The competition awards $3,000 in cash prizes and publication in three categories: fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction. The poetry entry is a suite of five related poems (maximum 15 pages). Learn more here.
This is a facilitated retreat for eight poets who have a publication record of at least one book of poetry or the equivalent in periodicals and are working towards manuscript completion. The colloquium offers a small group context. Focus will be on individual manuscript consultations and on seminar discussions dealing …
Wolsak and Wynn are launching some beautiful collections of poetry, engaging novels and timely non-fiction, including Treed: Walking in Canada's Urban Forests by poet Ariel Gordon. Learn more here.
The first Welsh Poetry Competition was set up by poet & writer Dave Lewis in 2007. Officially launched on St David’s Day @ Clwb-Y-Bont, Pontypridd, 2007 the aim is to encourage and foster the wealth of creative writing talent that is known to exist in Wales but currently languishes in …
The Unamuno Author Festival 2019 will celebrate the growing community of US and UK anglophone and Latinx poetry around Desperate Literature bookshop in association with the Unamuno Author Series with one week of readings and lectures from fifty poets and non-fiction writers. As part of the festival, theyy are also …