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).
I’m looking forward to participating, again!
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!
Exactly. I look forward to hearing from you again.
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!
Exciting!
Great options. I’m looking forward to participating this year.
Lovely, Great ideas and looking forward to being involved with the Poetry Marathon once again!
Awesome!! I look forward to participating again!!
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.
Cody, Thank you for that! I am actually going to include that in one of our new preparation emails.
What I enjoyed most was the opportunity to be disciplined in producing finished, complete work on a schedule.
I didn’t sign up last year, but did participate: 25 poems in 24 hours (2 squeaked out around hour 17).
I am excited to sign up this year!
Thanks for the later starting time option for the half marathon. It allows me to actually focus and marathon without the distractions that life always throws my way.
I am glad! It seems like an option a lot of people are taking!
Is there any chance to still register? I didn’t hear about this until after the registration date. Thank you!
C.K. Send us an email at poets@thepoetrymarathon.com. A number of people have dropped out so we should be able to fit a few more in!
Thank you! I sent you an email.
Looking ahead to Saturday, August 5th,
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.
I am SO EXCITED I “accidentally” happened upon this reminder tonite! My account popped right back up and I am ready with bells on!