2010-2011 Reading Series

We are gearing up for our next season and excited about all the possibilities. We will keep you posted on confirmed dates and readers. We also invite you to check out the added pages to this blog that include more information about the society, its board members and the schedule of events for the next season. We look forward to seeing you all soon.

End of Season

The Society would like to thank everyone who participated in our reading series this year. We had a fantastic time and really enjoyed meeting some new members as well as catching up with long standing ones. A special thanks to all the poets who came to read for us this season and were generous enough to share their work with Savannah. Kelly Whiddon's reading was a wonderful closing to a spectacular season of poetry.

Please keep our Cosmos Mariner contest in mind, $500.00 for the winner and the deadline is not until May 15th. See the older post here for details.

Another thanks to all our sponsors this season, the Grassroots Arts Program in conjunction with the Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly and administered by the City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs. GCA is a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the arts. Without them none of this would have been possible.

A great summer to you all, members look for your yearbook in the mail in the Fall.
Sincerely,
The Poetry Society of Georgia

April Reading

We are proud to invite you all to our last reader of the season, Kelly Whiddon, who will be reading for us on April 20th at the Telfair Academy (121 Barnard Street Savannah GA). Kelly completed her Ph.D. at Florida State University. Her interest include creative writing (poetry and fiction), twentieth century American literature, and women's studies.

We hope to see you all there to make our last reading the best so far.

Member's reception with the poet will begin at 6:30 and the reading will begin at 7pm. Admission is $10.00 - all profits support the Poetry Society of Georgia. Please contact us at poetryknows@gmail.com with any questions.

This poetry reading series is supported in part by the Grassroots Arts Program in conjunction with the Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly and administered by the City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs. GCA is a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the arts.

photo credit: http://photos.grlucas.com

A great success

What a turnout for our March reader, Waqas Khawaja! A great evening and reception afterward. Thanks to all who came to another reading, and a great thanks to all who came to their first! We hope it was enjoyed by everyone and that you will come to hear Kelly Whiddon on 04/20/10. Details to come...

Cosmos Mariner Award $500

Now is the time to enter our Cosmos Mariner Award Poetry Contest!: $500 to the winner. Judge: David Kirby. 3-5 unpublished poems (10 pages max.), postmarked May 15. SASE and a $10 check payable to PSGA. Include contact information on cover sheet only. Indicate simultaneous submissions. Manuscripts will not returned. Send to Poetry Society of Georgia P.O. Box 15625 Savannah, GA 31416. There will be no electronic submissions. The winning poem will be published in our yearbook, an annual mailed out to all members, and posted on this blog site. Announcement date of winner to come.

March Reading!

Join us on Tuesday March 9th at 7pm (6:30 meet and greet for members) for our poetry reading this month. Waqas Khawaja is an Associate Professor of English at Agnes Scott College. His most recent project is an anthology of poems translated into English from Pakistan's seven major languages. He was a practicing lawyer and newspaper columnist in Pakistan before relocating to the US in 1994.

The reading will be held at the Telfair Arts Museum, 121 Barnard street, Savannah GA. Admission is $10.00 - all profits support the Poetry Society of Georgia. Please contact us at poetryknows@gmail.com with any questions.

This poetry reading series is supported in part by the Grassroots Arts Program in conjunction with the Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly and administered by the City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs. GCA is a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the arts.

An intimate reading

Thanks to all who came to Chad Davidson's reading. Chad is so talented at making his audience feel like a part of the reading rather than "an audience". I thoroughly enjoyed it. For those of you who missed it we hope to see you at The Savannah book Festival and specifically at Dr. Nagueyalti Warren's reading, which we are sponsoring. There are many other great poets reading and you can get all the details at http://www.savannahbookfestival.org/

Here are some pics from Davidson's reading, enjoy!