October 2011: Rose learned that her poem "Slowly Pitched" was recognized as a 3rd HM in the Mid-South Poetry Festival. Her poem "A Clean Break from Assisted Living" placed 2nd in the same Poetry Society of Tennessee (PST) event. Productivity: Results: Meetings: Oct 2 Rose met with a critique group at John Jenkins' home to discuss poetry presented for opinion. Oct 8 Rose led the PST-NE meeting at NE State Comm. College. Oct 14 Rose met with the Bristol critique group to discuss poetry. Oct 16 Rose me at the Appalachian Chrisian Village hosted by Martha Culp to discuss poetry critiques. Readings:
September 2011: Rose sponsored and judged the lachesis contest in the Mid-South Poetry Festival sponsored by the Poetry Society of Tennessee. Rose first judged each poetry entry by how well it adhered to the poetry form and then judged the content. For formal form poetry, this is the best manner for judging. Productivity: Results: Meetings: Rose met with PST-NE at NE State Comm. college. Readings:
August 2011: Rose judged a chapbook contest for the South Dakota State Poetry Society (SDSPS). The contest Chair Rosemary Dunn Moeller mailed her 11 submissions of around 25 pages each. Rose was asked to pick the four best collections for their publication, "Four Quarters to a Section." The contest was only open to South Dakota residents, but the contest chair wanted someone with a South Dakota background. Rose found the experience challenging. She was not asked to rank the winners, but she wanted to know she fairly selected them. So, Rose devised a criteria sheet that not only graded each individual poem, but how they were presented in a collection. She thanks SDSPS for this opportunity to increase her judging experiences. Rose and Rob visited Cherokee, NC and enjoyed touring the Village and watch the outdoor drama "Unto These Hills." Rose asked questions of the library research staff, the BIA office and the One Feather newspaper office. Productivity: Results: Meetings: Rose met with Lost State Writers Group in Johnson City. August 13 Rose led the PST-NE meeting and poetry share at NE State Community College.
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July 2011 Productivity: Results: Meetings: July 9 Rose led the PST-NE meeting and poetry share. July 26 Rose attended the Creative Writing Day workshops in Abingdon, VA. Readings:
June 2011 Productivity: Results: Meetings: Rose attended the Cherokee traditions and customs evening discussion by Mark and Sherry Finchum at Sycamore Shoals. Rose also interacted with the Native Americans in their booths as well as watched dances and listened to discussions. Rose shared her poem "Daughter of Selu" with the Finchums and also with invited by Chief Starr Thunderfoot of the Buffalo Creek Band to attend their Green Corn Festival June 28, 2011 in Tazewell, TN. Rose was very honored to read her poem and attend this sacred ceremony with her friend Leona Charlie Holman. June 11, Rose led the PST-NE meeting at NE State Community college where members listened to a poetry program and shared their poetry. June 15 through 21 Rose and her husband Rob traveled to Dearborn, Michigan so Rose could experience her first National Federation of Poetry Societies Conference. It was an exciting time for Rose and she met many poets from across the country, including Rosemary Dunn Moeller from the South Dakota State Poetry Society (SDSPS). Rosemary asked Rose to judge the SDSPS chapbook contest after hearing Rose read her poetry at one of the Open Mic sessions. Rob and Rose enjoyed touring the Ford Museum while in Dearborn. Readings:
May 2011:
Productivity: Results: Meetings: Rose attended the original community historical play "I Am Home" in Jonesborough, TN, where her friend Saudra Kelley played a part. Rose participated in the PST-NE sponsored workshop with Jane Hicks "The Cosmic Possum" poet. It was a full day of writing from prompts and sharing poetry with the attendees. Readings:
April 2011 Productivity: Results: Rose was notified her poem "Golden Ekphrastic" was awarded 2nd prize and a Barnes and Noble gift card at the JC Library award ceremony. Rose was notified her one-act play "Prom Tryouts" is one of the three finalists in Theatre Bristol's playwright festival. All three finalists' plays were presented to an audience on April 30. The 7 judges and the audience voting selected one play as an overall winner. Theatre Bristol is at 512 State Street, Bristol, TN. Rose's play was not the audience selection, but the theatre may produce it in the future. Meetings: Rose met with the 2nd grade teacher at Sulphur Springs school. PST-NE members are asked to present a poetry class to the students in May. Rose met with the Lost State Writers Group in Johnson City on Apr 8 from 11:30 to 1:30 PM and with the Poetry Society of Tennessee - Northeast branch (PST-NE) at NE State Community College in Blountville, TN on Apr 9 from 10:00 am to noon. The Poetry Society of Virginia award ceremony was April 16, 2011 in Richmond, VA. Rose attended NE State Comm College's Award Ceremony at Meadowview Convention Center and received her awards for her short story, poem, and creative non-fiction published in "Echoes and Images." Readings: Rose attended the JC Library Award ceremony, read her winning poem, and she also participated in the Open Mic and read her "Daughter of Selu." Rose attended the kick-off ceremony for the ETSU anthology at Reece Museum and listened to poetry by Jane Hicks, Thomas Alan Holmes, Don Johnson, Ted Olson, and Rita Sims Quillen. PST-NE hosted an Open Mic at NE State Comm College where Rose read her winning poems.
March 2011 Productivity: Rose entered or submitted 66 poems. Results: Four of Rose's humorous poems ("Love Spans a Solid Bidge,"were accepted into the PST-NE anthology "Funny You Should Say that. . . " Rose was notified she is a finalist in the Poetry Society of Virginia's annual contest. She will travel to Richmond, VA for the award ceremony in April. Rose received the Peace Pipe Award, prize money, and publication in a fall anthology for her poem "Daughter of Selu." Meetings: Rose attended the Tennessee Mountain Writers Conference in Oak Ridge, TN where she was involved in classes with Darnell Arnoult, noveist, Bill Brown, poet, Lisa Soland, playwright, Jim Minnick, creative nonfiction, Chris Roerden, editor. Rose felt her time was well-spent learning from these accomplished writers. Including the Oak Ridge, TN workshop, Rose spent84.5 hours in meetings including Writer's Circle, NLAPW, Award Ceremony at Sulphur Springs School, TN, PST-NE committee meetings plus general meetings and Pocket Poem Award Ceremony, and Writers' Ink critique group. Readings: Rose attended readings of Frank X. Walkeer at NE State Community College and Moly McCrae at the JC Library.
February 2011 Productivity: Rose submitted a one-act play to Theatre Bristol's contest. She entered 3 poems in White Buffalo contest, a poem to the PST March monthly contest, a short story, essay, children's story, inspiration, and poem to TMW (Tennessee Mountain Writers) and 6 poems to "Images of Love" PST-NE's anthology. Total of 11 poems submitted this month. Results: 4 of Rose's poems ("Love Spans a Solid Bridge," "Heaven on Earth," "Magnolia Memory," and "WinterWalk") were selected to be included in the PST-NE anthology "Images of Love." Meetings: Roes attended Writers' Circle twice this month at the JC Senior Citizens Center. She led the PST-NE monthly meeting and attended committee meetings. Rose attended the Writers' Ink critique meetings and received more feedback on her work-in-progress novel. Readings: Rose and two members of PST-NE attended for the first time and read at the Open Mic in the Acoustic Coffeehouse in Johnson City, TN. She read "Southern Lady" and "Grabbawil." Also with three PST-NE members, Rose attended a reading by Robert Morgan at Walter State College in Morristown, TN. She's been studying his poetry and novel in the books she purchased there.
January 2011 Productivity: Rose submitted 36 poems this month to various contests: PSV (Poetry Society of Virginia), PPS (Poetry Society of Pennsylvania), Central Coast Writers, PST (Poetry Society of Tennessee) Feb. Monthly, SDSPS (South Dakota State Poetry Society) Pasque Petals, and Massuchusetts Poetry Society's "Of Thee I Sing" contest. Results: Rose was notified this month that 5 poems, 1 short story and 1 creative nonfiction piece was awarded: NE State Comm. College's "Echoes and Images" will publish her short story "Giant Thinking," her creative nonfiction piece "Colder and Colder," and three poems "Free Dance," "Baggage," and "Hooked on Books." The award ceremony is in April. PST awarded her 1st HM for her poem "Clouds are Cool." and SDSPS gave her an HM for her poem "King of the Moment." Meetings: The snow and stormy weather cancelled two of her favorite writers' meetings: LSWG (Lost State Writers' Group) in Johnson City, TN and NLAPW (National League of American Penwomen) in Elizabethton, TN. Rose was able to attend 1 Writer's Circle meeting in Johnson City, TN and 4 lengthy prose critique group meetings with Writers' Ink, where Rose was provided substantive critiques on her work-in-progress novel. She also provided critique comments for the other members. She was asked to teach a playwrighting class for the JC Senior Citizens Center, but decided to turn down this opportunity at this time. She met with the coordinators for the PST-NE (Poetry Society of Tennessee-Northeast) anthology for "Images of Love."
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