News Release
Release Date: November 3, 2008
Re: Submission period opens for Montserrat Poetry Festival
Sub. Deadline: January 31, 2009
Event Date: May 3, 2009

Plans are underway to produce the second, annual poetry festival in Montserrat, Missouri (USA) and organizers are seeking submissions from writers who would like to be considered as readers for next year’s event.

Area poets are encouraged to submit 10 poems for consideration, according to festival organizer, Mark Pearce. Pearce said the overall festival program will be arranged to ensure that the presented works will be audibly accessible and will provide a variety of poetic styles and themes for a general audience. Individual applicants are encouraged to submit works reflecting those qualities as well.

Around 100 people attended the first poetry festival this past summer, and Pearce said he expects at least twice that number at next year’s event.

“We’ve got sponsorship support from Central Missouri’s public television station, KMOS-TV,” according to Pearce. Channel 6 is going to help publicize the event and serve as the sponsoring organization. “With that kind of support we believe we are truly building an arts event with Midwest regional significance,” Pearce said.

Perspective readers should submit ten original works to:

Mark Pearce
174 SE 500th Road
Warrensburg, MO. (USA) 64093

Deadline for submissions is January 31, 2009 and the festival line-up will be announced in mid-February.

The Poetry Festival will take place Sunday afternoon, May 3, 2009 at Montserrat Vineyards, Montserrat, Missouri.

You can register your interest and anticipated attendance at the following Meetup site --

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See you in Montserrat!



Mark Pearce



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