Jan Steckel's Blog: Horizontal Poet Sings Bidyke Blues - Posts Tagged "goodreads"

Dear Friends,

I'm thankful for what health I have, for my family, husband and you, my friends. I'm grateful that so many things still get me excited. This morning it's the fact that my poem "Tom's Quality of Light" is one of six nominees for the Goodreads Newsletter Poetry Contest. The quality of the other poems nominated is very high. Please read them all and vote at http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2....

In other news, my poetry chapbook THE UNDERWATER HOSPITAL won Phases One and Two (the "popularity contest" part) of the Rainbow Awards for LGBT books, thanks to your votes, my friends. I'm grateful for that, too! It is now being considered by a jury of LGBT writers for the final award. Results should be out by mid-December.

My poem "Water and Salt" will be coming out soon in The Crazy Child Scribbler, while four poems were just accepted by Full of Crow's poetry editor MK Chavez.

Wishing you all a happy Thanksgiving, and hoping you also have many things for which to feel thankful.

Warmly,
Jan

I'm thrilled that my poem "Lady in the Tower" is one of six finalists for this month's Goodreads Newsletter Poetry Contest. Hope you'll vote for your favorite at http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

My poem has been a finalist before, but has never won and reached 7 million people in the monthly Goodreads Newsletter. If you are a member of the ¡Poetry! group on Goodreads, please vote now. If you're not a member, check out the group -- there's a lot happening there to entertain your inner poet or poetry lover.