Poetry at the Backyard / New Poetry Reading Series Call for Submissions: Deadline May 18th

 

I want to share with you some information about a new public poetry night in North Lake Tahoe sponsored by the Tahoe Poetry Collective.

The summer series begins on June 15th at the Tahoe Backyard located in Kings Beach a 8428 Trout Ave. (behind Bank of the West). 

This will be a submission-based series with a curated selection process and not an open mic affair. To create an artistic event, a team of curators will select from the submissions. They encourage original work but accept readings of other authors or published writings.  

Call for Poets
This will be a submission-based series with a curated selection process and not an open
mic affair.To create an artistic event, a team of curators will select from submissions. They
encourage original work, but accept readings of other authors or published writings.

Rules to Submit:
- All forms of poetry or prose are accepted, no hate speech*

 
- There is a 6 minute limit (this allows for 12-15 poets per event) Exceptions may be
considered under unique circumstances

 
- When you submit you are agreeing to be present for the event that month. If you are
not selected you can submit again for the next event.

- All events are free and there are no fees for submission

 
- If selected you will be notified by the curators 2 weeks in advance, and a time slot will
be given to you.

Please submit by May 18th (for the June event) to:
tahoepoetrycollective@gmail.com

Include: poetry or writing you'd like to read, along with your name and age

 

 

 

https://tahoebackyard.com/poetry-at-the-backyard. 

April 18th A Poetry Workshop at the Truckee Library: Writing through the jungles of self, the world, and of craft

 April is National Poetry Month! To celebrate the literary arts, the Sierra Poetry Festival at the Miner’s Foundry in Nevada City on April 30^th marks a culmination of a month of free pop-up arts events throughout Nevada County.

 There is no royal path to good writing; and such paths as do exist do not lead through neat critical gardens, various as they are, but through the jungles of self, the world, and of craft.

— Jessamyn West 

A Poetry Workshop at the Truckee Library: Writing through the jungles of self, the world, and of craft

Monday, April 18^th

5:30-7 pm

This FREE poetry workshop works for creatives who want to explore such paths through the jungles of self, the world, and of craft. You don't need any experience, but curiosity. All ages. Join us in a playful, supportive writing workshop to try new approaches to composing one to three new poems.  This is a pop-up event in collaboration with the Sierra Poetry Festival, April 30th at the Miner’s Foundry in Nevada City.

Karen Terrey, MFA, Poet and Writing Coach, has taught at Lake Tahoe Community College, Sierra Nevada College, and Sierra College and has served as a poetry editor for the literary journals Pitkin Review and Quay. She is a recipient of a Sierra Arts Endowment Grant, the John Woods Scholarship to Prague Summer Program, the Steve Turner Scholarship to Surprise Valley Writer's Conference, and a scholarship to the Vermont Studio Center. Her poems have appeared in Rhino, Edge, Meadow, WordRiot, Puerto Del Sol, Wicked Alice, Canary, and Gray Sparrow Journal, among others. Her poetry chapbook Bite and Blood (Finishing Line Press) is available at local bookstores, including Sundance Books in Reno, NV and Word After Word in Truckee, CA.