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Submissions for New Poets 22 now open

Friendly Street Poets is pleased to announce that submissions for New Poets 22 are now open.

Each volume in the New Poets series publishes short collections of poems from three poets who have not yet published a collection of poetry.

Please read carefully the following information regarding eligibility, presentation format, and the selection process. Any entries which fail to comply with these submission guidelines will be disqualified.

When you are ready, submit your manuscript via the form below. Submissions will only be accepted via this form.

Submissions close at midnight, Monday, 14th June, 2021.
Late submissions will not be accepted.… Click for more

FSP AGM and April City Meeting with open mic

Monday, 12th April, 2021
from 6:00pm

The Box Factory
59 Regent St, Adelaide, SA 5000

This month’s City Meeting will begin with our AGM at 6:15pm. See the Agenda below. There are openings for positions on the Management Committee. If you would like to nominate, follow the instructions on the Agenda. You must be a current financial member of FSP to take part in the AGM.

Following the AGM, there will be an Open Mic .

$5 to read, free to listen.

We are still required to follow a COVID-19 safety plan, which includes social distancing with a corresponding impact on the total number of people who can attend the meeting.… Click for more

February Poem of the Month: In Memory of Robin Gibb by Nigel Dey

Our first Poem of the Month for 2021, selected by Anthology editors, Louise Nicholas and Judy Dally, from poems read at the February Open Mic.

IN MEMORY OF ROBIN GIBB
Nigel Dey

Massachusetts is one place I have never seen.
My world is an island in a stream.

You don’t know what it’s like.
You can only guess what I mean.
I see only through a lighthouse beam.
But love bursts through any seam.

My world is your world 
And our world is this world.
And this world is round.
I used to think it flat and square.
But still it rains everywhere.… Click for more

FSP Anthology 2021 submission guidelines and editors

We are pleased to announce that the 2021 FSP Anthology 46 will be edited by Louise Nicholas and Judy Dally.

In order for your poems to be considered for publication in the anthology, you must adhere to the following guidelines:

  • You MUST be a 2021 financial member of Friendly Street Poets.
  • Your submission MUST have been read at an FSP Open Mic meeting in 2021.
  • There is a 3-minute reading time total per submission, regardless of number of poems. 
  • All poems submitted on-line must be in one document in MS Word (.doc or .docx).
  • The name of this document should be your surname, initials & the number of poems submitted: e.g., 
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FSP March City Meeting and Open Mic

Monday, 1st March, 2021
from 6:00pm

The Box Factory
59 Regent St, Adelaide, SA 5000

$5 to read, free to listen.

We are still required to follow a COVID-19 safety plan, which includes social distancing with a corresponding impact on the total number of people who can attend the meeting. Under current rules, this means that a maximum of 48 people can attend. Therefore…

• You need to fill in the following Expression of Interest Form before you attend. This will make life easier for everyone. 

• You will need to check-in via a QR code with your smart phone or by signing in.… Click for more

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