Arts Council Silicon Valley
Poetry Contest
Deadline: March 15, 2010. Early submission is appreciated.
* Poetry submission is open to those who live, work, or study in Santa Clara County.
* Poems should be no more than 30 lines.
* Poems may be in a formal pattern or in free verse.
* Poems should be typed, single-spaced.
* Poets may submit a maximum of three poems, each page displaying only the title and the poem.
* Attach a separate cover sheet to the submissions indicating your name, address, and email address (if available).
Mail two copies of the submissions to:
Arts Council Silicon Valley
4 North Second Street, Suite 500
San Jose, CA 95113-1305
* No submissions will be accepted via email.
* Santa Clara County will retain first publication rights. Poems may not have been previously published.
* There will be three awards of $50 and six awards of $25.
* Winners will be invited to participate in an award ceremony in April. Date to be announced.
* For those of you who are beginning poets, see the tabs Tips and Poems on this website, for suggestions for writing poems, and for sample poems.
Poetry First! @ Art Object Gallery with
Angie Boissevain
Date/Time: Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 7:30 PM
Angie Boissevain served as Jikoji's first director and, later, as a teacher. While raising three sons, and being a wife and poet, she began her study with Kobun Chino Otogawa Roshi at Haiku Zendo. Kobun called her the “transmitted” housewife and she was formally ordained as a teacher by Vanja Palmers after Kobun’s death. She has almost forty years of practice, is the Floating Zendo’s teacher, and leads sessions for her students in many parts of California, New Mexico, Colorado, Austria, and Switzerland.
Poetry Readings @ Willow Glen Libary with
The Call: An Anthology of Women's Writing
Date/Time: Monday, March 8, 2010, 7:00 PM
The Call: An Anthology of Women's Writing was published as a gift by Calder Lowe, Editor, to her women writer friends who supported her professionally and personally throughout the years and as a testimony to their respective talents. The poets and writers from the anthology who will read for PCSJ are Cynthia Benson, Carolyn Dille, Jean Emerson, Blanca Espinoza, B.L.P. Simmons and Mary Lou Taylor.
last updated 02/26/2010
