POETS: Do you have the Spirit of the Land?

 

CALL-OUT for POETS

‘Spirit of the Land’

 

Submissions are invited on the subject of the ‘Spirit of the Land’, the 3^rd in a series of the popular Manly Art Gallery & Museum poetry readings. Twenty poems will be chosen by event curator Les Wicks for live-reading by the authors who will each receive $50.

 

The Gallery will be hosting an exhibition on the theme LAND (3 November – 3 December)  with selected works by artists who have drawn inspiration from the theme ‘LAND’… as a noun, a verb, a place, an idea, a possibility, a presence, a contested space. Landscape, headland, wasteland, landfill, landmine, landform, landed, etc. The exhibition supports and connects this region’s contemporary artists with the gallery, providing a valuable opportunity to showcase their work and to challenge their art practice through their diverse responses.

 

Selected poems will have explored this theme. Please advise in which suburb you live.

 

Submissions to be emailed to meusepress@hotmail.com  by 5pm Fri 29 Sept 2017.

 

 

 

 

The selected poets will perform their works on

Sunday 5 November, 2 - 4pm

Manly Art Gallery & Museum & Museum, West Esplanade Reserve, Manly

At the reading, there will also be an open mic section.

Cost: gold coin donation (refreshments served

Contact: artgallery@northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au or 9976 1421

www.magam.com.au

 

The First Poet ...

 

Why Has No One Ever Heard of  the World’s First Poet?    

Enheduanna is Revered by Ancient Alien Conspiracy Theorists—But Few Others

READ ON http://lithub.com/why-has-no-one-ever-heard-of-the-worlds-first-poet/#_ftn2

The Ros Spencer Poetry Prize 2017 - Deadline June 30th

A poetry contest from WA Poets Inc. for original and unpublished poems of up to 60 lines with an open theme.

 First Prize    $701

 Second Prize   $299

Plus
            2 x Highly Commended Awards
            2 x Commended Awards

 DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES IS MIDNIGHT, FRIDAY 30TH JUNE 2017

All entries must be submitted by email as a MS word document, preceded by the Entry Form (see below), to wapoets@gmail.com with your Surname and RS in the subject line.
 

Andrew Burke at Perth Poetry Club

 

Andrew Burke reading from his new book THE LINE IS BUSY

at Perth Poetry Club, MOON Café, Northbridge

Saturday 17th June 2017.

Xylouris archive footage / Aρχειακό υλικό Ξυλούρη

Varuna Fellowships 2018

Varuna Residential Fellowships for Writers & Illustrators 2018

14 June  2017

Dear WA Applications open on 16 June 2017 and close 30 July 2017 Varuna the National Writers House invites writers and illustrators from across Australia to apply for a Varuna Residential Fellowship. A Varuna Residential Fellowship offers writers and illustrators working across a wide range of literary genres and forms the gift of uninterrupted time and to develop a new work in an inspiring environment and a collegial atmosphere. Fellowships include full board and accommodation including a private writing studio at Varuna the National Writers House in the world heritage Blue Mountains region of NSW. Varuna assesses applications on merit and clarity of work plan and encourages writers from diverse backgrounds and at all stages of their career development to apply. Varuna will award thirty Fellowships in 2017 with residencies of two or three weeks available to be taken between January and end of May 2018. The quiet was the most crucial thing and the windows and the bookshelves, and the access to local walks. Dinners were wonderful! An excellent system of self-serve during the day and fantastic home cooked shared meal at night. For full details of the program and to apply, please visit www.varuna.com.au email: varuna@varuna.com.au or phone: (02) 4782 5674 Closing Date for applications: 30 July 2017 Varuna - the National Writers House Eleanor Dark Foundation Ltd 141 Cascade St (PO Box 907) Katoomba NSW 2780 Phone: (02) 4782 5674 email: varuna@varuna.com.au

National Library of Australia 2018 Creative Fellowships

 

The National Library offers three Fellowships to support practising writers and artists to develop new work creatively using or inspired by the Library’s collections.

Applications open for the 2018 Creative Fellowships on 13 April 2017 and close 28 July 2017.

The Library provides creative artists with a unique and supportive environment in which to immerse themselves in the collections. The Fellowship enables artists to be inspired by, repurpose, transform or imaginatively respond to published sources, such as music, maps, rare books or ephemera, or original sources, such as pictures, manuscripts, oral histories and folklore recordings, in any way.

• The Friends of the National Library of Australia Creative Arts Fellowship is open to creative practitioners and artists, working professionally in any art form, to create new artistic work that is inspired by or using particular collections. Artists may be working in such fields as music, dance, theatre, visual arts, emerging, hybrid and experimental art forms.

• The National Library of Australia Creative Arts Fellowship for Australian Writing, supported by the Eva Kollsman and Ray Mathew Trust, specifically aims to support writers wishing to develop their creative ideas by immersing themselves in an aspect of the collections.

• The National Folk Fellowship, offered in partnership with the National Folk Festival, supports folk musicians, singers, dancers, poets, performance artists, or collector-performers to develop a project based on the Library’s original folklore and related collections, with a performance at the following National Folk Festival. 

For more information, visit the National Library website.
Website:
http://www.nla.gov.au/awards-and-grants/fellowships-and-scholarships/creative-fellowships

Contact Details

Organisation:
National Library of Australia
Phone Number:
(02) 6262 1111

Batman slaps Trump

Poetry Prize - closing 30th June

Issa Haiku

first snow--
making a Buddha of you
is hard too

- Issa 1813

 

.はつ雪や仏にするもむづかしき
hatsu yuki ya hotoke ni suru mo muzukashiki

 

The "too" (mo) seems to be a humorous, self-mocking reference. The first snow isn't the right consistency to make a decent Buddha. Issa's own road to enlightenment, he suggests, is just as hard.

 

http://haikuguy.com/issa/