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Hello Whisperers!
Join us for the launch of Wild Whispers Poetry Magazine's inaugural Issue, 1, Volume 1 Shoreline—now available online in two different formats. https://www.wildwhisperspoetrymagazine.com/ww-issues.html We invite you to celebrate this exciting release at the launch party, hosted by the Perth Poetry Club. The event will take place from 2-4pm (WST +8) this Saturday the 12th of April at The Moon Café, 323 William St, Northbridge, Western Australia. There will be open mic slots available if you arrive early. Pizzas to follow. Come along and enjoy an afternoon of poetry, with the launch and readings from selected poems featured in the magazine, featuring Wendy Beach, Deanne Leber, and Mar Bucknell. Wild Whispers Poetry Magazine is released by Wendy Beach and Ruth Collins. This magazine is a culmination between two writers, one in Northern Ireland and one in Western Australia, and is part of a larger project looking into the lives of Irish convict women transported to Australia and considers what their stories and poetry might have said about that journey. Although the poetry is unthemed, the next magazine's (Issue 1, Volume 2) design theme will be Seaport. If you can’t attend the launch in person, don’t worry—it will also be streamed on Zoom via Perth Poetry Club Events https://www.perthpoetryclub.com/node/604 We look forward to seeing you there, whether in person or virtually! If you are going to read your published poem, please let us know as we will make sure we don't select it for reading when we are launching. Open mic slots are three minutes long. Most poets read two or three poems at that time. Thank you for your contributions and ongoing support. We encourage deeper engagement with future issues and welcome pitches for (APA 7, UK English):
Once again, thank you. It has been a wonderful experience for Ruth and I. Best regards, The Wild Whispers Team.
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Happy World Poetry Day Everybody!
Celebrated on the 21st of March every year, World Poetry Day calls on poets from all cultures to promote poetry and the arts. Now is a great time to fire up the kindle and read some poetry eBooks, to head into your local bookstores to browse the Poetry section, or to head to a library to see what they have on offer. Also, it is a wonderful time to share your poems with friends, write a review of a poetry book you have enjoyed reading, or to hand out small cards with positivity poems to people on our city streets. Poetry Book Reviews Are you wanting to share a book review with us? You can send in a casual poetry review at any time of the year. Please put the book title, author, your 150 word review, and your (online) name. If you have a link to where the book can be purchased, please include that as well. Poetry Submissions for Wild Whispers 1:1 The poets whose poetry was selected for publication were notified over the past week. We had over a thousand poems submitted, and it was quite a task for our wonderful selector to go through. But it is done now. Thanks for your submissions. Wild Whispers will be open again later in the year. Thanks everyone! Wild Whispers Poetry Team Hi Whisperers,
For those of you who are wondering if we are publishing your poems or not, we will let everyone know within the next fortnight. There were so many wonderful entries, and our poetry selector for this edition is working through each one with care. Best regards, Wild Whispers Team Wild Whispers Poetry Magazine is on the lookout for guest writers
What can I write about? - Articles about writing or the historical use of short poetry - A poetry book review of a favourite short poetry book - Quick writing tips for forgotten forms of short poetry forms - Writing prompts - Articles on the art of poetry performing, including overcoming stage fright, voice projection, use of microphones, types of sound and lighting equipment, sound effects or music alongside poetry, podcasting, and Zooming. - Poetry as therapy: Mental and physical health and wellness of poets These are just a few topics to give you an insight into what kind of articles are acceptable. Feel free to pitch your own ideas. The tone of the magazine is fun, happy, and interesting. Write like you are sitting on a beach and chatting to a friend about poetry. As a note, Wild Whispers Poetry Magazine can’t pay contributors. What are the requirements? Articles should be a maximum of 300 words, which will be edited to suit the layout of the page and to keep the writing concise. Articles that contain links to businesses are strictly prohibited for guest posts. Remember to attach related images to your article in an email and include a short bio. How do I submit a guest post? Simply email [email protected] with your pitch. Hi Whisperers!
Thanks to everyone who submitted to Wild Whispers 1:1. There were poems sent in from exactly 300 poets from all over the world! We had submissions from Algeria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malta, Malaysia, Nepal, Norway, Spain, UK, and the US. Absolutely amazing, thank you! We will be contacting sucessful poets by the end of February. The entries were fierce. For those who miss out on being selected this time, please make sure to subscribe to our website for future announcements. Our first issue will be released in late March/ early April. There will be a second issue later in the year. The Wild Whispers Team We are hard at work creating the magazine and its articles. There have been many subscriptions and submissions. There is still plenty of time to get your submissions in as well. We would appreciate if you could please share this image in your social media. 
This morning we were informed that the Australian literature database AustLit will be indexing our magazine. It is wonderful news. The website, magazines, and all your wonderful poetry will be collected for future prosperity. This is in addition to TROVE also collecting our data. What wonderful support!
Quick update: The launch was a huge success with 45 people attending in person and 15 online. Thank you everyone for making this day wonderful! Hi Everyone, There are four days left until our official launch at the Perth Poetry Club. I want to take a moment to thank the various poetry groups who have been sharing the link to their members, the event manager at PPC, the various people who have helped out with setting up the webpages, and the 330 individual visitors who have visited the site in the last couple of days! Your support is amazing. Please remember to subscribe :)  PPC Newsetter advertising the launch.
Wild Whispers Poetry Magazine offers a new opportunity for poets from around the world, for short poems under five (5) lines and 160 characters. Wild Whispers invites submissions of up to three (3) pieces of micropoetry of any form. Biographical statements (50 words) should also be included, please.
Submissions for the first edition will open 14 December to 14 February 4pm GMT To learn more about Wild Whispers and how to submit, please visit the website here https://www.wildwhisperspoetrymagazine.com/ |
