Today is Wee Words for Wee Ones' 10th Blog Birthday!
On 1/1/2011 this wee blog was born:
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| They grow up so fast... |
And being that I've always had an affinity for the number 10 because I am the 10th kid of 10 kids in my family (Irish-Catholics, much?) and that I was born in the 10th month (October) I've decided to celebrate my blog's 10th birthday by putting out a CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for my 10·10 Poetry Anthology due to be published in October 2021!
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| Tentative cover art. |
The 10·10 Poetry Anthology celebrates 10 in 10 different ways.
For this independently-published project, I am looking for unpublished, original poems in all forms (written in English) in the following 10 categories/prompts:
tenacity
10 more minutes
ten little fingers/ten little toes
10 points to Gryffindor
tension
I tend to...
tenderness
take 10
I wouldn't touch that with a 10-foot pole
tentative
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I plan to include 10 poems from each of the 10 categories to end up with 100 poems.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 12 March 2021 (10 weeks from now)
Successful poets will be contacted by the end of June 2021
WHERE TO SUBMIT: Send:
- your poem(s)
- an indication of which category it fits
- your contact info
- to me, Bridget Magee at: 10.10.weewords.submissions@gmail.com
PAYMENT: Accepted poems will receive a one-time honorarium of $10/poem upon publication.
My Bio: Behind every cute fingerprint is a strong finger. I have strong fingers. In fact, my fingerprints will be all over this blog and will be all over this anthology. I nimbly completed my MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Hamline University where I worked my fingers to the bone before starting my writing career. When not writing or teaching, my fingers can be found holding the book I am currently reading. I live with my family and crazy dog Smidgey - all of whom have me wrapped around their fingers (and paw). Fingers crossed you'll decide to submit.
I look forward to reading your top 10 poems. (see what I did there?)
Ruth is hosting the fabulous Poetry Friday New Year's Day party at her blog,
There is no such thing as a God-forsaken town. Resolve to join us!
Congratulations on your blog birthday!! Very cool project, Bridget. Fun categories!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Tabatha! I hope you one of the categories sparks a poem or two and you'll submit. I would be honored. :)
DeleteNeat-O! What a fun and innovative way to celebrate. The categories are as interesting and fresh as your blog posts. I love them! Happy Blog Birthday! I will put on my thinking cap and flex my ten little fingers to start scratching out a submission. Happy New Year, Bridget!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Linda! I can't wait to see what your ten little fingers come up with! :)
DeleteHappy Blog Birthday, Bridget! I am saving your post to come back to when my hectic hosting day is done. What a fabulous project! I hope I can participate!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ruth! I hope you can participate, too! :)
DeleteHappy Blog Birthday, dear Bridget, and celebrating by fostering a new anthology of 'tens' seems the only way to go because you're such a "ten"! I love having a new challenge for the new year! Happy 2021!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Linda! I look forward to seeing which category you ten'd toward... ;)
DeleteHappy 10 years of blogging! And what fun, your ten anthology... your book and my NINE will be best friends. :) :) :) And wowza, one of 10 kids!!! (I am one of 5, that seemed chaotic enough!) xo
ReplyDeleteThanks, Irene! I know our books will be fast friends. Yes, 10 kids was/is shocking when you stop to think about it. My mom and dad are (were) amazing people. :)
DeleteHappy birthday blog! What a fun way to celebrate all your 10s. : )
ReplyDeleteThanks, Liz! I hope I got your a-ten-tion enough to intrigue you to submit. ;)
DeleteI'm so taken with the tenderness and tenacity of your "10-10 Poetry Anthology project–looking forward to it, in 10 ways and more. Happy 10th Blog-a-versary too!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Michelle! I look forward to seeing where tenderness and tenacity take you in your writing journal. :)
DeleteHappiness always but a 10th celebration is an enterprising and inspirational way to bring on 2021. "ten little fingers/ten little toes" sounds like a topic of interest especially since I have two little granddaughters with the above description. 10-10 Poetry Anthology sounds like fun. Let's see what I can come up with by March when I should be settled with the move to Virginia.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Carol! I hope life gets more settled sooner than later and I hope you'll join the anthology fun. :)
DeleteA delightful celebratory project! I so love your bio. Your wit is priceless. --10th of 10 kids! WOW! There must be so many stories. Happy Blog Birthday :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Fran! Yes, my huge family is the inspiration for a lot of crazy stories. :)
DeleteSo many tens in your life!!! Ten children! Your mom must have been a saint! I love all of the different ways your ten project will go! A million different ways to enter the world of ten! Big fun ahead!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Carol! Yes, my mom is a saint...92 and still going strong. I hope you can join the fun! :)
DeleteOh my gosh--what a fun project. I'm TENtative about committing as I'm overwhelmed right now, but I'm putting the sub deadline on my calendar so I can pay atTENtion to the poems I write between now and ThEN and see if any are worth sending. :>)
ReplyDeleteOh, Laura, I won't preTENd you're not awesome, because you are. Fingers crossed you'll join the fun. :)
DeleteYour post gets a 10, Bridget - congratulations on this milepost, and what a way to celebrate!! (Stretches two arms, flexes 10 fingers...)
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!!! :0)
Thanks, Robyn! My hands are extended for a 'high 10' right back atcha! :)
DeleteHappy blogaversary, Bridget! Congrats on making it to double digits. Your anthology project sounds very exciting. I'd love to submit.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Laura! I look forward to reading your work. :)
DeleteI'm late in adding my congratulations on your blogiversary! Hooray for you!
ReplyDeleteI love the idea for your anthology. I'll work on trying to come up with a suitable poem.
Thank you, Carmela! I look forward to reading your work. :)
DeleteCongratulations! There were 6 kids in my family, and that seemed like a lot! I can't imagine 10! Your anthology sounds like fun. I'm going to give it a try and see if I can come up with a poem to submit. : )
ReplyDeleteThanks, Linda! Being the mom of only 2, I give mad props to our mom's - 6 or 10 kids - either way our parents were WAY out numbered! I look forward to reading any poem(s) you come up with. :)
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