampa).
In the past we have hosted readings at AWP to which we invite all our contributors. We also nominate for the Pushcart Prize, the Best New Poets anthology, and have had contributors as finalists for Best of the Net.
Find more at our contest page or our homepage Thepoetsbillow.org
You can also stay updated by following us on Facebook and Twitter.
04 Friday May 2018
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Hello Poets! The Poet’s Billow is extending the deadline for the Pangaea Prize to June 1st.
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.
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.
28 Saturday Apr 2018
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April 30th is the deadline to submit to the Bermuda Triangle Prize. Send us your poems on the theme of nature.
The Bermuda Triangle Prize is given to three poems on a theme from up to three different poets.
Current Theme: Nature
Nature—human nature, the natural world, or anti-nature—we are open to interpretations.
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.
Submission deadline: April 30th, 2018
26 Thursday Apr 2018
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L.I. Henley is the winner of the 2016 Pangaea Prize. She is the author of Starshine Road which won the 2017 Perugia Press Prize. She is also the author of two chapbooks, Desert with a Cabin View, and The Finding (Orange Monkey Publishing).
Go to our website for the entire interview.
Here is an excerpt:
I think I just realized that with poetry I had to be willing to explore my own distances, get out of a comfort zone that was only “comfortable” because I told myself it was. I had to be able to open the doors that I was once content to leave locked forever. I had to be devoted to the pursuit rather than to the “right ending.” The poet, upon opening one door and seeing there are infinite doors ahead, says, “Yes! This is exactly what I want to do with my time—open doors that lead to more doors.”
