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Slapering Hol Press Presents: 2021 Chapbook Winner Andrea Deeken & Tara Flint Taylor (via Zoom & in person)


Join the SHP co-editors and Advisory Committee on Zoom as they welcome our 2021 Chapbook contest winner, Andrea Deeken (Mother Kingdom, 2022) and her mentor, Tara Flint Taylor. The poets will read from their newly published work and answer questions about publication and being emerging poets.

 

NB: If covid numbers allow, this reading will take place in person and on Zoom. All audience members must show proof of vaccination, and must wear a mask at all times. Tickets must be purchased in advance. No walk-ins, space is limited. Please visit our covid policy page before attending any of our in person events. Thank you for helping to keep our community safe.

Tickets are free but donations are most welcome.
If attending via Zoom, the link will be emailed at the time of registration and again in the day prior to the event.
Please register at:
www.writerscenter.org/calendar/chapbookwinner2021/
Andrea Deeken was born in rural Missouri. She has a BA in English from Drake University and an MS in Writing and Publishing from Portland State University. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in The Bear DeluxeBeltway Poetry QuarterlyThe Blue Mountain Review, Spoon River Poetry Review, Valley Voices, and elsewhere. She received an Honorable Mention in the 2019 Spoon River Poetry Review Editors’ Prize Contest and second place in the 2020 Blue Mountain Review LGBTQ Chapbook Contest. A former book editor, she has worked for the Multnomah County Library for fifteen years. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her wife and daughter. Mother Kingdom is her debut chapbook.

Tara Flint Taylor’s work can be found in Poet Lore, River Styx, Poetry Quarterly, North American Review, Nimrod, The Spoon River Poetry Review, The Grove Review, Inkwell Journal, wordriver literary review, and elsewhere.  Tara was awarded second place in the 2011 River Styx International Poetry Contest.  She was a finalist in 2018 for the James Hearst Poetry Prize, the 2014 River Styx International Poetry Contest, the Inkwell Poetry Contest, and the 2011 Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry.

Event Location and Ticket Information

Date: Sunday, March 20, 2022
Times: 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Ticket pricing:
Free event
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Presenter: Hudson Valley Writers Center
Presenter Phone: 9143325953