Call for Submissions: The Mayor's Poetry Program at Boston City Hall

Along with its rich literary history, Boston is also home to many talented contemporary writers. In honor of the diverse and creative village we call Boston, the Mayor’s Office of Arts & Culture will display selected poems on the walls of city hall. Poets who reside or work in Boston are invited to send in work to help celebrate the city through poetry and to remind people of what a culturally exciting city Boston is to live and work in.
A public reading hosted by Boston's Poet Laureate Danielle Legros Georges will take place to highlight the selected poems the last week in April. 
This year’s theme is Boston's Diverse Neighborhoods.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 14, 2018

Selection Process:
Poet and Professor Kathi Aguero will select 18 poems based on strength of content and style.

Please submit the following in one document:

• Up to 3 poems (each poem 200 words or fewer) 
• A brief bio (no longer than a paragraph)

For more information, contact:
John Crowley, Curator/Exhibitions Coordinator
Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture
Boston City Hall, Room 802
Boston, Massachusetts 02201
Phone: 617/635-2368   Fax: 617/635-1850

September 10: Come to The Emerge Arts Festival

The new Emerge Boston Arts Festival is a one-day celebration on September 10, 2015 of local arts and culture showcasing regional and national talent all in the setting of Boston’s architecturally iconic City Hall. Emerge Boston will feature visual art, video art, music, dance, poetry, and performance art. The evening will kick off with the awarding of the Fay Chandler Emerging Artist Awards and the opening of the accompanying exhibition. It continues with an exciting performance line up: singer-songwriter Anais Mitchell, City of Boston Poet Laureate Danielle Legros Georges hosting S.O.U. P. aka Society of Urban Poetry, Percussionist and founder of Kadence Arts Maria Finkelmeier, and a sneak peek at Daniel Beaty's new play Mr. Joy. In addition, local working artist/vendors will be selling their works including jewelry, prints, ceramics.

The juried exhibition in City Hall will run for the entire month with 30 works of art from Boston’s emerging artists. 2015 is the inaugural year of the Fay Chandler Award for emerging artists, in loving memory of the artist and philanthropist with support from the Chandler Family. Daniel Beaty’s work Mr. Joy is part of his play cycle reflecting on transforming pain into power, featuring actress Tangela Large, which debuts at Arts Emerson on September 22nd.

Everyone is invited to this new free festival on Thursday September 10 from 5:00 to 10:30 pm at Boston City Hall.

Call for Submissions: The Mayor's Poetry Program at Boston City Hall

The call is out. I'm glad it's still happening in light of Boston's new mayor and new poet laureate. Thanks to DiDi Delgado for helping get the information out.

I've been accepted a couple of times.  It will be interesting to look back and see if I have anything suitable for submission.  If not, it will be more interesting to see if I can write something suitable by March.