January 7, 2017 trishhopkinsonpoet Poetry Events, Uncategorized

Poetry News for Utah – January 2017 edition

jan-news-image Welcome to the new monthly edition of poetry news, brought to you by Provo Poetry. Each edition will include poetry happenings and other announcements coming up in Utah, with highlights specifically for Utah county.

UPCOMING EVENTS for Utah County

Jan. 10, 2017 – Rock Canyon Poets poetry open mic at Pioneer Book in Provo, from 6:30 – 8:00 pm

Jan. 12, 2017 – Speak for Yourself spoken word open mic at Enliten Cafe in Provo, at 7:30 pm

UPCOMING EVENTS for Utah

Jan. 15, 2017 – Utah Writers Resist Reading at Mandate Press in SLC from 7:00 – 8:00 pm

Mar. 2, 2017 – Metaphors Everywhere free poetry lecture by Rosemerry Wahtola-Trommer at the Canyon Community Center in Springdale (Southern Utah)

Mar. 3, 2017 – Poetry in the Park one-day workshop ($50 fee) at Zion Park Lodge (Southern Utah)

CALLS FOR POEMS

Jan. 31, 2017 Deadline – Provo Poetry POEMBALL call for short poems. No fee to submit.

Jan. 31, 2017 Deadline – Writers @ Work Annual Writing Competition. $20 entry fee.

Feb. 18, 2017 Deadline – Red Butte Gardens call for poetry. No fee to submit.

If you have an event or announcement related to poetry in Utah, please contact us here and we will include it in our next edition.

November 26, 2016 trishhopkinsonpoet Uncategorized

Provo Poetry wants your poems! DEADLINE: December 31, 2016

Provo Poetry

What’s a POEMBALL you ask? Check out our recent press here:

The Daily Herald: Poemball machine provides pops of poetry to Provo

KSL Interview: ‘Poemball machine’ showcases local poets at Provo cafe

City Weekly: Poem in a Ball–Provo Poetry connects the Utah Valley community to verse, one quarter at a time

SEND US YOUR POEMS TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY

DEADLINE: DECEMBER 31, 2016

Provo Poetry Submission Call

Send your short poems to help promote poetry in Utah County! Submission guidelines are as follows:

PLEASE FOLLOW ALL GUIDELINES, SEE HOW TO SUBMIT BELOW.

DEADLINE: December 31, 2016

GUIDELINES:

Poets must have lived or spent significant time in Utah County at some point in their lives.
Poems must be appropriate for a general audience (rated PG).
Provo Poetry is an all-inclusive community. Do not send poems with topics/speech related to hate, shaming, or cultural appropriation.

POEM LENGTH: All poems must be 25 lines or less…

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November 12, 2016 trishhopkinsonpoet Uncategorized

Inspired: Volume 2 – a community poetry writing experience available online for only $5

Rock Canyon Poets

Our second annual issue of community poetry is now available online! Support local poets and see what they are writing right here in Utah County. Click here to get your very own copy! All proceeds continue to fund local poetry projects.

Huge thanks to all our participating poets, including Austin Beckstrom, Skye Caden, Lisa Connors, Steven Duncan, Paul Francis, Claire Gammon, Trish Hopkinson, Craig McClanahan, Logan Olsen, Robert K. Rowberry, Shelby Slade, Joshua P. Sorensen, Amanda Steele, and Darin Whittaker.

Memories are the stuff from which lives are sewn, attached to us like buttons and grade school friendships, like seasons of joy, sadness, loss, and love. In our second year of the Inspired workshops, we aimed to bring a community together, to memorialize the turns in our lives—those moments that become components of us in ways that nearly seem tangible—the flavor of Dr. Pepper, pigments of the sky…

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