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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.

Gettysburg Artists-in-Residence Reflect

16 Thursday Jul 2015

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Gettysburg National Military Park's avatarThe Blog of Gettysburg National Military Park

IMG_3721For the past two weeks we have been privileged with the opportunity to live in the historic Klingel House and immerse ourselves in Gettysburg National Military Park, the Gettysburg community, and the surrounding countryside. With each foggy sunrise, each new poem we write, and each photograph we take, we feel ourselves grow more attached to the landscape, to the people, to the history and realize how difficult it is going to be to leave at the end of July.

SONY DSCThis morning we watched the day break at the Pennsylvania Memorial Monument, picked up a large coffee to go, and watched the sun light the western hillside from Little Round Top. On our way to the top we passed a very large insect with very large pincers resting on a wooden railing. It had lost half its wing in its own type of battle.

Other mornings we have walked the roads…

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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.

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

Poetry Contest Deadline: May 31

28 Thursday May 2015

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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.

The Poet’s Billow Founders are the Artists-In-Residence at Gettysburg National Park

11 Monday May 2015

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Michelle Bonczek and Robert Evory, founders of The Poet’s Billow, will be the artists-in-residence at Gettysburg National Military Park for the month of July. You can listen to an interview with them about the residency on Nation Public Radio’s program Stateside.

Also for a calendar of events and more information you can visit Thepoetsbillow.org/gettysburg

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

 

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.

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