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New Book by Rob Carney

04 Sunday Aug 2024

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Rob Carney was a finalist for multiple contests on The Poet’s Billow. He has a new book out through Texas A&M University called The Book of Drought which you can pre-order now!

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Rob Carney is the author of four previous books of poems, most recently 88 Maps (Lost Horse Press, 2015), which was named a finalist for the Washington State Book Award, as well as the forthcoming collection The Book of Sharks (Black Lawrence Press). In 2014 he received the Robinson Jeffers/Tor House Foundation Award for Poetry. His work has appeared previously in The Poet’s Billow (2015), as well as Cave Wall, Columbia Journal, Sugar House Review, and many others, and he writes a regularly featured series called “Old Roads, New Stories” for Terrain: A Journal of the Built and Natural Environments. He lives in Salt Lake City.

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March Poetry Workshop: Write, Refine, Submit

22 Thursday Feb 2024

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March – 5-week virtual poetry workshop 

Saturdays @ 1:00-3:00 EST

Instructor: Michelle Bonczek Evory is an award winning author with a poetry textbook and four collections of poetry.

This workshop will focus on creating a refined submission packet that is ready to send to literary journals and magazines. No matter your experience with writing and publishing this workshop will help you advance your poetry and practice.

Email: Thepoetsbillow@gmail.com

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March Poetry Workshops: 5-week Long

08 Thursday Feb 2024

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Five-Poems Packet Workshop. Poetry Workshop with Michelle Bonczek Evory.
Five-Poems Packet Workshop. Poetry Workshop with Michelle Bonczek Evory.
Five-Poems Packet Workshop. Poetry Workshop with Michelle Bonczek Evory.

Poetry Workshop: Register Today!

26 Friday Jan 2024

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February – 5-week virtual poetry workshop 

Thursdays @ 6:00-8:00 EST

Instructor: Michelle Bonczek Evory is the author of a poetry textbook and four collections of poetry.

Reduced Pricing: $375 $300 – Leap into the New Year: Join us for a poetry workshop and have 5 new poems ready for spring submissions. The fifth workshop week in February is free to celebrate 2024 being a leap year. 

Email: Thepoetsbillow@gmail.com

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5-Week Virtual Poetry Workshop

14 Sunday Jan 2024

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February – 5-week virtual poetry workshop 

Thursdays @ 6:00-8:00 EST

Instructor: Michelle Bonczek Evory is the author of a poetry textbook and four collections of poetry.

Reduced Pricing: $375 $300 – Leap into the New Year: Join us for a poetry workshop and have 5 new poems ready for spring submissions. The fifth workshop week in February is free to celebrate 2024 being a leap year. 

Email: Thepoetsbillow@gmail.com

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Poetry Contest Deadline: December 15th

01 Friday Dec 2023

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There are only a few days left to submit to the Atlantis Award. Deadline is December 15th. Submit up to 3 poems. We nominate for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net Anthology, and The Best New Poets Anthology. 

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. Finalists will be considered for publication.

Bermuda Triangle Poetry Prize Now Open for Submissions

24 Friday Nov 2023

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The Bermuda Triangle Prize is given to three poems on a theme from up to three different poets.

Current Theme: Relationships (2023-2024 Theme)

We are open to interpretations on the theme: love, friendship, companionship; losing relations, relationships to animals, plants, and objects; relationships between ecosystems or among the stars. Send us your interpretation however literal or liberal.

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.

See our full submission guidelines.

Poetry Contest Deadline: December 15th

13 Monday Nov 2023

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There is only a short time left to submit to the Atlantis Award. Send us your best ground shaking poetry. Win money and be featured in an interview on the Poet’s Billow website. We nominate for post publication prizes. The deadline has been extended to December 15th.

https://thepoetsbillow.org/poetry-awards/the-atlantis-award/

The Atlantis Award is given for 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.

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

Read previous year’s winners here: Literary Art Gallery

. Submit up to 3 poems. We nominate for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net Anthology, and The Best New Poets Anthology. 

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. Finalists will be considered for publication.

Nils Nelson — Pangaea Prize Finalist, 2022

05 Saturday Aug 2023

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The sun dried your hardwood tendons,
your head came loose.

Pick-axe, one swing and this caliche will break us.

Time to shim you up, tell the wheel
grind off your burrs.

From Arizona Garden by Nils Nelson
Read 3 of Nils’ Poems

After Nils Nelson left the University of Arizona with a Janitorial Certificate (and a B.A. in English), he earned an M.A. in Creative Writing at Cal State Fresno, ’74.  His poems have appeared in Seneca Review, Ironwood, Crazyhorse, Partisan Review and other suspects, with a new poem due in the Irish magazine, Channel. An avid golfer and award-winning golf writer and editor, his articles have been in numerous national golf magazines. Nils Lives in Tucson, where he’s polishing a full-length manuscript.

Poetry Submissions Open for the 2023 Atlantis Award

29 Saturday Jul 2023

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The Atlantis Award is given for 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. Finalists will be considered for publication.

Atlantis Award Complete Guidelines

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

Read previous year’s winners here: Literary Art Gallery

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