LAUNCHING “Spoken World Live”
A TV Show for Spoken Word Artists & their poe-imageries
Hosted by Miguel Coleman
Sponsored by Living Free Network

Poets, Wordsmiths, Flow-ologists …
Have you set your poems to music and filmed yourself in the flow?

Now accepting submissions for broadcast on
our show “Spoken World Live”, a MTV-esque Television Show
featuring the Videos of Poets.
We”re talking Poetry + Images + Music aka Poe-imageries
(Music Videos for Poets)!

If you would like to submit your Poe-imagery
for Broadcast on our Show, please e-mail to
spokenworldlive @ hotmail.com
w/your Name, Address & Telephone number.
We will email you a Photo Release to be completed &
sent with your Poe-imagery on DVD to:
Spoken World Live
PO Box 931596
Hollywood, CA 90093

The world is talking, why don”t you!

Scott Woods knows what you”re thinking: “Scott, how can you put out a call for the 2006 anthology when the 2005 edition hasn”t come out yet?”

It”s simple: PSI is very close to pressing the 2005 edition, but waiting until it hits the streets to take submissions would throw off the production schedule of a planned late 2006/early 2007 street date for the 2006 edition. That”s right; late 2006/early 2007 street date for 2006 is PSI”s goal.

So… Yes, it”s time for the annual National Poetry Slam anthology collection!

Were you a performer at NPS 2006 in Austin and want to be published? Then the 2006 NPS anthology is calling!

- If you were on a team or competed as an individual; performed poetry at a day event/hotel cipher/taxi cab/parking lot; or wrote a cool Slam-related essay, then SUBMIT!
- Any poem performed in Austin is eligible!
- Essays may be submitted! Their subjects must be about Slam: judges, poets, poem subject matter, scoring, history, quality of work…whatever!

Starting RIGHT NOW you can submit your poems (up to 2) and/or essay (1 essay limit, max. 3000 words, previously published OK with proof of clearance) by email to me directly at:

sewoods1 @ yahoo.com

Or mail hard copies to:
Scott Woods
c/o PSI Anthology 2006
11462 East Lane
Whitmore Lake, MI 48189

DEADLINE: December 20
Questions? Email Scott Woods at: sewoods1 @ yahoo.com

Yes, you can submit both poems and essays.
Yes, you can submit attachments (but if you send me a virus, I won”t publish you!).
Yes, volunteers are eligible.
Projected release date: December 2006/January 2007.

Sonibyte, a producer of digital sound content for the web, launched it”s Poem of the Day podcast in June, and was featured in iTunes “New and Notable” section. To date, there have been over 100,000 downloads of the Poem of the Day. That”s not too shady for a series that features professional actors and academics reading works of literature and poetry. It certainly puts a kick in the teeth to the belief that poetry is dead.

Sonibyte”s Poem of the Day podcast features a new poem every day, downloadable to your iPod or other listening device – including your computer – via RSS or iTunes feed. The service is a free subscription – but the producers are currently offering commercial advertising sponsorships at auction on eBay. Yep, that”s right – they”re auctioning commercial airtime on the Poem A Day podcasts at eBay auction. It”ll be interesting to see what companies think that advertising to poetry lovers is worth, won”t it?

Meanwhile, if you”re interested in getting a new poem downloaded to your iPod each day, you can subscribe to the podcast at this page, or just add this http://www.sonibyte.com/rssfeed/4.xml into your favorite podcasting tool. You can also subscribe to it via .

Like to get a poem a day, but don”t do the pod thing yet? (BTW, stay tuned on that. I -did- attend PodCamp last weekend, and I”m excited about the chance to put some audio/video up here over the next few weeks. I”m just working out all the logistics now.) Drop by All Things Human, where Robert Huntington, an attorney, chess player and self-admitted former (bad) poet, posts a new poem every day. Just a very quick perusal of his latest entries turned up several of my all time favorites – poems that I”d tucked away and forgotten – Leigh Hunt”s Rondeau (better known as “Jenny Kissed Me), Santayana”s Cape Cod. He has a liking for the older British poets – Donne, Marvell, Thomas Hardy – and the poems are well-chosen. Drop by, leave a comment, enjoy.

Those are the words that greet you on the National Initiatives page of the National Endowment for the Arts. The project, Operation Homecoming, has been two years in the making. Launched in 2004, the project offered workshops in writing at 25 different domestic and overseas military installations, and sent out a call for submissions to troops who have served in any branch of the service since 9/11. That call drew over 10,000 submissions for inclusion in an anthology. All of those submissions will be permanently archived by the federal government.

The workshops were conducted by writers and poets who included Tom Clancy, Mark Bowden, Bobbie Ann Mason, Tobias Wolff, Jeff Shaara, and Marilyn Nelson. They encouraged servicemen and their families to open up and write honestly and creatively about their experiences during wartime – and the result, according to those who have seen advance copies of the book, is nothing less than stunning.

The anthology is edited by Andrew Carroll, the editor of War Letters, a collection of letters written by soldiers during various engagements. Beginning September 16, Carroll will be doing a 30 city tour to promote the book Operation Homecoming. For tour dates, visit Book tour dates.

Much of the current creative energy in feminist activism comes from outside of Western Europe and North America, in the vibrant networks of women”s groups, gender institutes, politico-cultural performances, and feminist coalitions in Africa, Asia and South America. While many feel overwhelmed by the immensity and scope of neoliberal economic transformations, capitalist expansion, and the repeated squelching of human rights, women (and sometimes men) in Nigeria, Mexico, Bangladesh, Kenya, Chile, and elsewhere continue to fight the good fight. These kinds of activisms range from traditional forms of political actions like strikes and marches to cultural work like dance groups, art collectives, music, and theater. Some individuals and groups identify themselves as explicitly “feminist,” while others strongly refute the label, yet advocate for social justice, gender equity, legal rights, the end of sexual violence, and other progressive agendas that self-identified feminists would support. In this issue of WSQ, we would like to critically examine, compare, and learn from these varied activisms, without romanticizing them or overstating their achievements.

WSQ”s special issue on activisms seeks to explore and compare the diverse forms, content, representations, and experiences of women”s progressive struggles throughout the world. We invite submissions of critical essays, poetry, fiction, and visual images that engage the question of activisms within the diversity of feminist cultural analyses. We especially encourage comparative essays and submissions from international contributors.

Poetry submissions should go to WSQ”s poetry editor Kathleen Ossip, at ossipk@aol.com by October 15, 2006.

WSQ is also soliciting submissions of essays, short fiction and art. Further details can be found at the Women”s Studies Quarterly web site.

If you”re a gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or queer author, Fabulist Flash Publishing wants to include your original works of poetry, creative nonfiction, and fiction in its new book: The Queer Collection: Poetry and Prose 2007.

The Queer Collection: Poetry and Prose 2007 is the first of what is anticipated to be an annual anthology featuring the best prose and poetry written by the queer community for the queer community.

What Fabulist Flash Publishing is looking for: Creative original prose and poetry by and for a gay, lesbian, bi, transgender, and queer audience. Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry will be considered. Previously published material will be considered including stories, articles, and book excerpts. Author must hold reprint rights to previously published material.

Each submission will be reviewed and considered based on creativity, originality, concept, and style. Reading will be continuous and submissions will be considered as they arrive. Not all works will be accepted. There is no Entry or Reading Fee. The deadline for submissions is December 31, 2007.

Submissions will be selected for publication in The Queer Collection: Prose and Poetry 2007 by Gregory A. Kompes. Kompes holds a degree in English literature from Columbia University, New York, is the bestselling author of 50 Fabulous Gay-Friendly Places to Live, a monthly contributor to Writers on the Rise, and editor of The Fabulist Flash, a newsletter for writers.

The Queer Collection: Prose and Poetry 2007 will have a publication date of May 2007. For more information, including complete submission guidelines, visit www.QueerCollection.com.

Written (source) by: GayWired.com(GayWired.com)
Photo: GayWired.com

Contreras will be putting up big bins on the walls at two different spots at RFK High. The two bins will be marked with the sign, “Take a Poem – and that”s just what he hopes students will do. He intends to fill the bins to the brim with – poems – poems collected from all types of poets, from all around the world, including city poets of all ages and styles.

“I want there to be poetry that they can relate to at their fingertips. In conjunction with the “take a poem” idea I am going to also create a “leave a poem” bin so that students can turn in work anonymously to be looked at. Anyone interested just email your poems to me as attachments and I”ll make copies of them and get them out. Thanks for your help on this. peace and love,
Carlos”

If you”re interested in participating in this project, email Carlos ( soothxsayer@yahoo.com ) a poem of yours along with a short blurb of who you are and what you are about.

He”d be glad to hear from you. And you can be content in the fact that you are helping to spread the poetry around. Drop one of your poems to Carlos in an email, and think of it as casting manna on the waves.

POET ELECTION WINNER TO BE ANNOUNCED AT BUMBERSHOOT
Outgoing Seattle Poet Populist and top contenders to perform

SEATTLE – The votes are in and Seattle has selected the four finalists in the 2006-2007 Poet Populist election. The current Poet Populist, Pesha Joyce Gertler, will perform along with the finalists during the Bumbershoot Arts Festival this Saturday, September 2nd, on Starbuck”s Literary Stage in the Alki Room, at 12:30 p.m. After the readings, Seattle”s next Poet Populist will be announced, awarded a $500 cash honorarium, and begin his or her term immediately.

“The slate of candidates this year represented a variety of styles and personalities.” said Council President Nick Licata, founder of the Seattle Poet Populist program. “Although Pesha will be a hard act to follow, I believe the next Poet Populist will provide the public a real literary treat, whichever finalist wins.”

The finalists, top vote-getters in the election, are in alphabetical order John Burgess, Crysta Casey, Lyn Coffin and Jourdan Keith. One among them will become Seattle”s next Poet Populist. The other three candidates were Anna Maria Hong, Barbara Petite and Joannie Kervran Stangeland.

Local poets were nominated by Seattle literary organizations for election to the post of Seattle Poet Populist for the 2006-2007 term. The Seattle Central Library held a candidate”s “read-off” on July 16th, which attracted an audience of over 100 poetry lovers. The public was invited to vote at the official web site, www.seattlepoetpopulist.org, through August 21st.

In addition to the cash award of $500, the winning poet will write one poem and perform various readings throughout the city during the 2006-2007 term. A Poet Populist is expected to represent and promote the principals of populist poetic expression when performing for the public.

Previous Seattle Poet Populists include Barnard Harris, who served 2 terms, Bart Baxter, Tara Hardy and Pesha Joyce Gertler.

Visit the Seattle Poet Populist web site to learn more about the program and its history at www.seattlepoetpopulist.org.

Submit 3-6 original, unpublished poems at a time. Include your name, address, phone number and email address in your cover letter and also on the page of each poem. No simultaneous submissions please.
There is no line limit, but shorter poems are preferred. Anything received outside of the reading periods will be returned unopen.

Please note we are accepting email submissions for the Winter 2007 issue only. After publication of that issue only international submissions will be considered via email. Email submissions should be sent in the body of the email; no attachments please. Include a back slash for all line breaks.

If you would like a copy of Ballard Street”s Summer 2006 issue, send $6.00 to the editorial address as well. You can also purchase a copy of Ballard Street at these fine independent booksellers:

Ben Franklin Bookstore, 21 Salem St., Worcester
(508) 845-8665

The Booklover”s Gourmet, 55 E. Main St., Webster
(508) 949-6232
www.er3.com/book/

Wonderland Books, 120 Main St., Putnam, CT
(860) 963-2600

Editorial Address:
Ballard Street Poetry Journal
P.O. Box 3560
Worcester, MA 01613

Email Submissions:
ballard_street @ yahoo.com

The website is coming soon! Please keep checking at
www.ballardstreetpoetryjournal.com