The Rialto is one of those literary magazines that poets strive to get into, it’s the writer’s equivalent of the Royal Albert Hall. You know you’ve made it, if only for a season, if they accept your work. And they have a pamphlet competition which anyone can enter, all you need is about twenty (perfect) poems. I had some notion of entering this year, but the deadline is looming and I still don’t have enough work that’s good enough. Maybe next year. But you, you may very well have just the right number of finished poems, so why not give it a go, you have nothing to lose but a little bit of time and the entrance fee of £22?
THE RIALTO OPEN PAMPHLET COMPETITION 2018
The Rialto invites you to enter our 2018 pamphlet competition, with the chance of getting published in our award-winning pamphlet series.
1ST PRIZE: PUBLICATION OF THE WINNING PAMPHLET + LAUNCH READING + UP TO £200 TRAVEL EXPENSES
Poets on the shortlist of 10 will each get a paragraph of feedback. The winner and 3 others will have a poem published in The Rialto. All shortlisted poets will have a poem published on our website.
Deadline: Monday 31 December 2018
Judge: Richard Scott
I have been meaning to do a post on this for about two months, but it kept getting sidelined by other things, so apologies for that. You still have time. I copied both the header image and the information above straight from their website as a taster, but to find out more here’s the link to the rest: ta da!
20 perfect poems! That would make the great tittle of a small anthology of poetry!
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It would! Now you’ve got me thinking which of my favourite poets I’d include in my own perfect 20 list.
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I am sure your problem will be finding only 20! I bet the hardest part is refining the list!
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Refining is always the hardest part of any artistic endeavour, I find. I can dash off a poem or story in an afternoon, but it takes another five years of labour to make it good.
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I hear that! I go through a similar process with paintings!
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You paint as well as work with clay? I’m in awe, I’d love to be able to paint!
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Anyone can paint! You just have to play a lot 😉 The best part is you can go back and edit, particularly with acrylic. Some of my paintings discretely blend into my website, like this one:
https://rakupottery.ca/2018/11/13/brahmanda/
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I do play with paint a little, and am very fond of oils for their slow drying time and the smell of turps, which I love! But I don’t have the time to properly work things out. Sometimes I wish I didn’t need to sleep so I could do all my writing and writing related stuff at night, and paint during the day when the light’s good.
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I hear that! I wish I did not need so much sleep! Get’s in the way of me making things 😉 I love oils too, but I find the wet paint has mysterious ways of ending up in places I would rather they did not!
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