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The Half and One Poetry Video Contest

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Based in the state of Meghalaya, India, Half and One is an online publisher of poetry, fiction, narrative nonfiction, and comics in written, audio, and video form. We welcome submissions of previously unpublished poetry. –Poetry submissions are poems between 20 and 70 lines. –One poem per entry. –The winner of …

$15

In Conversation: Terrance Hayes and Roger Reeves

Austin Central Library 710 West Cesar Chavez Street, Austin, TX

The Library Foundation and Texas Book Festival continue the author series In Conversation with MacArthur Foundation Fellow Terrance Hayes and 2023 Griffin Poetry Prize winner Roger Reeves. In Conversation pairs writers for intimate, unmoderated discussions of their work. Both Hayes and Reeves have new essay collections. Canonized, overlooked, and forgotten African American poets …

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Book Launch: Erín Moure

Parc Drolet 4274 Drolet St, Montreal, Quebec

Poet, translator, and three-time Griffin finalist and judge Erín Moure launches her new collection, Theophylline: A Poetic Migration via the modernisms of Rukeyser, Bishop, Grimké, (House of Anansi Press) on August 3rd at 7:00pm ET in Montreal at Parc Drolet. Klara du Plessis joins her, reading from her new book …

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Lesley Strutt Poetry Contest

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The Lesley Strutt Poetry Contest is an annual LCP Summer Lovin’ Contest that awards $500 for the single best poem submitted to our judges. This contest is open to all poets (professional, emerging, and first-time) in Canada, and is run each summer in memory of poet and friend Lesley Strutt. …

$5

Columbia Journal: Issue 62 Deadline

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Columbia Journal seeks submissions of poetry, nonfiction, fiction, art, and translation, for both print and online. We welcome  you to submit with us. We’re in search of innovative, outward-looking voices, stories that break boundaries and language that lingers.   Guidelines Submissions should be sent through our Submittable. Please allow us …

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