Month: November 2012

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Creative Writing Contests

Fourth Annual Spirit First Poetry Contest

Deadline: January 31, 2013

Accepted Themes: Meditation, Mindfulness, Silence, or Stillness
First Prize: $175
Second Prize: $125
Third Prize: $75

NO ENTRY FEES to enter!

Complete guidelines:

Spirit First is pleased to announce its fourth annual meditation poetry contest. Poetry submissions may be of any length and any style but must have a theme of meditation, mindfulness, stillness, or silence. Poems may reflect any discipline, any faith, or none. Poems must be previously unpublished.

Please do not enter more than three submissions. Sending more than three poems will lead to those poems being disqualified.

Please submit your poems by email unless you do not have access to the Internet. Poems will be accepted by U.S. Postal Service for those who do not have Internet access. All others are requested to be emailed. Poems sent by U.S. Postal Service will not be returned. Poems must…

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Bellingham poet Paul Fisher will read at the Sudden Valley Community Center, 8 Barn View, on Thursday, November 15, at 1:00 PM, hosted by the Bard Stormers, a Sudden Valley poetry study group.  The event is free and open to the public.

Fisher, a Seattle native, is author of “Rumors of Shore”, which received the Blue Light Book Award.  His poetry appears in literary journals, periodicals and several anthologies.  He received and Individual Artist’s Fellowship in Poetry from the Oregon Arts Commission.

During 2012, Fisher has traveled around Washington state to read his poetry, including the Cascadia Poetry Festival, The Washington State Convention Center and the Floating Bridge Poets.

With precise language, breath taking metaphor and unexpected imagery  Fisher invites the reader to an expanded perception of the world.  

Copies of “Rumors of Shore” will be available for purchase.

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