I received the following from Gordon Bronitsky and pass it on in case it may be of interest to writers and poets on this list who write in African languages. The announcement does not specifically mention African languages, but I'm sure at least most of them qualify (there's an e-address below to which questions can be sent). DZO
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS The 2006 People's Poetry Gathering sponsored by City Lore and Poets House will center around a special theme: Poetry from the World's Endangered Languages. The Gathering is part of a multi-pronged initiative to document and disseminate some of the world's endangered oral poetry traditions through public programs, publications and the web, spanning the chasm of language. The Peoples Poetry Gathering invites poets working in threatened, contested, stateless, and endangered languages to submit work for consideration for: 1) The Poetry Map of the WorldCurated by the New York-based Peoples Poetry Gathering, this website features work by contemporary poets working in non-majority languages. The map focuses on language and cultural areas rather than national boundaries and includes selected poems and song cycles from the traditions from which the poets have emerged. 2) The 2006 People's Poetry Gathering Program MagazineThe magazine will be published by Rattapallax Press (http://www.rattapallax.com/) during the New York festival in May 2006 and will be distributed to the Gatherings audience of 10,000 and Rattapallaxs subscribers as well as to communities and academic institutions where endangered languages are spoken. Examples of languages to be considered are as follows (but not limited to): ° threatenedWelsh, Tibetan, Yiddish ° contestedAustralian Aboriginal Kreole, Romani ° statelessCatalan, Mapuche, Kurdish ° endangeredAinu, Mohawk, Sami, Haida, Sharda Script, Cucapás Examples of languages which will NOT be considered are: ° official languages of the United Nations (English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic) ° languages with a high number of speakers and majority status in specific geographic regions (Bengali, Javanese) ° state languages (Norwegian, Korean) ° dialects of majority languages (Spanglish, Franglais) Should you have questions regarding eligible languages, please email us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Information about past Gatherings can be found at http://www.peoplespoetry.org. Submission Guidelines Submit 3-5 poems or 7 pages (or 10 minutes of media) total per poet. Please submit poems in the original language with an English translation. Poems may be lyric or epic. Song cycles will also be considered. Enclose a cover letter. Correspondence will also be accepted in French or Spanish, but English language translations of the poems must be included. Please, no email submissions. Author's name, address, telephone, including the country and regional codes, and e-mail must appear on upper right hand corner of each page submitted. Please include a self-addressed stamped envelope. Submissions must be postmarked by December 1, 2005 and sent to: Peoples Poetry Gathering c/o City Lore 72 East 1st Street New York, NY 10003, USA ATTN: Endangered Language Initiative Submissions Please allow 2-3 months for response. Poets whose work is selected will receive 2 copies of the magazine. ----- End forwarded message ----- ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/TpIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
