Thursday, January 04, 2018

South of Boston Poetry Trail, January 2018

Information courtesy of Jack Scully. 


VOL: 8, No. 87, DATE: JANUARY, 2018

BITS AND PIECES                                  
 
We laugh,
We cry,
We write poetry,
The world smiles


2018 is here and I hope that one of your resolutions was about poetry, whether it be to write more poems, submit your poems or to support a poetry venue by attending. Here is hoping your 2018 is full of poetry.

THE 2018 JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL. MAY AND JUNE editions of PTAOW will now all take place at the Plymouth Library 132 South St Plymouth, this is a result of the construction at The Plymouth Center for the Arts has later starting date.

This is a project of  Joyce Wilson who will be a feature at our next reading on Jan 21         • THE POETRY PORCH • www.poetryporch.com jpwwilson@comcast.net OPEN FORUM Submissions period: December 15, 2017, to February 15, 2018. The Poetry Porch 2018 is looking for submissions: poetry, essays, stories, reviews. No theme. Poetry and prose pieces will be considered for publication.
Available now from Amazon for $12.00 Tell-Tale Inklings #3 is a literary journal obsessed with narrative poetry and flash fiction character studies. Cover art: Stephan Antsey ©2017 Among writers included in this issue: Robert Beveridge Lo Gallucio Elizabeth Hanson Nathaniel H. Mayes, Jr. Meena Somasundaram BAM Zoe Mumford Shannon O'Connor Sergio Ortiz Chad Parenteau Martin Rodriguez Chris Warner Published by Tell-Tale Chapbooks, an international small press headquartered in New England. USA.

READINGS


MONDAY JAN 2, 2018 @1PM
POETRY DISCUSSION GROUP WITH JOYCE WILSON
SCITUATE TOWN LIBRARY-BIG CONFERENCE ROOM
85 BRANCH ST MORE INFO jpwilson@poetryporch.com

WEDNESDAY JAN 10, 2018 @7PM
SALON OF SHORTS
BARN AT COTUIT CENTER FOR THE ARTS
RTE 28, COTUIT
AN EVENING OF POETRY, MUSIC, PERFORMANCE OR RANDOM ACTS OF GENIUS
MORE INFO: CONTACT WWW.ARTSONTHECAPE.ORG

THURSDAY JAN 11, 2018@6PM
NIGHT SLAM EVERY 2ND THURSDAY OF THE MONTH
STACY ADAMS CULTURAL ARTS BUILDING
33 DOVER ST BROCKTON, OPEN-MIC 6:30PM/POETRY SLAM 8:15PM/REFRESHMENTS   MORE INFO: WWW.BROCKTONARTS.ORG

THURSDAY JAN 11, 2018@7PM
DUXBURY POETRY CIRCLE/
DUXBURY LIBRARY-RESOURCE ROOM
77 ALDEN ST DUXBURY/ MORE INFO: ctzaremba@gmail.com

SATURDAY JAN 20, 2018 @1PM
EVERYONE HAS A VOICE
BROCKTON PUBLIC LIBRARY SERIES
304 MAIN ST BROCKTON /FEATURES: FRED MARCHANT-STUDENT FEATURE JENNIFER DA ROSA / OPEN-MIC /MORE INFO:soaringsky@aol.com

SATURDAY JAN 20, 2018 2PM
BROCKTON WRITING WORKSHOP
GALLEY 33 OF BROCKTON ARTS
33 DOVER ST/ MORE INFO: WWW.BROCKTONARTS.ORG

SUNDAY JAN 21, 2018 @1PM
POETRY THE ART OF WORDS/MIKE AMADO MEMORIAL SERIES
PLYMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY
132 SOUTH ST PLYMOUTH OTTO FEHLOW ROOM
POETRY FEATURES ZVI SESLING & JOYCE WILSON/ OPEN-MIC & FREE REFRESHMENTS/ MORE INFO: www.ptaow.com                                                                                                                                                                      
 
TUESDAY JAN 23, 2018 27PM
BROCKTON POETRY SERIES
GALLEY 33 OF BROCKTON ARTS
33 DOVER ST/ FEATURE / OPEN-MIC/MORE INFO: WWW.BROCKTONARTS.ORG

THURSDAY JAN 25, 2018 @ 7PM 
FOR THE LOVE OF WORDS
ECAT STUDIOS 50 OLIVER ST 2ND FLOOR SOUTH EASTON
FEATURE:  / SEATTING LIMITTED FOR MORE INFO RICH BERG BEACHCHAIR@VERIZON.NET



SUBMISSIONS
Most of these submissions I get are from a Facebook Group called ‘Call for Submission,’ so join to get daily updates. There will only be 7-10 submission notices per month beginning this month and in the further.

 Off the Coast, Maine’s International Poetry Journal, published by friends and former Mass residents Valerie Lawson and Michael Brown deadline for submissions are March 15, June 15, Sept 15 and Dec 15. Check them out at www.Off-The-Coast. com, this is a printed journal.

Another good friend Zvi a Sesling is the publisher of the Muddy River Poetry Review an online journal out of Brookline Ma. The reading periods for this ezine are Dec 1 to March 1 and June 1 to Sept 1, they are located at http://www.muddyriverpoetryreview.com/

Verse-Virual--Send five short/medium-sized poems or one long poem in the body of an email AND also in a SINGLE attached document (doc, rtf, etc.) to  ff@verse-virtual.com/
Submissions of poetry and art requested for Eclectic Belle Magazine, a nonprofit publication focused on female empowerment. We are seeking poems by female artists OR focused on positive themes relating to female empowerment for our first issue. Please email poetry with credits to eclecticbellemag@gmail.com
Unlikely Stories Mark V is currently open for unthemed work in every medium. We're open to submissions of fiction and creative non-fiction, poetry, visual art, movies, music, and artistic and sociopolitical thought. We are (and have been) anti-Drumpf as a matter of policy, but we are looking for work on all subjects, political and otherwise. Check out our incredibly wordy submission guidelines at http://www.unlikelystories.org/mission and send us some work! Submissions are examined on a rolling basis; we do regular updates, not "issues." No fees, no payment.
Prairie Fire "Love Issue." Genre: Short stories, creative nonfiction, poetry on theme of "Love."  Payment: 10 cents/word for prose, $40 per poem. Deadline: January 31, 2018.
Sharkpack. Genre: Poetry, art, short fiction. Payment: Visual artists will be paid a small honorarium for their work; contributors of letters will receive a minimum $25 per published piece. Deadline: January 31, 2018.
Twyckenham Notes. Genre: Poetry. Payment: $10. Deadline: January 31, 2018.
Monologue Bank. Genre: Monologues, plays. Payment: Writers receive 80% per download (monologue or play). Deadline: January 31, 2018.
NonBinary Review. Genre: poetry, fiction, essays, and art on theme of "The Little Prince." Payment: 1 cent per word for fiction and nonfiction, and a flat fee of $10 for poetry (singular poems or a suite)  and $25 per piece of visual art. Deadline: January 31, 2018.
Hyperion and Theia. Genre: Fiction, poetry, and art on theme of Rebus. Payment: 2 - 3 cents/word


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