NC Poetry Society

NC Poetry Society Winter 2004 Personal touch meets hi-tech: publishing in the Winter meeting Internet age—January 15 Saturday, January 15 Weymouth Center What do a religion major, an art- Southern Pines ist, a mystery-suspense editor and THE NEWS INSIDE a former dental technician have in 2 President’s message 9:30 Registration, common? order and pay for lunch & Web site update (cut-off time is 10:15) They are all poets and publishers who will talk about how the Inter- 3 Treasurer’s Purse 10:00 Business meeting net has changed publishing. The 4 January Meeting January 15 Poetry Society meeting 10:10 Sharon Sharp at Weymouth will attempt to an- Personal Touch Books 6 Muse news swer everything you always 10:20 Publishing in an Internet wanted to know about Internet 7 Distinguished Poet Age. Panelists: Sara Clay- Series publishing but didn’t know who to tor, M. Scott Douglass, ask. Jonathan R. Rice, and 8 New members Robert Rutherford Winter weather can be frightful and so can submitting your poems 9 Endowment Campaign 11:00 Open mike to a journal (on-line or print). But this fiery panel promises to be oh, 11:15 Panel discussion and 10 2005 contest judges questions so delightful! Bring your questions about Internet publishing to fuel 12 Poetry Contest guidelines 12:00 Lunch (see below) the discussion. There will also be a display of 1:00 Stephen Smith, 14 More muse news Friends of Weymouth handmade books, and in the afternoon, Friends of Weymouth are 15 KUDOS 2:00 Betty Adcock reading sponsoring a reading by Betty 16 Officers & committees Adcock, one of our outstanding 2:45 Open mike North Carolina poets. (one poem, one page) (see more details, pages 4 - 5) NCPS Contest Deadline January 10 LUNCH RESERVATIONS — important! Guidelines for January 15 — see page 4 pages 12-13 Winter 2004 North Carolina Poetry Society President's Message by Ann Garbett How did you find out about the North Carolina Poetry Society? I found myself wondering about that—for myself as well as for all our other members—as I sat at our promotional table at the North Carolina Writers’ Network’s fall meeting in Raleigh. Not that I had lots of time to wonder—a satisfying stream of peo- ple came by the table, chatted about poetry, picked up brochures and bookmarks, ate our candy, and generally made for a pleasant time of it. But several visitors surprised me by saying “Poetry Society! I didn’t know we had such a thing!” I first heard about the NCPS from a long-time member I met at a Duke short course. He had good things to say about the Poetry Society, but somehow Southern Pines sounded almost as far away as the moon, and I hadn’t been writing seriously for very long and...well, you know. Later Susan Meyers, whom I’d known through workshops over the years, invited me again. I overcame timidity and this time the Poetry Society’s warm welcome (and beautiful Weymouth Center) insured that I’d be coming back. It occurs to me that probably most of us share some version of this story: “Someone I liked invited me and the rest is history.” Advertising is great, no doubt about it, but the best advertising of all is an invitation from a friend. So indulge me please, while I preach from the poetry pulpit: If you know someone who is interested in poetry, be sure to let that person know about the NCPS and invite her—or him—to a meeting. I’ll bet that’s how you joined. Now it’s time to share the fun with someone else. See you—and your friends, I hope—in January. Write on! Webmaster Note – Web Site Expansion Plans The Poetry Society Web Site currently includes a page that lists all Brockman-Campbell Book Award winners since the inception of the award in 1977. Provided we can obtain the necessary permissions, we plan to expand this section to honor all Brockman-Campbell winners with individual web pages including a photo of each winner and a sample of three poems from each award-winning book. To get a better sense of what is envisioned, go to the NCPS home page at www.sleepycreek.org/poetry and choose the option “Book Award Winners” from the menu on the left-hand side of the page. Then, on the web page that lists the Brockman-Campbell winners, click on the name Julie Suk, which will take you to the new web pages honoring Julie as the most recent Brockman-Campbell winner for her book The Dark Takes Aim. As time permits, I plan to contact all Brockman-Campbell winners individually to request permissions to expand the web site to feature poems from their books as well, but please help me by spreading the word. If you are a Brockman-Campbell winner and would like your book to be featured in a manner similar to Julie’s, please feel free to expedite this process by contacting me at [email protected]. Or, send a note to me at 6543 New Market Way, Raleigh, NC 27615. Thanks. Earl Huband, NCPS Webmaster Winter 2004 2 North Carolina Poetry Society “Money enough in his purse . ” by Bill Griffin, Treasurer How often have you heard an organization’s treasurer use the word enough?! Not often, I’ll wager. And yet as the keeper of your Poetry Society moneybags, I often feel rich. The Po- etry Society thrives on the contributions of you, its members. Of our annual $14,000 budg- eted income, 50% comes from your annual dues and another 28% from donations (such as the sponsors of our contests and of the Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poet Series). That leaves about 12% from contest and workshop entry fees, 8% from the interest on our endowment and reserve funds, and a wee mite from book sales. But when I really begin to feel wealthy is when I consider the wonderful programs your Poetry Society creates with this frugal budget. If it were possible to spend money in meter and rhyme, my job would be an exquisite sonnet. Here is where some of your money goes: Programs: four at Weymouth, one Down East, one Mountain $2200 Pinesong: annual cost of publication $2300 Poetry Contests: judges fees and awards $2650 Newsletters: three per year $2400 Distinguished Poet Series: [fully endowed by a single donor!] $2700 Salaries: president, v-p’s, treasurer, et. al. $0 Now for the pitch: your Poetry Society wants to do more! At every Board meeting, we entertain new ways to spread the love of poetry throughout our state. A network of student groups? Curricula for teaching poetry to elementary students? Poetry for prisoners? Read- ings here, there, everywhere? Some of these projects have already borne fruit and some are budding. How would you like to support your Poetry Society’s efforts with an extra dona- tion? Whoops, had I given you the impression we already had enough? Perhaps, but with more, we can do more. We want to continue growing, and since we know you want to grow with us, we know you’ll say . YES! I want to support the North Carolina Poetry Society with an additional contribution to be used for ___________________________________________, or for other projects the Board selects. $25 or $50 or $100 or more $__________ NAME _____________________________________________________________ ADDRESS __________________________________________________________ Make checks payable to “NCPS” and mail to Bill Griffin, Treasurer NCPS / 131 Bon Aire Rd. / Elkin, NC 28621 And here’s the rest of the title quotation, Beatrice speaking of half-Benedick and half-John in Much Ado About Nothing: “With a good leg and a good foot, uncle, and money enough in his purse, such a man would win any woman in the world.” Winter 2004 3 North Carolina Poetry Society Personal touch meets hi-tech: publishing in the Internet age — January 15 by Pat Riviere-Seel So many poems, so many choices – are you sending your poems to print literary magazines? Have you tried Internet magazines? The Internet has revolutionized publishing and e-zines are growing in quantity and popularity. But so are the questions. Will e- zines replace print publications? How do you choose which Internet journal to submit to? In the world of cyberspace, how exactly does copyright work? Is there an established standard now in the realm of electronic rights? What about publication rights for poems published on the Internet? What are the advantages and disadvantages to Internet publishing? Will the Internet replace print journals? These are just a few of the questions the panel of four poet/publishers will discuss and attempt to answer during the January 15 NCPS meeting at Weymouth. You will also have an opportunity to see some very “personal touch” hand-made books. Sharon Sharp will begin our morning program with a brief introduction to the world of book making. Sharon, a former Poetry Society president, has studied book making at Penland School of Craft and will have some of her hand made books on display during the day. During the morning program, panelists Jonathan K. Rice, Robert Rutherford, Sara Claytor and M. Scott Douglass will answer questions and talk about how the Inter- net has changed publishing. All four have the double advantage of being poet/publishers on the front lines of the changing technology. Ed Seel will moderate the discussion and make sure questions from the audience are heard and discussed. The afternoon reading by Betty Adcock is sponsored by Friends of Weymouth as part of their Ragan Writers Series.

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