Listen to "Eggs Under Moon" in Cast of Wonders

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My poem "Eggs Under Moon" has been published in Cast of Wonders, a young adult audio magazine. The poem came out of the March 1, 2011 Poetry Fishbowl, inspired by a prompt from xjenavivex. There are three different recordings of it read by different speakers, which I think is especially cool. This is a crowdfunded magazine too; there's a donation button in the sidebar.

Planning Poetry Projects for April

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April is National Poetry Month. Some folks are planning to participate in Poem A Day all month or Poem in Your Pocket Day on April 26. I'd love to see some crowdfunded poetry projects too. It's a great time to experiment with crowdfunding if you haven't tried it for poetry yet. Post here and let us know what you're planning!

Rosary Kickstarter

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In my continuing effort to collect data about using Kickstarter for funding art projects, I've launched another project very similar to the last, to pay for a print copy of my fantasy serial A Rosary of Stones and Thorns. Backer prizes include everything from e-book and autographed print book copies to hand-made angel doodle bookmarks and vials of essential oil blends.

My last Kickstarter for Spots went 200%+ over goal to finish up at $3500. I am in the "send out rewards" phase and am taking notes on how it's going. In the meantime, someone linked me these insights from IndieGoGo on what tends to make for a successful project on a site like Kickstarter.

Do stop by the Rosary project to at least check out my video. It has paper puppets. >.>

Planning Poetry Projects for April

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

April is National Poetry Month.  Some folks are planning to participate in Poem A Day all month or Poem in Your Pocket Day on April 26.  I'd love to see some crowdfunded poetry projects too.  It's a great time to experiment with crowdfunding if you haven't tried it for poetry yet.  Post here and let us know what you're planning!

Self-Promotion in the Rose & Bay Awards

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I've closed the poll about self-promotion.  There's a slight margin toward keeping the ban on nominating oneself for an award.  Allowing for one person who changed her vote, there's a slight margin toward allowing people to vote for themselves (once nominated by someone else).

Also, there's very strong support for giving people an opportunity for self-promotion that may encourage nominations, thank you robling_t for the proposal.  So when the 2013 award season opens in January, there will be a post inviting people to list their eligible projects and patronage.