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Fooling with Words with Bill Moyers
Teachers’ guides, audio & video clips, & three detailed poetry
lessons by Peter E. Murphy.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/foolingwithwords
Poetry Daily
A recently published poem each day plus poetry news from around the world.
http://www.poems.com/
Teachers & Writers Collaborative
Great resource for books and materials for teaching poetry and educating the
imagination. Lots of materials for children and young adults.
http://www.twc.org/tmmain.htm
Poets OnLine
A site of inspiration. A new poetry writing prompt every two weeks.
http://www.poetsonline.org/
Americans’ Favorite Poem Project
Video, audio & texts of poems loved by ordinary Americans.
http://www.favoritepoem.org/favoritepoem/
Poetry 180
Former Poet Laureate Billy Collins’ initiative to post 180 poems for
high school students to read and hear, one for each day of the school year.
http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180
Academy of American Poets
Services for poets & teachers including hundreds of poems on line in text
and audio. Great links.
http://www.poets.org
Poetry Society of America
Services for poets
http://www.poetrysociety.org/
Great links to journal, conferences, etc.
http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa-links.html
Poets & Writers On Line
Resources for the working poet, including information on grants and poetry
markets.
http://www.pw.org/
The Edison Review
Publishes poetry by New Jersey writers and sponsors reading & other literary
events.
www.edisonliteraryreview.org
The Poetry Foundation
Home of Poetry Magazine with a huge archives of poems, interviews, news, and other useful features.
http://poetryfoundation.org
Internet Poetry Archive
Audio recordings of Seamus Heaney, Yusef Komunyakaa, Philip Levine, Czeslaw Milosz, Robert Pinsky, Margaret Walker & Richard Wilbur.
http://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/levine.php
Duotrope’s Digest
A database of over 1700 markets for short fiction, poetry, and novels/collections with real response times.
http://www.duotrope.com
Creative Writers Opportunities List-Serve
Free listserv which posts information about literary contests and publication opportunities.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crwropps-b/
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
Free programs for New Jersey Teachers & Students, including the annual
Clearing the Spring, Tending the Fountain sessions and the biennial Dodge Poetry
Festival. Dodge also funds NJ teacher/artists accepted to the Fine Arts Work
Center in Provincetown, MA, the Vermont Studio Center and other summer programs.
www.grdodge.org/poetry
New Jersey Council for the Humanities
Teacher Institutes
Four one week seminars for K-12 teachers on topics such as: A Reconsidered
Past: New Scholarship in African American History, Literature of Immigration,
Technology & Culture, Religious Diversity in America and more. Seminars
are held at Monmouth University and a $100 fee pays for tuition, room, board,
books, & field trips. Complete a mini paper and receive a $250 stipend.
Professional development credits will be awarded & Graduate credit is available
for an extra fee and a more intensive paper.
Teacher Grant Fund
Invite a scholar from your summer seminar to speak to you and your colleagues
at your school.
Humanities Teacher of the Year
Are you eligible for this honor?
www.njch.org
The Artist/Teacher Institute
Non residential format in Music, Story Telling, Poetry Writing, Creative Non-Fiction
, Visual Arts, Book Arts, & Creative Movement. Earn 72 hours of professional
development credits. Graduate credit is available for an extra fee. Scholarships
are available.
William Paterson University
Rutgers University/Camden
www.artshorizons.org
888-522-ARTS, ext. 120
National Endowment for the Humanities
Seminars & Institutes for Teachers
Choose from Chinese art, classical opera, Shakespeare, Arabic Novels, African
American Folklore and more to study with scholars at universities throughout
the US, Europe & Asia. Seminars are free and you will receive a stipend
up to $4,200 depending on the length of the program which ranges from 2 to
6 weeks. The Dodge Foundation will kick in up to $1,000 extra for travel expenses.
Deadline: March 1 of each year.
www.neh.gov/projects/si-school.html
Folger Shakespeare Library
Teaching Shakespeare Institute
Month long intensive study of four Shakespeare plays at the Library in Washington,
DC. Earn a stipend as you read, discuss and perform in the Bard’s plays.
http://www.folger.edu/woSummary.cfm?wotypeid=8&season=u&woid=225
Folger Festivals
One day workshop modeling a fresh approach to teaching Shakespeare at your
school for up to 30 teachers for $2,800. The Dodge Foundation generously funds
Folger Festivals at eight New Jersey schools each year.
http://www.folger.edu/
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