Let's make it a date!

To FLIFF or not to FLIFF? That is the question? Well it shouldn’t be as this year’s FLIFF (Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival October 18 – November 11, 2013) boasts some of the poetry around town. Not just the prose that burns from the lips of men and women (actors on screen) but spoken word performers on film. Premiering at FLIFF is “Breakthrough” with spoken word poetry by Eden Wetherell. So poets, let catch this film on Saturday, November 9 at 7 pm at Cinema Paradiso (Fort Lauderdale). Let’s make it a date!

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my poem for the week

Here is a poem that was inspired by events at Cinema Paradiso:

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POETRY AROUND TOWN

Poetry Reading with the Magician’s Daughter, Meryl Stratford, October 14 at 7:30 pm

Broward College, South Campus

7200 Pines Boulevard

Southern Breezeway, Building 68

Poetry Club. South Regional/BC Library Multi-Purpose Room. Monthly, every 3^rd Tuesday at 6:30 pm.
Poetry & Spoken Word. Goddess Store n Studio. 2017 Harrison St, Hollywood, FL. Monthly, every 3rd Sunday. 6 pm.
Open mike (music, comedy, poetry). Gigi’s Music Café. 4385 NW 88 Ave. Sunrise, FL. Weekly on Wednesdays at 7 pm.
Some resources for poetry events include poetry.openmikes.org and meetup.com.

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POETRY CONTESTS

IT’S SO MARGATE! Poetry contest: create apoem about Margate that starts or ends with the line “IT’S SO MARGATE!” Maximum word count is 100 words. Submit entries October 1-31, 2013 to Margate Library, 5810 Park Drive, Margate, FL 33063 Attention: Maribel Pelayo. For more information, call 954-357-7500.

Hannah Kahn Poetry Foundation poetry chapbook contest: send a manuscript of 18-24 pages of original poetry, $15 entry fee (check payable to HKPF), 2 cover pages (one with name, title, and email address), and one with just the title)

To:

Barbra Nightingale, President

HKPF

2231 N. 52^ND Ave

Hollywood, FL 33021

Deadline extended to December 15^th or when 20 manuscripts received. Open to Florida poets. Notifications by email.

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UPCOMING CONFERENCES

2013 FWA Conference
When: October 18-20, 2013
Where: Orlando Marriott 1501 International Parkway, Lake Mary, FL 32746
http://floridawriters.net/2013_FWA_Conferences.html

30th Miami Book Fare International
When: November 17-24, 2013
http://www.miamibookfair.com/

10th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival
When: January 20-25, 2014
http://www.palmbeachpoetryfestival.org/