Calls for Poems and Art

SENSUAL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: EROTIC POETRY

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) that are erotic to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PDT, January 27th, 2023. JPG photos may also be sent, but are not required. Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to those poets by the publication reading on Saturday, January 28th, 3 to 5 pm PDT in Thelma's Backyard on 1438 Atchison St, Pasadena and on Saturday Afternoon Poetry's Zoom channel. Perfect bound printed copies of the book will also be available for $15 a copy (includes shipping) until February 14th, 2023. Please use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (my email address) to pay. Or snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909. 

BARDS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: TOP 30 SO CAL POETS

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject(s) of your choice in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PDT, February 24th, 2023. JPG photos may also be sent, but are not required. Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to the authors by the publication reading on Saturday, February 25th, 3 to 5 pm PDT in Thelma's House on 1438 Atchison St, Pasadena and on Saturday Afternoon Poetry's Zoom channel. Perfect bound printed copies of the book will also be available for $15 a copy (includes shipping) until March 14th, 2023. Please use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (my email address) to pay. Or snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909. 

TRAVELING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: TRAVEL POETRY

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of travels in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PDT, March 24th, 2023. JPG photos may also be sent, but are not required. Reviews chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to the authors by the publication reading on Saturday, March 25th, 3 to 5 pm PDT in Thelma's Backyard on 1438 Atchison St, Pasadena and on Saturday Afternoon Poetry's Zoom channel. Perfect bound printed copies of the book will also be available for $15 a copy (includes shipping) until April 14th, 2023. Please use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (my email address) to pay. Or snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909. 

IT RAINS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA:  POETRY OF WEATHER

Submit up to three poems of no more than 150 lines each (including stanza breaks) on the subject of the weather in Southern California to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm PDT, April 14th, 2023. JPG photos may also be sent, but are not required. Poems chosen will be anthologized in PDF form and distributed for free to those poets by the publication reading on Saturday, April 15th, 3 to 5 pm PDT on Saturday Afternoon Poetry's Zoom channel. Perfect bound printed copies of the book will also be available for $15 a copy (includes shipping) until May 14th, 2023. Please use Meta Pay (Don Kingfisher Campbell), Venmo (@don-campbell-82), or Zelle (my email address) to pay. Or snail mail a check to Don Campbell, 1313 Edgewood Dr, Alhambra, CA 91803-1909. 

Now Available and Forthcoming...

 

BOOK ONE features a chapbook from each of these four poets contained in one PDF/perfect bound book:

Don Kingfisher Campbell "Electrified Man"

Linda Crate "when nature holds my hand"

Bruce McRae "Red Veil"

Alicia Viguer-Espert "The Soul's Many Paths"

BOOK TWO (PDF available now/perfect bound book coming in December)

Petrouchka Alexieva "A Little Magic Town"

Jeffry Michael Jensen "Before Trembling Takes Over the Night"

Marvinlouis "Atonement Hurts"

Lori Wall-Holloway "Earth's Poetry"

BOOK ONE and BOOK TWO are now published in PDF form for poets to distribute as they please. BOOK ONE will also be published in perfect bound printed form in November, BOOK TWO in December. Each book has $5 PDF / $10 Print cover prices. You can buy a PDF or printed perfect bound copy directly from any of the published poets. Each poet will have at least six physical copies to sell.