Now, we need to get these puppies published, eh?
PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING IN YOUR MONEY AND PERMISSION FORM FOR THE BELFRY PLAY. $15.00.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING IN ALL THE POEMS FOR BCTELA, CLAREMONT REVIEW SPRING SUBMISSION AND THE CONTEST FOR CLAREMONT REVIEW PLUS A CHEQUE FOR $25.00. IF YOU CAN'T BRING THE MONEY NOW, YOU CAN PAY ME NEXT WEEK BUT HAND IN THE POEMS.
You worked hard today. I do appreciate your efforts.
These poems are wonderful. They deserve to be published.
Congrats!!
Thursday: Hand in all the hard copies of poems for the three hard-copy venues, including the cheque made out to The Claremont Review for $25.00.
Please edit your poems carefully. I found quite a few errors in your manuscripts. Not something you want to show the world. Check capitals, hyphens, dashes, then / than, missing words, typos, etc.
Plus, a lot of you live on a street but not in a city??? Interesting.
Find out how to write out your address. Look at a piece of mail your family has received recently. That's how you do it.
There are a lot of courses and activities in the community to take part in.
This Sat. at the Bruce Hutchison library (in Commonwealth Pool) join Wendy Morton and have her write a poem for you. Perhaps, you could get involved too. 2 - 4 p.m.
Every Friday, you can visit Planet Earth Poetry. Remember, Gabe, the Writing 100 student from UVic? He goes every Friday. You can read a poem at the open mic. Believe me, your poems and YOU are ready.
Or . . . Want some training in performance poetry? See below? Ever thought of applying to become Victoria's youth poet laureate? See below:
Hello Youth Poetry Enthusiasts!
I can`t believe it is already November! I hope this finds you all well and that your school year has been great so far. I`ve got a handful of exciting announcement and opportunities for you.
1. Youth Poet Laureate - Victoria is looking for a new Youth Poet Laureate! This is an exciting leadership opportunity for poets 21 and under. Please encourage your students to apply. Poets will perform at Victoria City Council, City of Victoria Youth Council, and they will receive project funding to put on a project of their choice. I`ve attached the call-out. Please print and post in your schools.
2. Raising Voices - We offer adaptable, participatory, high energy workshops to get your students excited about poetry! With our new name (Raising Voices) we have also imported the amazing Johnny MaCrae from Vancouver to help with facilitation and bookings. Book us and let us ignite the spark! Click here to see the bios of our facilitators: http://victoriapoetryproject.ca/our-poets/
3. Victorious Voices - We are tentatively looking at April 7-9th for Victorious Voices. Please let me know ASAP if those dates won`t work for your school.
Thanks for your continued interest and dedication to youth poetry! See you soon.
Cheers,
Jeremy Loveday
Director of Youth Outreach
