Sherry Chandler

Betty Gabehart Prizes

I’ve received this announcement from the Women Writers of Kentucky:

The Betty Gabehart Prize in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction is now accepting entries. The deadline is July 15, and winners will receive $100, two free passes to the conference, and an opportunity to read their winning entry during the conference. Please visit our Web site for submission guidelines.

I am very excited that Patricia Smith will be a presenter at this year’s Kentucky Women Writers Conference. She’ll perform at the Gypsy Poetry Slam on September 10 and teach a writing workshop on September 11 & 12. Nikole Brown will discuss Smith’s Blood Dazzler next Friday, April 16 at 12 noon at the Carnegie Center, 251 West Second Street.

Check out also the MotesBooks’ Gathering of Writers and Songwriters. Two dates: April 25-27 and May 20-22.

And Salt is accepting proposals.

It’s come to this

From The Guardian’s Book Blog:

“Please … let it stop now. Haven’t we suffered enough?” has been my silent prayer to the gods of poetry in the last few days. I cannot be the only person sick of the Oxford Professor of Poetry saga? And while this soap opera of the dons was being played out, one of the most important publishers of contemporary poetry in the UK had its back to the financial wall. Despite some plucky moves on the part of Salt Publishing to avert the worst � more of which later � it still faces the prospect of going under. This is the sort of cause that the Oxford professor of poetry should have championed by bringing Salt’s talented poets to wider public attention if nothing else.

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