ANNOUNCING WYOPOETS MEMBERS ONLY CONTEST
OPENS: December 26, 2018
ENDS: February 16, 2019
Check the Contest Page for Entry Rules
AND DON'T FORGET THE EUGENE V. SHEA NATIONAL POETRY CONTEST DEADLINE DECEMBER 15th!!!!!
OPENS: December 26, 2018
ENDS: February 16, 2019
Check the Contest Page for Entry Rules
AND DON'T FORGET THE EUGENE V. SHEA NATIONAL POETRY CONTEST DEADLINE DECEMBER 15th!!!!!
Pens poised? Get ready, get set, go! WyoPoets once again is launching its 2019 Members Only Contest. We are eager to accept your amazing entries. As always, we welcome the use of any poetry form with a 40-line limit for each poem and a three poem entry limit. Details are included on the entry rules document included in this announcement.
We are excited to also announce our judge. Seth Michelson is an award-winning poet, translator, and professor of poetry. He has published sixteen books to date, with two more forthcoming. His books of original poetry include Swimming Through Fire and Eyes Like Broken Windows. His books of poetry in translation include Argentinian poet Tamara Kamenszain’s The Ghetto, Uruguayan poet Melisa Machado’s The Red Song, Israeli poet Amir Or’s Wings, and Indian poet Rati Saxena’s Scripted in the Streams. He also edited and translated the poetry anthology Dreaming America: Voices of Undocumented Youth in Maximum-Security Detention. His honors as a writer include winning an NEA Fellowship, and Anna Davidson Rosenberg Award, the poetry category of the International Book Awards, and a poetry prize from Split This Rock. Seth Michaelson has done readings and talks on poetry across the United States, in Argentina, Armenia, Germany, Kenya, Mexico, India, Slovenia, and Uruguay. He currently teaches poetry of the Americas at Washington and Lee University in Virginia. We are pleased and honored to have his assistance this year as our contest judge.
2019 WYOPOETS EUGENE V. SHEA NATIONAL POETRY CONTEST SUBMISSIONS OPEN OCTOBER 1st
WyoPoets Eugene V. Shea National Poetry Contest Accepting Entries Through Dec. 15
The WyoPoets 2019 Eugene V. Shea National Poetry Contest will be accepting entries Oct. 1 through the postmark deadline of Dec. 15, 2018. First prize is $100, second place $50, third $30, and an optional fourth $20. Up to five honorable mentions will be awarded. Unpublished poems one page long in Times New Roman 12-point font are eligible. Entry fee is $3 plus $1 per poem entered, limit 15 poems per person.
For guidelines and instructions on how to enter, visit the WyoPoets website at http://www.wyopoets.org/contests.html. Questions may be directed to C. L. Deering, contest chair, at wyopoets@gmail.com.
This annual contest is named in honor of Eugene V. Shea of Hanna, Wyoming, a long-time member and past president of WyoPoets. Shea chaired the national contest for eight years, represented WyoPoets at numerous meetings of the National Federation of State Poetry Societies, and served as a juror for poetry contests in other states. A prolific writer, he wrote more than 1,300 poems and published eight volumes of poetry.
WyoPoets is an organization of persons who write poetry for publication and/or as a hobby, open to all poets nationally. WyoPoets is a 501(c)(3) organization and is the Wyoming branch of the National Federation of State Poetry Societies (NFSPS). More information on WyoPoets may be found at http://www.wyopoets.org .
WyoPoets Eugene V. Shea National Poetry Contest Accepting Entries Through Dec. 15
The WyoPoets 2019 Eugene V. Shea National Poetry Contest will be accepting entries Oct. 1 through the postmark deadline of Dec. 15, 2018. First prize is $100, second place $50, third $30, and an optional fourth $20. Up to five honorable mentions will be awarded. Unpublished poems one page long in Times New Roman 12-point font are eligible. Entry fee is $3 plus $1 per poem entered, limit 15 poems per person.
For guidelines and instructions on how to enter, visit the WyoPoets website at http://www.wyopoets.org/contests.html. Questions may be directed to C. L. Deering, contest chair, at wyopoets@gmail.com.
This annual contest is named in honor of Eugene V. Shea of Hanna, Wyoming, a long-time member and past president of WyoPoets. Shea chaired the national contest for eight years, represented WyoPoets at numerous meetings of the National Federation of State Poetry Societies, and served as a juror for poetry contests in other states. A prolific writer, he wrote more than 1,300 poems and published eight volumes of poetry.
WyoPoets is an organization of persons who write poetry for publication and/or as a hobby, open to all poets nationally. WyoPoets is a 501(c)(3) organization and is the Wyoming branch of the National Federation of State Poetry Societies (NFSPS). More information on WyoPoets may be found at http://www.wyopoets.org .
2018 wyopoets spring poetry workshop was a great event
See the 2018 Brochure!
Fun, fellowship, and the art and craft of poetry abounded at our 2018 WyoPoets Spring Poetry Workshop, held in Cheyenne April 27-28. We hope you enjoy these photos from the workshop and that you will plan to join us in Casper on April 26-27, 2019, for our next workshop.
Fun, fellowship, and the art and craft of poetry abounded at our 2018 WyoPoets Spring Poetry Workshop, held in Cheyenne April 27-28. We hope you enjoy these photos from the workshop and that you will plan to join us in Casper on April 26-27, 2019, for our next workshop.
Our Sponsors
WyoPoets is grateful for the generous support of the 2018 workshop sponsors:
WyoPoets is grateful for the generous support of the 2018 workshop sponsors:
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Dr. Lakhman Gondalia, M.D. Allergy and Asthma Clinic of Wyoming |
Photos from the 2017 workshop in Buffalo
See more photos from the open mic reading and the workshop on Flickr, courtesy of Margaret Smith-Braniff.
