Category: International Events

Title: #twitterpoetryclub

Date: February 5, 2018

Description: #TwitterPoetryClub meets on Twitter, on alternating Monday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. EST. Their formula is pretty simple: members share beloved or interesting poems by posting the poet’s name, hashtagging “TwitterPoetryClub” and including an image of the poem and/or a link to the full text. Once a poem is posted, everyone is free to discuss the work, retweet, and share more poems. Members can also subscribe to meeting minutes, which include links to the books where shared poems can be found, at tinyletter.com/twitterpoetryclub.

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Title: #todayspoem

Date: April 27, 2018

Description: In fact, every day is #todayspoem day. With the #todayspoem hashtag, you can share an excerpt from any poem that happens to have made your day. Everyone shares their #todayspoem experience a little differently, with an image, a link, an excerpt, whatever fits in a tweet. Each tweet is enough to spur a moment of delight or recognition or, handily favorited in Twitter, is a lovely bookmark for future poetry explorations.

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Title: #todayspoem

Date: March 30, 2018

Description: In fact, every day is #todayspoem day. With the #todayspoem hashtag, you can share an excerpt from any poem that happens to have made your day. Everyone shares their #todayspoem experience a little differently, with an image, a link, an excerpt, whatever fits in a tweet. Each tweet is enough to spur a moment of delight or recognition or, handily favorited in Twitter, is a lovely bookmark for future poetry explorations.

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Title: #todayspoem

Date: February 22, 2018

Description: In fact, every day is #todayspoem day. With the #todayspoem hashtag, you can share an excerpt from any poem that happens to have made your day. Everyone shares their #todayspoem experience a little differently, with an image, a link, an excerpt, whatever fits in a tweet. Each tweet is enough to spur a moment of delight or recognition or, handily favorited in Twitter, is a lovely bookmark for future poetry explorations.

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Title: The Banff Centre Writing Studio application deadline – extended

Date: February 7, 2018

Location: Banff, Alberta, Canada
Description: An ideal environment for artistic inspiration and growth, Writing Studio is structured to provide an extended period of uninterrupted writing time, one-on-one editorial assistance from experienced writers/editors, and an opportunity to engage with a community of working writers. Faculty for this session, which runs April 30 to June 2, 2018 includes Karen Solie, David O’Meara, Hoa Nguyen, Shyam Selvadurai and Kathy Page.

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Title: Single Onion 2018 Lecture Series – The Stories We Tell: Indigenous Voices

Date: January 18, 2018

Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Description: The Single Onion is Calgary’s longest-running poetry reading series, bringing Canada’s finest poets to its dedicated audience at Shelf Life Books.

This event is curated by Metis poet and Inkspot Collective member Cobra Collins. Join Single Onion for an evening of poetry, performance, and tales of resilience, from Treaty 7 and beyond.

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Title: Zócalo Public Square’s Seventh Annual Poetry Prize submission deadline

Date: February 2, 2018

Location: US
Description: Zócalo Public Square, the Los Angeles-based ideas magazine, is now accepting submissions for its seventh annual poetry prize, which is awarded to the U.S. poet whose poem best evokes a connection to place. The winning poet in 2018 will receive $500, a published interview, and deliver a public reading of the winning poem at the annual Book Prize award ceremony in Los Angeles. There is no fee to enter this contest.

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Title: #twitterpoetryclub

Date: January 22, 2018

Description: #TwitterPoetryClub meets on Twitter, on alternating Monday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. EST. Their formula is pretty simple: members share beloved or interesting poems by posting the poet’s name, hashtagging “TwitterPoetryClub” and including an image of the poem and/or a link to the full text. Once a poem is posted, everyone is free to discuss the work, retweet, and share more poems. Members can also subscribe to meeting minutes, which include links to the books where shared poems can be found, at tinyletter.com/twitterpoetryclub.

Learn more here.

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Title: Parkland Poets Reading Series

Date: February 22, 2018

Location: Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada
Description: At each meeting, Parkland Poets will feature three readers who have signed up in advance to deliver a 10-minute reading. Following the featured readers, there will be an open mic session, where audience members can sign up (on the night itself) to deliver a brief 2-minute reading.

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Title: Parkland Poets Reading Series

Date: February 8, 2018

Location: Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada
Description: At each meeting, Parkland Poets will feature three readers who have signed up in advance to deliver a 10-minute reading. Following the featured readers, there will be an open mic session, where audience members can sign up (on the night itself) to deliver a brief 2-minute reading.

Learn more here.

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