GPG Poet Featured at Sunday Series Poetry Readings

The Clinton Art Gallery’s Poetry Place Sunday Series October 21 Reading will feature Poets Margaret Gibson and Guilford Poets Guild member Elizabeth Possidente

The seventh reading in the Clinton Art Gallery’s 2018 Sunday Series poetry readings will take place on Sunday, October 21, and will feature Connecticut poets Elizabeth Possidente and Margaret Gibson. The reading, in the Laurel Ann Olcott Art Center at 20 East Main Street in the heart of Clinton, will begin at 2:00 pm and will include the Sunday Series popular open mic, which offers local poets the opportunity to share their work with a highly appreciative audience. Before and after the reading and during the break, the audience will have a chance to enjoy the beautiful art work and crafts on display and also discover the many classes, which include a variety of workshops in both art and writing, offered at the Clinton Art Gallery.

The reading is free and open to the public, refreshments will be served, and books will be on sale for a book-signing following the reading. For more information, contact Pat Barone at pattonybarone@aol.com or 203-627-4148.

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CONTEST for Guilford Poets Guild 20th Anniversary Anthology Cover Art

Shoreline Artists – this is your chance to be seen! The Guilford Poets Guild is hosting an art contest for the cover of its 20th Anniversary Anthology, to be published in 2019. The theme for the anthology is “Our Changing Environment” and artists are encouraged to submit images that fit the theme in its vast and varied interpretations (i.e. natural, world, national, local, personal).

All mediums will be considered — painting, illustration, photography, mixed media, etc. For reference, the printed Anthology book will measure 8″ x 8″ square. Images can be sized to fit or will be cropped to fit as needed.

DEADLINE: December 1, 2018

Please submit your image as a high-resolution JPG and email with your name, address, and a short 3-4 line bio to guilfordpoets@gmail.com.

The winner will be announced in February 2019.

GPG presents Manchester, CT Poet Laureate Julia Morris Paul

Please join the Guilford Poets Guild for its October Second Thursday Poetry Series reading featuring Julia Morris Paul, Manchester’s Poet Laureate, on Thursday, October 11from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at the Guilford Free Library.

Julia Morris Paul is Manchester, Connecticut’s first Poet Laureate. She is president of the Riverwood Poetry Series Board of Directors, serves on the boards of the Connecticut Poetry Society and the Connecticut Coalition of Poets Laureate. In addition to publication in numerous literary journals, both national and international, including anthologies, several of her poems have been performed in stage productions. Her first book, Shook, is published by Grayson Books. She is an elder law attorney.

Upcoming poets in the Guilford Poets Guild’s Second Thursday Poetry Series GPG Trio: Juliana Harris, Jane Muir & Gordy Whiteman (November 8), and a Holiday Roundtable featuring Dr. Seuss (December 13). For more information, visit guilfordpoetsguild.org.

Remember to bring your own poem to share during the Open Mic which is open to accomplished and aspiring poets of all ages wishing to present one original composition to a live audience.

The Guilford Free Library is located at 67 Park Street in Guilford. This program is free and open to all. Refreshments will be served. Please register by phone, in person, or online (203) 453-8282, guilfordfreelibrary.org.

ONE WEEK LEFT: Submit Now for the 20th Anniversary Anthology

 

Submissions are still being accepted for the Guilford Poets Guild 20th Anniversary Anthology to be published in the fall of 2019. The theme for the anthology is “Our Changing Environment” and is open to vast and varied interpretations (i.e. natural, world, national, local, personal). Poets of all ages are invited to submit poems based on the Submission Guidelines listed below. The deadline for submissions is September 15, 2018.

• CLICK HERE for more information about the 20th Anniversary Anthology

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Submission Deadline: September 15, 2018

• The theme of the poems should be on the subject “Our Changing Environment” which can be broadly interpreted to cover natural, world, national, local or personal subjects.
• Poets may submit up to 3 poems, of a length no more than approximately 75 lines each including title and blank lines.Please submit one text file with your poems (Word, PDF, RTF are acceptable formats); the file name should include your first and last name (i.e. JaneDoe-Poems.doc)
• Do not include your name or contact information on the individual poems.
• In the body of your email include your name, address, and email address, the titles of your submissions, as well as a 3-4 line bio which, if your poem(s) is accepted, will be included in the anthology.

Email submissions (or questions) to the Guilford Poets Guild at guilfordpoets@gmail.com.

Selected poems will be notified by January 2019.

(While we prefer to receive poems by email, submissions may also be sent to Guilford Poets Guild, 395 Nut Plains Road, Guilford, CT 06437.)

September Poetry Reading: Award-Winning Poet Monica Ong

Please join the Guilford Poets Guild for its September Second Thursday Poetry Series reading featuring award-winning poet Monica Ong on Thursday, September 13 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at the Guilford Free Library.

Ong is the author of Silent Anatomies (2015), selected by Joy Harjo as winner of the Kore Press First Book Award in poetry. An MFA graduate in Digital Media at the Rhode Island School of Design, she has also been awarded fellowships at Kundiman, Millay Colony, Vermont Studio Center, the Fine Arts Work Center, and most recently Yaddo. Based in Connecticut, she currently serves as the User Experience Designer at the Yale Digital Humanities Lab. You can read samples of her work at http://www.monicaong.com.

Upcoming poets in the Guilford Poets Guild’s Second Thursday Poetry Series include Julia Paul (October 11), GPG Trio: Juliana Harris, Jane Muir & Gordy Whiteman (November 8), and a Holiday Roundtable featuring Dr. Seuss (December 13). For more information, visit guilfordpoetsguild.org.

Remember to bring your own poem to share during the Open Mic which is open to accomplished and aspiring poets of all ages wishing to present one original composition to a live audience.

The Guilford Free Library is located at 67 Park Street in Guilford. This program is free and open to all. Refreshments will be served. Please register by phone, in person, or online (203) 453-8282, guilfordfreelibrary.org.