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Sponsors and Friends of Forrest Fest

Sky-Vue Drive In, Lamesa, TX, home of the West Texas famous "Chihuahua' sandwich, is more than a drive in theater and the best fast food in town. It is also the venue for the opening musical performance for Forrest Fest, and one of the attractions.

Literary Organizations

Austin Poetry Society, a chapter of the Poetry Society of Texas, and an affiliate of the Academy of American Poets.

Texas Nafas is a literary nonprofit producer of educational video and television programming on poetry.

Poet and Writer Resources

Poetry in the Arts welcomes unsolicited submissions of poetry, prose, art and music for its online journal, Ardent!, and check out our Poet & Writer Resources pages: extensive, freely accessible meta indexes of publishers, literary competitions, literary archives and other poet and writer resources.

The The Poetry Kit provides an array of listings of poetry related sites, including publishers, competitions and festivals, and sponsors a poetry Web ring.

The Poetry Super Highway went on line on January 24, 1997, and maintains an extensive, albeit not organized, array of links to poetry related sites.

QuotesandPoem.com - Contains a good collection of quotes from the great thinkers and poetry from many famous poets. Quotes and poems are classified based both on poet and subject.

Poetry and Literary Festivals and Events

Austin International Poetry Festival, now in its 13th year, draws poets from every continent for its April festivities, and is the largest non juried poetry festival in the World.

Goddard College - TLA Power of Words Conference - Aug. 6-9, 2005, at Goddard College in Plainfield, VT.  The conference, organized by the college’s Transformative Language Arts concentration, features writer and activist Grace Paley, singer-songwriter Deidre McCalla, poet-orator Thandiwe Shiprah, novelist Katherine Towler, journal therapy pioneer Kathleen Adams, and many writers, storytellers, healers, educators, artists and activists.  Discover ways to use writing, storytelling, drama, music and related arts to make a meaningful living.

Publishers

GinBender.com
An entirely online publication intended as a supplement to available print media, GinBender publishes poetry, prose, and short-short fiction, and offers literary contests.

Lucidity & The Lucidity Ozark Poetry Retreat
A national journal of verse that features understandable poetry. The Lucidity Ozark Poetry Retreat convenes at Eureka Springs, Arkansas, during April each year. Poets from across the country attend this yearly event in the Ozark mountains each spring which features lectures, workshops, read-arounds, possible publication in Lucidity, a contest with cash awards, and banquet.

Mountain Muse Press is a small independent press dedicated to bringing new poetry to the world through chapbooks with a special interested in working with poets from Texas and West Virginia.

Sol Magazine is a members only publication oriented to development of craft. Membership is free. Information about becoming a member, submissions, events, personalities and the craft are available on site.

The Wildflower Press, a small-press book publisher in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is a collaborative press (authors pay production and printing costs) dedicated to publishing poetry, fiction, memoir, and books exploring alternative approaches to healing and spirituality.

Poetry & Spirituality

Inspiritry is the Web site of award-winning poet, author, storyteller and inspirational speaker Anne McCrady. Let Inspiritry bring you back to the joys of openhearted living! Whether you are looking for a keynote speaker, motivational program, writing seminar, conference facilitator, worship leader or storytelling performance, Anne McCrady and Inspiritry can meet your needs!

Poetseers.org provides a large archive of biographical sketches and examples of the poetry for an array of poets from the ancient mystics to contemporary poets with an emphasis on the spiritual aspects of poetry.

Point of Life.com- a journey to enlighten your mind, body, soul, wealth, and happiness.

Sri Chinmoy Poetry, is an extensive collection of uplifting and inspiring poetry by Sri Chinmoy. Includes poems selected by different poetic themes.

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