"from distinctions," The Literary Review of Canada

My poem "from distinctions," originally published in the print edition of Literary Review of Canada, now posted online as part of their newly-revised website.

call for submissions: Summer Sport Poetry Competition: deadline, September 10, 2012;

Go for poetic gold! Pick any summer sport, any style, any form. Bring your competitive spirit. Established poets and first-time participants welcome.

Winners to be judged by Griffin-nominated poet Priscila Uppal. Three winners will be chosen and awarded “gold,” “silver,” or “bronze” prize packs. The poem that takes “gold” will be published online and in print in Literary Review of Canada.

Other prizes include subscriptions to LRC and copies of Priscila Uppal’s Winter Sport: Poems from Mansfield Press. Additional prizes to be announced.

Poems must be 30 lines or less, excluding the title. Entry is free. Poems must be original and unpublished. Poems must be in English. All submissions must include entrant’s full name and contact information.

Send submissions to games@reviewcanada.ca. All entries must be received by 12:00 pm EST, September 10, 2012. The winners will be announced September 24, 2012 at Poet’s Corner.

This contest is open to all Canadian residents.

fwd: Priscila Uppal Poetic Olympic Coverage

Resuming her position as Canadian Athletes Now Poet-in-Residence for the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games, join Priscila Uppal as she polevaults and pommelhorses around Trafalgar Square and Hyde Park, bringing you poetic coverage of all the action.

You can follow her daily poems in celebration of the games and the athletes for CANFund at www.canadianathletesnow.ca as well as more daily poems and every-other-day posts on sports art for the Literary Review of Canada on www.london.reviewcanada.ca where, if you feel up to a little friendly competition, you can also find details about a summer sport poetry contest judged by Uppal.

Also, please consider supporting literary risk-taking and our determined athletes by purchasing Winter Sport: Poems, the successful culmination of Uppal's adventures at the 2010 Winter Olympics, Paralympics, and Arctic Games (through www.mansfieldpress.net or www.amazon.com or www.chapters.indigo.ca, or preordering Summer Sport: Poems at http://mansfieldpress.net/2012/07/summer-sport-poems/ (Uppal donates her royalties to CANFund)

If you're enjoying the Olympics, please also consider making a donation at canadianathletesnow.ca as many of the athletes you see would not be at the Olympics if not for the support of the fund.

For more information about Priscila Uppal and her books visit www.priscilauppal.ca

Please feel free to post or forward info to anyone who might be interested.

GO CANADA GO!