Folks,
Thanks to everyone, about 140 of
you, who came to "The Language of This Land" and drank from the well that
October weekend. If you missed it or
want to relive it, see Uche Ogubji's http://copia.posterous.com/poetry-western-slope-sty-lee
& Wendy Videlock's blog http://nutshell-wendy.blogspot.com/2011/10/western-colorado-writers-conference.html.
We filmed it all. See Richard Ott's video of Ute elder Clifford Duncan's talk
at http://vimeo.com/user2976550/videos.
Soon to be posted: conversations with Leslie Marmon Silko and novelist Laura Hendrie,
Silko's banquet reading, highlights from Dave Mason's banquet reading, the
"Seven by Seven" poets' reading, and the speakers and elders at the Sunday
community breakfast. A highlight video of the entire conference, including clips
from many of the workshops and classes, will be released next week and
eventually all will be up at www.westerncoloradowriters.org
Pretty wonderful. This is my favorite time of the year,
darkness descending, lights, ancient song and stories returning. We'll hold "A Literary Christmas," readings &
recitations of great Christmas literature, Dylan Thomas, Rudolfo Anaya, "'Twas,"
and the like, with gorgeous music, at 800 Colorado, on Friday eve, Dec. 2. Come also to a free writing class at the
library, "The Memory of Christmas,"
Saturday aft., Dec. 3rd. Other events coming up:
· TH.Nov. 17th CMU
reading at Planet Earth (that's tomorrow)
· SAT. Nov. 19th
Organizing meeting at 800 Colorado for new Rocky Mtn. Fiction Writers
chapter.
· Dec. 2 John & Ursula
Nizalowski reading & music at Planet Earth
· WCWF January, 2012 classes: Wendy Videlock teaching poetry, Di Herald
teaching teen fiction, and I'll teach "The Geography of Narrative." More on this to come.
· St. Benedict's, January: no retreat, but come visit for a manuscript
consultation.
· Send in poems for "Out and About,"
then join us to read on KAFM.
· Newish submissions calendar below for
stories, poems and books. A call for 99
poems for the 99%!
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CALL FOR POEMS and ON-AIR
READINGS
Do send the Writers' Forum a poem
for the Daily Sentinel "Out & About," seventeen lines or under, and
after such stellar publication you'll be included in a roster of poets to read
on KAFM. Poems are aired 6:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. (depending on
punctuality and programmer's state of being). Send poems or questions to WCWforum@gmail.com or call
256-4662. We're really enjoying all your
voices and always looking for new ones.
Don't be shy. Send us two to five
poems.
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Poets & Writers of Colorado
Mesa University Reading Series
Planet Earth & The Four
Directions Gallery - 524 Colorado Ave., GJ - Free
7
p.m. November 17: Jennifer
Hancock, Michele Hanson & Charles McLeod.
Michele
Hanson teaches French
and English composition at CMU. She has published personal essays in
Travelers' Tales, A Mother's World and CU's Copper Nickel,
and will be reading from a novel-in-progress.
Jennifer
Hancock holds an MFA in
Poetry from Sarah Lawrence College and a PhD in Creative Writing from Oklahoma
State University. Her poems have appeared in many journals, including the
Antioch Review, Spoon River Poetry Review, and
Puerto del Sol. She was
recently chosen as a finalist for the Wabash Poetry Prize by the editors of the
Sycamore Review. She is
Assistant Professor of English at Colorado Mesa University.
Charles
McLeod's fiction has
appeared in publications including Alaska Quarterly Review,
Conjunctions, CutBank, The Gettysburg Review, The Iowa
Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Post Road, The Pushcart Prize:
Best of the Small Presses, Third Coast and ZYZZYVA. His
first novel is American Weather, out now from Random House UK. Vintage UK
will publish a collection of stories June of 2012.
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Rocky
Mountain Fiction Writers
Western
Slope Organizing Meeting
800
Colorado
9:30-noon
Sat. Nov. 19th
The
Writers' Forum & Page Peddlers are co-sponsoring sponsor this meeting in the
hopes of helping establish a future G.J. Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers
chapter. Cost is $1 per person to help
pay for rent, coffee/tea and pastries.
RMFW members Vicki Law, her
husband Mike, and Marne Kirk will first briefly talk about the organization,
cost of membership, and benefits writers can expect. They will also discuss
volunteer positions and what they will need from us in order to make the group
happen.
The second part will be a discussion of the storytellers bible, electronic or paper, where writers keep information about their book(s): research they've done, character development, list of names, ages, culture, plot lines, maps, sketches, etc.
Bring a friend. 30 people are coming so far. We'd like to have an estimated head count for handouts, coffee and pastries, etc.: please RSVP to shayfabbro@gmail.com ASAP.
The second part will be a discussion of the storytellers bible, electronic or paper, where writers keep information about their book(s): research they've done, character development, list of names, ages, culture, plot lines, maps, sketches, etc.
Bring a friend. 30 people are coming so far. We'd like to have an estimated head count for handouts, coffee and pastries, etc.: please RSVP to shayfabbro@gmail.com ASAP.
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"A Literary
Christmas"
Western Colorado Writers' Forum
7 p.m. Friday Dec.
2nd 800
Colorado
Come join us for a literary
Christmas with choral music, readings and recitations of classic poems and
stories, such as "A Child's Christmas in Wales," "Twas the Night...," a Hispanic
tale and others in our cozy, decorated church at 8th and Colorado. Open to the public: Christmas sweets and hot
cider, raffle and door prizes offered.
Families welcome, and all asked
to donate what you can in the Spirit of Christmas. Registration
encouraged: email us at WritersForum@bresnan.net or 256-4662.
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Reading
& Music
7 p.m.Friday Dec. 2
Planet Earth & Four Directions
Gallery
John
Nizalowski and Isadora Nizalowski will be combining poetry and music in a free
performance to be held at the on Dec. 2 at 7:00 p.m. Free and open to the public. The Planet Earth
Gallery is located at 524 Colorado Ave., Grand Junction.
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"The Memory of
Christmas"
MCPL Central
Library
2-4 p.m. Sat., Dec.
3
Come hear excerpts from classic
Christmas stories and poems, view a clip from the great Christmas movies, and
have the chance to write your own Christmas memory
as a story or poem with two WCWF
authors.
Learn ways to make small book
gifts, for little cost, from your stories. Families welcome; activities
provided for children age 5 and up. Registration encouraged; call MCPL at 243-4442. Sponsored by the Mesa County Public Libraries
and the Writers' Forum.
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St. Benedict's Monastery,
2012
No retreat this year, but I will
be in residence in a beautiful little mountain hermitage at the Snowmass
monastery January 5-8th. If
you're near Snowmass or Aspen, come visit me for a manuscript consultation. I'll meet with a few people at $50/hour, a
bright way to start fresh on a writing project in the new year. Email sandydorr@bresnan.net to set up a time.
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SUBMISSIONS
CALENDAR
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Ø : A NEW JOURNAL: BAREFOOT REVIEW
> Our purpose is to help people who have faced serious health issues. Published twice a year, on the winter solstice and summer solstice. Seeking original work by people who have or have had physical difficulties in their lives from cancer to seizures, Alzheimer's to tumors. It is also a place for caretakers, families, significant others and friends to write about their experiences and relationships to the person.
> For Submissions Guidelines: http://www.barefootreview.org/
> Send email with work to submissions@barefootreview.org
>
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>
> CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: POETRY ANTHOLOGY ABOUT REMEMBERING OUR MOTHERS AFTER THEY HAVE DIED
> Deadline: February 28, 2012
>
> We seek emotionally honest and compelling submissions that will resonate with the reader. Desired poems will cover the initial raw grief through time to poems that are more uplifting. The intent is not to dwell on death itself but rather to place it in loving perspective. Poetry max 100 lines. If previously published, please include reprint permission and literary credit.
> Send up to 5 submissions and brief bio.
> Submit in word doc to motherlosspoetry@gmail.com or mail to Mother Loss/Details, 8663 River Crossing Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46240.
>
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>
> Our purpose is to help people who have faced serious health issues. Published twice a year, on the winter solstice and summer solstice. Seeking original work by people who have or have had physical difficulties in their lives from cancer to seizures, Alzheimer's to tumors. It is also a place for caretakers, families, significant others and friends to write about their experiences and relationships to the person.
> For Submissions Guidelines: http://www.barefootreview.org/
> Send email with work to submissions@barefootreview.org
>
> *******************************
>
> CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: POETRY ANTHOLOGY ABOUT REMEMBERING OUR MOTHERS AFTER THEY HAVE DIED
> Deadline: February 28, 2012
>
> We seek emotionally honest and compelling submissions that will resonate with the reader. Desired poems will cover the initial raw grief through time to poems that are more uplifting. The intent is not to dwell on death itself but rather to place it in loving perspective. Poetry max 100 lines. If previously published, please include reprint permission and literary credit.
> Send up to 5 submissions and brief bio.
> Submit in word doc to motherlosspoetry@gmail.com or mail to Mother Loss/Details, 8663 River Crossing Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46240.
>
> ******************************
>
Willow
Creek Journal
Call for
Entries
Deadline: February 28,
2011
The
Willow Creek Journal is a yearly magazine containing writings and artwork
by residents & visitors to Creede, Mineral County, & the San Luis
Valley. Entry
Rules:
· Writers
- Submit up to three (3) pieces of original work (poetry, essays, or short
stories) No Longer Than 1,000 Words.
· Artists
- Submit up to three (3) original works (paintings, drawings, etchings and
photographs)
Prizes: In 2011, we will be awarding a $50 First Place Prize for
Poetry in three categories: Elementary, Junior High/High School, &
Adult
Please
include a short bio about yourself, as well as a phone number, email address and
mailing address. Include your age category if you wish to be considered for our
$50 prize. Artwork entries need to be on disc with a high resolution digital
file. Please snail mail artwork. For prose and poetry, save as a .doc file (we
cannot take .docx), and e-mail your submissions to creedearts@gojade.org.
If this is not possible, type your submissions and mail to:
Creede
Arts Council, P.O. Box
392, Creede,
CO 81130
We will also be
offering a five week writing workshop that will explore both fiction and poetry
writing in Creede. Beginning January 25th, this workshop will be open
to teens and adults. For more information or to sign up for the writing
workshop, please contact the Creede Arts Council office: 658-0312 or
creedearts@gojade.org
The Creede Arts
Council is proud to be able to provide this unique literary journal and
appreciates the excellent contributions made to it over the
years.
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> CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: ADANNA LITERARY JOURNAL, A NEW JOURNAL BY AND ABOUT WOMEN
> Deadline: November 30, 2011
> Dr. Christine Redman-Waldemeyer, founder and editor. For submission guidelines. http://adannajournal.blogspot.com/
>
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>
> CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: SOLO NOVO, A JOURNAL OF POETRY
> Deadline: December 31, 2011
>
> Solo Novo publishes journals of poetry, prose, translations, book reviews, artists books, chapbooks. They seek to publish work that speaks to our times. Please visit Solo Novo on facebook, duotrope and Poets & Writers.
>
> info@solopress.org
> solopress.org
> Paula C. Lowe, Managing Editor
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>
> CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: 99 POEMS FOR THE 99 PERCENT
>
> A blog featuring 99 poems that address the social, political, economic, aesthetic, and cultural realities of the 99 percent.
> Since Walt Whitman, American poetry has been about democracy. It's been about reaching people on issues they care about in a voice they recognize. 99 Poems for the 99 Percent demonstrates how the aims of poetry are in concert with the aims and ambitions of the vast majority of Americans. It is proof that poetry can speak in a vital, robust, and meaningful way about real issues to real people.
Part of the purpose of this project to expand the scope of poetry. To that end, I invite all readers and writers to submit a poem for consideration. A large percentage of the poems published on this blog will be chosen through the submission process. So, embrace democracy and send a poem!
>
Guidelines: Please send one poem pasted in the body of an email to 99poems99percent@gmail.com. Feel free to include a cover paragraph and a 1-2 sentence explanation of the poem. http://99poemsfor99percent.blogspot.com/
>
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>
> CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR POETRY CONTEST: CYCLAMENS AND SWORDS PUBLISHES POETRY, PROSE AND ART
> Deadline: November 30, 2011
>
> Awards: First prize $300, second prize $100, third prize $50 and seven honorable mentions
>
> Full guidelines at http://cyclamensandswords.com/contest_guidelines.php
> Still accepting submissions for December issue
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