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Debut Poets Invited to Apply for Free Publicity Incubator

Writers who have a debut poetry collection forthcoming may be eligible to apply for this free intensive. Deadline: February 3.

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The Beauty of Being: Debut Poets Virtual Reading

Join us for a celebration of the ten debut poets featured in the current issue of the magazine. The virtual event, which will take place over two evenings, February 1 and February 2 at 7:30PM EST, will include readings by the poets and conversation about their influences, inspirations, and paths to publication.

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Alla Abdulla-Matta presents her work at the Ninth Annual Connecting Cultures Reading. The event took place at the Center for Book Arts in New York, New York on May 15, 2018. (Credit: Margarita Corporan)
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Poet Juan Delgado at the Cholla Needles Monthly Reading. The event took place at Space Cowboy Books in Joshua Tree, California on October 7, 2018. (Credit: Bob DeLoyd)
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Marty Carrera at the Seventeenth Annual Intergenerational Reading. The event took place at Barnes & Noble Union Square in New York, New York on June 23, 2018. (Credit: Margarita Corporan)

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“I try my hand at remembering. An origin story is what you make of it. It can be a culture, a treasured heirloom, or a history, reduced.” In this Center for Fiction event, Hafizah Augustus Geter reads from her book The Black Period: On... more

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Deadline Nears for Courage to Write Grants
Posted by Prize Reporter on 1.27.23
Do you have a manuscript that needs some cash to reach the finish line? Apply for the de Groot Foundation’s Courage to Write Grants, which offer $7,000 to each of seven emerging poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers with works-in-... more

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