Spitfire named poet laureate of Belfast – Maine Coast NOW – A Courier Publications Information Source
Belfast, Maine is a tiny coastal town with a gorgeous rocky coastline, art galleries, craft stores, delightful inns and B&B”s…. and its own Poet Laureate. The quill will be passed at the end of the year to Barbara Spitfire, one of the small town”s “Fab Four” women poets. The Fab Four also participated in the 2nd Annual Belfast Poetry Festival held this past October 6 & 7th. The Festival was sponsored by The Live Poets” Society, Maine, which also publishes Off the Coast. The Maine litmag is published three times a year, and nominates six poets annually for a Pushcart Prize. The latest issue is available at www.offthecoast.com, and is as delightful to hold and see as it is to read. Off the Coast accepts submissions from both published and new poets. They prefer shorter poems, and also review five to six poetry books per issue. Poets are encouraged to submit their books for review. Full submission details are available here.