March Readings & Events

Monday, March 9, 8 p.m.
Avondale Estates Poetry Reading
The Bishop
The monthly Avondale Estates Poetry Reading will be March 9 at 8 p.m. at The Bishop in the heart of Avondale Estates’ Tudor Village. Anyone may read a poem of their own or a favorite by another poet. A platter of appetizers will be available for the table to share. We gather in the semi-private space at the rear of the dining area. Ask the manager for the “Bards’ Table”. For more info contact jewen@bellsouth.net  

Wednesday, March 11, 8:00 p.m.
Poetry at Callanwolde: Rosemary Daniell and Anne Webster
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center
Daniell and Webster will read from their latest work. $5 General Admission: $3 Students with ID, Seniors, and Members. For more information call 404-872-5338. www.callanwolde.org.

Monday, March 23, 6:30 p.m.
Carl Phillips
Woodruff Library, Emory University
Award-winning poet Carl Phillips gives a free, public reading on Monday, March 23 at 6:30 p.m. in the Jones Room of the Woodruff Library at Emory University. Phillips is the author of twelve books of poetry, most recently “Silverchest" and "Double Shadow,” winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He has also written two books of prose, “The Art of Daring: Risk, Restlessness, Imagination” and “Coin of the Realm: Essays on the Life and Art of Poetry.”

Calling all Georgia poets! Submit for National Poetry Month Poem A Day

The Georgia Center for the Book (GCB) invites Georgia’s poets to join us to celebrate National Poetry Month 2015 with “A Poem A Day”.  “A Poem A Day” will be a program curated by the Georgia Center for the Book in which submitted poems are published daily during the month of April 2015, and republished in our weekly newsletter. Poems submitted for electronic publication may be published in a bound volume by the Georgia Center for the Book.

• Poems should be an original, unpublished work.
• Poems should be on the theme of Libraries, books or reading, either directly or tangentially.
• Poems should not be a translation of another poetic work.
• Poets may submit up to three works on the theme for publication, however only one poem per entrant will be selected for publication.
• Poems should be submitted as a file attachment, and multiple poems should be submitted as one document.
• Poems should be formatted to be reproduced easily for electronic publication.
• No shape poetry will be considered for publication.
• Poems should be no longer than three pages.
• No Cover letter is required. If selected the GCB will contact the poet by the e-mail used for submission to collect the necessary bibliographical information.
• Deadline for submissions is Midnight, March 23, 2015.
• Please e-mail submissions to gcb@dekalblibrary.org.