Here at Poetry Northwest, we don’t just want you to read good poems every day. We want you to think like a poet. We want to get you writing.
Poets know the creative impulse is self-perpetuating. Among many possible responses (such as heightened awareness, or the urge to hug strangers in darkened bars), reading poems we like often stimulates to urge to write poems. So, after you’ve had occasion to delve into those poems gathered in our pages for your reading pleasure, we invite you to try your hand at out quarterly contest, The Pitch.
Here’s how it works. Four times a year, once each season, we invite a notable writer to draw up a writing prompt, an invitation au voyage. You, the poet, take up the challenge, and produce a poem according to the specifications outlined by our guest.
To submit your work, simply email it as a Word.doc or pdf attachment to thepitch@poetrynw.org (only these formats can be accepted) and include in the email message your name, address, phone number, and month/year of birth. One entry per person. Please include your legal name in the email address, even if you wish to be represented on our site by a pseudonym. See our complete Rules of Engagement here.
Two finalists will be selected by the editorial staff for a public vote. The finalists will appear on our site at the end of the quarter for which their pitch submission is received: for spring, June 15; for summer, September 15; for fall, December 15; for winter, March 15. Voting will last three weeks. The winner will be published on the site in perpetuity, and will receive a one-year subscription to Poetry Northwest.
(More information HERE.)
Poets know the creative impulse is self-perpetuating. Among many possible responses (such as heightened awareness, or the urge to hug strangers in darkened bars), reading poems we like often stimulates to urge to write poems. So, after you’ve had occasion to delve into those poems gathered in our pages for your reading pleasure, we invite you to try your hand at out quarterly contest, The Pitch.
Here’s how it works. Four times a year, once each season, we invite a notable writer to draw up a writing prompt, an invitation au voyage. You, the poet, take up the challenge, and produce a poem according to the specifications outlined by our guest.
To submit your work, simply email it as a Word.doc or pdf attachment to thepitch@poetrynw.org (only these formats can be accepted) and include in the email message your name, address, phone number, and month/year of birth. One entry per person. Please include your legal name in the email address, even if you wish to be represented on our site by a pseudonym. See our complete Rules of Engagement here.
Two finalists will be selected by the editorial staff for a public vote. The finalists will appear on our site at the end of the quarter for which their pitch submission is received: for spring, June 15; for summer, September 15; for fall, December 15; for winter, March 15. Voting will last three weeks. The winner will be published on the site in perpetuity, and will receive a one-year subscription to Poetry Northwest.
(More information HERE.)
