February Projects in Crowdfunding

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This is a post for promoting crowdfunded projects active in the month of February.  If you know of something scheduled for this month, please comment with the project name, date, and any details you wish to share about the activity.

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Poetry Fishbowl

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The next Poetry Fishbowl will be on Tuesday, February 7 (http://ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com/2140964.html) with a theme of "wild animals." Everyone is welcome to drop by my LiveJournal and leave me prompts for poems.

Giraffes!

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The Monthly Giraffe Call will be held on February 18th; the theme is "Wine (and/or) Roses."

(Giraffe Call landing page - http://aldersprig.livejournal.com/329613.html )

There will be a mini-call with livewriting this weekend, Feb 4-5th, for the setting The Aunt Family.

I may be crazy, but...

[ariestess]

I am attempting 3 crowdfunding events this month, two of which are pretty much brand new...

• 14 February @ my journal :: Free poetry fishbowl -- theme and poem form TBA
  
• 21 February @ my journal :: Free one card draw to honor the new moon [rather than my usual full moon]
  
• 29 February @ my journal :: Free short-form poem/microfic or one card draw with a theme of Leap Day/Leap Year/new beginnings

All three will have the option for crowdfunding perks, though I am still working out the details for the first and third events.

W00T!

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

I'm really glad to see more folks getting involved in crowdfunded poetry.

Re: W00T!

[ariestess]

I've been toying with the idea for several months now, but just never got the courage to do it. And I do REALLY well with some of the shorter forms [I <3 tanka like whoa!], so thought I'd give it a shot.

Re: W00T!

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

Tch, and to think the SFPA just had a big debate over the Dwarf Stars Award and an alleged shortage of tiny poems. You should send them some of your tankas if any of those have speculative themes.

Re: W00T!

[ariestess]

And I just realized I had never replied to this. *facepalm*

What is the SFPA? I'm curious now, as I can easily tailor my tankas to a wide variety of themes...

Re: W00T!

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

Science Fiction Poetry Association is an organization to promote interest in speculative verse. They have a magazine, Star*Line; and two awards, Dwarf Stars and the Rhysling. More info here:
http://www.sfpoetry.com/

I'd love to see more short-short speculative poetry, especially crowdfunded stuff. I've been boosting the signal for poetry projects over on the DW community Poetree too.

Re: W00T!

[ariestess]

Oh, fantastic! Thank you for the link. Will definitely have to check out the site and then work on some speculative poems...

Crowdfunding Creative Jam

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The next Crowdfunding Creative Jam will be the third weekend of February (Saturday 18-Sunday 19) with a theme of "alternative sexualities / QUILTBAG." Please mark your calendar so that you can come leave prompts and/or post things you've created.