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Thursday, May 6, 2021

Now available!

2021 San Gabriel Valley Poetry Festival Chapbook Contest Award Winner!

Send $4 to Carl Stilwell on Facebook Messenger Pay to get your e-copy...


Saturday, April 24, 2021

2021 San Gabriel Valley Poetry Festival Contests Winners!

The winners of the 2021 San Gabriel Valley Poetry Festival broadside, libretto, chapbook and book contests have been announced:

Broadside Contest People's Choice Winners: 1st - Evelyn Lane, 2nd - Megha Sood, 3rd - Stephanie Logan 

Broadside Contest Judge's Choice Winners: 1st - Lorelei Kay, 2nd - Thom Garzone, 3rd - Gregory Foster, 4th - Jeffry Michael Jensen, 5th - Tim Tipton, 6th - Radomir Vojtech Luza

Winning broadside poems will be published on the festival website (http://2021sgvpf.blogspot.com) 

Poetic Libretto Winners: 1st - Mark Fisher, Lorelei Kay, Stephanie Logan, Dean Okamura, Corrine Marie Rodriguez-Ramirez

All five winners will have their poetic librettos published by Bobby John Press (http://bobbyjohnpress.blogspot.com)

Chapbook Contest Winners: 1st - Carl Stilwell, 2nd - Corrine Marie Rodriguez-Ramirez, 3rd - Kenneth Irving Scott Jr., 4th - Crystal Lane Swift

All four chapbook contest winners will have their chapbooks published by Four Feathers Press (http://fourfeatherspress.blogspot.com)

Book Contest Winners: 1st - Radomir Vojtech Luza, 2nd - Joshua Corwin, 3rd - Corrine Marie Rodriguez-Ramirez, 4th - R A Ruadh

Radomir's book "Losing Me" will be published by Spectrum Publishing (http://spectrumpublishing.blogspot.com)

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

2021 San Gabriel Valley Poetry Festival Contests Entrants

The winners, that's right, winners of the 2021 San Gabriel Valley Poetry Festival Slam are James Coats and Sharon Smith-Knight! We did a tiebreaker, and we still couldn't decide!

Broadside Contest Winner: 23 poems entered, see website (http://2021sgvpf.blogspot.com) to vote for poems by commenting on them before the deadline of 11:59pm PST, April 22nd. Winner will be announced on April 24th at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry BIG WINNERS zoom reading

Poetic Libretto Contest Winner: 5 poetic librettos entered, winner will be announced on April 24th at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry BIG WINNERS zoom reading

Chapbook Contest Winner: 13 chapbooks entered, four winners will be announced on April 24th at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry BIG WINNERS zoom reading

Book Contest Winner: 8 books entered, winner will be announced on April 24th at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry BIG WINNERS zoom reading

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Book contest entrants: Corrine Marie Rodriguez-Ramirez, Joshua Corwin, Rick Leddy, Mark Fisher, Jeffry Michael Jensen, Kenneth Irving Scott Jr., Radomir Vojtech Luza, R A Ruadh

Chapbook contest entrants: Crystal Lane Swift, Corrine Marie Rodriguez-Ramirez, JJ Stick, R A Ruadh, Kristian Kidd, Lori Holloway, Shih-Fang Wang, Mark Fisher, William P. Cushing, Kenneth Irving Scott Jr., Carl Stilwell, Ranney Campbell, Radomir Vojtech Luza

Poetic Libretto contest entrants: Corrine Marie Rodriguez-Ramirez, Mark Fisher, Lorelei Kay, Stephanie Logan, Dean Okamura

Broadside contest entrants (not in contest order): Dean Okamura, Mark Fisher, Jack G. Bowman, Lori Holloway, Tim Tipton, JJ Stick, Lorelei Kay, Jordan Sandoval, Luis Villalobos, Shih-Fang Wang, Corrine Marie Rodriguez-Ramirez, Gregory Foster, Radomir Vojtech Luza, Evelyn Lane, Innocent Alifa, Megha Sood, Stephanie Logan, Thom Garzone, Dan Garcia-Black, Jeffry Michael Jensen, Crystal Lane Swift, Kristian Kidd, Eric Lopez

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Poetry Contests!!!!


...FOR THE 2021 SAN GABRIEL VALLEY POETRY FESTIVAL!

Celebrating National Poetry Month, sponsored by Spectrum Publishing (http://spectrumpublishing.blogspot.com), Four Feathers Press (http://fourfeatherspress.blogspot.com), and Bobby John Press* (http://bobbyjohnpress.blogspot.com)

Broadside Contest: submit one poem up to 50 lines in length by April 10th to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com. Winner will be published online on the festival website and invited to perform their poem on April 24th at the festival Zoom meeting.

*Libretto Contest: submit a manuscript of 2 to 9 poems totaling no more than 450 lines in length by April 10th to dorseypoeticproductions@hotmail.com. Winner will be published in a Bobby John Press e-libretto and be invited to perform two poems on April 24th at the festival Zoom meeting.

Chapbook Contest: submit a manuscript of 10 to 20 poems totaling no more than 1000 lines in length by April 10th to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com. Winner will be published in print by Four Feathers Press (25 saddle-stapled copies) and be invited to perform three poems on April 24th at the festival Zoom meeting.

Book Contest: submit a manuscript of 25 to 40 poems totaling no more than 2500 lines in length by April 10th to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com. Winner will be published in print by Spectrum Publishing (25 perfect-bound copies) and be invited to perform five poems on April 24th at the festival Zoom meeting.

Monday, January 18, 2021

Just published...

The third four chosen for publication by Four Feathers Press are invited to read for Saturday Afternoon Poetry on Zoom, January 23rd, 3pm PST:

Jackie Chou "Filling the Mosaic of Our Lives"

Matt Mauldin "Hotel Man"

Cindy Rinne "Silence Between Drumbeats"

Kenneth Irving Scott, Jr. "Abandoned in a Field of Autumn Leaves"

These titles are available in digital editions (which can be printed out) for $4 each. All proceeds go to the authors.

Please use Facebook Messenger Pay to pay them directly.


Thursday, December 31, 2020

Now available...

 



A two volume electronic compilation of 39 "sex" poems in preparation for my Spectrum 26: The Issue Is Sex writing workshop on Zoom this coming January 2nd for Saturday Afternoon Poetry...just $6 if you use Facebook Messenger Pay or Zelle to pay. Use my email address to make payment on Zelle: donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com.
 
Book 1 has 27 poems from the years 1997-2013, Book 2's dozen poems span 2014-2020. Six sample poems from this duology have been posted for you on http://kingfisherbooks.blogspot.com

Friday, November 27, 2020

FREE SAMPLER!

 

FREE E-BOOK AVAILABLE DECEMBER 1ST ONLY as part of The Great E-Book Free-for-All on the Poetry Super Highway (check out all the free e-books at http://poetrysuperhighway.com), a sampler sampler of the 12 e-book samplers for sale and sampled at Kingfisher Books for a mere $4 each or 3 for $10 (http://kingfisherbooks.blogspot.com)

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Now Available...



A three volume electronic compilation of 76 "looking" poems in preparation for my Spectrum Special Edition writing workshop on Zoom this coming December 5th for Saturday Afternoon Poetry...just $10 if you use Facebook Messenger Pay or Zelle to pay. Use my email address to make payment on Zelle: donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com.

Book 1 has 29 poems from the years 1993-2009, Book 2's 28 poems span 2010-2016, and Book 3 sports 19 poems from 2017-2020. Nine sample poems from this trilogy have been posted for you here: http://kingfisherbooks.blogspot.com

Thursday, November 19, 2020

Just Published...

The second four chosen for publication by Four Feathers Press are invited to read for Saturday Afternoon Poetry on Zoom, November 21st, 3pm PST:
Lynne Bronstein "Nasty Girls"
 
Mark Fisher "rain and other fairy tales"

Lorelei Kay "Real Women Wear Fig Leaves"

Mary Langer Thompson "Solitude Album"

These titles are available in digital editions (which can be printed out) for $4 each. All proceeds go to the authors.

Please use Facebook Messenger Pay to pay them directly.

Saturday, October 24, 2020

Now Available...




A three volume electronic compilation of 83 next poems in preparation for my Spectrum Special Edition writing workshop on Zoom this coming November 7th for Saturday Afternoon Poetry...just $10 if you use Facebook Messenger Pay or Zelle to pay. Use my email address to make payment on Zelle: donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com. 

Book 1 has 32 poems from the years 1997-2011, Book 2's 30 poems span 2012-2016, and Book 3 sports 21 poems from 2017-2020. Nine sample poems from this trilogy have been posted for you here: http://kingfisherbooks.blogspot.com



Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Now available...


A new compilation of alive poems in preparation for my Spectrum 25 writing workshop on Zoom this coming October 3rd for Saturday Afternoon Poetry. Just $4 for your own electronic copy of these 29 pieces spanning 1997 to the present! Use Facebook Messenger Pay or Zelle with my email address: donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com. Three sample poems from this chapbook have been posted for your perusal here: http://kingfisherbooks.blogspot.com

Sunday, August 23, 2020

Just published...

The first four chosen for publication by Four Feathers Press are invited to read for Saturday Afternoon Poetry on Zoom, September 19th, 3pm PST:

Radomir Vojtech Luza "Mental Mall"


Bruce Niedt "Aprilcalypse"

Meri Tumanyan "Love in the Time of Corona"

Alicia Viguer-Espert "Out of the Blue Womb of the Sea"

These titles are available in digital editions (which can be printed out) for $4 each. All proceeds go to the authors.

Please use Facebook Messenger Pay to pay them directly.

Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Now available...

 

A three volume electronic compilation of 98 fall poems in preparation for my Spectrum Special Edition writing workshop on Zoom this coming September 5th for Saturday Afternoon Poetry...just $10 if you use Facebook Messenger Pay or Zelle to pay. Use my email address to make payment on Zelle: donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com

Book 1 has 36 poems from the years 1997-2008, Book 2's 34 poems span 2009-2015, and Book 3 sports 28 poems from 2016-2020. Nine sample poems from this trilogy have been posted for your perusal here: http://kingfisherbooks.blogspot.com

Saturday, August 15, 2020

Now available...

 

40 2018 love poems in an electronic chapbook...just $6 if you use Facebook Messenger Pay or Zelle to pay. Use my email address to make payment on Zelle: donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com

Friday, July 31, 2020

Now available...


See sample poems from his 56 page collection by going to http://inblackskin.blogspot.com and get an electronic copy of this book for just $10 if you use Facebook Messenger Pay or Zelle to pay. Use my email address to make payment on Zelle: donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com

Thursday, July 30, 2020

Now available...


To see a sampling of this two volume electronic compilation of 69 door poems go to http://kingfisherbooks.blogspot.com
Get an electronic copy for just $8 if you use Facebook Messenger Pay or Zelle to pay. Use my email address to make payment on Zelle: donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Now available...

20 new 2020 poems in an electronic chapbook...just $4 if you use Facebook Messenger Pay or Zelle to pay. Use my email address to make payment on Zelle: donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com

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