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March Moves: Opportunities for Poets

by Olivia Loftis
March Moves: Opportunities for Poets

As the first quarter of the year winds down, defrost your motivation with us. In addition to recurring events hosted by Kelsay Books poets, we scoured our inboxes, Poets & Writers, and the rest of the internet for opportunities close to the authors we most recently accepted in Georgia, Virginia, California, Oregon, and Australia. No matter where you are, we need your voice — and there's no time like the present to be heard.

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Dancing in December

by Olivia Loftis
Dancing in December
  Advent Dark times. December.  Earth’s axis on the slant and the minutes fall from the day a few at a time.   So we outsleep the dark,  sleepwalk...
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September Spectacular

by Olivia Loftis
September Spectacular
Check out the new Poetic Excellence section to discover more of what makes our first blog of the ’bers so spectacular! — Olivia Loftis, Kelsay B...
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