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Blast Your Own Breath

Mother Foucault's Bookshop 523 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR, United States

@buckmanjournal presents Blast Your Own Breath, a gathering of writers and artists. No host, no sign-up sheet, leaving the floor completely open to potentiality. We encourage all artists to show up! Perhaps you will have see an artist doodling on stage while a poet reads aloud, or a theater major show up with a saxophone player. Let's get active and collaborate! 🎉 This is a wonderful opportunity for potential future contributors to get to know the Buckman family and for readers to catch-up with what’s going on in the Buckman scene. ✨ Wednesday, Nov 28, 7pm. Mother Foucault’s Bookshop, 523 SE Morrison, Buckman Neighborhood, Portland OR. Buckman Journal presents Blast Your Own Breath, a meeting of Portland writers and artists delivering words differently. "On hump…

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Buckman Journal 002 Launch Party

Bunk Bar - Water 1028 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for the launch party, Friday, March 8, 7pm, at Bunk Bar on Water Ave (the one in the Buckman neighborhood). The savviest writers. The sharpest artists. For Buckman Journal 002, John Gourley, who fronts Portugal. The Man, collaborated with photographer Hattie Watson to create the cover. Inside: An excerpt from the novel Kickdown by award winning author Rebecca Clarren; a selection of poems by one of the form’s rising stars, Liz Lampman, paired with the art of Jessica Poudstone; comics by Sketchy People; and a wealth of short stories, memoirs, essays, flash fiction, and art, all made by Portlanders! Sending scouts deep into the Portland, Oregon, literature and arts scene, Buckman Journal brings together the city’s exceptional talent and presents them to the…

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Buckman Journal 003 Launch & Holiday Art Market

Bunk Bar - Water 1028 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Buckman Journal, a literary and art anthology features a wealth of short stories, essays, flash fiction, and visual art, all made by Portlanders. The third installment of Buckman Journal explores the way technology and media work with, for, and against our world. New issue out December 1st, 2019. Alongside the launch of Buckman Journal 003, Buckmxn Publishing is proud to host a holiday art market. Looking for unique gifts and want to support local artists and writers? Presto! Buckmxn has made it easy for you! Shop prints, stickers, craft items, original pieces, books, and more. Great deals and specials! All sales go directly to artists. Bunk Bar @ SW Water Ave. Thursday Dec 5. 6-9pm. Buy a sandwich. Have a drink. Browse art. Buy Buckman…

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Buckmxn/Belmont Books Book Sale

Belmont Books 3415 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR, United States

For one night only, Buckmxn is throwing a holiday sale at Belmont Books. We’ve made last minute, affordable gift shopping easy for you! Buckman Journal 001 & 002 only $10.00. Buckmxn Box Set discounted to $40.00. Individual Buckmxn titles $2.00 off! Door prizes! Warm drinks! Show up and recite a poem, get a free Buckman tote. Show up and read a poem of yours, get a free tote and a free poster. Show up with the password “cattywampus” and get a free poster. Show up and support your local. Show up and have FUN.

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Submission Deadline: Buckman Journal: The Marie Equi Prize For Poetry

Buckman Publishing PO Box 14247, Portland, OR, United States

Buckman Journal is proud to announce The Marie Equi Prize For Poetry. One poet will receive $200.00 and appear in Buckman Journal 004. There is no entry fee. Firebrand Marie Equi (1872-1952) was a Portland physician, suffragette, birth control advocate, labor activist, and perhaps the first publicly known lesbian on the west coast. The prize is open to Oregon and SW Washington residents only. Please send 4 to 6 poems, or 4 to 6 pages of unpublished poetry (no more than 6 pages). Do not print your name or any self-identifying annotation on your submission. Please include a cover letter with a contact email address AND phone number. Only winning or honorably mentioned submissions will be notified. Simultaneous submissions are fine. Email submissions are NOT…

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Submission Deadline: The Marie Equi Prize For Poetry

Buckman Publishing PO Box 14247, Portland, OR, United States

Buckman Journal is proud to announce The Marie Equi Prize For Poetry. One poet will receive $200.00 and appear in Buckman Journal 004. There is no entry fee. Firebrand Marie Equi (1872-1952) was a Portland physician, suffragette, birth control advocate, labor activist, and perhaps the first publicly known lesbian on the west coast. The prize is open to Oregon and SW Washington residents only. Please send 4 to 6 poems, or 4 to 6 pages of unpublished poetry (no more than 6 pages). Do not print your name or any self-identifying annotation on your pages of poetry. Please include a cover letter with your name, contact email address, AND phone number. Only winning or honorably mentioned submissions will be notified. Simultaneous submissions are fine. Email…

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Buckman Journal Poetry Prize

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

The award-winning Buckman Journal is pleased to open submissions for the Buckman Journal Poetry Award, February 14 - 27, 2022. One poet will receive $300.00, and their work featured in Buckman Journal. The prize is open to Oregon and SW Washington residents only. There is no entry fee. Please send no more than five pages of unpublished poems. Simultaneous submissions are fine if noted in the cover letter. All styles are welcome, however Buckmxn favors the brave. Poets who use a word in an unexpected manner, lyrical without heavy handed and multiple adjectives, employ a joy working the sound and rhythm of words, strike Buckmxn most. Buckmxn also notes that there a lot of poems written solidly, squarely in the 1st person. Consider this if…

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This is Portland: An Evening of Poetry & Music

Honey Latte Cafe 1033 SE Main St, Portland, OR, United States

Perhaps the most wild and unique reading Portland has seen in years. Clear your calendar for this event! Presented collaboratively by Buckman Journal and Future Prairie, This is Portland brings together creativity across medium, making for a multi-genre performance. Local poets will share short-form work and will be joined by musicians offering instrumental accompaniment and interludes throughout the evening. All in attendance, including the audience, will be encouraged to contribute to a collaborative piece of writing, by offering a line in a crowd-sourced poem which will be composed in real-time during the event and then compiled and printed in the next issue of Buckman Journal. We believe poetry belongs in nightlife! Doors at 7:00pm. Show 7:30pm-9:30pm

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