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Distinguished Poets Series
The POETRY CENTER's monthly reading series features poets of national and
international reputation. Our audience mingles people from our community
with writers, editors, and poetry lovers from the region enjoying a forum
for a democratic interchange of ideas. Through the open readings we give
poets in our audience the opportunity to be heard by very well known poets
and magazine editors. A number of writers had their work accepted by an
editor on the basis of being heard by them in the open reading part of our
programs.
Participating Poets
The POETRY CENTER at Passaic County Community College draws upon a vast
network of professional poets to participate in its programs. All poets
affiliated with the POETRY CENTER are professionals selected for the quality
of their work.
The
Paterson Literary Review (PLR)
PLR is a literary magazine which contains poetry, fiction, memoir, reviews,
and artwork by individuals with international, national, and regional
reputations as well as work by promising new voices. In the past we have
published poets such as Diane di Prima, Laura Boss, Laurence Ferlinghetti,
Allen Ginsberg, Galway Kinnell, Philip Levine, Marge Piercy, David Ray,
Sonia Sanchez, and Ruth Stone. The winning poems of the annual Allen
Ginsberg
Poetry Contest are also published in PLR.
New Jersey Poetry
Calendar
This monthly calendar lists readings taking place in
New Jersey and has a wide distribution.
New Jersey Poetry
Resource Book
Revised periodically, the New Jersey Poetry Resource Book contains names of
poetry organizations, groups, centers, conferences, festivals, reading
series, magazines, indexes, publishers, small presses, New Jersey State
Council on the Arts Fellowship recipients, as well as enrichment programs
available in New Jersey. The purpose of this book is to increase the
visibility of the poetry community and to encourage recognition for
organizations in the State which are working to promote poetry.
The
Poetry Center Library
The POETRY CENTER Library now contains more than 10,000 volumes of poetry,
and a full collection of poetry reference books. The poetry books are
available on inter-library loan and some people visit the library in person.
The library helps to promote access to poetry books, which normally have
very small print runs, and to make those books available to the community.
It can be accessed from
www.pccc.edu/library.
POETRYWORKS/USA
A series of programs based on our poetry reading
series, it is aired on CableVision stations throughout Northern New Jersey.
Check local listings for schedule.
Anthologies
The POETRY CENTER publishes yearly anthologies of
the work of Paterson students, grade 1 through 12, who are winners of the
Paterson Students' Poetry Contest.
Conferences
The POETRY CENTER at Passaic County Community College also periodically
convenes topical conferences related to poetry writing. Some past
conferences have been:
Paterson-The Poem and the City: William Carlos Williams and the Poetry of
Urban Experience. (1992)
Unsettling America: Race and Ethnicity in Contempory American Poetry
(1994)
The Paterson Poetry Marathon (1995,1996,1997)
Speaking of Jersey: Italian-American Women Writers on the Garden State
(2001)
Crossing Boundaries: Visual Art by Writers (2006)
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The
Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards
An annual poetry contest open to established as
well as new poets. First prize: $1,000; second prize: $200; third prize:
$100 Winning poems are published in the Paterson Literary Review, and
presented at a poetry reading award ceremony.
The
Paterson Poetry Prize
The Paterson Poetry Prize of $1000 is given annually by the Poetry Center at
Passaic County Community College for a book of poetry (48 pages or more)
published in the previous year, with a minimum press run of 500 copies.
The Paterson Fiction
Prize
The Paterson Fiction Prize is given annually to a novel or collection of
short fiction published in the previous year. The prize is $1000.
Paterson Prize for Books for Young People
The Paterson Prize for Books for Young People is given annually for a book
which, in the opinion of our judges, is the outstanding book for young
people published in the previous year. A prize of $500 is awarded in three
categories: Pre-K - Grade 3; Grades 4 - 6; and Grades 7 - 12.
For further information about any of these prizes, contact Maria Mazziotti
Gillan, Executive Director, The Poetry Center at Passaic County Community
College at (973) 684-6555, mail a self-addressed stamped envelope for the
application and guidelines, or visit us on our website at
www.pccc.edu/poetry.
The Theater and Poetry
Project (TAPP)
The Theater and Poetry Project (TAPP) operates in conjunction with the
Poetry Center to bring an assortment of poetry writing workshops,
performance poetry presentations, and Meet-the- Author sessions into the
Paterson Public Schools. For the students, these experiences foster an
enthusiasm for reading and writing by enabling them to meet authors, to
understand the creative process and to release their own creativity by
participating in the annual Paterson Students Poetry Contest which we
sponsor in cooperation with the Poetry Center. Please visit our website,
www.pccc.edu/TAPP
Support
The Poetry Center was named a Distinguished Arts Project, received Citations
of Excellence, and is funded, in part, by a grant from the New Jersey State
Council on the Arts/Department of State, and made possible, in part, by
funds from the National Endowment of the Arts, and Passaic County Community
College, as well as individual contributions and memberships. The program
also benefits from additional in-kind support from a variety of sources.
The POETRY CENTER
contributors are designated as:
Benefactors $1000 or more
Patrons $500 -$999
Donors $100 -$499
Friends $50 -$99
Members $25 -$49
All contributions are tax deductible. Contributors are listed in our
brochures, which are periodically updated and circulated throughout the
country. Please make your check payable to: Passaic County Community College
(with Poetry Center in memo section) and send it to:
Maria Mazziotti Gillan
Executive Director, Poetry Center
Passaic County Community College
One College Boulevard,
Paterson, NJ 07505-1179
The Poetry Center strives to maintain a barrier-free facility including
complete access for patrons using wheelchairs. Large print materials, FM
listening systems, audio publications and Braille transcriptions of
programming information or email
abirnbaum@pccc.edu for availability. The first three projects should not
be mentioned in this paragraph.
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