Monday, March 30, 2009

 

Calling All Poets for the April PAD Challenge

By Jill Earl

"Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks." - Plutarch

April is National Poetry Month and if you’re looking for a way to develop or sharpen your skills, take a look at the Poem-A-Day (PAD) Challenge. Writer’sMarket.com editor Robert Lee Brewer issued this challenge for the first time last November on his Poetic Asides blog and selected participants saw their work featured in a chapbook.

For 2009, besides receiving a certificate of completion and online badge to display on their blog or website, writers of the top 50 poems of the month will see their work published as a free ebook. Even better, some well-known poets including Mark Doty, Patricia Smith, S.A. Griffin, and Dorianne Laux will serve as judges. And like last year, participation is free.

More details can be found at https://blog.writersdigest.com/poeticasides/

The Poem-A-Day Challenge. April 1st through 30th at Poetic Asides.

Check it out, sign up--and get to writing!

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3 Comments:

Anonymous Michelle Kafka said...

Awesome I love writing and reading poetry. My favs are Robert Frost, Matsuo Basho, and Li Po.

I think I will sign up.

Thanks for posting and the reminder.

11:16 AM  
Blogger Beth said...

I saw this mentioned in a Writer's Digest newsletter a few days ago. I've been wanting to write more poetry - this will be my excuse. The possibility of publication in an ebook is a good motivator.

12:26 PM  
Anonymous Jill said...

Fabulous!

Bon chance to you both!

Jill

9:15 AM  

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