The 2017 Poetry Marathon Updates Part 2

Thank you for all the helpful feedback we received to the first updates post! Based on that feedback we have a few announcements to make.

There will be an anthology this year!

It will be similar to last years because we will do our best to include one poem by everyone who submits. The only major difference is that the submission period is shorter and starts sooner after the anthology is over. The submission period will go from August 10-15th.

Because the period is sooner you have to submit your information to get a certificate by August 9th.

Part of the reason everything is moved up in terms of time, is that I think it will work better and allow us to get the anthology out quicker.

The other reason is that I am co-organizing a poetry festival in late September in Bellingham Washington, so I have even more work on my already busy plate.

There will be two half marathon starting times!

Thanks to a lot of good feedback and encouragement there will be two half marathon starting points. One as always will start when the first marathon begins at 9AM ET. The second will be right after the first half marathon ends at 9 PM August 5th ET.

This is a terrible time to start if you actually live in the Eastern Time Zone but if you live outside of North America it might work better for you.

The Sign Up Period is Set

You can sign up to participate in the 2017 Poetry Marathon starting July 20th, and it ends July 25th.

There will be a lot more emails warning people about how intense the marathon is (because it is).

20 thoughts on “The 2017 Poetry Marathon Updates Part 2

  1. This is such an incredible event to participate in – the support from Caitlin, Jacob and the marathon participants world-wide makes for a truly amazing experience. It’s utterly exhausting and exhilarating at the same time; the marathon is at the core of my creative year and I wouldn’t be without it!

  2. Starts easy and for the first couple of hours you’re like, “What’s the big deal?” Intense, intense, intense! And then you get grumpy, want to quit, eat everything in sight, sleep on your keyboard, volley a few barbs at fellow participant…and drag your pen across the finish line in exhaustion!
    Can’t wait!

  3. This is a very challenging event that I went into last year with virtually no preparation. Bad idea. Got to hour 15-16 and my inspiration and vocabulary started to disintegrate. Made it through, but not my best work. Approach with discipline and strong coffee.

  4. I applied before the cut off and got the welcome email and the resource email but not the message with the information on the WordPress act.

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