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Muldoon’s Picnic (Irish tour)

After a successful Irish tour in 2017 and again in 2019, as well as ten sold out seasons at the Irish Arts Center in New York, Muldoon’s Picnic returns for four dates nationwide 10-14 August 2022. An omnium-gatherum of poetry, prose and music, Muldoon's Picnic is hosted by Pulitzer Prize-winning …

€12 – €20

Sounds Like Fire: Francis Arevalo, Kimmortal, Desiree Dawson, Hari Alluri

Vancity Culture Lab - Cultch 1895 Venables Street, Vancouver, British Columbia

Doors at 7:30, show at 8 If available, tickets will also be sold at the door. We had to cancel Sounds Like Fire during the festival but you just can't keep a good fire down. The event features award-winning local poets and musicians Francis Arevalo, Kimmortal, Desiree Dawson and Hari …

$25

Waterford Poetry Prize 2022

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The Waterford Poetry Prize is open to all writers currently living on the island of Ireland. Please see eligibility for details. Waterford Poetry Prize has emerged from the influence of the late Waterford writer Seán Dunne whose poetry continues to inspire. PRIZES The winners of the Waterford Poetry Prize 2022 will be announced at …

Free

Poetry Pop-Up

Librairie Saint Henri Books 516 Rue Thieren, Montreal, Quebec

Vallum Magazine, House House Press, and St-Henri Books present a new Poetry Pop-Up! On Saturday August 13th from 12 - 4 pm we are reviving the poetry pop-up at Librarie St-Henri Books. Featured poets from the Vallum Chapbook Series as well as House House Press will be in the store, …

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Toronto Poetry Slam Featuring Kahsenniyo

Soulpepper Theatre 50 Tank House Lane, Toronto, Ontario

Get ready to snap those fingers and clap it up for poets hitting the mic once again. Join us August 14th at Soul Pepper Theatre (new venue) with our amazing feature poet Kahsenniyo from Six Nations. It will be a night to remember! Key details: Time: Show 8:00pm | Doors 7:00pm …

$12.75

Call for Submissions: Dear Yusef (edited by John Murillo & Nicole Sealey)

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John Murillo and Nicole sealey are editing, for Wesleyan University Press, an anthology dedicated to Yusef Komunyakaa, who received our 2021 Griffin Poetry Prize Lifetime Recognition Award. Please consider submitting: Dear Yusef: Essays, Letters, and Poems For and About One Mr. Komunyakaa Edited by John Murillo and Nicole Sealey Wesleyan …

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Berton House Writers’ Residency: Deadline to Apply

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It could be the best two months of your life — a time to reflect, to discover the Yukon, and to fully dedicate yourself to your work-in-progress. Berton House is situated in Dawson City, Yukon, on the traditional territory of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in. Located in the childhood home of iconic …

The Other Futures Award 2022

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The Other Futures Award is given annually to an innovative, adventurous full-length work that challenges conventions of genre and language, content and form. We are interested in writing that imagines new lived or literary possibilities, and questions established paradigms. The winner will receive publication with Futurepoem and an honorarium of …

$28