Category Archives: Calls for Submissions

Flagler County Art League Poetry Competition

January 26, 2015 Darlyn Finch Kuhn

Peter Gordon has helpfully supplied the following information regarding the Flagler County Art League Poetry Competition:

Theme: “Art and Poetry From The Heart.” Deadline (via email): Feb. 10 by11 p.m.

This will be a “People’s Choice” competition: winners will be selected by show visitors at the Feb. 14 (Valentine’s Day) opening, 6: p.m., at the FCAL gallery in City Marketplace, Palm Coast

Email entries NO LONGER THAN ONE PAGE- TYPEFACE NO SMALLER THAN 12 PT. to: ssalkin@cfl.rr.com

Please mail entry form and fees separately to:

Flagler County Art League

160 Cypress Point Blvd., 2^nd Floor, Suite 207C

Palm Coast, FL 32164

One poem: $3; two poems: $5 (No more than TWO entries per person) check made out to FCAL (no cash)

$50 cash award for first place; FCAL $25 gift certificate for 2^nd place

Entry Form: (Please fill out and mail):

Poet’s Name

Poet’s email address

Poet’s phone number

Name of poem (s)

Questions: call Stephanie Salkin at (386) 693-4204 or email her at ssalkin@cfl.rr.com

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Central Florida Poetry Events in 2015

December 30, 2014 Darlyn Finch Kuhn

Peter Gordon, poet and guru of Orlando’s Chapter of the Florida State Poets Association, has delivered a laundry list of cool poetry events for you to consider in 2015:

Hi, Orlando Area Poets —

Our next meeting is January 15, 2015 at the Maitland Library. I hope you’ll all resolve to spend some time with us.

On Friday, Jan. 30 at 7:00 PM Elaine Person is hosting a Poetry Coffee House at the Maitland Library. This event includes an open mike. Elaine also teaches writing workshops at the Maitland and Winter Park Libraries. Go to their websites to get the dates and times.

The FSPA Spring Fling will take place April 10-11 in Leesburg — a very convenient location for our members. Two days of poetry for a very reasonable price. You received a registration form with your latest newsletter. If you no longer have it you can download a copy from the OPAP newsletter at www. floridastatepoetsassociation.org.

If you haven’t received a newsletter, it may be that you neglected to renew your annual membership with the FSPA. But it’s not too late. Please go to the website, download a membership form, and send it in.

Of course the big event of the year is the National Convention of State Poetry Associations in St. Petersburg June 24-28, 2015, at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel. Poets will visit from all over the country. There are fabulous workshops and events planned, and I hope all of us will take advantage of this event happening in Central Florida. Please go to the website for more information.

Finally, the third edition of the Central Florida Poetry Anthology — Looking Life in the Eye — is soliciting entries through Jan. 15, 2015. Many of our members, including me, had poems published in the first two anthologies. If you did, you know how wonderful it was to see your poems in print. If you haven’t, now is your chance. Each poet can submit up to three poems of no more than 36 lines each. Up to two may be accepted. Send your submissions to Elaine at lnprsn@aol.com or to CHB Media: chbmedia@gmail.com.

Calls for Submissions

Poets of Central Florida – Call for Submissions

December 5, 2014 Darlyn Finch Kuhn

Poets of Central Florida have posted this call for submissions:

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES for:

Looking Life in the Eye

Poets of Central Florida

Volume Three

A Contemporary Anthology

Published by CHB Media

A partnership publishing project

Submission Deadlines

January 15, 2015

Poems must be submitted by email to chbmedia@gmail.com or Personalwrite@gmail.com as a Word file or .rtf file. If you use the Mac program Pages, please export as a Word file before submitting.

Eligibility

All poets who live or work in Central Florida, at least part time, regardless of age.

Parameters

Please submit three poems maximum. We will choose two for possible inclusion in the anthology.

Line limit: Poems should be no longer than 36 lines counting the spaces between stanzas but not the title.

If an individual line of poetry is so long that it must be broken to fit on the 6 x 9 book page, the editors may do so using their best judgment, and the line will then count as two lines.

Previously published poems may be submitted, other than those published in the first two Poets of Central Florida volumes, or in a Florida State Poets Association anthology.

Copyright

Poets retain all copyrights to their poems

Publication Date

March 14, 2015, a Saturday

Editorial team

Elaine Person, Russ Golata, Gary Broughman