We had a fabulous time in Gillette at our 2021 WyoPoets Spring Workshop. Mark your calendar to join us next year in Douglas on April 29-30, 2022

Our submissions re-open this Friday!! 👻 Submitted last fall? If you received a rejection, we ask that you submit a new piece. If you did not receive any response before the hiatus, our “preference” is for all new pieces. However, resubmission of those pieces is allowed. 🖤

Thanks to @StorymakerStuff for publishing my poem "Imaginings" inspired by @olagjeilo's beautiful composition The Lake Isle. #poetry #poem #music #Healing

Congratulations to the winners of our flash fiction contest prompt, "One Thing Led to Another", Mark Rood, Reatha Thomas Oakley, and Rebecca Ashcraft. Read their pieces in full in the next newsletter, but for now, enjoy these great quotes.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. —Maya Angelou

It's been one year since the passing of Adam Zagajewski. @ilya_poet remembers the poet of the soul: https://t.co/Jb1YKupTkA

The six books for Wyoming Reads 2022 have been selected. Every Wyoming first-grade student will have the chance to choose one of these wonderful titles to keep. Learn more about Wyoming Reads at https://t.co/JDX4EbDyEV. https://t.co/Z4chOsmX3z

“I have learned that teaching is an art. It is one I deeply respect. I love hearing from my students, who now span years, even generations.” —Joy Harjo https://t.co/TP6FV0xA8z

“Without” https://t.co/TpsMdPKet6 via @NewYorker

My poem "Undiminished" is on the blockchain! Enjoy this message of hope on World Mental Health Day. #poetryoncardano #poetry #worldmentalhealthday #nftpoets @Poetry_Society @poetrynews @Poetry_Daily https://t.co/zKcEvhnsVu

📹 Interview With John Roedel - Writer, Poet, Comedian - On Speaking The La… Long before there were    any stars When the great empty void    was packed full of a hundred-thousand other even emptier voids There was a soft whisper in the dark...

before I could even knock she opened the door with a smile and as a gust of air embraced me she said "what took you so long?" ~ john roedel ( https://t.co/n9topJVgbd) #poetry #poetrycommunity

"A word after a word after a word is power." --Margaret Atwood #writinginspiration #writingquotes #morninginspiration #amwriting

I was there! At the time, I was on the Library Foundation Board and it was so exciting. What a great memory. Love our library so much and am still so proud of it!

You, the Unbreakable Water by John Roedel

As we celebrate our 56th anniversary today, we are grateful to all of you who inspire, challenge, and support us every day as we work to give everyone the opportunity to be empowered by participating in the arts.

#BannedBooksWeek The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) compiles lists of challenged books as reported in the media and submitted by librarians and teachers across the country. These are the Top 10 Challenged Books of 2020. Have you read them?

How much do you about Wyoming Humanities' grants?? The goal of our grants is to support public programs that use the humanities to explore the state’s histories, stories, issues, and connections between groups and communities! For more details 👉 https://t.co/YjKUYyHcjh

Poets may join WyoPoets at the time of submission by including $20 dues with submission and filling out the contact information requested in the guidelines. For contest guidelines, visit the WyoPoets' website at https://t.co/t3vcEM35IK.

WyoPoets' 2022 members-only Chapbook Contest is now open. The contest is open through the postmark deadline of August 31, 2021. All WyoPoets members in good standing are eligible to enter and there is no contest fee.