Old Gray Cemetery Poetry Contest (An4)

Knoxville Writers' Guild

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Announcements Happy New Year!

January 2011

OLD GRAY POETRY CONTEST

THEME: Portraits from the Past

GUIDELINES:

v Sixteen (16) years or older

v Any verse form accepted

v Typewritten, single- or double-spaced

v Entries may include up to three (3) poems

v All poems must be 30 lines or less

v Author's name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address should appear in top right corner of each page.

v No entry fee; `1^st, 2^nd, & 3^rd prizes of $100, $75, & $50; three (3) honorable mentions at $25/ea

Poems must be postmarked by March 18, 2011 and mailed to:

Old Gray Cemetery

P.O. Box 806

Knoxville, TN 37901

Winners will be invited to read their poems on April 10, 2011 at 2:00 pm at the Cemetery, Light refreshments will be served. Costumes encouraged in keeping with the theme.

2011 Poetry Prize Judge:

Linda Parsons Marion is an editor at the University of Tennessee and the author of two poetry collections, Home Fires and Mother Land. She served as poetry editor of Now & Then magazine for 14 years and has received literary fellowships from the Tennessee Arts Commission and Associated Writing Programs, among other awards. Poems have appeared in The Georgia Review, Iowa Review, Shenandoah, Asheville Poetry Review, Prairie Schooner, Nimrod, Potomac Review, Poet Lore, Connecticut Review, among others. Other works have appeared in The Movable Nest, Listen Here: Women Writing in Appalachia, and Her Words: Diverse Voices in Contemporary Appalachian Women's Poetry. A new poetry collection, Bound, is forthcoming from Wind Publications.

Social Media for Writers Workshop: Feb. 19 Dale Mackey

The Knoxville Writers' Guild is sponsoring the workshop "Social Media for Writers" from 1:oo to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 19 at the Redeemer Church of Knoxville, 1642 Highland Ave. Taught by Dale Mackey of Community Television, the workshop costs $15 for Guild members; $20 for nonmembers.

Mackey will introduce writers to accessible tools for maintaining an online presence and will explore the use of social media to enlarge one's readership.

"It's going to be casual and laid back," Mackey said. "We're going to be covering a lot of information, so it will be a general overview of different online tools for outreach that workshop attendees can choose to further investigate, based on their needs and goals."

Topics will include self-branding, creating a personal website, maintaining a mailing list, blogging, Facebook, Twitter and integrating media.

"I'm going to go over some easy ways to capture video and images of readings and other events authors might want to share - and ways to share them, including Flickr, YouTube, Vimeo and other sites," Mackey added.

An Illinois native, Mackey receive a degree in Women's Literary Studies at Iowa's Grinnell College. In addition to serving as Youth Program Coordinator for CTV, she has worked as Outreach Coordinator for Appalshop Art and Media Center in Whitesburg, Ky, and has taught creative writing classes at a women's prison. She co-founded Artistic License, an organization dedicated to fostering creative collaborations in the Knoxville community. An upcoming project will pair visual artists with Alzheimer's patients to create pieces of art based on the patient's memories.

To sign up, go to www.knoxvillewritersguild.org/orderpaypal or send your check to KWG Workshops, P.O. Box 10326, Knoxville TN 37939-0326.

For further information, call Terry Shaw at 865.963.7633.

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To become a Knoxville Writers' Guild member or to renew your membership, go to www.knoxvillewritersguild.org/member.htm. Membership is $30/year, $15/students.