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Shab-e She’r Poetry Open Mic at the University of Alberta

Student Lounge, University of Alberta, Old Arts Building 113 st and 91st ave, Edmonton, Alberta

Shab-e She’r is Canada’s most diverse & brave poetry open mic, hosted by Bänoo Zan, the University of Alberta's current Writer in Residence. This event is open to poets writing in any language from University of Alberta / Edmonton / Canada / International community. Shab-e She’r welcomes people from all …

Free

House of Anansi Submissions Open: February

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House of Anansi is open to receive direct submissions from authors twice a year, for a one-month period each, beginning February 1 and August 1. The portal is currently open for submissions. Agents are welcome to submit to individual editors at any time. Before submitting, please take the time to familiarize yourself …

Free

Brick Books Submissions Open

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Brick Books publishes full-length poetry collections of the highest quality by both new and established writers. While our definition of poetry is expansive and encompasses many aesthetic modes, we do not publish chapbooks (i.e., books fewer than 48 pages), fiction, or conventional prose nonfiction. Our editors are interested in seeing …

Free

The Malahat Review Long Poem Prize Deadline

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The Malahat Review invites entries for its biennial Long Poem Prize. The contest is open to Canadian and international writers anywhere in the world. Deadline: 11:59pm (PST) on 1 February 2023. Two winners will receive a prize of CAD $1,250 each and be published in the magazine's summer 2023 issue …

$20 – $45
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Poetry Course with Karen Solie

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“Poetry,” Laurent Dubreuil writes, “suggests thinking experiments for the unthinkable.” How might we communicate experience in our poems when the meaning of an experience, even to us, seems less than clear? How can we invoke in our poems those encounters whose intensity exceeds language? What is meant by “thinking on …

$535