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Fremantle Press seeks performance poets for new anthology
15 April 2011
Fremantle Press invites poets to submit a collection of their work for publication in Fremantle Poets 3: Performance Poets.
Up to ten outstanding performance poets will be chosen for the anthology on the basis of their manuscripts and a recorded performance piece.
Fremantle Press poetry publisher Georgia Richter said she hoped the anthology would garner the same enthusiastic responses she received for Fremantle Poets 1: New Poets.
“Performance poetry in Western Australia is vibrant and diverse and we can recognise this talent by publishing an anthology of this kind,” said Richter.
Poets will be selected by an editorial committee comprised of Georgia Richter and Wendy Jenkins of Fremantle Press and guest editor Scott-Patrick Mitchell.
Mitchell, who is currently undertaking a PhD in Performance Poetry at WAAPA, said the publications and events associated with July’s Fremantle Poetry Month were helping him attain new skills in poetry publishing.
“I was published in Fremantle Poets 1: New Poets, performed at the launch, ran a student poetry writing workshop and now I’ve been invited to edit the next edition of Fremantle Poets – it’s been an exciting process,” said Mitchell.
“I feel I can bring an understanding of how performance poetry is written, performed and the process of becoming a published poet to this new volume as a result of my performance experience and current studies,” he said.
Submissions for Fremantle Poets 3: Performance Poets close on 1 June 2011.
Contributing poets will be announced at the Fremantle Poetry Month launch on 7 July 2010 at the Fremantle Arts Centre. Submission guidelines and more information about Fremantle Poetry Month are available on .au
The 2011 Fremantle Press poetry list includes The Argument by Tracy Ryan, The Moving World by Michael Heald and Fremantle Poets 2: Two Poets by Kevin Gillam and Andrew Lansdown,.
SPONSORS
Fremantle Poetry Month is sponsored by Australian Poetry, dotdotdash magazine, Fremantle Arts Centre, the Fremantle Children’s Literature Centre, the Fremantle Library, Fremantle Radio, Thompson Estate, Out of the Asylum Writers Group, Voicebox and WA Poets Inc.
Media contact: Claire Miller, cmiller@.au or 08 9430 6331.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Performance Poetry
Submissions open: Friday April 15 2011.
Submissions close: 1 June 2011
Fremantle Press invites performance poets to submit a collection of their work for consideration for publication in Performance Poets, book 3 in the Fremantle Poets series.
Performance Poets will feature a group of around ten performance poets whose work will be considered on the basis of a manuscript and audio/performance submission.
Eligible poets need not have any prior performance experience but should be able to demonstrate that Western Australia is, or has been, their main place of residence. Submissions from regional Western Australia are encouraged.
The submission should take the form of a manuscript and an audio component:
• no more than 20–25 typed pages of poetry, presented on unbound single-sided A4 sheets
• a sample of 2–3 of these poems recorded as an audio or video performance. This recording should constitute no more than 10 minutes of performance time. Performances may be submitted in MP3 or MP4 format, via YouTube, CD, DVD, thumbdrive, weblink or cassette.
Please submit copies of your work only.
Submissions should be sent to
The Publisher (Poetry)
Fremantle Press
PO Box 158
North Fremantle WA 6159
Submissions should include a brief covering letter (no more than 2 pages) outlining:
• full contact details
• relevant biographical details
• performance experience
• a brief artistic statement about the work submitted
• a stamped, self addressed envelope for the return of the manuscript and recorded material (if required).
NOTE: by submitting to Performance Poets you are also agreeing to
participate in publicity activities such as media interviews as required.
Performance Poets will be selected by an editorial committee comprised of Georgia Richter and Wendy Jenkins of Fremantle Press and guest editor Scott-Patrick Mitchell.
Performance Poets is scheduled for publication in July 2012, as a key feature of Fremantle Press Poetry Month.
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