Open to emerging Ottawa poets who have not yet been published in book form. Next Deadline: March 1, 2010. Below, find press releases and some winning poems from past contests. Learn more about the contest and how to enter. (Winners of the 8th annual Diana Brebner Prize will be annouced in the Winter 2010 issue available December 2009)9th Annual Diana Brebner Prize
Arc also congratulates contributors appearing in The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2009.
DON’T CHUCK THAT STANZA: Arc has just the call for you:
The deadline for Poem of the Year is changing to February 1, 2010 and the Diana Brebner Award deadline is changing to March 1, 2010. This change was made in response to feedback from our readers, and also to help us accommodate the transition from two to three issues per year (which means no gaps or overlaps in subscriptions for those who make consecutive contest entries).
Call it ekphrasis. Call it Vermeering. Call it stealing.
It’s a time-honoured tradition: poetry that responds to a work of visual art. Arc Poetry Annual 2011 will explore this poetic habit in-depth, with content exploring the lure, the payoffs, the pitfalls and the impacts of this poetic method; and a selection of new poems on works held in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada. Send us your new ekphrastic poems on works at the Gallery. The gallery collection can be viewed on line at CyberMuse: http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/home_e.jsp (more details)
deadline: December 31, 2009
Calling all students!
Arc is searching for the brightest and most insightful poetic minds in the country. Send us your “How Poems Work” essays and win a subscription to Arc, publication, and mentorship with our Poet-in-Residence. (more details)
deadline: February 1, 2010
Enter Arc’s Poem of the Year Contest!
1st Prize: $1500, 2nd Prize: $1000, 3rd Prize: $750
All award winning poems will be published in Arc and posted on the Arc website, including Honorable Mentions and Editors’ Choice awards. (more details)
new deadline: February 1, 2010
Diana Brebner Prize
Prize: $500
Arc invites emerging Ottawa writers to be recognized for their talent through a special award for poets who have not yet been published in book form. The prize is named in honour of the late Diana Brebner, an award-winning, Ottawa-based poet who was devoted to fostering literary talent among new local writers. (more details)
new deadline: March 1, 2010
Contestants—
Backgrounder—
Born in 1978, Arc Poetry Magazine at 30 is still hip, mingling work of emerging poets and seasoned poets among its pages in a bid for the best contemporary poetry. Diana Brebner is a fondly remembered mentor of many Ottawa-area poets.
For full details, see the Diana Brebner Prize page.
Written by Guy Simser, these poems were read by Stephen Brockwell (judge of the 2007 Diana Brebner Prize) at Arc 59 launch, Tuesday, January 15, 2008. Also broadcast on CKCU FM Radio 93.1 in January 2008. “Withdrawal” won the Diana Brebner Prize and appeared in Arc 59. Stephen Brockwel dishes about the entries and winners of the Diana Brebner Prize.
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Read by LM Rochefort at Arc 59 launch, Tuesday, January 15, 2008. Also broadcast on CKCU FM Radio 93.1 in January 2008. “(W)hole” was runner-up (Honourable Mention) for the Diana Brebner Prize and appeared in Arc 59.
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You’re invited to the launch of Arc 59, featuring special guest, East Coast poet Sharon McCartney
Ottawa’s literary scene may still be feeling woozy after the holidays—thanks to Arc Poetry Magazine.
Arc 59—the “Woozy” issue—makes its official debut 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, January 15, at a launch hosted by world-renowned independent Ottawa bookstore, Collected Works (1242 Wellington St. W at Holland).
Special guest, Fredericton poet Sharon McCartney, author of Against (2007), The Love Song of Laura Ingalls Wilder (2007), and Switchgrass Stills (2006), among others, will also read from some of her latest work, including pieces first seen in Arc.
The Winter 2008 issue of Arc is packed with goodies for the new year, among which, most notably, are the prize-winning poems from the 2007 Diana Brebner Prize and 11th annual Poem of the Year contest.
Guy Simser’s “Withdrawl” took top honours in this year’s Brebner competition, judged by Ottawa poet Stephen Brockwell, while LM Rochefort earned an honourable mention. First prize in the Poem of the Year contest, judged by Canada’s poet laureate John Steffler, went to Susan Elmslie for “Box;” Degan Davis took second prize for “Winter;” Aurian Haller’s “from ‘Seamless’” was awarded the third prize, and E. Alex Pierce, Jamella Hagen and Lorri Neilsen Glenn all received honourable mentions.
The evening will feature readings of the winning selections, as well as readings of other new poetry contained in the “Woozy” issue of Arc (including the poem that contains the word “woozy”!). Come have a drink with us, sit back, and enjoy the poetry!
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