After a very busy and poetry-packed National Poetry Month, we're very excited to announce the winners of our Novel Novice Poetry Contest! We received so many inspiring and creative entries - it wasn't easy to choose our winners, but choose we must. Our first-place winner is Carmen M. She will receive a fabulous prize package... Continue Reading →
We considered National Poetry Month an opportunity to give the more musically inclined folks in our audience an opportunity to show us their writing chops in this genre. The top three winners of our Novel Novice Lyric-Writing Contest will each receive a copy of On the Meaning of Adam Lambert. Our first-place winner is Meghan.... Continue Reading →
During National Poetry Month, we initiated a collaborative poetry game known as Exquisite Corpse. Throughout April, you - our readers of Novel Novice - submitted a phrase or word in the comments section. The words built upon each other and the result of this experiment is featured below. Many thanks to all of our contributors,... Continue Reading →
We celebrated the first three weeks of National Poetry Month by featuring poets T.S. Eliot, Sylvia Plath, and Allen Ginsberg. This fourth and final week, we explored the poetry of Lynn Emanuel. Here's the wrap-up of all the posts: Featured Poet: Lynn Emanuel Featured Collection: Then, Suddenly-- Featured Poem: "Homage to Sharon Stone" Creative Writing... Continue Reading →
Creative Writing Prompt #30 In Receipt I have a handful of random receipts on my desk. I realized that I don't often pay much attention to what's on the receipt - besides checking to make sure I wasn't charged for something I didn't buy and to confirm the total is correct. But in looking more... Continue Reading →
Creative Writing Prompt #29 Poetryness It's a subject people either completely shy away from or dig into with abandon: Today, write a poem about poetry, writing, or being the writer. Be creative. See all of our National Poetry Month posts
This week's featured poet is Lynn Emanuel. In her poetry collection Then, Suddenly-- there is a standout poem entitled "inside gertrude stein." Emanuel calls Stein one of the "heroines" of her book, touting the poet's choice to experiment with language. And if you've ever read any of Gertrude's work, you know exactly what she means... Continue Reading →
April 29 is officially National Poetry Month's Poem In Your Pocket Day! Carrying a poem with you and sharing it with others on this special day is an ideal way to cap off a month full of poetry. Get all the details about this celebration here (and remember, it can be as public as you... Continue Reading →
Creative Writing Prompt #28 Celebrity Status Have you met a celebrity? Ever dreamed of meeting a celebrity? "Celebrity" doesn't have to mean actor or musician - it can mean an author, scientist, journalist, environmentalist, politician, book character... anyone. Choose a celebrity and have them appear in your poem somewhere. They can be the subject of... Continue Reading →
As with many of her poems in the book Then, Suddenly--, this week's featured poet Lynn Emanuel writes about herself as the writer. But this time, there's another featured guest: Sharon Stone. In the poem, "Homage to Sharon Stone," Emanuel is again interrupted in her writing process - not by her father dying (as in... Continue Reading →
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