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NEWS AND NOTES from PoetsWestUpdated August 27, 2010 Camano Honors Earth, Sat., Sept. 11, 2010 is a daylong event of learning, sharing, community and inspiration. The event celebrates the opening of an environmental/nature art show. It’s mostly All Greek to Me at Reed College in Portland during September. See venue calendar. All events are free and open to the public, unless noted otherwise. More info at http://events.reed.edu or call 503.777.7755. UW PROFESSIONAL & CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS Choose Your Writing Program Writers' Programs
Related Certificate Programs: If you have questions about your eligibility for any of these programs, please give us a call at 888-469-6499. Additional information is available at http://www.pce.uw.edu The UW Educational Outreach has a Twitter presence at http://Twitter.com. Follow “UW_ContinuingEd”. San Miguel Poetry Week The week begins Sunday night, January 2, with a welcome cocktail at the Hotel Posada de Las Monjas. The first day begins with a writing exercise class dedicated to creating new work. Mornings consist of small workshops. Evening poetry readings by the faculty at Bellas Artes, San Miguel's Fine Arts Institute. On Friday, the last night of the program, features a group poetry reading by all participants. An additional optional workshop is available this year: Creative Writing Workshop focusing on the crafting of a new work will be conducted by Jennifer Clement. These sessions are available to participants at an additional cost of $50 per workshop. The San Miguel Poetry Week | PO Box 171 | Cooper Station | New York | NY 11276. Playing for Change http://www.playingforchange.com/. These are live recordings by more than 100 singers and musicians from around the world in songs for peace. A small film crew traveled to Native American reservations, Africa, the Himalayas, Europe, Russia, Middle East, India, Nepal, and elsewhere to find and record the musicians. Roger Ridley, Grandpa Elliott and others in “Stand by Me” will steal your heart. More songs with Bono, Bob Marley, Clayton Gibb, and so many others. Check it out! Their CD/DVD combo is a bargain. Dan Oestreich of Oestreich Associates Weblog devoted to leadership topics called Unfolding Leadership (http://www.unfoldingleadership.com/blog). I am soliciting original poems from people who might like to submit their material. See guidelines at http://www.unfoldingleadership.com/blog/?page_id=426. Please also see this page http://www.unfoldingleadership.com/blog/?page_id=98 where poems are displayed permanently. The Nature of Words (NOW), Central Oregon's premier literary organization, announces the call for submissions to the Rising Star Creative Writing Competition for young writers. The literary festival is scheduled for November 3-7, 2010 in Bend, Oregon. Prizes will be awarded in two age categories, 15-18 and 19-25. Open to writers in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. More information about the Rising Star Creative Writing Competition and The Nature of Words at www.thenatureofwords.org, or contact Ellen Waterston, Director email info@thenatureofwords.org or call 541.330.4381. The Nature of Words also needs your Support! This annual literary festival depends on the generous sponsors and donors who value the literary arts and their contribution to the quality of life in Central Oregon. Your contribution in any amount will help to ensure The Nature of Words offers opportunities for readers, writers, young writers, and anyone who enjoys great literature. Donating is easy. You can mail a check to The Nature of Words, PO Box 56, Bend OR 97709 or donate via the PayPal link on our website. Reed College in Portland OR Call for submissions to Page Boy Magazine by Thomas Walton Call for poems: protestpoems.org We accept poems previously published on paper, if you hold the copyright. We don’t accept poems currently or previously published online (including blogs). We publish a poet only once a year. If your poem deals with a specific call for action or specific person, let us know. Modoc Forum, a 501c3 nonprofit and host to the Surprise Valley Writers' Conference each year in Cedarville, CA, will be holding the Surprise Valley Writers' Conference Sept. 16-19. Information on this event may be found at www.surprisevalleywritersconf.blogspot.com and www.modocforum.org. The Northwest Author Series, is sponsored by the Wilsonville Public Library, Wilsonville Arts & Culture Council & Friends of the Wilsonville Library. See blog for more information about NAS authors at http://northwestauthorseries.wordpress.com/. Hosted by Christina Katz christinakatz@earthlink.net. If you'd like to apply as a presenter for 08/09, please e-mail Christina Katz. Mailing address: Northwest Author Series / PO Box 1354 / Wilsonville OR 97070. News from the Mukilteo Arts Guild: Mukilteo Arts Guild and city of Mukilteo sponsor a number of activities. Nye Beach Writers' Series Willamette Writers monthly meetings are held each First Tuesday during 2008 in the McEntee Room at the Newport Public Library in Newport, Oregon from 7-8:30 p.m. Admission is free. The Writers-on-Writing series is also sponsored by the Newport Public Library and the Sylvia Beach Hotel. Contacts: Sue Lick, 541.867.4692, suelick@casco.net; Dorothy Blackcrow Mack, 541.765.2383, dmack@netportnet.com; www.willamettewriters.com. The Pongo Teen Writing Project is a therapeutic poetry project that sends teams of trained volunteers into sites such as the state psychiatric hospital and juvenile detention. We particularly seek out teens who have difficulty expressing themselves. Sadly, a consistent theme in the teens' poetry is early childhood trauma, such as abandonment, abuse, and neglect. But, even though the teens often express profound emotional struggles, their writing is also a joyful and healing process. See their web site www.pongoteenwriting.org. The International Poetry Museum in San Francisco wants to create a facility that will illuminate the universality and diversity of world poetry, with equal emphasis being given to the ancient heritage of folk poetry as well as contemporary international work. Its Poetry Library accepts donations of poems, books and subscriptions to The National Poetry Assoc. 934 Brannan St., San Francisco CA 94911. Check out its web site http://www.internationalpoetrymuseum.org. Field’s End Winter 2010 Writing Classes Spalding University of Louisville, KY, offers a two-year brief-residency Master of Fine Arts in Writing Program with concentrations in poetry and five other areas of writing. Each semester begins with a 10-day residency of workshops, lectures, classes, and readings, followed by an at-home semester of individualized study with a faculty mentor by correspondence. Poetry faculty include Molly Peacock, Greg Pape, Rane Arroyo, Barbara Hamby, Debra Kang Dean, Richard Cecil, Maureen Morehaed, and Kathleen Driskell. For more information email mfa@spalding.edu or call 800-896-8941x2423. THE WARS GO ON (and so does poetsagainstthewar.org). Join and support Poets Against War! Your membership donation of $10 or more can help us publish the web site and continue building a broad-based movement against war. With a donation of $100 or more, you'll get a free PAW T-shirt. Go to http://poetsagainstthewar.org/donate.asp. Organize a poetry reading against the war! Gather with other poets to make a public statement for peace with your poetry. Announce your reading at http://poetsagainstthewar.org/createreading.asp. Mountain Writers Series Upcoming Readings & Events For details or other information, contact: SEATTLE FREE LANCES, a social and professional networking group, is one of the oldest associations in Seattle for published writers of the Northwest. They meet the first Tuesday of each month (September-June) at 5:30 p.m. at the Lake City Elks Club, 14540 Lake City Way NE, Seattle WA. For membership information and application form, call 206.363.3832 or email m-gutteridge@msn.com. Return to PoetsWest Home Page |