If you’re anything like me, you pine for ways to make money doing the one thing you love most – creating. If I could follow in the footsteps of Robert Service and make a million by writing and publishing poetry then I would. Heck, I’d settle for just making an honest full-time living at it.
But [...]
Best of the Web 2008. Congratulations.
I downloaded this .pdf document from Penguin Group USA that tells poets how to do Internet marketing. Haven’t read it yet. I’ve skimmed it a little and from what I’ve seen there appears to be a basic understanding of the subject, but incomplete. It’s free and I do recommend it. [...]
A philosopher on writing workshops.
How the Pulitzers are selected.
A new addition at The New York Quarterly.
Hating poetry is a virtue.
Why some poetry matters (and some doesn’t).
Every time I think I’m finished with Rumsfeld’s Sandbox I find something else I don’t like. Many of the poems in the book are finished. I’m happy with them. But there are a few that I can’t stand to look at. I’m torn between removing them from the book entirely or spending more time revising [...]
The Missouri Review hosted an audio contest. The winners of the poetry competition were announced:
First place in subcategory and Editors’ Choice Award, $100: Todd Boss, “To Wind a Mechanical Toy”
First runner up: Todd Boss, “Yellow Rocket”
Second runner-up: Runner up: Susan B.A. Sommers-Willett, “The Golden Lesson”
Third runner-up: Eric Torgenson, “Taking Tickets”
Fourth runner-up: Josh McDonald, “Women in [...]
If you are looking for a conference that will help you prepare a manuscript for publication then I’d like to point you to an upcoming conference that looks promising. It’s called The Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference.
Starting January 18, 2007, the conference looks like it will provide attendees with real benefit. Conference attendees will get a [...]