News and Links for Poets
It’s summer and time to play, play with words that is. Poet Daniel Bosch has been urging students and peers to write homophonic compositions, using existing words to translate or re-write familiar texts. One of my favorites is Ladle Rat Rotten Hut. The entire text of that and the book from which it comes is available at the Anguish Languish site. Link below.
Poet Wendell Berry was writing about sustainability long before it was fashionable. Read his 17 principles for the healthy functioning of sustainable local communities at the second link below.
http://www.justanyone.com/allanguish.html
http://home.clara.net/heureka/art/berry.htm
Robert Frost, like so many presidents, is responsible for numerous tourist destinations - Robert Frost slept here, George Washington slept there. The Frost Place in Franconia, NH hosts a hearty series of workshops and readings which you can learn more about by visiting http://www.frostplace.org/
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The 2010 New England Shakespeare FestivalTo Benefit the New England Shakespeare Festival |
| 1) | Sonnets must be Shakespearean:
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| 2) | Submissions must be original and unpublished. |
| 3) | Writers may enter as many sonnets as they wish. |
| 4) | The entry fee is $3 per sonnet. Checks should be payable to "New England Shakespeare Festival." |
| 5) | Entries may be submitted using the Sonnet Contest Online Entry Form or via regular mail. If submitting by mail, send two copies of each poem. The author's name, address, telephone number and email, if available, should be typed on the upper left-hand corner of one poem. The other copy should include the poem, the title and the name of the contest only for anonymous judging. Please write "NESF Sonnet Contest" in the upper right-hand corner of each entry. |
| 6) | Minors may enter the contest, but a parent/guardian must sign and return the Parent/Guardian permission form. If submitting by mail, please include the form. If submitting online, please mail the form separately. Poems submitted by minors will not be considered until this form is received. |
| 7) | Entries sent by mail must be postmarked not later than August 1, 2010 and mailed to: NESF Sonnet Award |
A printable version of the NESF Sonnet Award Guidelines can be found here.
The 2010 New England Shakespeare Festival
Rubber Ducky Sonnet Contest
Prize: A Shakespeare Rubber Ducky
The winner will be published on the New England Shakespeare Festival Website, and will have a video clip of a Shakespearean Actor reading their poems posted on the New England Shakespeare Festival website. The Rubber Ducky Contest is held in conjunction with the Shakespearean Sonnet Contest. Contestants are encouraged to enter both, but may enter either at their discretion.
The winner will be announced here on the New England Shakespeare Festival website by October 15, 2010.
The prize will be awarded to the most amusing poem that incorporates the phrase: "doting mallard" (Antony and Cleopatra, III.xi.).
| 1) | Sonnets must be Shakespearean:
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| 2) | Submissions must be original and unpublished. |
| 3) | Writers may enter as many sonnets as they wish. |
| 4) | The entry fee is $3 per sonnet. Checks should be payable to "New England Shakespeare Festival." |
| 5) | Entries may be submitted using the Rubber Ducky Contest Online Entry Form or via regular mail. When submitting by mail, send two copies of each poem. The author's name, address, telephone number and email, if available, should be typed on the upper left-hand corner of one copy. The other copy should include only the poem, the title and the name of the contest for anonymous judging. Please write "Rubber Ducky Contest" in the upper right-hand corner of each entry. |
| 6) | The poem must contain the phrase "doting mallard." |
| 7) | Minors may enter the contest, but a parent/guardian must sign and return the Parent/Guardian permission form. If submitting by mail, please include the form. If submitting online, please mail the form separately. Poems submitted by minors will not be considered until this form is received. |
| 8) | Entries sent by mail must be must be postmarked not later than August 1, 2010 and mailed to: NESF Rubber Ducky Sonnet Contest C/O Stephen Scaer 111 East Hobart Street Nashua, NH 03060 |
A printable version of the Rubber Ducky Contest Guidelines can be found here.
The 2010 New England Shakespeare Festival
