The Mad Poets Blog

From Eileen D’Angelo

Hello, All!   JUST A HEADS UP … The MAD POETS REVIEW Book Release Party that was scheduled for THIS SATURDAY. October 27th HAS BEEN POSTPONED !!!!   The new date is SAT. DECEMBER 1st .  11:00 a.m. at the Delaware County Institute of Science, 11 Veterans Square in Media.  I absolutely hated having to do this - but it was inevitable, due to the wild schedule of Mad Poets since September 1st.  The new issue is shaping up to be amazing, and features work by RENEE ASHLEY, BARB CROOKER, DAVID KOZINSKI, MARIA FAMA, ANNA EVANS, RACHEL BUNTING, COURTNEY BAMBRICK, PAUL MARTIN, HARRY HUMES, LOUIS McKEE, CA CONRAD, FRANK SHERLOCK,  and others. Special thanks to Amy Laub for doing a large portion of the typing, and to Missy Grotz and Dave Worrell, for their dedicated assistance.  See you on December 1st !

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WINNERS OF THE 2007 MAD POETS REVIEW COMPETITION !

KATE NORTHROP (Bio below) was our esteemed Judge for the 2007 Mad Poets Competition.  The winners will appear in Volume 21, scheduled to be released on December 1st.  In a field of 425 poems, Kate chose 12 to recognize.  Here are this year’s talented winners:

1ST PRIZE - KATE WILDING

2ND PRIZE - KIM GEK LIN SHORT

3RD PRIZE - BARBARA TORODE

4TH PRIZE - TAMMY PAOLINO

5TH PRIZE - MARGARET ROBINSON

6TH PRIZE - ASHRAF OSMAN

7TH PRIZE - RICHARD S. BANK

8TH PRIZE - KATE WILDING

9TH PRIZE - CAMILLE NORVAISAS

10TH PRIZE - DIANE GUARNIERI

11TH PRIZE - MARGARET ROBINSON

12TH PRIZE - HANOCH GUY

*If you sent an SASE for results, copies of the winners’ flyer is going out ASAP. (The MPR Winner’s List flyers got packed away after the mad poets festival –and are in one of the boxes in the garage! Hence the delay).

WED., OCTOBER 24TH - 7 PM, MAD POETS OPEN MIKE NIGHT AT THE GRYPHON CAFE - hosted by Richard Moyer in the upstairs room. Bring your poems, or your favorite poets’ work !  Musicians welcome.  Come for a cozy circle of sharing poetry or music ! Last chance for 2007 !

OCTOBER 28TH at 1 pm - Mad Poets at STEEL CITY COFFEEHOUSE - Featured poets LYNN BLUE + MARIA LIGOS, followed by an open. Hosted by Noah Cutler. Steel City is located at 203 Bridge St., Phoenixville, PA 19460.  Store # is 610-933-4043. Be there or be square!

OCTOBER 29TH 8 PM - Mad Poets Presents a special reading at ST. JOSEPH’S UNIVERSITY featuring APRIL LINDNER, ANTHONY PALMA AND BROOKE PALMA !  Details on the room at St. Joe’s and full bio info to come.  MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW, and don’t miss these fine poets. 

THURS. NOVEMBER 1ST - 7 PM - MAD POETS AT MILK BOY COFFEE features COURTNEY BAMBRICK and BARBARA TORODE plus an open mike to follow, hosted by Autumn Konopka.  Milk Boy is at 824 W. Lancaster Ave., in the Bryn mawr Film Institute (the old theatre) in Bryn Mawr. (Not to be confused with Milk Boy’s other Ardmore location. This series will continue in 2008, but will move to second Thursdays).  (Note: Courtney Bambrick is working on running a series of Mad Poets Workshops in 2008, stay tuned ! And Barbara Torode is one of our 2007 Mad Poet Winners !!)

ALSO - ON NOVEMBER 1ST  at 7 pm !!!

ALL YOU BUCKS COUNTY POETS !!  A NEW MAD POETS SERIES IN BUCKS COUNTY AT DOYLESTOWN LIBRARY !!!

“A-MUSE POETRY SERIES“ will begin on November 1st at 7 pm, at the Doylestown Library Panel Discussion with Bucks County Poet Laureate, Marie Kane and Montco Poet Laureate David Simpson, including Q & A.  This new MPS Series is moderated/organized and coordinated by Mad Poets:  Joanne Leva, Bill Wunder and Camille Norvaisis !!! 

Doylestown Library is at 150 S. Pine St., Doylestown, PA 18901, Phone: 215-348-9081. Emails for info, for Bill Wunder and Camille: billybaloney02@yahoo.com, Camille525@aol.com  (Joanne’s is a work email, so until I get her OK, I can’t release it).   So! For all you Bucks County poets without a Mad Poets “home” - you can’t get better than this !!  Special thanks to Bill, Joanne and Camille, for all their hard work !!!!! 

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH AT 7 PM - MAD POETS PRESENTS:   EMILIANO MARTIN, KASIA NEWCOMER AND FERESHTEH SHOLEVAR at the HAVERFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY, in the Community Room downstairs. An Open Mike will follow. The library is at 1601 Darby Rd. Havertown, PA 19083; their number is 610-446-3082. Hosted by Eileen D’Angelo (unfortunately, Peter Krok who was scheduled to host this reading will not be able to join us).

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH  - 7:30 PM - MAD POETS PRESENTS LAWRENCE DUGAN + RICHARD MOYER AT THE DELCO INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, 11 Veterans Square, Media, PA 19063; Open reading follows!  Hosted by Eileen D’Angelo.  Bring your poems!

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH - ROBERT ZALLER WILL RUN A MAD POETS WORKSHOP at the Delco Institute of Science, 11 Veterans Square.  Workshop begins at 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 pm - Lunch is catered and brought to us at 1 pm - and Robert Zaller will read from his work at 2 pm.  There’s a $50 fee for the workshop.  The class is open for 8-12 participants.  SIGN UP NOW..   The Deadline is Saturday, November 3rd, for registrations; to allow Robert time to review two poems of each participant by email, prior to the workshop on Nov. 17th.  EMAIL MADPOETS@COMCAST.NET with ZALLER WORKSHOP in the subject line, and mail your check for $50 made payable to “Mad Poets Society”, to Mad Poets Society, P.O. Box 1248, Media, PA 19063-8248 - TIME IS RUNNING OUT !!!!