In this episode we speak with Jeffrey Lependorf, Community of Literary Magazines and Presses' Executive Director. A service organization to independent literary publishers of exceptional fiction, poetry and prose, CMLP provides guidance on the backstage work of American literature. Join us as we learn about the organization, trends in the industry, guidance on submitting your writing and more.
Podcast Notes:
CLMP (Community of Literary Magazines and Presses has been in existence since 1967: https://www.clmp.org/index.html)
CLMP has over 500 members, up from 230 when Lependorf joined.
Mentioned organizations, presses, authors and works:
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Hi listeners!
We hope you’ve enjoyed the first 6 months of podcasts with us “In the Margins.” We’ve had some inspiring conversations with editors like Jeff Shotts from Graywolf Press, Crystal Simone Smith of Backbone Press, and Kevin Larimer, editor in chief of Poets & Writers Magazine. We’ve learned what it takes to get into a prestigious program like NC State’s Masters of Fine Arts in Creative writing from professors in poetry and fiction, Dorianne Laux and John Kessel. We’ve spoken with several poets and writers about their work, including breaking news about Therese Anne Fowler’s bestseller Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald and its adaptation into an Amazon TV series.
We’re so glad you’ve listened along with us, and we hope you will continue to share in our conversations as we forward with the show.
In fact, we’d like to bring to you an exciting endeavor that Tate Street has been working on diligently for the past several months. As part of our monthly episodes, we are thrilled to be airing documentaries from our work with the Favorite Poem Project.
For many of you, this might sound familiar. In Episode 6: Tate Street goes to AWP, we unveil the project, and then in Episode 9, we showcase Hayan Charara reading “Out, Out—“ by Robert Frost. These short, comfortable bursts of poetry are complemented by the reader’s personal connection to the poem. Some readers talk about the honesty of fear in parenthood, the watershed moment in which one realized that they could be a poet, the search for love across distance and boundaries of culture or space—these stories all take place in the Favorite Poem Project Documentaries that we will bring to you on “In the Margins.”
Don’t worry, our in-depth interviews will alternate with our FPP segments. Most of all, though, we are happy to be able to share a broad range of voices, experiences, and viewpoints through this partnership. We invite you to gather and share this podcast with your fellow writers, family, and friends.
Finally, Ray, the whole team of “In the Margins,” Tate Street, and I would like to thank you again for this incredible first six months! Keep writing!
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Sandra Beasley reading “How Do I Love Thee” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv9Jj4HIRh4
Oliver de la Paz reading “Bright Star” by John Keats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k12SencWfXQ
Favorite Poem Project: http://www.favoritepoem.org/
Robert Pinsky’s interview with The Paris Review: http://tatestreet.org/2013/07/28/poetry-sounds-robert-pinsky-the-shirt/
Sonnets suggested by “In the Margins” Listeners:
Beckie Dashiell: Kim Addonizio's "First Poem for You"
Ross White: Donald Justice's "Mrs. Snow”
L. Lamar Wilson: “The White House" by Claude McKay"
Terry Kennedy: Southern Pastoral" by Natasha Trethewey
Crystal Simone Smith: “Persephone, Falling” by Rita Dove
Chelsea from Facebook: "Golden Retrievals" by Mark Doty
John Mallard: Holy Sonnets 10 and 14 by Donne, “Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Miranda Propst: William Shakespeare's “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day”
Julia Patt, @chidorme on twitter: Gwendolyn Brooks' "the sonnet-ballad”
Kristine Lee: “God's Grandeur” by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Sarah White: Christina Rossetti, "In an Artist's Studio"
Meghan McGuire: Edna St. Vincent Millay: "Time does not bring relief; you all have lied"
Thank you to everyone who participated! For a full list, take a look at the show notes or visit the episode page at tatestreet.org. We hope you will share more of your favorite sonnets with us on twitter and facebook.
Don’t forget, also, to share your “Self-love Sonnets” with us on this episode’s page, or send us an email at writeus@tatestreet.org.
Next episode, we’ll be speaking with Jeffery Lependorf, Executive Director of America’s two national service organizations for independent literary publishing: the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) and Small Press Distribution. We hope you’ll join us. Until then, thanks for listening, and as always, Keep Writing!
In this episode we speak with Melissa Hassard, partner and Director of Marketing of Sable Books, a publishing, design and consulting company that assists writers with publishing and marketing their work. She established Women Writers of the Triad in 2012, with the goal of building a gathering of women writers who support all writers. Through community programs, readings, and workshops, they offer opportunities for writers at all levels to write, create, express and grow in their craft.
Women Writers of the Triad: wwot.org
Audres Lorde's quote: “Your silence will not protect you.”
Mission: “to support, encourage, and nurture each other while working to find our voice, and hone our craft.“
UNC Greensboro Communication Studies: admissions.uncg.edu/major-communication-studies.php
Writers Group of the Triad: triadwriters.org
North Carolina Triad: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piedmont_Triad
Tate Street Coffee House: www.tatestreetcoffeehouse.com
Second Saturdays Poetry Readings and Open Mic: wwot.org/2014/02/02/second-saturdays-at-tate-street-coffee-house-winter-series
VIDA: www.vidaweb.org
Commission on the Status of Women: www.greensboro-nc.gov/index.aspx?page=730
Sable Books: sablebooks.org
Inspirational writers:
Jane Hirshfield: http://barclayagency.com/hirshfield.html
Rita Dove: people.virginia.edu/~rfd4b
Jackie Shelton Green: www.piedmontlaureate.com/biography2009.html
Kathryn Stripling Byer: www.kathrynstriplingbyer.com
Dorianne Laux: doriannelaux.net
Producers: Ray Crampton and Abigail Browning
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In this episode we speak with Kevin Larimer, Editor in Chief of Poets & Writers. A crucial source of information and guidance for creative writers, Poets & Writers is the nation's largest nonprofit literary organization serving poets, fiction writers and creative nonfiction writers. Join us as we learn about the magazine, the editorial process, trends in the literary industry and more.
Poets & Writers, Inc. was founded in 1970.
Mission: "To foster the professional development of poets and writers; to promote communication throughout the literary community; create an environment in which literature can be appreciated by the widest possible public."
Poets & Writers, Inc. website: www.pw.org/
Poets & Writers Magazine: www.pw.org/magazine
Small presses mentioned:
Writing contest trend:
Poets & Writers Live: www.pw.org/live
Ampersand podcast: www.pw.org/ampersand
Poets & Writers Local App: www.pw.org/local
Books, writers organizations mentioned:
Producers: Ray Crampton and Abigail Browning
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In this episode we speak with Elizabeth Burke-Dain, Marketing and Media Director for the Poetry Foundation. With a $200M endowment and its prestigious Poetry Magazine dating to 1912, The Poetry Foundation is the largest organization promoting poetry in the United States. Join us as we learn how the Poetry Foundation works to ensure poetry has a "vigorous presence... in our culture".
Podcast Notes:
The Poetry Foundation: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/
Mission: "To bring a more vigorous presence for poetry in our culture"
Poetry Magazine: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/
Ruth Lilly: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Lilly
Robert Polito, President: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/robert-polito
Polly Faust, Media Assistant
Mentioned Poets:
Robert Frost: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/robert-frost
Sylvia Plath: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/sylvia-plath
Lisel Mueller: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/lisel-mueller
Henry James: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/henry-james
John Keats: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/john-keats
James Joyce: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/james-joyce
Harriet Monroe: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/harriet-monroe
Walt Whitman: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/walt-whitman
Ezra Pound: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/ezra-pound
T.S. Eliot: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/t-s-eliot
Marianne Moore: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/marianne-moore
H.D.: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/h-d
CAConrad: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/c-a-conrad
Ocean Vuong: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/ocean-vuong
Poetry Foundation Programs:
Poetry Out Loud: http://www.poetryoutloud.org/
Harriet Monroe Poetry Institute: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/foundation/poetryinstitute
Media Sponsorships:
PBS News Hour: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/
NPR: http://www.npr.org/
The Writer's Almanac: http://writersalmanac.org/
American Life and Poetry: http://www.americanlifeinpoetry.org/
Poetry Now: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/foundation/press/2015/186494
Experimental Music and Sound:
LAMPO: http://www.lampo.org/
Perfumer D.S. & Durga: http://www.dsanddurga.com/
Noted Lily Rosenburg Fellows with Political Work:
Wendy Xu: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/wendy-xu
Ocean Vuong: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/ocean-vuong
On Earth We are Briefly Gorgeous: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/249156
Danez Smith, Dinosaurs in the Hood: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/249154
Hannah Gamble, I Wanted to Make Myself Like the Ravine: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/249152
Solmaz Sharif, Persian Letters: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/249144
Eric Ekstrand: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/eric-ekstrand
Segment Break, 3-Sentence Reviews
3-Sentence Reviews: http://tatestreet.org/category/reviews/three-sentence-reviews/
Winter Stars 3-Sentence Review: http://tatestreet.org/2011/04/13/spring-review-of-winter-stars/
Larry Levis: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/larry-levis
Producers: Ray Crampton and Abigail Browning
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Music Provided by: Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five featuring Hilary Alexander: http://www.campusfive.com
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Graywolf Press is a leading independent publisher of contemporary American and international literature. In this episode we talk with Executive Editor Jeff Shotts to learn how they discover and work with leading writers such as Eula Biss and Claudia Rankine. We also learn how their non-profit status allows them freedom to work at the leading edge of the art and what he means when he suggests writers "Sound Like Yourself".
Podcast Notes:
Partnership with Favorite Poem Project:
Favorite Poem Project: http://www.favoritepoem.org/
Robert Pinsky: http://robertpinskypoet.com/
AWP 2015 Conference: https://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/
Hayan Charara, Honors Faculty, University of Houston: http://www.uh.edu/honors/about/faculty-staff/hayan-charara.php
Out, Out- by Robert Frost: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/238122
Robert Frost: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/robert-frost
Interview with Jeff Shotts, Graywolf Press:
Graywolf Press: https://www.graywolfpress.org/
Eula Biss: http://www.eulabiss.net/
Leslie Jamison: http://www.lesliejamison.com/
Claudia Rankine: http://claudiarankine.com/
On Immunity, Eula Biss: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/immunity
Notes from No Man's Land: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/notes-no-mans-land
Citizen: An American Lyric, Claudia Rankine: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/citizen
Don't Let me be Lonely, Claudia Rankine: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/dont-let-me-be-lonely
If the Tabloids are True, What are You?, Matthea Harvey : https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/if-tabloids-are-true-what-are-you
Pray Song for a Day, Elizabeth Alexander: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/182812
Emily Dickinson: http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/emily-dickinson
Langston Hughes: http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/langston-hughes
William Blake: http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/william-blake
Gerard Manley Hopkins: http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/gerard-manley-hopkins
Segment Break, 3-Sentence Review:
3-Sentence Reviews: http://tatestreet.org/category/reviews/three-sentence-reviews/
Sun Bear 3-Sentence Review: http://tatestreet.org/2014/11/25/what-can-poetry-do-sun-bear-by-matthew-zapruder/
Matthew Zapruder: https://matthewzapruder.wordpress.com/
Producers: Ray Crampton and Abigail Browning
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Managing Editor, Crystal Simone Smith has “a small press with a big vision.” Smith describes her transition from graphic designer to press editor and the importance of publishers who support ethnic minority writers.
Podcast Notes:
Crystal Simone Smith was raised in Prince George’s County, Maryland and educated in North Carolina at Bennett College, UNC-Greensboro, and Queens University of Charlotte. She is Managing Editor for Backbone Press and currently lives in Durham, NC, where she teaches Composition and Creative Writing. http://crystalsimonesmith.com
Backbone Press
Backbone Press Annual Lucille Clifton Poetry Prize
Journals Mentioned
Terms
Books Mentioned
Queens University Masters in the Fine Arts (Charlotte, NC)
Upcoming Poetry Readings with Crystal Simone Smith
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How does a writer improve? In this episode, two prominent writers and writing professors from North Carolina State University’s graduate program in creative writing share their insight into the creative process. With over 50 years of teaching experience between them, poet Dorianne Laux and fiction writer John Kessel offer advice to all levels of writers, reminding us to always try “once more, with feeling.”
Podcast Notes:
Writing allows people to open the mind and the heart. Encourages expression of things that are not encouraged in their social groups. Teaches people how to express themselves. We all have some capacity to write and to respond to it. Fans out in their lives beyond just writing. The teacher’s job… knows things that do and don’t work and why. Try to understand what the writer is trying to say and help them say it. Can’t break the rules until you know how to play the game. Help writer make it interesting to the reader (the “heat”).
North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)
California Poets in the Schools Program (K-12): http://www.cpits.org/
Pablo Neruda: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/pablo-neruda
– Letter to Miguel: http://www.amazon.com/Letter-Miguel-Otero-Silva-Caracas/dp/B0006YN9O4
Ursula K. Le Guin: http://www.ursulakleguin.com/
Herman Melville: http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/herman-melville
Andrea del Sarto by Robert Browning: “Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?“: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173001
Sharon Olds: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/sharon-olds
Karen Joy Fowler: http://karenjoyfowler.com/
E. M. Forester: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._M._Forster
Producers: Ray Crampton and Abigail Browning
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The Association of Writers and Writing Programs is a premier annual event with over 12,000 attendees. This year's conference will include over 2,000 presenters and over 550 readings, panels and craft lectures. The accompanying bookfair hosts over 700 exhibitors consisting of presses, journals and literary organizations from all over the world.
Join our regular host, Abigail Browning, and our Reviews Editor, Greg Brown, to hear what Tate Street has in store for this year's show as well as some hints and tips for new attendees.
Most importantly, if you'll be at the AWP conference, come see us at booth #1512.
Podcast Notes:
Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP): https://www.awpwriter.org
AWP Conference: https://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/
Elly Bookman's Review of Citizen: An American Lyric, by Claudia Rankine: http://tatestreet.org/2015/02/23/a-script-for-all-citizens-citizen-an-american-lyric-by-claudia-rankine/
Favorite Poem Project: http://www.favoritepoem.org/
Tate Street activities at AWP 2015: http://tatestreet.org/2015/03/31/partnership-with-pinsky-favorite-poem-project-at-awp-2015/
Producers: Ray Crampton and Abigail Browning
Produced by: tatestreet.org: http://tatestreet.org
Music Provided by: Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five featuring Hilary Alexander: http://www.campusfive.com
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Poet Ross White reads from his new chapbook, “How We Came Upon the Colony” (Unicorn Press, 2014). The conversation travels from White’s imagined 14th colony of the New World to his foundation in imporv comedy.
Podcast Notes:
Ross White, Poet, Executive Director of Bull City Press: http://www.rosswhite.com/
•How We Came Upon the Colony by Ross White
http://www.unicorn-press.org/books/White-How-We-Came-Upon-the-Colony.html
Awards from:
Bull City Press, Durham, NC: http://bullcitypress.com/
Best New Poets: http://bestnewpoets.org/
Poetry Daily: http://poems.com/
The New England Review: http://www.nereview.com/
Bread Loaf Writer's Conference, Ripton, VT: http://www.middlebury.edu/bread-loaf-conferences/bl_writers
DSI Theater, Improve Comedy, Chapel Hill, NC: http://www.dsicomedytheater.com/
Warren Wilson MFA Program and Faculty Supervisors:
Website: http://www.wwcmfa.org/
C. Dale Young: http://www.cdaleyoung.com/
Mary Leader: https://www.graywolfpress.org/author-list/mary-leader
Heather McHugh: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/heather-mchugh
A. Van Jordan: http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/van-jordan-0
Other mentioned poets:
Michael McFee: http://englishcomplit.unc.edu/people/mcfeem
Weldon Kees: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/weldon-kees
Donald Justice: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/donald-justice
W. S. Merwin: http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/w-s-merwin
W. H. Auden: http://audensociety.org/index.html
See also:
The Grind Daily Writing Series: http://rosswhite.com/2012/04/08/how-napowrimo-inspired-the-grind/
tatestreet.org Three-Sentence Reviews: http://tatestreet.org/category/reviews/three-sentence-reviews/
Producers: Ray Crampton and Abigail Browning
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Author Therese Anne Fowler shares exciting news about her latest book, Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, which follows the wild lives of roaring twenties literary icons Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Podcast Notes:
Therese Anne Fowler is the author of the New York Times best seller Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald and three prior novels. Her essays have been published internationally in newspapers and magazines such as The Week, the London Telegraph and Harper's Bazaar, and her novels are published in seventeen languages worldwide. She now writes fiction full-time, occasionally teaching creative writing workshops, as well as classes at North Carolina State University. http://thereseannefowler.com
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald: http://www.amazon.com/Z-A-Novel-Zelda-Fitzgerald/dp/1250028663
St. Martin’s Press: http://us.macmillan.com/zanovelofzeldafitzgerald/thereseannefowler
Learning Writing
John Kessel: http://english.chass.ncsu.edu/faculty_staff/tenshi
NCSU-Sociology: http://socant.chass.ncsu.edu/sociology/
NCSU- MFA: http://english.chass.ncsu.edu/graduate/mfa/
Listen to Episode 3 of our podcast to hear more about the NCSU MFA. Find it in iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/in-the-margins/id954096691?mt=2#
Formative Writers
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Short Stories by Herman Melville
The Time Traverler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Bel Canto by Anne Patchett
Z: Research
Zelda Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Frances “Scottie” Fitzgerald
Sara and Gerald Murphy
Ernest Hemingway
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Z: Audiobook
Jenna Lamia, Performer
Other books: The Help, Secret Life of Bees
Z: Press
“Pick of the Week” People Magazine: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20708746,00.html
NPR Interview
http://www.npr.org/2013/03/23/174736463/z-tells-the-fitzgeralds-story-from-zeldas-point-of-view
Z Tattoo
(Picture)
Z: An Original Series for Amazon Studios
Produced by Christina Ricci and Killer Films
Writing Team: Dawn Prestwich and Nicole Yorkin
Producers: Ray Crampton and Abigail Browning
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There are many ways to learn the craft of writing. In the Margins, we take a close look at North Carolina State University’s graduate program specializing in the art of poetry and fiction. Program Director and poet, Dorianne Laux and John Kessell, a member of the fiction faculty, pull back the curtain to the admissions process for the MFA program at NC State and give us insight into the landscape of emerging writers today.
Podcast Notes:
The Master of Fine Arts, or MFA, in Creative Writing at NC State is a is a “two-year program of workshops, literature courses and electives, culminating in a final thesis of literary work worthy of publication.”
To give us more insight into the MFA at NC State, we are joined by two award-winning authors: the program’s current director, poet Dorianne Laux (who has published five collections of poetry including most recently: Facts about the Moon and The Book of Men), and two-time Nebula Award-winning science fiction writer John Kessel (who also helped found the MFA program).
North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)
North Carolina State University Creative Writing Faculty:
Former Students/Visiting Writers
Visiting Writers Reading at NC State
Producers: Ray Crampton and Abigail Browning
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Crystal Simone Smith, poet and Managing Editor of Backbone Press, discusses her new chapbook, “Running Music” (Longleaf Press, 2014) which explores her experiences as a runner, family, and grief. As one who began writing professionally as an adult, Smith says, “It’s never too late to find poetry.”
Podcast Notes:
Crystal Simone Smith was raised in Prince George’s County, Maryland and educated in North Carolina at Bennett College, UNC-Greensboro, and Queens University of Charlotte. She is also Managing Editor for Backbone Press and currently lives in Durham, NC, where she teaches Composition and Creative Writing. http://crystalsimonesmith.com
Resources
Warren Wilson Low Residency MFA: http://www.wwcmfa.org
The Sun Magazine: http://thesunmagazine.org
Inspirational Poets
Publications
Running Music (Longleaf Press) by Crystal Simone SmithLongleaf
Haiku Poetry Form
Inspirational Poetry
Crystal’s Book Recommendations
North Carolina Poetry Networks
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Executive Director, Ross White gives insight to the origins of Bull City Press, the micro-journal, Inch, the Frost Place Residency Chapbook Contest, and his fascinating biases for poetry submissions.
Ross says to writers: “Send your stuff. There’s no greater joy as an editor than opening a submission and thinking, ‘oh my god, that’s the one!’”
Ross White, Poet, Executive Director of Bull City Press
•How We Came Upon the Colony by Ross White
http://www.unicorn-press.org/books/White-How-We-Came-Upon-the-Colony.html
Bull City Press, Durham, North Carolina
Inch Magazine by Bull City Press
http://bullcitypress.com/inch/
•Luke Hankins – “A Thought That’s Freeing”
http://bullcitypress.com/inch/issues/
•Katherine DeBlassie – “Poema de Amor (14)”
http://bullcitypress.com/inch/issues/
Frost Place Chapbook Competition
Submission deadline: December 31st every year.
http://bullcitypress.com/submissions-top/frost-place-chapbook-competition/
The Frost Place, Franconia New Hampshire
http://www.frostplace.org/
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