GCC Creative Writing

Free Association Open Mic Poetry Series
featuring Bill Campana & Sara Dobie Bauer

Wednesday August 20th
at Glendale Community College

FREE and open to the public
open mic starts at 7pm

Bill Campana writes poetry in the form of obscure personalized news reports to fill in the blanks created from watching the world go by at a blinding speed. Representing Mesa in five national poetry slams (twice a semi-finalist), he has read poetry in ten states as a competitor and featured performer. He co-hosts the popular Caffeine Corridor Poetry Series in downtown Phoenix and his new book “Said Beauty To The Blues” is the culmination of three decades of prominence in Arizona poetry.

Sara Dobie Bauer is a writer, blogger, and prison volunteer. She has an honor’s degree in creative writing from Ohio University, and she is a certificate student at GCC. She is the official book nerd at SheKnows.com. Her short fiction has appeared in Solarcide, Outrageous Fortune, and Stoneslide Corrective. Her first book, Life without Harry, was released in 2013, and she just finished writing her newest novel, Bite Somebody: A Bloodsucker’s Diary. She watches bad horror films, obsesses over Halloween and Arizona’s lack of seasons, and enjoys a good rye whiskey. She doesn’t believe in having children, but she believes in dogs.

hosted by Shawnte Orion

Glendale Community College (in Student Union room 104)
6000 W. Olive Ave.
Glendale, AZ 85302

For more information, contact Laura White, CRW Coordinator at 623.845.4197 or laura.white@gccaz.edu.

Campus Map for where to PARK and where to find the Student Union:

Glimmer Train magazine is now taking submissions for its Very Short Fiction contest through July 31st.

Summary Requirements: Open to all writers, all stories that have not appeared in any print publication. 3000-word limit. Pays three places: First ($1500), second ($500) third ($300), plus publication. Reading Fee: $15/submission. Limit: Three submissions. Electronic submission.

More info (guidelines, submission link) in the following link:

http://glimmertrain.stores.yahoo.net/veryshort.html

Narrative magazine is now taking submissions for its Spring 2014 story contest until July 31.

Summary details: No size limit, any previously unpublished work, prize money = $2500 for the winner, a $22/entry reading fee.

See more details at http://www.narrativemagazine.com/spring-2014-story-contest

A COMPLETE LITTLE UNIVERSE. That was William Carlos Williams’s definition of a poem. And it’s ours too. We’re looking for poems that, in a brief space, capture a complete universe.

The Sixth Annual Poetry Contest is open to all writers, and all entries will be considered for publication.

Deadline: Sunday, July 20, at midnight, PDT.

See the Guidelines. Read prior winners.

Emerging poets account for a third of the scores of poets whom Narrative publishes each year.

Many of our contest winners go on to find agents, win other awards, and publish books.

We are committed to paying our authors, to providing excellent editorial support, and to encouraging a wide audience for poetry.

FREE.

see also:

http://www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/poems-week-2008%E2%80%932009/accompaniment-w-s-merwin

Brendan Constantine is a poet based in Hollywood. His work has appeared in numerous journals, most notably Ploughshares, FIELD, Zyzzyva, Ninth Letter, Poetry Daily, Verse Daily, ArtLife, PANK, and L.A. Times Best Seller, The Underground Guide to Los Angeles. His first book, Letters To Guns (Red Hen Press 2009), is now required reading in creative writing programs across the nation. His most recent collections are Birthday Girl With Possum (Write Bloody Publishing 2011) and Calamity Joe (Red Hen Press 2012). He has had work commissioned by the Getty Museum and he has received grants from the James Irvine Foundation and the National Endowment of the Arts. He is currently poet in residence at the Windward School and adjunct professor at Antioch University. In addition, he regularly offers classes in hospitals, prisons, shelters, and with the Alzheimer’s Poetry Project.
http://brendanconstantine.com/brendan/

Check out Dan Klefstad’s 2014 summer book series, including GCC’s Gary Lawrence as one of four featured authors — Friday’s on WNIJ 89.5 (DeKalb IL) and/or at http://www.northernpublicradio.org. Dan is Manager of Content Strategy for Northern Public Radio, and has been doing the Book Series since 2012. This year’s series includes a short story collection, a poetry collection, a creative non-fiction book, and a fictional memoir/novel.

Here is a link to this year’s Book Series cover article:
http://northernpublicradio.org/topic/summer-book-series-returns

Here are some fun promos:
https://soundcloud.com/tags/2014%20summer%20book%20series

Gary’s readings and interview will be aired “live” June 6, and then will be available at http://www.northernpublicradio.org. See the link for times.

Be sure to let Gary and Dan/WNIJ know what you think of the series.

This just in from Lorian Hemingway competition. See http://www.shortstorycontest.com for submission details, et al.

Dear Writers,

During the late deadline crunch we have received a number of requests from writers asking if they may resubmit revised manuscripts. This applies both to online submissions and by-mail submissions. We do not charge for these resubmissions, and we are happy to accommodate all writers who inadvertently send the wrong draft, the wrong manuscript, etc. We have been asked if writers may resend their manuscripts because of a typo or a misspelling or an error in punctuation. Please know that we do not disqualify any manuscript for these errors, nor will we ever. Because deadlines are both invigorating – and also looming – for any writer, we hope to ease the tension a bit by extending the deadline to May 20. Again, please know that no manuscript will be disqualified for the above-mentioned errors, nor for inadvertent errors in grammar. We seek fresh new voices, NOT technically perfect works that engage the fear factor rather than the writer’s imagination and craft. So fret not. Take this extra time to polish your story to your liking. But if you spot an error please rest assured that your story will not be scrapped. To the contrary: it will be given the full attention it so truly deserves. This extension applies to all by-mail submissions as well. As always, we wish the very best of luck to all who enter.