Harwood

Calling all poets!

The Harwood Art Center is seeking poetry for a book of essays and poetry scheduled for publication in the spring of 2011.

The working title of the book is How-to: Multiple Perspectives on Creating a Garden, a Life, Relationships and Community. Using the metaphor of a garden for a community, How-to offers poets an opportunity to consider life, relationships and the development of community from start to sustainability, from individual to group.

The book will be divided into five sections: Getting Started; Bringing in the Elements; Building Relationships; Reaping What You Sow; Making it Last, and each chapter will lead off with essays depicting the garden's development. Poems addressing the theme of individual chapters are welcome. Especially encouraged is one poem per chapter comprising a series by a single poet examining their larger philosophy about life and developing community.

Please send both a word document and a pdf of each poem to the following address and include a note indicating which chapter your poem reflects. info@harwoodartcenter.org.

Submissions are due by November 15, 2010. Notification will be by email in January 2011. For more information see www.harwoodartcenter.org, or call 505-242-6367.

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How-to will be the third title from Harwood's Old School Books imprint, and is supported with a grant from the City of Albuquerque Urban Enhancement Trust Fund.

Harwood's literary arts program, Sowing Poetry, started in 2000 as a means of organizing a diverse schedule of programming. The programming now includes our own publishing company, Old School Books, our WordStream Reading Series, and more!