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is a program launched in 2004 by Shoshauna Shy in Madison, Wisconsin, with the mission of bringing poetry out of the libraries, bookstores and classrooms into the general public arena. Calls for submissions are conducted largely via cyberspace.

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APRIL 2013

In partnership with
COWFEATHER PRESS
announcing

Echolocations:
Poets Map Madison

a new collection of poems
that reference Madison locations
to benefit the Madison Poet Laureate Fund

        Poems have been selected, and this collection is in production!



In partnership with
MADISON B-CYCLE

POETIC BIKES LAUNCHED!

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         At high noon on Friday, April 26th, 30 bicycles sporting decals with poems referencing various locations in Madison hit the streets! These poems are a preview of the anthology produced in partnership with Cowfeather Press that will debut this fall.

        Learn more here about Madison B-Cycle, sponsored by Trek: madison.bcycle.com         Learn about Cowfeather Press: cowfeatherpress.org



APRIL 2012

CONGRATULATIONS
TO THE
WINNERS OF THE
2012 WOODROW HALL JUMPSTART AWARDS

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        An offshoot of the Poetry Jumps Off the Shelf initiative, the Woodrow Hall Jumpstart Awards were designed to help other Wisconsin poets implement a project or program that brings poetry into the eye of the general public in an unconventional manner.

        The award of $500.00 goes to Jim Pollock and the Aspiring Authors of Stevens Point for a project mounting monthly haikus on the historic Fox Theater marquee in Stevens Point. Built in 1894 and originally named the Grand Opera House on Main Street, this theater is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and at present, descendants of the theater's original owners are working on restoring the building for a cultural center. lisamarquee

         The finalist was Nancy Rafal who received $400.00 for her proposal for the Baileys Harbor Community Mural Project which will include Lorine Niedecker and part of her poem, "Wintergreen Ridge" on an outside wall of Nelson's Shopping Center in Baileys Harbor in Door County. This project coincides with Niedecker's work being featured on the Poetry Trail in Newport State Park, and the 75th anniversary of The Ridges Sanctuary, which was the inspiration for Niedecker's poem.

         Katrin Talbot, Susan Elbe, Jesse Lee Kercheval and Sara Parrell have received the Woodrow Hall Jumpstart Initiative Award of $300.00 for their Bridge Poetry Series, a partnership between statewide poets and the Chazen Museum in Madison.

Questions?
shoshaunashy@yahoo.com

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WOODROW HALL JUMPSTART AWARD
2012
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Shoshauna Shy is a Midwestern poet, a member of the Prairie Fire Poetry Quartet, and the founder of Woodrow Hall Editions.