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THE PRAIRIE STATE POETRY PRIZE FOR A 1ST OR 2ND BOOK Deadline: Midnight, October 31st, 2022. The Prairie State Poetry Prize includes a cash award of $150 in addition to publication by Highland Park Poetry Press, 20 copies of the winning title, and a featured poet spot at an HPP event. Manuscripts are judged anonymously and all finalists will be considered for publication.  This year’s final judge is Chicago poet, Cynthia Gallaher. Download Submission Guidelines below.

POETRY BOOK REVIEWS - Seeking poets with books to review (prefer publication within 16 months) as well as poets interested in writing reviews. Highland Park Poetry is now accepting reviews of poetry books for publication on our website and Facebook. For information, contact jennifer@highlandparkpoetry.org.

SEEKING SUBMISSIONS for OUR DAILY POEM POSTS. Send up to 5 poems about the coronavirus pandemic, sheltering-in-place, current events or poems that inspire calm, endurance and peace to jennifer@highlandparkpoetry.org. Shorter poems preferred. No deadline. Previously published okay with acknowledgment of first publication.

The 2022 Poetry Challenge is now closed. Judges' selections will be published on the Muses' Gallery beginning April 1, 2022. Highland Park Poetry will announce open submissions for its 2023 Poetry Challenge in October 2022.

 
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Prairie State
Poetry Prize
for a 1st of 2nd Book

Deadline: October 31, 2022
Judge: Cynthia Gallaher

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Poetry Pentathlon
North Shore Edition 2022
at HP's Lit Fest @ The Lot Saturday,
September 10, 2022, 2PM

Register as a Solo Performer
by August 1, 2022

Details on competition will be available for download soon - check back!

Who Will Be Our 2022 Poetry Pentathlon Champion??
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Check out our newest poetry book reviews for July 2022


No Distance Between Us: a journey in poems

By Marianne Peel
Shadelandhouse Modern Press, 2022
86 Pages
ISBN-13: 978-1945049200


Review by Candace Armstrong



Daily Poem Page - Featured Poems from June 2022
Visit our "Events & Daily Poems" tab to read our Facebook daily poem posts from the previous month. Thank you to our June 2022 contributors:

Cheryl Caesar, Gail Denham, JK Durick, Daniel Fitzgerald, Mardelle Fortier, Linda Freudenberger, Janea D. Harris, Steve Henn, Richard V. Kaufman, Arlene Gay Levine, Terry Loncaric, Barbara Boothe Loyd, Lennart Lundh, Michael Maul, Adrian McRobb, Margie Hord Mendez, Carl "Papa" Palmer, Phyllis Patterson, Drew Pisarra, Jenene Ravesloot, Sandy Rochelle, Eli Rollman, Marie Samue, Michael Simon, Curt Vevang, and Lynn West.

We post a poem daily on Facebook. Be sure to like Highland Park Poetry!

Also, if you have a poem to share, please email to jennifer@highlandparkpoetry.org.

 
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April is National Poetry Month. 

Here in Highland Park, we celebrate poetry all year round. 



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Highland Park Poetry is a community-wide celebration of words.


Sharing poetry with audiences of all ages.


Offering poetry writing workshops, readings and displays.


Creating opportunities for local poets.


 
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