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PURDY COUNTY POETRY FESTIVAL
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PURDY COUNTY POETRY FESTIVAL
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- December 30, 1918
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- PURDY COUNTY LITERARY FESTIVAL
Ontario
Thursday, July 30 at 10:50am - Benefit Event: AL PURDY TRIBUT...
The Dora Keogh Pub
Tuesday, April 21 at 8:00pm - Al Purdy memorial statue
Queen's Park North
Tuesday, May 20 at 4:30pm
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- September 10 2008 Save Al Purdy’s House. 12:08pm Sep 10|2 Comments
- The Purdy A-frame--September 4, 2008 7:14pm Sep 4
- Al Purdy's Home Up For Takes?? 7:15pm Jul 16
AL PURDY Let your friends in the Victoria area know about the following event: Join Victoria’s poet laureate Linda Rogers this Friday (Nov. 27) for the Al Purdy A-Frame Anthology launch and fundraiser at the Community Arts Centre Gallery of Greater Victoria, G6–1001 Douglas St. Susan Stenson, Peter Trower and Len Gasparini Star...t time is 7 p.m. For more information, call 250-381-2787.
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Al Purdy opened his house to a generation of writers. Now they're gathering to help save a home that became a literary legend
AL PURDY
POETRY CONTEST: After Al Purdy
Following Al Purdy¹s death in 2001, The Al Purdy A-Frame
Trust was formed in order to save the poet¹s home in Ameliasburgh, Ontario from
the wrecking ball by transforming it into a writer-in-residence retreat. This
retreat will offer Canadian authors and critics a secluded, historical sett...ing
in which to develop the manuscripts that will shape the next generation of
Canadian literature. Towards this end, the After Al Purdy Poetry Contest offers
poets the chance to engage textually with the legacy of one of Canada¹s most
important poets, while also contributing to the fundraising initiative to save
the A-frame.
The Contest: We are seeking poems that engage in some direct
way with Al Purdy¹s poetry, poetics, and/or poetic legacy. There is no limit on
the length or number of poems submitted as long as the appropriate entry fees
are included. The judges will select the top three poems in each category (see
Categories, below). Event, The New Quarterly, and The
Antigonish Review will each publish two of the winning poems in 2010. The
winners will also receive a selection of titles from Harbour Publishing
(including Paul Vermeersch's forthcoming The Al Purdy A-Frame Anthology) and
Freehand Books.
Categories: Entries will be judged under one of two
categories: emerging poet or established poet. An established poet is someone
who has published a book of poetry (longer than a chapbook), or has one
forthcoming with a confirmed publisher.
Contest Fee/Donation: Entry fee is $10/poem, with all monies
thus collected going directly to The Al Purdy A-Frame Trust. Further donations
to this initiative are welcomed and encouraged. Tax receipts will be issued,
upon request, for any submission fee/donation of $50 or more. Cheques and money
orders must be made out to The Al Purdy A-Frame Trust.
How To Enter: Send a cover letter identifying under which
category your poem(s) is/are to be judged, along with one hard copy of each
poem, and the appropriate entry fee ($10/poem) to:
After Al Purdy Poetry Contest, University of Calgary,
Department of English, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, Alberta
T2N 1N4
Please include your contact information, including your name
and email address at the top right-hand corner of each submitted poem. Email
submissions will not be accepted. Please keep a copy of poem(s) submitted;
entries will not be returned.
Contest Closing Date: Entries must be post-marked by Friday,
November 13, 2009. Winners will be announced by January 1, 2010, and will have
their winning poems published in 2010. Entries will be judged by University of
Calgary, English Department graduate students and faculty: Suzette Mayr, Owen
Percy, Robyn Read, and Tom Wayman.
Sponsored by the English Department at the University of
Calgary, Freehand Books, Harbour Publishing, The Antigonish Review, Event,
and The New Quarterly.
Visit After Al Purdy Contest on the web at HYPERLINK
"http://www.english.ucalgary.ca/afteralpu
www.english.ucalgary.ca/afteralpurdy
More information on The Al Purdy A-Frame Trust can be found at HYPERLINK
"http://www.alpurdy.ca" www.alpurdy.ca
www.english.ucalgary.ca
AL PURDY
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This is a book with a mission. On one level it is a celebration of the great Canadian poet Al Purdy by eminent writers who were his contemporaries. On another it is a celebration of the place that was ...
AL PURDY
For up-to-date info on the Purdy Country Literary Festival, including the Haiku Day and the open readings at ZenRiver and Marmora, you can visit:
http://www.canadacubaliteraryalliance.or
Sincerely,
. . . James
Time:10:50AM Thursday, July 30th
Location:Ontario
AL PURDY
July 4, 2009
Dear Donna,
The Purdy Country Literary Festival is just four weeks away. Here is a brief outline of festival events..
For up-to-date info on the Purdy Country Literary Festival, including the Haiku Day and the open readings at ZenRiver and Marmora, you can visit:
http://www.canadacubaliteraryalliance.or
Sincerely,
. . . James
www.canadacubaliteraryalliance.org
The Canada Cuba Literary Alliance promotes literary solidarity between Canada and Cuba through poetry, prose and photography.
www.harbourpublishing.com
So we built a house, my wife and I our house at a backwater puddle of a lake near Ameliasburg, Ont. --Al Purdy “In Search of Owen Roblin”
AL PURDY
Toronto Event
Event: AL PURDY TRIBUTE NIGHT
"and Fund-Raiser"
What: Benefit
Host: The Al Purdy A-Frame Trust
Start Time: Tuesday, April 21 at 8:00pm
End Time: Tuesday, April 21 at 11:00pm
Where: The Dora Keogh Pub
To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid
Time:8:00PM Tuesday, April 21st
Location:The Dora Keogh Pub
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The Purdy A-frame--September 4, 2008
To members of Save Al Purdy's House
There is an article and an editorial in today's Belleville Intelligencer about the Purdy A-frame. Check them out, spread the word…Jean Baird
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The Purdy A-frame--September 4, 2008 To members of Save Al Purdy's House There is an article and an editorial in today's Belleville Intelligencer about the Purdy A-frame...
