Women Poets!!

Read about CALYX, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women!

And check out its contest currently accepting submissions through May 31:

2008 Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry Prize
http://www.calyxpress.org/lois.html

Going Global

Check out this worldwide poetry hub called Poetry International Web!

There's an online newsletter (free subscription!) and insights from poets across the globe.

I hope to visit PIW's annual festival (June) this year (fingers crossed!).

New Authors!

Readers, the WW blog is beginning a new era with new authors!

I meet with a wonderful set of persons on a regular basis to fine-tune our writing, and some participants will begin authoring on this online journal.

It's an exciting time, and I am soon to launch my new blog Dey of the Phoenix. Until then, look for me here and on MySpace deyofthephoenix.

Changes

The lull is over for the Women Writers blog!

TRANSFORMATIONS

Soon I will be launching a new blog titled Dey of the Phoenix! And the Women Writers blog is continuing in an altered state...

By April, the blog is becoming a space for an amazing group of individuals! In March we began meeting as the group Women Writers. We bring our prose and poetry to the table for feedback; we write together with original prompts; we pool our experiences about performance and publishing.

I'm proud to share that we are quite an accomplished set of persons:

• published in Thirdeye Magazine (Jul 07) and The New Citizens Press (Sep 07, Jan 08, Mar 08)


• in total, self-published 5 chapbooks (soon to be 6!)


• featured at Women in the Arts Festival (Nov 06, Nov 07), Domestic Violence Vigils (Oct 06, Oct 07), and out-of-state (May 07)


• organizers of poetry open mics East Side Poetry (Magdalena's Tea House, last Wednesdays), Survivin' & Thrivin' (Nov 06 to Dec 07), and First Sunday Gallery Walk performance art at Everybody Reads (began Jan 08, about how it started)


• organizers of poetry and community events (Words of Hope and Healing, SPEAK OUT! for Safety, HerStories of Pleasure and Pain)


• writing prize winner (details soon to come!)

Stay tuned to the Women Writers Blog to learn more about us individually and what's happening in Lansing, Michigan's poetry scene!