ottawa poetry newsletter

for poems published on bywords.ca between September, 2007 and August, 2008. Judge for the 2008 Award was George Bowering who said this about...

from the Arc site : "Established in 1986, the Archibald Lampman Award for Poetry was inspired by Archibald Lampman, Canada’s finest 19t...

Readers of OPN probably know that Mother Tongue Books , just south of the Rideau Canal on Bank Street, is one of poetry's homes in Ottaw...

Recent and Forthcoming Poetry Publications by Canadian Publishers Sunday’s Ottawa Citizen featured its usual fall preview of upcoming books...

Capital Xtra and After Stonewall present DANIEL ALLEN COX launching his second novel, Shuck (Arsenal Pulp Press) at The Naughty Thoughts Bo...

Can you throw down with Bill Brown? Cytopoetics presents the newest poetry series to grace the local spoken word scene – Bill Brown’s 1-2-3 ...

(Cult)ure magazine seeks submissions from local poets to be published in the magazine’s new poetry section. The magazine is also soliciting...

Graffiti, graphic comics, film script excerpts, song lyrics, erotica, visual art, apocalyptic poetry, prose wanted for the anarchy issue of ...

What led you to start the Dusty Owl ? It just seemed like a good idea at the time. There was really wasn’t any sort of conscious decision to...

“name three of your fav/current fav songs” for some of us there’s a connection between other art forms and our writing. i decided to explore...

sites, journals, contests, reading, workshops, DIY publishing Bywords, http://www.bywords.ca/ Ottawa-based literary site with calls for sub...

Don't forget about Poets Without Borders on April 30. Poetry month may end but poetry never stops as the calendar shows . On May 9-10 w...

The writers fest was a success by any count with great attendance, and happy crowds from what I could see. For more posts on the Ottawa Writ...

[i apologize that i can't count, noticed my numbering has been off for the entire fest...egad] the festival ended last night with House ...