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Press Release: December 14, 2009
Arc launches Issue #63 (the three-legged issue)
and announces Poem of the Year, Readers’ Choice
and Diana Brebner Prize winners!—
Arc also congratulates contributors appearing in The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2009.
Calls for Entry coming up early in 2010
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).
POET AS ART THIEF
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
THE COGS & WHEELS OF HARDY VERSE
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
OPUS MAGNIFICUS
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
DIVINE EMERGENCE
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
Press Release: December 19, 2008
Arc Poetry Magazine 61: the Headless issue
- Anon makes a comeback
- Plus: Free Poem of the Year Upgrade
- And: Arc reviewers not so cranky after all
Press Release: October 09, 2008
Readers' Choice and Poem of the Year update
The votes are now in and the decisions are final. The winners of the Readers' Choice Award and of the Poem of the Year Contest have been notified, and will be published in Arc 61 (Winter 2009), which will be on newsstands by early December 2008.
303 readers read the shortlisted poems and cast their votes for Readers' Choice. Thanks to all of you. Thanks also for the excellent feedback. We're already fine tuning the event for next year as The Readers' Choice Award will definitely continue.
For details on how to order a copy or a subscription starting with Arc 61, email poetrystand@arcpoetry.ca.
Press Release: August 30, 2008
Your Turn to Pick a Winner!
Arc is introducing a totally new facet to its perennial Poem of the Year contest: the Readers’ Choice Award. This gives Arc readers and website visitors the opportunity to read through Poem of the Year shortlisted poems, and vote for your favourite. The author of the winning poem will be awarded a sum of $250.
The Readers’ Choice Award does not affect the process of selecting 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners, which will be announced at the beginning of October along with all Honourable Mentions and Editors’ picks.
Note that this is a blind competition and that poets will remain anonymous to all judges until the contest results are decided.
Anyone can vote:
- view online or download the Poems for Readers’ Choice pdf, read through and choose your top three picks
- email your top three list with titles and page numbers to vote@arcpoetry.ca.
- only one vote will be accepted from each email address.
- DEADLINE FOR VOTES: September 30, 2008.
- Readers’ Choice Award winner will be announced with all other Poem of the Year Awards at the beginning of October 2008.
See Readers’ Choice Award page.
Press Release: January 11, 2008
Get Woozy with Arc Poetry Magazine
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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by Chris Jennings - Excerpt from essay "On ending a poem"
by Barbara Myers - Katia Grubisic on Matthew Tierney's The Hayflick Limit
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