OOTA Newsletter November 4th, 2014
OOTA NEWS Just a reminder to members, only a few WAC classes to go to the end of the year. NOVEMBER POETRY Poetry Fri 7th, 1.30pm-3.30pm, Shane McCauley Poetry Fri 21st, 1.30pm-3.30pm, Shane McCauley NOVEMBER PROSE Fri 14th, 1pm-3pm, Helen Hagemann Fri 28th, 1pm-3pm, Helen Hagemann: LAST CLASS DECEMBER POETRY Only Poetry Fri, 5th 1.30pm-3.30pm, Shane McCauley OOTA CHRISTMAS PARTY 12th December @ 12.30pm – More details to come…
CONGRATULATIONS TO: Kevin Gillam who has Monday’s Poem on the Leaf Press website (“the colour of healing”), 4 poems in the latest ‘Unusual Work’ (“cycles and lines”, “the point”, “12 cents” with Allan Boyd, and “clockwise is off”), one poem in the next Southerly (“propped”) and one poem short listed for the Glen Phillips Poetry Prize. And also has his poem “from Freo” in the Award Winning Australian Writing 2014 anthology.
Plumwood Mountain call for Submissions
WRITING AT THE CENTRE Friday, 7th November is Poetry with Shane McCauley @ the Fremantle Arts Centre: Shane’s start will be directly after lunch in Room 3 1.30pm-3.30pm Our Poetry Bite Reader this week on Friday 7th November is Jan Napier. Come along and hear Jan’s wonderful poems at midday in the Fremantle Arts Centre Café. Ω MAINTENANT 9 THEME: TECH-NO PRISONERS For the first time ever, printed in full colour! DETAILS: In our increasingly technologically-driven world, humanity–what it means to be human–is in flux. Our reliance on technology has nearly grown to the point of absolute dependency. This year’s issue of Maintenant will explore this theme. Please submit art or writing that interprets the idea of Tech-No Prisoners. We LOVE Dada-inspired poetic word art, collage and photography. All art must be submitted in jpeg, gif or png format, high resolution (300 dpi, 4×5 in). This year, for the first time ever, we will be printing in full COLOR. Please consider submitting either colour or black-and-white images on the theme of Tech-No Prisoners. If you are submitting a written piece– poetry or prose–it should be no longer than 25 lines on the theme of Tech-No Prisoners. Please fill in the form below, then select the button “Choose File” and select your file from your computer. All submissions must be submitted via the form below. We accept files up to 4 MB in size, in .jpeg, .png, .gif, .pdf, .doc, .docx, .rtf, or .txt formats ONLY. Please submit one piece per file, and one piece at a time. You may submit a maximum of 4 pieces total. If you submit more than 4 pieces, your work will not be considered for publication. If you have any questions, please email Three Rooms Press. Deadline: December 31, 2014 – 11:59 p.m. (EST) Maintenant 9 will be published in Spring 2015.
Black Swan Theatre for 2015
Sunday afternoon poetry writing & editing workshops, 16 & 23 November Poetry Writing, 2-5pm 16 November. Poetry Editing, 2-5pm 23 November with much-published poet and editor Jackson. At The Fellowship of Australian Writers WA, Mattie Furphy House, Clare Copse, Swanbourne, WA. Each workshop is $30 for Fellowship members, $45 for nonmembers. Come to one or both. Bookings: email mailto:fellowshipaustralianwriterswa@gmail.com or phone 9384 4771 CALENDAR NOVEMBER 08 - Perth Poetry Club: Alan Hancock : Details 15 – 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize: Submit here 19 – Inkerman & Blunt launch of Love Stories: Details 19 – Stories on stage: Michelle Diener : Details 22 – Self Publishing Workshop with Tineke van der Eecken 26 – NaNoWriMo Write Night: Website 26 – Launch of Westerly Magazine 59.2 - Details 30 - Five Islands Press Ron Pretty Poetry Prize: Details 30 – 2014/15 Fish Short Story Prize. See Alumni. DECEMBER 01 – Leaf Press Publishing Opportunity for Poets: Details 05 – Cuttlefish for poetry, flash/ short fiction. Send to Roland 15 – Tom Collins Poetry Prize: www.fawwa.org 15 – Peter Porter Poetry Prize : Details 19- Somerset National Poetry Prize: details Somerset 24 – Nature Writing Prize 2014 : Website 31- 2014 Aurealis Awards Calling for Entries: Details here.
The Tasmanian Writers' Prize 2015 Closing date is 31 January, 2015. Further details here.
POEM OF THE WEEK Caught in the Swamp High is the dark clouds and the harbour and the egg as the antelope frightens us through the swampy harbour. We burn our food, and the egg has a seal of abandon in its blueness. Which are we humming at last? It is the running of the shiny antelope we smell, not love. Is it the bed? -
By Mark Mahemoff
Reference: http://www.australianpoetry.org/poet-inresidence/re-discovering-joseph-ceravolo-by-markmahemoff/
Melbourne Poets Union 20th Annual Poetry Prize Submissions are open for MPUIPC 2014. Judge is celebrated poet Kevin Brophy. First prize, the Leon Shann Award $1500, 2nd prize $500, 3rd prize $200. melbournepoetsunion.wordpress.com Closes 31 October Australian Poetry Ltd Online poetry workshop with P.S. Cottier Explore what you can’t know and encapsulate your vision in a poem. This course will focus on horror, science fiction, magic realism and fantasy poetry. All forms of poetry are welcome, from free verse to haiku to sonnets to ballads. Each poet will submit a poem weekly and Dr. Cottier will respond with suggestions and comments for the four weeks of the course. To book: Visit website Lambing Flat Regional Writing Competition Closing date is 14 November, 2014. Further details here.
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