I think for many of us, writing poetry is first about expressing ourselves, having fun, writing our heart into words and capturing the moments that mean something to us, and only second about getting published,
Still, while we’re celebrating, we thought it would be cool as well to give some of you the opportunity to get a poem of yours published in a printed book or mag.
When I met Mike Jewett of Boston Poetry Magazine, he told me that he’s just about to put together an anthology that he wants to have printed by the end of the year and I asked him if he would be up for a little contest… he said yes so.. smiles… here’s what we have for you…
For those of you who haven’t met him out on the trail yet, a short introduction of Mike and his work:
Boston Poetry Magazine started out as a blog for my poetry. I recently started writing again and wanted to bypass some of the insane submission guidelines that literary magazines had. Gandhi’s be the change you wish to see in the world is an inspiration of mine and I utilize it a lot. That changed almost immediately, though. I know a few writers and asked around if any had any poetry they’d like to submit and it exploded from there. If you write poetry, there’s a place for you. Boston Poetry Magazine has turned into a place for just as many first-time poets (and first-published poets) as award-winning writers of poetry.
Before we start… this is our dVerse pub celebration – this is two years of poetry and getting to know each other, commenting on each others works, having fun together and encouraging each other – so – if you haven’t been in the pub at least, let’s say twice, we cannot consider your submission (sorry – but…hey, there always is a next time..)
Here’s how it works…
- Write a poem and copy it into the email body (no attachements please)
- Send it to dversepoets@gmail.com
- email subject line should be: 2 year contest
- Please don’t forget to include your name and blog url in your email
- You can submit only one poem per person
- Deadline for submissions is August 1st
- We then will collect the poems and have them looked at by five judges
- We will only include poems by pub guests (no matter if you’re around for a week or two years, but you must have been around)
- By the end of August we will announce the winners
- The top ten poems will be pusblished on the Boston Poetry Website
- The three winners will be published in the printed Boston Poetry anthology presumably by the end of the year
So… thanks again Mike for providing the opportunity for us… and have fun writing…
Claudia & Brian
…and for those of you wondering where OpenLinkNight 105 has disappeared… it’s hiding HERE
Claudia, Mike, Thank you for this wonderful opportunity. This competition is a fantastic way to celebrate our two year mark. My pen is itching now 🙂
booyah! have at it poets…
and thanks mike for giving our poets the opportunity.
Great.. First time I ever sent something — hope there will be plenty of contributions
i hope as well… it’s a wonderful opportunity
What a lovely initiative! I suppose it has to be a ‘new’, i.e. unpublished even on website, poem?
published on your website is ok i think
…that sounds great… i wonder if there is any theme for the said contest or any line restrictions? are all valid to participate? even staffs & admins? what are the consideration/s prior to what can be considered or classified as ‘previously published’? …smiles…
no restrictions other than it’s just one poem per person.. published on your blog is ok and staff and admins can submit as well…no specific theme and no length restriction
…got it… thanks Claudia…. hope you had a wonderful & cool 25th anniversary celebration with hubby…smiles…
yep we had a good day… went on a little boat trip together and saturday is the big party…oy…
Happy Anniversary, Claudia! Awesome!
Wedversary wishes Claudia!
Thanks- you just answered all my questions before I asked! Glad I read these comments before commenting. MOST times. 😉 Happy writing!
Thank you for the wonderful opportunity Brian & Claudia ~
Mike, I applaud you for your vision ~ Cheers & happy Wednesday to all ~
so you’re still on vacation..? sigh… the beach…enjoy
Yes, we are here till Sunday ~ Smiles ~
One poem, what a challenge to choose which voice & words to weave ~
“…wanted to bypass some of the insane submission guidelines that literary magazines had” – thank you! 😉
did have one question, does it need to be new, ie, not previously posted on dVerse or our site etc?
what a great offer and opp, thanks so much mike (and claudia & brian et al 😉 )
opps, meant linked to dVerse!
it can be published on your site—i think—just not in another publication…
thanks brian, had one in mind (on my site) but maybe see what i can come up with also, one submission per person right? thanks again 😉
Thank you. I’ll have a go. Writing time is highly restricted at the moment, but I’ll find something.
oh i hope you do viv – and hope that life calms down as well a bit soon with more time to write again
Thanks for the opportunity you guys (yes, Claudia, you are included in that. It is an expression from NY, which is hard to get rid of.) Have a nice day everyone.
Pamela
smiles…glad i am included…a nice day to you as well pamela…and have fun writing
Cool! Thank you, Mike and Claudia and Brian and dVerse Poetry Club and Boston Poetry Magazine! Fun!
most def…hey wasnt last years contest your first published piece?
Wow, how fun is this? What a wonderful idea, thanks so much!
most def
I wrote a brilliant comment & the lovely WordPress blocked it; even after putting in my password. The cyber-gnomes are busy 2nite.
Well, that one went through, so go figure. I was thanking Mike profusely for providing the icing on the celebration, the sharing of the dusky jewel dVerse Poets–and I was mock-lamenting that even though I understood the “one-poem” rule, it made me feel like a headmaster at an orphanage, picking that one lucky child to travel to see Brian & Claudia, to stand up in front of the 5 judges, to be attractive, to use my voice, to represent my best intentions, to capture hearts, to find its place in Boston.
ha. pick a good one…i think you will be fine…headmaster….ha
Icing’s my thing.
How fun! Thanks, guys.
Oooohhhh, thanks Brian and Mike! I do not hunt for contest, so when MY playground offers one, I am going to enjoy it thoroughly.
After all, it’s our two year anniversary!
true that…toss it in…you never know…smiles.
Happy Anniversary Dverse! Glad to read you’re celebrating by recognizing home grown poets. 🙂
amen to that…arent we all…
Yay Brian and Claudia! Thank you for this very cool opportunity. Also, a huge thank you to Mike! I am so excited.
woot…i love seeing our poets in print…
This is cool. 🙂 Two years already! How time flies!
Mike, thanks for offering this opportunity.
Brian, Claudia, the whole gang – you are such special people. Happy Anniversary and thank you for your dedication. I can’t tell you how much I’ve learned from you. You are so encouraging and receptive. i feel so lucky to read your work and honored that you read mine.
Wonderful. Thanks to all of you for providing this inspiration to getting published. I know everyone appreciates it. Kudos to everyone on the celebration so far!!
What a wonderful way to celebrate 2 years… thanks to all involved for the opportunity.
Thanks for such a wonderful opportunity. Now, I just have to listen to my inner muse for the right poem and words.
What a great idea for a great community of poets. Kudos to dVerse and Boston Poetry Mag!
Wonderful! My best wishes to everyone. 🙂
I hope I can take part. Thank you so much for a place to hang my words out…Smiles!
I’m late to the pub but wanted to first thank Claudia and Brian for letting me have a part in this celebration… congrats again dVerse! I haven’t been around here long but already know a lot of you well enough to chat and even recognize your writing styles. Which leads me into saying thank you, the writers! You’re the reason we’re all here and doing this. So get out your pens, typewriters, and computers and write your best. I know I personally can’t wait to see what you guys come up with. :smiles:
it’s hard to believe that the Pub has been in the neighborhood for two years already! and yet it’s as though it’s always been here as well.
congratulations, brian and claudia! you’ve done so much for the poets and the online poetry community in our corner of the interwebs. the two of you deserve accolades all year-round. thank you!!!
♥
we haven’t met yet, Mike, but you must be a good guy considering the company you keep. thanks for the opportunity with the contest. i hope we get acquainted soon.
Well, it’s a pleasure to meet you Dani. I’m off to check out your blog now.
i’m afraid i haven’t been very active on my blog this year, Mike.
I’m very excited to get to know the poetry of the contributors to your site- i like what i’ve read so far.
thanks again for hosting the contest.
dani….smiles….
great to see you….
This is surely a wonderful opportunity to get published. Thanks for bringing this here!
Couple of questions I had about the submissions – is this contest open to everyone outside of the US as well? I’m from New Delhi, India… can I send in a poem too?
Also, I’ve been back and forth in terms of submission to this community. Would I still be eligible to submit?
yes you can…the only stip was that participation…
and you have participated so you are fine…
Thanks to Brian and Claudia for bringing this opportunity to us – and thanks to Mike for opening Boston Poetry Magazine for our submissions. I’ll take my time on this and try to come up with something new and worthy of the challenge; if it might be published it needs to be my very best work.
Oh wow!! this is wonderful. I have seen Mike here and what best could one ask than this one to celebrate 2 years. Now considering that there are going to be a long line of lucky poets for the luckier ten and the luckiest three, perhaps at the end of all, we could collate all of them here. yeah well i am going fast forward and perhaps, way too fast!! 🙂
smiles…have at it…i look forward to seeing all the submissions…
we will be taking the names off of them and assigning numbers so it will be anonymous…no favorites you know…keep it fair…smiles.
Wow, what a cool opportunity! I missed OLN last night (I don’t have as much time during the summer with 4 boys out of school) but congrats on entering into a third year! Thank you so much Brian and Claudia (and all pub tenders) for running this great site for poets to congregate. And thank you Mike Jewett, I have enjoyed your site as well. Looking forward to that anthology!
smiles..was good to see you tonight…i def know how summers can be…so…smiles.
Wow, I feel privileged to be invited to enter a contest…first time for everything. Thanks to all three of you for the great idea for celebrating even more the pub’s 2nd anniversary or birthday!
So sorry I didn’t participate fully in Tuesday’s OLN but it’s been softball that’s taken over this week; thought I would get more done..anyway, Brian, the ladies (not girls anymore) came in 4th in the regionals, so will not go to state this year; but it was exciting while it lasted.
I think now it’s time to settle down and pick up the pen. The judges will have their hands full, I’m sure!
aww…wrll good showing none the less…thanks for letting me know…we can still work up a wave you know…smiles…
woohoo!
wow! this is wonderful:)
most def
Sounds like a great opportunity. Thanks! 🙂
oh but it most def is…smiles.
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Thanks for this awesome opportunity. So glad to partake! ~Jason
Hi Claudia, Belated congrats to you and the other stalwarts especially on 2 years of d’Verse – Sorry could make OLN this tiime round – there is a lot going on for me right now… But will be back soon! and continuing to support an initiative that I know means a lot and make a difference to many… Will also try to find something for the Boston competition you are supporting ahead of the deadline at the end of the month. Till then, all the best to you and your fellow dVersers!