Literacy tutoring, commenting, getting attention to this forum from AW at large, contests, anthologies ... there's a very diverse range projects out there, and it was difficult to think of something worthy for my PoLaur project.
Further, I keep remembering the commentary out there on some of our previous discussions. Some people don't like the idea of contests. Different people contribute to the community in different ways; poets don't fit well into molds.
So here's what I'm proposing: Challenge *yourself*. Take the next step in your writing, whatever that is. If you've never posted a poem in public, do it! If you've posted only to the Chapbook, try posting for crit. If you've only written fee verse, try something with a formal structure. If you've been posting only to AW or your blog, submit something for publication. (Hint: the Available Markets thread here is a big help for that. ) Scared you don't know enough to offer crit? Jump in! (Really, even "That part really rang true for me" is Or "I didn't understand this" is very useful critique.)
And tell us about it! Commit to your challenge in this thread, and make it real: tell us exactly what you'll do and give yourself a date to do it by. Then come back here and tell us how it's going or how it went.
Need a little more motivation? Prefer not to work alone? Find a partner! Find a partner who's got a similar project (two poets nerving each other up to submit) or a complimentary one (a modernist trying to write a sonnet could partner with a formalist exploring free verse). I'll start another thread to find partners, to make it easier.
I'll start in comments.
Further, I keep remembering the commentary out there on some of our previous discussions. Some people don't like the idea of contests. Different people contribute to the community in different ways; poets don't fit well into molds.
So here's what I'm proposing: Challenge *yourself*. Take the next step in your writing, whatever that is. If you've never posted a poem in public, do it! If you've posted only to the Chapbook, try posting for crit. If you've only written fee verse, try something with a formal structure. If you've been posting only to AW or your blog, submit something for publication. (Hint: the Available Markets thread here is a big help for that. ) Scared you don't know enough to offer crit? Jump in! (Really, even "That part really rang true for me" is Or "I didn't understand this" is very useful critique.)
And tell us about it! Commit to your challenge in this thread, and make it real: tell us exactly what you'll do and give yourself a date to do it by. Then come back here and tell us how it's going or how it went.
Need a little more motivation? Prefer not to work alone? Find a partner! Find a partner who's got a similar project (two poets nerving each other up to submit) or a complimentary one (a modernist trying to write a sonnet could partner with a formalist exploring free verse). I'll start another thread to find partners, to make it easier.
I'll start in comments.
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and that I credit AW with a lot of help in making that happen.
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