Poetry writing, crafting, and discussion in a setting of inspiration and respect

7th ANNUAL
2007 SANTA BARBARA SUMMER
POETRY WORKSHOP
July 28-30

Led by
PERIE LONGO
2007-2009 SANTA BARBARA POET LAUREATE

with
BARRY SPACKS 2005-2007 SANTA BARBARA POET LAUREATE
DAVID STARKEY POET, PLAYWRIGHT, CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM DIRECTOR

and Guest Speakers
GRACE RACHOW EDITOR, PUBLISHER
MARY ROSE BETTEN POETRY IN PERFORMANCE COACH

Poetry Contest 

PERIE LONGO 2007-2009 Poet Laureate of Santa Barbara, has led poetry workshops for over twenty five years with the Santa Barbara Writers Conference and California-Poets-in-the-Schools, as well as privately. She is author of three poetry collections, the most recent titled With Nothing Behind but Sky: a journey through grief (Artamo Press, 2007.) She has been published frequently in poetry journals and anthologies, as well as being nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

BARRY SPACKS 2005-2007 Poet Laureate of the City of Santa Barbara, teaches at UCSB and has published nine poetry collections, the most extensive being SPACKS STREET: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS from Johns Hopkins Press, REGARDING WOMEN, winner of the Cherry Grove Collections Prize, and THE HOPE OF THE AIR from Michigan State University Press.  He's also brought out three CDs, two novels, and over 400 individual poems in paper and pixel journals.

DAVID STARKEY poet and playwright, is the Director of The Creative Writing Program at Santa Barbara City College and and poetry workshop leader at The Santa Barbara Writers Conference.  He hosts "The Creative Community," an arts-oriented television program, and is the author of a poetry textbook, as well as several collections of poetry, his latest being Ways of Being Dead: New and Selected Poems, 2007.

GRACE RACHOW is a frequent public speaker, freelance editor, writing coach, and editor/publisher of the Community of Voices anthologies which feature fiction, nonfiction and poetry of several hundred writers. The Community of Voices website (communityofvoices.com) posts writing news, reviews, scholarships, and volunteer/learning opportunities

MARY ROSE BETTEN is a Poetry in Performance coach. She is an actress of stage, screen, and television, a CLIO Award recipient, playwright, and director. Her recent book of poetry, hanging Out with Loose Words, is published by Foothill press.

POETRY CONTEST
Winner receives full scholarship for Santa Barbara Summer Poetry Workshop.

Submissions  Deadline postmark of June 17, 2007. $12 fee for 1-3 poems. No limit on  number of entries. Send 3 copies of each poem with your name removed. Include a separate sheet listing titles or first lines of each submitted poem, your name, address, phone number, email address. Line Limit 45 per poem. Send to Grace Rachow, Community of voices Poetry Contest, P.O. Box 30302, Santa Barbara, CA 93130.
                                                                                   
PLACE   Westmont College                                                Accomodations available
            935 La Paz Road                                               
            Montecito, California                                    INFO  805-966-1423  Carol
                                                                                                805-687-9535  Perie           
                       
FEE              $300             $250 refundable until July 1,2007       No refunds after July 1, 2007
Send to   SBSPW, 237 Oliver Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93109