Calling All Ye Bards!

Wow! We're in March already. April is next. April is National Poetry Month. So let's take a look at some of the poetry contests. There are plenty of poetry contests on the internet but the below two are free:

South Regional Library Poetry Club Contest. Submissions are open until April 6th. Email your poems to Sadiq Alkoriji at salkoriji@broward.org or drop them off at the AV/POP or Reference Desk. Contact Library for guidelines and prize information. 954-201-8870

Southwest Florida Poetry Contest. Submit one original poem no longer than 32 lines to tropicalia@news-press.com. Deadline is March 21.

If you see anymore free poetry contests, please share with me.

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MY POEM FOR THE WEEK

POETRY AROUND TOWN

Poetry Reading on March 11, 2014 at 7 pm with HKPF top three award winners (Susan Williamson, Meryl Stratford and Zan Gray).

Southern Breezes Cafe, building 68
Broward College

South Campus

7200 Pines Blvd.

Pembroke Pines, FL 33024

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West Regional Library, Broward County, Florida celebrates

April National Poetry Month

Free Public Poetry Reading April 7, 2014   6:00-7:30pm

Featured Poets:  Anastasia Clark, Suzzette Dawes, Steve Murray, Fabian Novoa, 

Donna Raglund-Greene & Sue Thompson

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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.