Another great night for poetry and spoken word at Valentine’s on Tuesday, May 15 as we huddled together for the 18th edition of Nitty Gritty Slam. We had a few poets running late and some more out of town for this night, but we still had a great evening with a couple of new slammers […]
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We have some exciting news! The Nitty Gritty Slam is now a certified slam, recognized by Poetry Slam, Inc., the governing body of poetry slams around the country. With that we are now eligiable to send the Nitty Gritty Slam Team to the National Poetry Slam in Charlotte, NC this summer. This is very big for
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We have a lot of poetry events coming up next week. For a third week in a row, there are seven full days of open mics and readings going on the upstate area starting on Sunday, May 27 with a poetry and spoken word open mic in Voorheesville with yours truly as the featured poet.
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Today must be the day for submissions calls, because here is another one from Black Lawrence Press looking for poetry with the theme of food for an upcoming book, Feast: Poetry and Recipes for a Full Seating at Dinner. Here is all of the information from BLP on how to submit your work: Black Lawrence
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The Writers Institute is heading up north to Skidmore College in Saratoga again this summer and they are inviting us all to come up to the Spa City for some great guest speakers. The readings all being at 8:00pm and are free and open to the public at Davis Auditorium in Palamountain Hall on the
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The good folks over at the Ginosko Literay Journal, out of California, are looking for submissions for the next and future issues. You can check out past issues and much more on their website. Here is the information on what they are looking for, how to submit, and even how to advertise: Accepting short fiction &
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Alan Casline sent along the following annoucement about the next reading at the Pine Hollow Arboreteum (16 Maple Ave., Slingerlands, NY) this coming Friday, May 25 featuring Helen Ruggieri. Helen is a busy poet this week as she is featuring at Word Thursday at the Bright Hill Center. Helen Ruggieri will be the featured poet
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Cheryl Rice, the poetry diva of Kingston, just picked up more copies of her new book, “My Minnesota Boyhood” and she is ready to sell them to you. These collections of poetry are handcrafted by local small press publisher Dayl Wise at Post Traumatic Press. If you do not know about Cheryl Rice and all
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We have another busy week of poetry this week in upstate New York and one the big events that will be happening down in Treadwell at the Bright Hill Center for the Word Thursdays series hosted by Bertha Rogers. The two featured poets that Bertha lined up for this month, Helen Ruggieri and Judith Kerman are both
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Tonight at The Linda (339 Central Ave., Albany) Urban Guerilla Theatre is back with the annual “Heartbreak Hotel” show. This is always a great night of poetry, music, spoken word, and whatever else Mojavi, Leslie Michelle, and the rest of the UGT team can come up with. Join the UGT team as we celebrate the return
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We have a lot of poetry events coming up next week. For another week in a row, there are seven full days of open mics and readings going on the upstate area starting on Sunday, May 20 with a great reading by the Delmar Writers group at the Bethlehem Library. Sunday, May 20 2:00pm –
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It was a mighty crowd at Professor Java’s this past Monday night for the May edition of the Wide Open Mic. Kevin Peterson began the evening by reminding us that it was, in fact, the 83rd installment of this great open mic institution. As for the open mic, we had a good mix of equal parts poetry
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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.
