New Year , New Projects, New Ideas!

Welcome to the first post of 2014 folks! Lets get right to it, shall we?

1. Picture time! www.DaveBoyerPhoto.com  check it out!

2. Here's a link to Bareback Lit magazine and a promotion I'm running with them 
http://hstrial-peterjelen.homestead.com/~local/~Preview/2014-Lawrence-Berger.html?_=1387737326643 

3. We can't do this without you! http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-goldminds-showcase-project

4. We're doing great things!  check us out at : http://www.skysajeenterprise.com

5. Alice Pero will feature Sunday, Jan 19,  at the Wanda Coleman Memorial.  She will be doing a flute solo Time: 2 pm PST Location: The Church in Ocean Park, 235 Hill St., Santa Monica 90405 Be there if you can!  

6. Open mic night at the creative wellness center: 320 North Goodman Street

Rochester, NY 14607 P-(585)325-3145, ext. 144 January 16th 2014 5:30-7 :00 p.m. all welcome!

HAPPY 2014! SEE  YOU SOON!  

On to 2014!

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2. https://www.facebook.com/events/553773531364999/?ref_dashboard_filter=calendar 
Check it out and come if you can! 

3. https://www.facebook.com/events/1394617567449795/?ref_dashboard_filter=calendar
Check this out too. go if you can! 

4.  Junk.tank poetry series @Amante.in 2850 Baseline in Boulder,CO 720-612-7901

Amante is pleased to open a new location in Boulder, using the same bean, brand and feel of our other stores. Located at 2850 Baseline Rd, we have sufficient parking around the back. Ample seating downstairs, a comfortable lounge upstairs for our sports watchers, and a beautiful outdoor patio with a fireplace and an amazing view of Boulder's Flatirons. Stop by to energize for school or work, or stop by afterwards for a beer, wine or cocktail!We are in the new Baseline Crossing Development located next to Sprouts, across the street from Denny's. We are excited to serve you!

5. http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-goldminds-showcase-project/x/151759 
We're looking to produce this event in October of 2015 but we have to put a deposit on the space long before then. This is phase one of the fundraising efforts so please give what you can!

6. https://www.facebook.com/events/553773531364999/?ref_dashboard_filter=calendar
IF NOTHING ELSE, CHECK OUT THIS LAST ONE! YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU DID!

SEE  YOU NEXT TIME!

First "Grandamama Wanda" now Nelson Mandela. Who's next?

Hi folks: We're losing a lot of the great ones huh?  Here's a few new opportunities to start again:

1.Freedom of Speech Thursdays @ Sabor y Cultura extends a warm welcome to all creative souls: poets, musicians, singers, comedians and those with the gift of gab. Time:8p-11p, all love all the time, check link below for more info. Peace and Blessings!This is an on-going event every Thursday.
Time: 8p-11p. Donations are welcomed!!!!! All ages. Address: 5625 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90028 (on corner of Gramercy Place, and 2 blks west of Western Ave.)
http://g.co/maps/2552a

2. We are excited to bring The Profitable Artist to the wider artistic community, reaching professors, career advisors in the arts, as well as industry leaders. This guide compiles a wealth of information for artists of all disciplines, gathered by arts professional and NYFA through more than thirty interviews and in-depth case studies. 

• Techniques for planning your career
• Innovative fundraising for artists
• Marketing and selling your work to new audiences
• Networking strategies for a digital world
• Budgeting and financial basics made clear
• Legal requirements and terminology in plain English

Edited by Peter Cobb, Susan Ball, and Felicity Hogan
Copublished by the New York Foundation for the Arts

Retail Price: $24.95

NYFA’s Price: $20 (plus shipping)

For more information, please contact profitableartist@nyfa.org


3. The Critical Pass Review: Published in an interactive ebook  format 2x year in Fall and Spring.
Publishes poetry, prose, etc. Do not submit previously published works. Reads year round. Do not
submit more than once when you have an outstanding submission. Responds in 3-6 months. Only accepts online submissions. Do not mail or email submissions. Sim subs ok with  notification of acceptence elsewhere.
Submit up to 5 poems, max of 10 pages   in one submission. Submit poems in a single document. Free and formal verse accepted. If work submitted  is not in English, include proper translation. Pays one contributor
copy. Acquires First North American Serial Rights. Copyright reverts to author upon publication.

Submit online:
https://thecritical passreview. submittable. com/submit



4.  THE SKYSAJE ENTERPRISE POETRY CONTEST:
Announcing the 2014 Skysaje Enterprise Poetry Contest. All styles within the guidelines format welcome!
The official contest guidelines: 1. Maximum of 5 poems per entry. Unlimited number of entries accepted
from each poet during submission period.2. English only! 14pts Garamond, Arial black, Times New Roman or
Courier fonts only! 30 Lines max!  $15 per entry non-refundable  reading fee must accompany all submissions. As long as the poems are in English this contest is open to any and every writer/poet on the planet earth willing to  compose a poem and enter it in the contest! Prizes: Winner gets  $500.00 US and all entries will  be considered for publication in  Working Title 2 The Anthology of  the Skysaje Enterprise Poetry Contest. However, being  considered does not guarantee publication! Submission period: January 1st 2014- December 31st 2014! Submission methods: 1. Poems can be submitted electronically to laughingl@skysajeenterprise. com   Payment of the $15 fee can be  submitted via Pay Pal.com to the same email address. Please use
the phrase "poetry contest submission" in the subject line of your e-mail with the poems.
2. via US Postal Mail to:  Skysaje Enterprise Poetry Contest 50 Amesbury Rd. Rochester, NY 14623.
Make checks or money orders payable to Skysaje Enterprise.
http://www.skysajeenterprise. com

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a Lasting Legacy!

Hi: I keep this calendar going to help keep Wanda and Merleine's faith in both poetry and  me alive so lets get right to it, shall we?

1. Announcing the Skysaje  Enterprise Poetry Contest: All styles within the guidelines format welcome!The official contest guidelines:  Maximum of 5 poems per entry. Unlimited number of entries accepted from each poet during submission period.  English only!  14pts Garamond, Arial black, Times New Roman or Courier fonts only!  30 Lines max!   $15  per  entry  non-refundable reading fee must accompany all  submissions and as long as the poems are in English this contest is open to any and every writer/poet on the planet earth  willing to compose a poem and enter it in the contest! Prizes:  Winner gets $500.00 US and all entries will be considered for publication in Working Title 2 The Anthology of the Skysaje Enterprise Poetry Contest.  However, being considered does not guarantee publication! Submission period:  January 1^st 2014- December 31^st 2014.

Submission methods: 

1.       Poems can be submitted electronically to laughingl@skysajeenterprise.com  Payment of the $15 fee can be submitted via  Pay Pal.com to the same email address. Please use the phrase “poetry contest submission”  in the subject line of your e-mail with the poems.

2.  Via Postal Mail to:   Skysaje Enterprise Poetry Contest 50 Amesbury Rd.  Rochester, NY 14623. Make checks or money orders payable to Skysaje Enterprise. GOOD LUCK!

2. Would you like to be a guest on the upcoming series of Verses In Motion Radio Show 2014?

http://versesinmotionmedia.com/vim-radio-show/  Submissions OPEN NOW Until January 15th ,

2014 

3. Moonday West, now "Moonday on Soonday" (third Sunday of the month) will feature Jeanette Clough & Judith Terzi on December 15th at 4 pm  at its new venue, The Little Theater on the West Side. Conveniently and centrally located, The Little Theater offers an intimate yet  theatrical setting for our excellent readers.
We look forward to a very exciting afternoon of poetry from these two excellent poets and our usual amazing open. Date:  Sunday, December 15, 2013 Time:  4:00 pm
Place: The Little Theater, 12420 Santa Monica Blvd, LA, CA  Directions here: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=The+Little+Theater,+12420+Santa+Monica+Blvd,+Los+Angeles,+CA+90025&hl=en&

4.If you would like to take advantage of our Holiday Special, where you can purchase all THREE titles for $22 (includes free shipping). Emailmarie.lecrivain.pd@gmail.com  for details. Marie wishes you all a safe and happy holiday season. Marie Lecrivain

Editrix Sybaritic Press

5.  The Alaska Quarterly Reviews now taking submissions.University of Alaska Anchorage

3211 Providence Drive (208 ESH) Anchorage, AK 99508 The  Alaska Quarterly Review <UAA_aqr@uaa.alaska.edu>;

6. http://www.eventbrite.com/e/instant-poetry-just-add-words-the-breakdown-seminar-tickets-9568221809

Check it out!

A lot of  words this time so I'll make it short . See you soon! 

YOU ARE A BEAUTIFUL FlOWER

(To Love)
You are a beautiful flower
through the Woods.
like a yellow butterfly-
Like a queen butterfly!
Through the vastness of space,
Through the vastness of space, 

who's fragrance dwells within the 

flower-pot of my soul.

You are like a woman from 

Samaria or from Galilee, floating

A born spirit among the flowers,

You are a white sea gull 

flying everyday over my heart, 

over my blue sky, blessing me

through the colors of sensitiveness, 

of joy, of love!