arts, culture, media, activism
SPOKEN WORD SPECTACULAR!
As you may or may not know, the Calgary International Spoken Word Festival is coming up in April. The next
issue of Eleventh Transmission also comes out in April, and we thought it would be a great opportunity to help
promote the festival, as well as spoken word poetry in general!
For the April 2 issue of Eleventh Transmission, we would love to showcase as many spoken word poets as
possible. The deadline for submission is March 21. If you are interested, read on!
One Poem
Please send us ONE poem (.txt, .rtf, .doc, or pasted in the email) along with your name (or stage name), a short
biography (50-100 words) and any contact information you want to appear, such as website, myspace, email
address, phone number, etc. You may include a photo if you like.
Normally we accept only previously unpublished works, but in this case we are happy to make an exception so
that you can promote anything you have that is published and ready for sale. If people like what they see they
can contact you with the information you provide. If you are an emerging poet, this is a great way to get
published for the first time.
Audio
The above is a minimum requirement, and we will be quite thrilled to be able to publish your poems. Even
more delightful would be if you send me an audio .mp3 of you performing the poem you have sent me. We can
handle attachments of up to 10 MB, so it should be no problem to email the files. This is an excellent option for
anyone who has CDs that they want to promote.
Video
Another option that is available to you is to send us a video of you performing the poem. We cannot handle
attachments that large, but there is this great new site that's all the rage called YouTube. Make a video
recording of you performing your poem, upload it to YouTube, and then send us the link. Other video hosting
sites also work, as long as they provide the code to embed the video.
*Please note.* Even if you send us an .mp3 or a YouTube link, we still want the poem in text form. Poems live
quite differently depending on the medium and this is one excellent way to demonstrate this (especially to the
uninitiated).
Dates and Such
If you are interested in contributing, please send me the required files, information, and/or links by March 21.
The next issue goes online April 2, and everything will be viewable then. Files should be emailed to
submissions@eleventhtransmission.org. Please contact us if you have any questions.
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