We have gotten a couple calls for submissions for poetry in the past few days and wanted to pass the information along to you. First up is the first issue of the Perfume River Poetry Review out of California. This first issue will feature the Perfume River Poetry Prize. The winner of the contest will be […]
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On Tuesday, December 18, the women of the poetry world in upstate New York will again take over the stage at Valentine’s for Nitty Gritty Slam #33. This will be the second preliminary bout to determine who will be representing NGS at WOWps (Women of the World Poetry Slam) in March 2013. At the first WOWps
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Last week was action packed with poetry and spoken word happening all over the area and this coming week is looking just as great. There are a lot of great events lined up with fantastic featured poets. Get out and support local arts this coming week. Sunday, December 9 2:00pm – Poetry + Prose The
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Our friends down at Time & Space Limited (434 Columbia St., Hudson, NY) are presenting a special poetry / spoken word event as part of their “Time to Talk” series next Friday, December 14 at 6:30pm. Poets Ifetayo Cobbins, Derick Anderson, and Cara Benson will be among the featured performers at this event that will be
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The Live from the Living Room series hosted by Don Levy at The Pride Center continues on Wednesday, December 12 with featured poet Emily Gonzalez. Live From The Living Room, a featured poetry reading/open mic is always held the 2nd Wednseday of the month at The Pride Center, 322 Hudson Ave, Albany, NY. The next reading
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This Saturday at College of Poetry / Northeast Poetry Center is presenting a special poetry afternoon with Distinguished Visiting Poet Steve Dalachinsky is what looks to be a great event in Orange County. Here is the information more information on the reading and the poet from organizer Bill Seaton: Steve Dalachinsky has been selected as the Northeast Poetry Center’s Distinguished Visiting
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We had 16 poets get on stage and share their work throughout the evening at Nitty Gritty Slam #31 on Tuesday, November 20 at Valentines between the open mic and the slam. This was a special night though, because this was our very first Women of the World Poetry Slam prelim bout. The top two
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Welcome to the holiday season in upstate New York. We survived Thanksgiving and the November edition of Poets Speak Loud this past Monday, now we look forward to another great week of poetry and spoken word kicking off the month of December. Things really heat up in the middle of the week with Nitty Gritty Slam on
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We have another one-two punch of poetry and spoken word coming up next week with Nitty Gritty Slam on Tuesday night (with featured poet Influence) in Albany and then the Caffe Lena Poetry Open Mic in Saratoga Springs on Wednesday night. This month the featured poets are (myself) Thom Francis and Lynn Ciesielski. This is my second
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Earlier this season Kevin Peterson and Poetyc Visionz advanced to the Grand Slam, joining Season One Champion of Champions ILLiptical. Next Tuesday, December 4, we will be resetting the points and starting from scratch when we gather for the next Open Slam at Nitty Gritty Slam #32 at Valentine’s. As a special treat, we will
We just can not get enough of Rebecca Schumejda these days. She recently launched her new book down in Kingston with a great reading with Cheryl Rice and Nate Graziano. On top of that she is the featured poet here in the Albany Poets website and will be the performing at Poets Speak Loud on Monday night at
The last Yes! reading of the semester is taking place on Friday, November 30 with another fantastic lineup of artists. Corina Copp, Colby Somerville, Rawaan Alkhatib, Jason Cust, and Robert Williams-Taylor will be part of an evening of “poetry, dance, food and drink” at the Social Justice Center on Central Ave. starting at 8:00pm. Here is
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The Hudson Valley Writers Guild supports the efforts of writers in all genres by sponsoring readings, workshops, and contests and providing a number of valuable resources for the entire literary community.
