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September 21st, 2009 Heather McHugh, Milliman distinguished writer in residence at the University of Washington, won the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship (more subtly called the “Genius Award”) today. The fellowship comes…

September 3rd, 2009 Friends, family and colleagues gathered yesterday at the University of Wyoming to remember Craig Arnold. Arnold, 41, went missing April 25, 2009 while hiking on a volcano on a…

September 2nd, 2009 District of Columbia Mayor Adrian Fenty missed another meeting with poet Maya Angelou and posted this on Twitter: “Missed meeting with Dr. Maya Angelou & Dorothy Height was…

August 21st, 2009 The international festival Struga Poetry Evenings opened last night in the town of Struga, located on the Ohrid Lake in southwestern Macedonia. The four day festival features over…

August 20th, 2009 NBC Philadelphia website is asking for poems in praise of Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cliff Lee. Go here and submit your poem, we’re betting our readers can surpass the…

August 17th, 2009 Poet and novelist Margaret Atwood is now a tweeter and blogger. First she opened a Twitter account and now she’s bloggin‘ away about her publicity tour for her new novel, The…

August 14th, 2009 The British Broadcasting Corporation is hosting an internet poll where you can vote for your favorite poet. The 30 poet list was compiled in consultation with the Poetry Society…

August 9th, 2009 Smartish Pace is featured this week at www.writingprompts.org! Go there, read the prompts selected by Lucy & Ellie (inspired by Smartish Pace), write your poem, submit it and Smartish Pace will select winners.

August 1st, 2009 Adam Giannelli has been selected as a 2009 “Best New Poet” by guest editor Kim Addonizio. Smartish Pace nominated Giannelli’s winning poem, “What We Know,” which appeared in Smartish Pace, Issue 15.…

July 23rd, 2009 The London house of John Keats will reopen tomorrow after a 500,000 pound ($800,000) renovation. Keats lived in the house near Hampstead Heath between 1818 and 1820, writing “Ode on a…

July 22nd, 2009 Cilla McQueen has been named National Library New Zealand Poet Laureate for 2009-2011. McQueen is the second person to receive the award, taking over from the 2007 appointee,…

July 21st, 2009 Over the next six days academics from around the world will converge on Dumfries to discuss the legacy of poet Robert Burns. Burns spent the later part…