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Poetry Project: Prompts

Current Project | March '07 | June '07 | December '09 | April '10

For results of the Sappho Contest, please click on April '10 above.

For our next Poetry Project, please stay tuned

A note on Writing Prompts:

Some people dislike prompts, while others enjoy them and use them with students and in writers’ groups. We’re interested in hosting an ongoing discussion of the utility and pleasures of writing in response to arbitrary or serendipitous occasions. Please feel welcome to send us your thoughts. Recently we posted three prompts from poet Karen An-hwei Lee, which elicited a circumspect response from poet Dan Beachy-Quick, whose comment sparked poet Paul Bone to reply in defense of prompts. Follow the links to read these commentaries.

What do you think?

Karen An-hwei Lee: “Ten Prompts for Writers” (excerpted from the Reader’s Companion for the book Ardor
Dan Beachy-Quick: “Some (Skeptical) Thoughts on Prompts”
Paul Bone: “A Defense of Writing Prompts”

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