Vladimir Swirynsky will be headlining for Writing Knights on February 2nd at the Literary Café (1031 Literary Rd, Cleveland, OH). We will be releasing the latest of his poetry books, “Cleveland Hostel Poems” and I’m sure if you ask nicely he will sign it for you. Performing with Vlad will be Alexis Rueal, Joshua Stephens and a Mystery Performer. Soon after (if not the same night), we will have the best of Cleveland poetry with Writing Knights Press 2012 Anthology consisting of new or existing poems from our 2012 chapbook releases. I will be hosting the show and there will, of course, be a Full Bar and Free Admission.
Future poetry events include a March 2nd show also at the Literary Café with our headliner Carla Thompson. Currently supporting her will be Zach Schraufl (one of the Writing Knights Originals) and Jeffrey Kosiba. Currently we have Ken Gradomski booked for March 29th, Shelley Chernin booked in May, and we are in talks with a ton of people from the Cleveland poetry scene and beyond for future events. As always Writing Knights is looking for a wide variety of poetic, musical and otherwise performance expression artists for features. If you know someone we NEED to hear, send them our way. Or send us THEIR way.
Speaking of future events, the greatest event in Cleveland poetry history, the Grand Tournament will be opening submissions officially February 3rd (ending June 2nd). The contest will be similar to last year. The difference this year is the five judges who oversee the written entries will also be judging the performance aspect of the entries at the Grand Tournament event in July. Not all of the bugs have been worked out, but the contest will be a similar format to last year. Poets/Writers must impress the judges both on page and on stage. Last year’s winner, Skylark Bruce, will be one of the judges, but we are seeking four more. Do you want to publish a book? Fight for it!
The Writing Knights website(s) will be undergoing some radical changes. The official WritingKnights.com landing page will soon be featuring (in reverse chronological order) purchase links to every item we have available for purchase (Chapbooks, E-Books, FourPlays, The Squire Anthologies, and non-book Merchandise). This will make it easier for fans of Cleveland poetry to find their favorite Writing Knights titles. The top of the page will have the direct link to the WKRoundtable.blogspot.com site and the WritingKnightsPress.blogspot.com site will still be updated for people who like to explore before they purchase.
We hope you enjoy the coming changes to Writing Knights. We can’t wait to see you at our next show February 2nd!
P.S. – Writing Knights is accepting singular Submissions of poetry between 10-30 lines to showcase at the end of each newsletter. All poetry will be considered, multiple shorter poems may be submitted to crest the 10 line minimum. These poems should be sent in the body of an email to writingknightspress(at)gmail.com with the subject line “The Bard Submission – (Poem Name) – (Author Name)”. Please send only one submission at a time, and please do not submit another piece until your previous submission is accepted (and published) or rejected.
P.S. – Writing Knights is accepting singular Submissions of poetry between 10-30 lines to showcase at the end of each newsletter. All poetry will be considered, multiple shorter poems may be submitted to crest the 10 line minimum. These poems should be sent in the body of an email to writingknightspress(at)gmail.com with the subject line “The Bard Submission – (Poem Name) – (Author Name)”. Please send only one submission at a time, and please do not submit another piece until your previous submission is accepted (and published) or rejected.