Austin Poetry Society Museletter
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Saturday Critique Group
The Critique Group will meet April 11, 1:30-3:30pm on-line via Zoom Meeting
. E-mail your poem before hand to
Beth Kropf
. Text “@apsmo” to the number 81010 to get reminder notifications and meeting ID.
All meetings are on a Saturday at 1:30-3:30pm
- May 23 - NW Hills UMC
- June 6 - North Village Library
- July 25 - Old Quarry Library
- August 29 - North Village Library
- September 12 - NW Hills UMC
- October 3 - North Village Library
- November 14 - Millwood Library
- December 5 - North Village Library
APS Open Mic Night
The April APS Open Mic is cancelled.
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APS Monthly Meetings
All Monthly Meetings are normally 1:30-3:30pm in an Austin Public Library Branch on the 3rd Saturday. The April meeting is cancelled. The May meeting may be moved on-line. Let the MuseLetter editor or a board member know your preferred venue, e.g. Zoom, Skype, Google Hangout.
- May 16 - possibly on-line
- September 19 - Carver, Rm. #1
- October 17 - Terrazas, Rm. #1
- November 21 - Hampton at Oak Hill
- December 19 - Old Quarry Branch
APS Member Profile
None this month
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National Federation of State Poetry Societies Convention
Cancelled. See their
Website
for additional information.
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Poetry Contests and Calls for Submissions
Visions International has started looking for poems for the 2020 issues. We hope to see work from our friends in Austin. The Website is:
www.visionsi.com .
Black Lawrence 2020 Hudson Prize is now open for submissions! Each year Black Lawrence Press Hudson Prize is awarded for an unpublished collection of poems or short stories. The prize is open to new, emerging, and established writers. The winner of this contest will receive book publication, a $1,000 cash award, and ten copies of the book. Prizes are awarded on publication. The deadline is April 10.
Submit your manuscript here.
Alabama State Poetry Society Annual John and Miriam Morris Memorial Chapbook competition. Deadline: May 31. Detai
ls
here
, scroll down to the announcement (in dark blue).
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Member Publication News
Jeffrey Taylor had "Austin, Ides of March, 2020" published in
Tejascovido and a poem in
di-vêrsé-city. "Chemo Mindfulness" will be published in the May issue of
Poetry Pacific.
Janelle Curlin-Taylor
had "Inner Fire" published in
di-vêrsé-city.
Benjamin Nash
had "Door" accepted by
Visions International
and "Alien Denies Predestination" accepted by
Oyez Review.
Kaye Voigt Abikhaled
’s poem “Heading into West Texas Sunset” won 3
rd
prize in the 12
th
Annual
Light of the Stars
poetry Contest, 2019.
LaVern Spencer McCarthy
recently won two 1st Places, two 2nd Places and three Honorable Mentions in Poetry Society Of Oklahoma Annual contests. In the Pennsylvania Annual contest she won one 1st Place, one 2nd Place, one 3rd place and three Honorable Mentions.
Christa Pandey
has two senryu in the March issue of the online journal ‘Failed Haiku’ and will have a haibun in their April issue.
Nancy Fierstien's scorpion Haiku will appear in the
2021 Texas Poetry Calendar.
Brad Strahan
had a poem published in
The Lyric
and received word
Sojourner
has accepted his poem "Bach & Buxtehude".
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Hosts, please e-mail featured poets and schedule changes, including the first week of next month, to
musecarta@gmail.com
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The above calendar at publication time does not reflect the reality of the COVID-19 Stay Home, Stay Safe orders. All venues normally listed are shutdown. Some have already moved on-line and are listed below. I expect more to follow and will send out updates via e-mail and post on the
APS Facebook group
.
There are privacy concerns about
Zoom. You can search for them and decide for yourself.
Malvern Books
has cancelled all in-store events. Some have moved on-line (e.g. Lions and Pirates).
April 1-22, We Who Speak for the Earth: An Earth Day Poetry Infusion. Presented by Big Bend Poets & Writers. See
Tallahassee Arts Website for details.
Wednesday, April 1, 2-3:30pm, Poetry for Wellness, Moved on-line (Zoom). For information contact Martha Ward, mkoockward@gmail.com.
Sunday, April 5, 3:30-5:30pm, Recycled Reads Open Mic. Janet Kuypers host. On Facebook LIve. Search for "Janet Kuypers" to access.
Sunday, April 5, 7-10pm, Spoken & Heard
. Open Mic hosted by Thom the World Poet via Skype, E-mail Thom at
worldpoet@rocketmail.com
for details.
Thursday, April 9, 7:15-9pm, BookWoman, V
irtual (Zoom) poetry reading featuring with host Cindy Huyser, featuring Koraly Dimitriadis.
Round-robin Open Mic follows. Details on
Bookwoman Website
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Sunday, April 12, 7-10pm, Spoken & Heard. Open Mic hosted by Thom the World Poet via Skype, E-mail Thom at
worldpoet@rocketmail.com for details.
Wednesday, April 15, 2-3:30pm, Poetry for Wellness, On-line (Zoom). Contact Martha Ward for details at mkoockward@gmail.com.
Poetry at Round Top 2020 (April 24-26)
is cancelled.
Sunday, April 26, 7-10pm, Spoken & Heard. Open Mic hosted by Thom the World Poet via Skype, E-mail Thom at worldpoet@rocketmail.com for details.
Sunday, May 3, 3:30-5:30pm, Recycled Reads Open Mic. Janet Kuypers host. On Facebook LIve.
Sunday, May 3, 7-10pm, Spoken & Heard. Open Mic hosted by Thom the World Poet via Skype, E-mail
worldpoet@rocketmail.com for details.
Wednesday, May 6, 2-3:30pm, Poetry for Wellness, Moved on-line (Zoom). For information contact Martha Ward, mkoockward@gmail.com.
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