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Join The Poetic Memoir Chapbook Challenge 2023!
(Encore)  

April 17th-27th 2023 

In Feb of 2021, Local Gems Press's publisher, James P. Wagner (Ishwa), lost his Aunt to Pancreatic Cancer. She was only 66...and she was a third parent to him.

Like all writers do, when hard times strike...he turned to writing to cope and sort out his emotions. 

He found himself writing poems about childhood, early memories, things that turned him into who he was--experiences of all shapes and sizes. 

He was writing poetic memoir. 

Over the last year especially, we've seen a lot of poets writing poetry that could be classified as poetic memoir...

and so the idea for this challenge was born. 

We ran this challenge last year and it was the most popular challenge we have run to date.  

Can you write 15 poems in 10 days? A chapbook?


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How Does It Work?

Step 1:
You register for the challenge.
Step 2:
April 7th-27th you write a poem, or two poems a day.
Each day you will get a poetry prompt video emailed to you. 

Step 3:
​If you complete the challenge, you will have an opportunity to get the chapbook printed! 

100 Poetry Prompts
​Book Included! 

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Participation: 15 Poems in 10 Days

Each day of the contest the participants will be emailed a prompt video for the day. They will also receive the 100 Poetry Prompt downloadable workbook the first day of the challenge. All participants are free to use the main prompts, prompts from the journal or any other ideas or inspiration they have for writing their poems, the only hard and fast rule is to write the 15 poems in 10 days! 
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Printing 

If the challenge is completed, the participant can inform us of the completion and then have the opportunity for Local Gems Press to print a chapbook for them--the finished chapbooks will be pocket-sized books, 4.25 by 6.9. 
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Registration: Closes April 15th
​Midnight EST (Or When Full)

Because of high demand, at this time we have to limit this challenge to the first 100 people who register. We will keep you updated with how many spots we have left, but we expect it to fill up quickly. 

After registration you will get an email on April 16th with the introduction and further instructions. (Be sure to check promotions and spam folders.) 

​Will you accept the challenge? 


Challenge Registration: Closed

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