Note: The link to submitting a proposal was incorrect. It has been corrected.
The Fourth Massachusetts Poetry Festival will be held will be held from April 20-22 in downtown Salem, Massachusetts. The Planning Committee of MassPoetry is requesting proposals for programming from poets, poetry organizations, presses, and editors.
Please note: Only submissions made in the online form provided will be considered. The deadline for application submission is December 1st , 2011. Please note that while there is no fee to submit program proposals, any expenses incurred in the process of submission will be the responsibility of the program/project organizer(s).
To submit a proposal go to: https://goodmeasures.wufoo.com/forms/program-proposal-for-2012-mass-poetry-festival/
The Festival seeks programming that encompasses the diversity of Massachusetts’ poets. We seek diversity of poetic voice, style, vision, language and method. Within that diversity we will select the highest quality of content and presentation possible. We seek diversity of age, region of the state, language, gender, background, race and ethnicity. As well we seek diversity of presentation: readings, panels, poetry and dance, poetry and music, workshops, interactive events, poetry and the other arts.
The Festival will coincide with a major exhibition of Native-American art in the Peabody Essex Museum and so we will pay particular attention to those submissions by and related to Native American poets. This year will be the 400th birthday of Anne Bradstreet and so we will also pay particular attention to proposals that are directly related to her life and work.
The selections will be made by the Executive Committee of the Festival Planning Committee, whose names and affiliations will be listed on our website once it is fully formed. In general we do not schedule individual poets for readings. We do look for workshop proposals from individual or group workshop leaders. All other programs are for groups of poets and presenters.. We will be looking for individual poets, however, for the marathon reading by all Massachusetts poets who have new full-length books published in the year 2012 (or late in 2011). Eligible poets must either live, work or were born and raised in the Commonwealth. If you have a new book and would like to participate you can go sign up at https://goodmeasures.wufoo.com/forms/poets-with-new-books-sequential-reading-2012/
The criteria we will use for judging the program proposals:
1. Originality – is this proposal different from what we have already put on at the prior 3 festivals?
2. Quality—is this proposal for a program that has quality of content and of presentation? Is there evidence—references, examples of previous performances—that demonstrate the quality?
3. Diversity
4. Commitment to help build the Festival audience. The Festival is a grand experiment in collaboration and decentralization. Everyone who participates has to help publicize the festival in smart, creative ways.
We look forward to seeing you in April in Salem.
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