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Poetry Society of Texas Gulf Coast Poets
Chapter
Next Meeting September 13
(No regular meeting in July or
August)
Guest Speaker: Marie
Delgado Travis, "Confessions of a Poet"
Meetings: 10:30 am, 2nd Saturday of the month
No meetings during July, August*,
October, or November (see field trip note below)
*Board meeting only, no regular meeting in August
Barnes & Noble, IH-45 at Bay Area Blvd. (SE quadrant), Webster,
TX 77598
GULF COAST POETS MEETING - The next meeting of the Gulf Coast
Poets is on the second Saturday, September 13, 2008, 10:30 am. Guest
Speaker: Marie
Delgado Travis, "Confessions of a Poet" Barnes &
Noble in Webster, business section. Bring a poem or two for the read-around.
Network with poets from the Monday Night Poets, Galveston Poets Roundtable,
Women Who Write, Poetry Works Workshops, and other local writing groups.
The group will go to lunch after the meeting. All welcome to attend.
; submit by mail or
at meeting:
PDF format
revised January 2008
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Gulf Coast Poets
Chapter Poetry Competitions
2008 (thru September) contests
are now online
Prior winners can be found here.
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FIELD TRIPS: Gulf Coast Poets will not
hold meetings during July, August, October, or November so members
may attend the following events:
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July - Poetry Society of Texas Summer Conference
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October -
Houston Poetry Fest (HPFest has
been CANCELLED)
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November - Alvin Community College Poetry Workshop (most
probably the 2nd Saturday).
Mary Margaret Carlisle presented
at the July workshop, and John Gorman will present at the November workshop. |
The 2008 PST contests are posted on their
website at this link:
http://poetrysocietyoftexas.org/pst_2006_contests.html
(yes the link says 2006, but they didn't rename it;
it really contains 2008 contests)
There are 100 contests with prizes up to $450. Here is a "random"
example, contest #95:
95. * The Carlisle-Waltz Prize -- $25.00
Offered by the Founder of Poetry in the Arts, Inc., Peggy Zuleika Lynch
of San Antonio, to honor Mary Margaret Carlisle and husband, Leo F. Waltz,
who have honored her by featuring her in their Ampersand Poetry Journal
along with Texas Stars Larry Thomas, Alan Birkelbach and Budd Powell Mahan,
for the best poem on any subject, written in a series of quatrains, not
to exceed 36 lines.
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Summary of workshops/critiques:
For news about other events look for permanent notices of
meetings and readings at the Texas Poetry Events Page: http://TexasPoetryEvents.info
To have a poetry event posted at our website, contact
Leo Waltz, Events Manager" Sol.Events
[at] prodigy.net |
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2008 Chapter Officers
President: Mary Margaret Carlisle
Vice-President: Lulynne Streeter
Recording Secretary: Debi Fairchild
Treasurer: Leo F. Waltz
2008 Executive Board
Chair: Mary Margaret Carlisle
Officers: Lulynne Streeter, Debi Fairchild, Leo F. Waltz
At-Large Members: Jill Haugen, Becky H. Travis
Alternate Members: Ann Fogelman, Oscar Peña, Donny
Wankan
2008 Committee Chairs
By-Laws: Oscar Peña
Finance: Leo F. Waltz
Hospitality: Ann Fogelman
Membership: Rebecca Travis
Nominations: Barbara Carle, Adriana Babiak Vázquez
Poetry Contests: Mary Margaret Carlisle
Publicity : Jill Haugen
Speakers: Lulynne Streeter
Other Volunteers
Copy Editors: Margaret Yeager, Bill Turner
Critique Group Moderator: Kate Sanger
Newsletter Editor: Becky Ellisor
Web Master: Leo F. Waltz |
Gulf Coast Poets
P.O. Box 580037, Houston, TX, 77258-0037
FMI about the Gulf Coast Poets or to be added to our e-mail distribution
list,
 contact: GulfCoastPoets
[at] gmail.com
Mary Margaret Carlisle, Gulf Coast Poets
President
http://GulfCoastPoets.info
Poetry Society of Texas Councilor
Sol Magazine Project Director: http://sol-magazine.org
-- Sol.Editor
[at] prodigy.net
Ampersand Poetry Journal: http://Ampersand-Poetry.org
Texas Poetry Events Page: http://TexasPoetryEvents.info
Poetry Works Workshops and PW Online
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PoetryWorks/
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