tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24849082.post3602320660958517488..comments2024-02-05T02:52:03.748-08:00Comments on (Ed Coletti's) NO MONEY IN POETRY: Rothenberg Interview/diGiorno Collages/Age vs Success/Coletti Book/Art ExhibitEd Colettihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05337856316631860342noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24849082.post-29085441414688607392017-11-19T23:55:55.719-08:002017-11-19T23:55:55.719-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.harada57https://www.blogger.com/profile/06015023155124017905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24849082.post-30799555797866860002011-06-06T14:01:33.380-07:002011-06-06T14:01:33.380-07:00Eddie- I almost didn't read this (not much tim...Eddie- I almost didn't read this (not much time with 11 pups squealing & their Mom hungry). But I wanted you to know I do often read & enjoy your blog. You are very good at drawing people out- I appreciate your skill as an interviewer. And I loved our lunch last surgery; you have a way of making people feel special. Congrats again on Kathleen (PHD) & Kathleen (baby bump!).<br />Love, NancyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24849082.post-81561289617164091962011-05-26T16:00:05.817-07:002011-05-26T16:00:05.817-07:00Is it necessary for a poet to win? I can see that ...Is it necessary for a poet to win? I can see that winning a contest can add to a resume, but does a poet need/want a resume? I'm not for or against entering contests, I do all the time in my favorite pastime. Perhaps it's just a necessary evil, how else does a poet get recognition?Duncannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24849082.post-82761890885141904542011-05-23T10:46:48.589-07:002011-05-23T10:46:48.589-07:00A great many poetry contests are designed to give ...A great many poetry contests are designed to give recent MFA graduates a shot at winning something and getting a bit of money and 25 chapbooks. It is fairly easy to figure this out: check the bios of previous winners of whatever contest you are thinking of entering.<br /><br />Many of our best area poets, who are over 50, 60, 70 and yes, even 80, are unlikely to win these competitions because:<br />a. We don't have, want or need MFA degrees.<br />b. We are not interested in the latest poetry trendlets. [A new word, but you know what it means.]<br />c. Our subject matter seldom includes having unsafe sex while balanced on the handlebars of a speeding motorcycle.<br /><br />But there is hope. The recent Bibliophoria Poetry Chapbook contest, for example, yielded 74 entries. I was the coordinator and it was a blind judging, but later, when Gwynn O'Gara chose the winners, I had to match names with manuscript numbers and recognized quite a few seasoned poets. The winners have been announced on the Bibliophoria website - www.bibliophoria.com - and the reading/celebration has been scheduled for Friday, June 10 at 7 p.m. at Copperfield's Books in Sebastopol.<br /><br />I don't know/have never meet the winners, Lin Max, John Johnson and Susan Adams, but from the content of their work, I'm guessing they've been in the world for a while.<br /><br />So do a little research before you send your precious words and $25 checks. Read in local venues, support other poets, walk in the forest, enjoy who you are and where you are.<br /><br />Arlene L. Mandell<br />(whose first poem was published in The New York Times when she was 48 years old)Arlene Mandellnoreply@blogger.com