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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
Be
sure to introduce yourself in the Federation online forums,
and check out the
member biography
section to find out more about each.
New Members:
R. D. Roy - Trenton, ON
Paul Gerhardt Fleisher - Accra, Ghana
Lesley Pasquin - Kirkland, QC
Prasenjit Singh - Noapara, Kolkata
Gary Pierluigi - Mississauga, ON
Mitali Adhvaryu - Toronto, ON
Robert L. Fisher - Woodbridge, ON
Renewals:
Amir Hasham
Elaine Traviss
David Fraser
Lorna J. Knox
Thelma Davidson
Check out this months feature poet
Stella Ducker.
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POETRY CANADA $9.95 SUBSCRIPTION
Poetry Canada is now available for only $9.95 USD in PDF format, for
a full year. Get all the great information from 2004, 2005, 2006, and
2007 - for one LOW PRICE! ORDER TODAY
and get started right away!
This edition features great articles, wonderful poetry, amazing photography,
and tons of great things to enjoy, buy and share.
Get your copy today!
Poetry Canada Magazine
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CONTESTS & CALLS
Check out the current contests:
NEW! The Way to Happiness and
Rhyming Poetry;
where the winner
of each will appear in Poetry Canada magazine and get a free copy! Call now open.
NEW! Stellar Showcase Journal
Our Fall Issue (online & print) are published and we are
now focusing on our Winter Issue (Dec 1st quarterly publication)
Our poets and writers are from all over the world.
Check out our online journal. www.stellarshowcasejournal.com
Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest - No Fee
Online Submission Deadline: April 1, 2007
Winning Writers invites you to enter the sixth annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest. The prize pool has doubled to $3,336.40 in cash, with a top prize of $1,359. There is no fee to enter. Judge: Jendi Reiter.
Submit online
We promote FREE contests, if you have one, let us know and we'll let
everyone else know.
SPREAD THE WORD
The winner of the 2006 CFP promote award goes to: Mark Clement.
Thanks to everyone who continues to promote the CFP, and proudly display our
logo on your site. You will be put in for the 2007 contest automatically, and
we encourage all new members, and NON MEMBERS to help promote the CFP.
The Canadian Federation has a new logo, and we want everyone to take it, and put it
on their website. If you have a website, put it up there. If you receive this
newsletter, you are free to copy the logo, and put it on your website, with a link
to http://www.federationofpoets.com.
Anyone who puts the logo up, or has already done it (you are included for
submission next year too) let us know with an email that has "Promote CFP" in
the subject line, and the website name, and on December 31st, we will select one lucky winner to win a
free ad in Poetry Canada magazine's Poets' Marketplace section. Help poetry,
and yourself - it's a win, win!
If you need help, let me know and I'll show you what you need to put in your webpage
to get it running.
CALENDAR COORDINATOR
Betty Dobson of Halifax, Nova Scotia who has taken on the position of
Calendar Coordinator!
If you are a CFP member, this is a great way to promote your book launches, appearances,
and check out contest calls and events.
If you are a CFP member, or a CFP Affiliate Organization feel free to submit
your events to us. It is a great way to easily increase attendance.
Send your information to: Calendar Coordinator: Betty Dobson
FEDERATION OF POETS
Canadian Federation of Poets
2431 Cyprus Avenue
Burlington, ON L7P 1G5
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Well what a great way to start the new year, with an honour from Her Excellency the Right
Honouable Michaelle Jean. She has extended the CFP her endorsement by official letter.
I hope your year is starting off with great success.
Make sure you participate it whatever group you belong to, and get the word or poetry
and your work out there.
Don't forget I have my personal blog for taking control of 2007, and even though
it pertains to Internet Marketing - much of the same advice can be applied to your writing
or book marketing efforts. Feel free to check it out. Tracy Repchuk
and keep on track.
Check out all of the benefits and
become a part of the CFP family for
a full year of poetry fun, and a free bonus subscription to Poetry Canada magazine.
Tracy Lynn Repchuk
President and Founder of the Canadian Federation of Poets
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CFP |
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Well, it is my honour to tell you that the Canadian Federation of Poets has just received,
from Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada, an
accepted position of Patron for the Canadian Federation of Poets and is happy to
lend her endorsement.
We will now be adding to our list of members:
Patron:
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaelle Jean
C.C, C.M.M., C.O.M., C.D.
Governor General of Canada
This is just another indicator that the Canadian Federation of Poets is among the top
poetry organizations in Canada, and is honoured that those who are members, help
with that achievement, and I am thrilled you chose to be a part of our family.
Take a look at the benefits the benefits
the CFP has to offer, and make this the year you join.
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TAKE YOUR MARKETING
TO THE NEXT LEVEL
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This e-Book is immediately available in download, so you can start marketing
your book, and others.
US$3.97
- Purchase your copy today!
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Advertise your book here for just $25 or $10 if you are a CFP member, or get a free
book announce here with every 4 week
Feature Book reservation.
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CFP EVENTS
Thursday January 18th, 2007 - 7pm
Oakville Federation
Contact: George Arnold
Timothy's World Coffee
321 Lakeshore Rd. E, Oakville,
Open mic event where poets and performers can get together and share both poetry and short stories.
Sunday January 21st, 2007 - 2pm
Ottawa Federation
Contact: Richard Vallance
Royal Oak II Restaurant
161 Laurier East, Ottawa
Every third Sunday of the month. 2-4pm
Admission: Free
Open mic event where poets and performers can get together and share both poetry and short stories.
Halifax Federation of Poets
contact Betty Dobson or Donelda Kent at
bettyd@federationofpoets.com or doneldak@federationofpoets.com
Durham Region Federation of Poets
contact Stella Ducker at
StellaCD@federationofpoets.com
Penticton, BC Federation of Poets
contact Donna Thompson
at: DonnaT@federationofpoets.com
Calgary, Alberta Federation of Poets
contact Wei Yin
at: weiyin@federationofpoets.com
Check out all of our happenings or get complete details on the above events from our
online calendar.
MAKE 2007 THE YEAR OF PROMOTION
This is so important, I wanted to repeat it and include it in this newsletter
as well.
If you have a book that hasn't been selling the way you would like, it may
be time to take a look at the promotion you are doing for it. When polled,
most poets responded the only promotion they did was to take it with them to
readings, and even then, they didn't promote it (excluding putting it on a table
with a price tag.) When you promote at a passive level, you may just end up
with passive sales. Here are some low cost plans you can make for 2007 to
help improve the sale of your book.
If you are a CFP member, for only $27.50 you can have a 4 month appearance
in Poetry Canada magazine in the Poets' Marketplace section. For less than $30,
you can be in a magazine with your book! (Price is $55 for non-members)
Poets' Marketplace Sample
If you are a CFP member, you can have an announcement in this newsletter,
appear on the front index page of the CFP site (over 140,000 hits per month),
appear at the top of the page in
the CFPShop store, for a total of 5 weeks, for only $20! (A $65 value) That's $4 per week for the
promotion of your book - not a big investment, but it could make a big difference.
(cost is $30 for non-members) Book Promote Plan
Reserve a table and participate in book fairs. Even better, share it with a friend, and have some
company for the day.
Plan a reading from your book at a local coffee shop. Include about 4 readers, offer a discount,
and make it fun. If you are a CFP member, promote your event for FREE in the CFP calendar.
If you're a CFP member, tell us what wonderful things you have done. Did you have a book
launch, attend an event, win a contest, get selected for an anthology... whatever your news,
let us know, and we'll share it in this newsletter.
Whatever you do, do something to help get your work out there, and have your
voice really be heard!
RECENT MEMBER NEWS:
Orania Hamilton was nominated for the Pushcart Poetry Award in 2005
and 2006
Caleb Repchuk appears in the European world-wide rights commercial
for Opel automobiles.
R.D.Roy has been announced as the new editor of Poetry Canada magazine. This is
an exciting new announcement that will start for the June 2007 Edition. Details will appear in the
February newsletter.
Tracy Repchuk will be moving to Managing Editor for the June 2007 Edition of Poetry
Canada magazine.
Richard Grove of Hidden Brook Press will be the new publisher for Poetry Canada magazine as of the June 2007 edition.
Debbie Okun Hill's poem Any Happy Moment Now will appear in
the next edition of Poetry Canada Magazine
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If you are a CFP member with exciting news, let us know. Send an email
with the news in it, and a subject line of CFP Member News.
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