Karina Klesko, US and John
Daleiden, US
May / June 2009
In 2009 Sketchbook
with be published bi-monthly: February, April, June, August,
October, and December. The publication date for each issue
is the last day of the month. Submissions are due on the
20th of the month of publication.
The May / June 2009 Sketchbook
contains poems, art and features from 76 writers / artists from
17 countries including:
Australia, Canada, China, Israel, India, Netherlands, Nigeria, Philippines,
Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Trinidad and Tobago, United
Kingdom, United States, Yugoslavia.
The Editors extend a warm welcome to all of you!
The May / June 30, 2009
Sketchbook Cover
Art is a Dish—photo
by Kevin Ryan, UK; the ceramic disk was created by E. V Silver;
Linda Papanicdolaou, US, has contributed a Tanka to
accompany this cover, and
Jan Oskar Hansen contributed a Free Verse Haibun.
The featured
haiga, many facets, is by Shanna Baldwin Moore.
Congratulations to the Kukai
winners; May / June "sunflower(s)" Kukai:
First
Place: John McDonald, UK (Scotland)
Second
Place: Jacek Margolak, PL
Third
Place: Janet Baker, US
Read the "sunflower(s)" kukai results—23
poets participated from 10 countries; 54 haiku were
submitted to the kukai
The July / August 31, 2009 Kukai "cicada":
Read the details here.
The May / June
2009 haiku thread was anything to do with weddings. Read
the "wedding"
haiku thread. Read the the editor's choice of
the "wedding" haiku thread—Editor
Karina Klesko and
Editor John Daleiden.
90 haiku were
submitted by 26 poets from 9 countries.
The theme of the
July / August 31, 2009 haiku thread is anything to do
with the "beach".. Read the details here: July
/ August, 2009 "beach" haiku thread.
Vaughn Seward has selected 12 renhai for the May / June 30, 2009 Sketchbook. Be sure to
read the notes link at the bottom of each selection; the notes
contain interesting ideas about the rehnai links and various
modes of composing a renhai.
Rengay Through The Seasons by Vaughn
Seward features rengay numbers thirty-six through
forty-four of
the year long rengay project; guest writers are J. Andrew
Lockhart and Hortensia Anderson.
Late Spring—May:
36-39
(This Issue) with Guest—J.
Andrew Lockhart # 39;
Early
& Late Summer—June:
40-44
(This Issue) with Guest—Hortensia
Anderson # 44.
Sketchbook
Global Correspondents have sent the following reports this
month:
Helen Bar-Lev reporting from Israel
and
Bob Lucky reporting from China.
The Book Fair
features The Reagan Psalms CD
by A. D. Winans. If you are looking
for a good listen, try this CD. Also featured in the
Book Fair is
goodnight by Ed Baker, a 54 page
collection of art and poetry. Be sure to view the
Book Fair Video by Karina Klesko. Thank you for
watching the Book Fair Video. The Sketchbook
Editors have attempted to include all of the writers displayed
in the current Book Fair. Please let us know if your work is
not appearing in the video—we
have limited control of how this program displays the graphic
items. We are still leaning how to use this web tool.
Additionally, we encourage you
to send us information about your book if you have published
one and would like us to include it in Future Book Fair
displays. We need a jpg photo of the front and back
covers, publication information, cost of purchase and
shipping, relevant biographical information, and relevant
commentary about the book from a third party.
Send inquiries and information
to:
BookFairEditor@poetrywriting.org
Contributing
Editor, Jeff Spahr-Summers, creator and editor of
Poetry
Victims,
presents May / June readers to art by Ed
Baker, Linda Kent, and Sheng Wen Lo; poetry by Dorian Grey, J. A. Spahr-Summers,
Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal, and Edward Wells II.
These eight poets
are appearing for the first time in Sketchbook:
Charles Christian, UK;
Terri L. French, US;
Breindel Lieba Kasher, IL;
Tracy Koretsky, US;
Magnus Amudi Nwagu, Nigeria;
Karol
Rosiak, PL;
Monika Wjtenka, PL;
Uriah Thornton-Emerson, US; and
Yonatan Shir-Shyalom. The Sketchbook Editors welcome you
warmly.
Uriah Thornton-Emerson,
US and
Yonatan Shir-Shyalom
are child writers featured in this issue.
Shanna Baldwin Moore has created a
Venice Beat's
video on Animato.
The editors call
your attention to the following deadline dates posted in the
Announcements section on the contents page:
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June 1 - November 30,
2009—Cyclamens
and Swords Poetry Contest
-
June
1, 2009:
The Reagan Psalms CD
on sale for $9.99
-
July
1, 2009:
DailyHaiga Journal will Launch on Wednesday,
July 1st, 2009
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July
1, 2009:
Voices of Israel 2009 Anthology availaible
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July 1
- 31, 2009:
Calendar The Poet's Gallery from Philip Hackett
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July 1
- August 20, 2009:
Sketchbook July/August "cicada" Kukai last date for
entry.
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July 1
- August 26, 2009:
Contribute to the Sketchbook July / August "___" haiku
thread
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July
10, 2009:
Caribbean
Kigo Kukai
#05 "summer vacation" last date for submission
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July 31,
2009—Cyclamens
and Swords Summer Issue dealine - July 31st: Newsletter
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July 12,
2009—in
Albuquerque @ 3:00 pm reading by Lawrence Welsh & Todd
Moore
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August 1, 2009—Submission
Deadline for Autumn / Winter moonset
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July 31, 2009 in hand—HSA
Henderson and Brady Haiku and Senryu Contests
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August 3
- 31, 2009—August
2009 Poet's Gallery Calendar
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August
5-9, 2009—Haiku
North America 2009 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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August 20, 2009:
Sketchbook July / August "cicada" Kukai last date for
entry
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August
26, 2009: last day to
Contribute to the Sketchbook July / August "beach" haiku
thread
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September 19, 2009—Announcing
the 2009 Poetry Super Highway Poetry Contest Postmark
Deadline
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October 31, 2009—San Francisco
International Competition:
Haiku,
Senryu, Tanka and Rengay
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October 31, 2009—IHS
International Haiku Competition 2009 postmarked
-
November 1, 2009—Entry
date for 2009 Anderbo Poetry Prize
Sketchbook
is now open for July / August 2009 submissions. Remember, the 20th of
each publication month is the deadline for open submissions to the poetry
pages. Submissions are open to the General Public. The Editors look forward to reading your poetry
and viewing your art.
Please join us in our fourth year of
publishing Sketchbook.
Submissions:
submissionseditor@poetrywriting.org
Karina Klesko and
John Daleiden
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