POETRY SLAM
Thursday, December 8
8:00 p.m.
(SCENE) Metrospace
110 Charles Street
Join The RCAH Center for Poetry at MSU for our fall semester Poetry Slam; all are welcome! Three minutes and three rounds, the high scorers of each round (judged by audience members) will continue into the next. Prizes will be awarded to first, second, and third place winners. To register please email cpoetry@msu.edu. If additional spots are open, sign up will be available at the door.
WHAT IS MICHIGAN? 2012 College Poetry Contest Deadline: April 30, 2012 Covered with lakes and rivers, blanketed by trees and rocks, split between two peninsulas, and never more than 85 miles from a Great Lake, Michigan has a rich history. We Michiganders live through a variety of seasons with peninsular gusto. With the coming of a new year, a new governor, and a new season, we're asking you to think about what Michigan is and what it means to you through poetry. We seek student poems that strive to define Michigan by looking at its history and roots, its contemporary culture, and all the dreams for its future. A selection of poems will be chosen by Christine Hume, author of three books, most recently Shot (Counterpath Press, 2010), and two chapbooks Lullaby: Speculations on the First Active Sense (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2008), and Ventifacts (Omnidawn, 2012). Hume directs the Creative Writing Program at EMU, and will be teaching for Dzanc Books/International Literary Program in Lisbon this summer. The two winning poems will be awarded first and second place prizes (first prize $250, and second prize $150), and will be featured in the 2012-2013 Oaken Transformations Sculpture & Poetry Walk, a nature walk featuring sculpture and poetry. Oaken Transformations Sculpture & Poetry Walk is an out-of-doors art tour, free to the public, dedicated to showcasing work by talented poets and artists with ties to the state of Michigan. Visit Oaken Transformations' website for more information.
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