updates - 3/7/2010

Congratulations to Roberta Beary for being featured on Don Wentworth's excellent Issa's Untidy Hut blog. Roberta's haibun entitled The Doctor Is In was recently published in Frogpond.

Roberta will give a workshop about haibun at The North Carolina Haiku Society's annual Haiku Holiday. Details are available at the NCHS web site.

Roberta Beary photo by Curtis Dunlap

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Here's a link to a very entertaining reading by Norbert Blei that was recorded in June-July 2000.

http://nbcoop.outlawpoetry.com/2010/02/14/norbert-blei-reads/

Norbert Blei photo by Jude Genereaux

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2010 Haiku Pen Contest
2010 Think Tanka Contest
2010 Very Short Story Award

We Welcome Your Energy, Spirit & Wit

Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine is committed to publishing the very best Japanese short form poetry & microfiction.This young publication has launched writing contests for 2010 and are also witnessing a tremendous growth in their readership and support. Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine is also calling for submissions of poetry and short fiction for their webzine. There are no reading fees for the e-zine, they just welcome prolific writing of lasting literary value. Complete guidelines are available online at Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine.

Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine is proud to announce their 2010 Writing Competitions. Current prizes for writers total more than $400 dollars. They welcome snail mail and email submissions and have included the option of paypal processing online.

2009 World Haiku Competition Winners: Ernest J. Berry, James Tipton, Barbara A. Taylor & Sandra Simpson

2009 World Tanka Contest Winners: Paul Smith & Kathy Lippard Cobb

Visit Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine to learn more. Make 2010 a year to remember!

Blessings,

Raquel D. BAILEY, Founding Editor lyricalhitmakers@aol.com
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Scott Owens sent this:

Here is a writing prompt and a publication opportunity all rolled into one. The new online journal, Referential, has chosen my poem, "13 Ways of Angels," as their first featured poem. Now they are inviting writers to submit poems or short fiction that "refer" to that poem. Here are the basic submission guidelines from the website: "Once you have picked a piece you want to refer to (you can be responding to the piece as a whole or even an individual word etc) email your work to refermag(at)gmail.com."

Here is a link to the site where you can read "13 Ways" and the two other poems and a short story that "refer" to the poem: http://referentialmagazine.com/

Have fun.

Scott Owens
www.scottowenspoet.com
www.scottowensmusings.blogspot.com
www.poetryhickory.com
www.wildgoosepoetryreview.com
www.poetrycouncilofnc.wordpress.com

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Billie Wilson sent this:

This is the “last call” for this year’s Robert Spiess Memorial Haiku Awards. The in-hand deadline is March 13. Details are available at Modern Haiku.

Many thanks!!

Billie