Pub Chatter (2nd Edition)

Is This The End? - May 5, 2017

Hello Pubbers!!

Happy Cinco de Mayo!!

Or

Happy Revenge of the Fifth!!

This week's Chatter is going to look a little different and next week it will be completely overhauled, including a whole new book and cover.  So be on the lookout for it so you can add it to your reading lists.

The name of the new Chatter will be Pub Chatter: UNBOUND and it will include news from all our sites.

Poets Pub

PoetsPubIndia

WritersforPeace

Teen-Age

storytellers-saloon

We want to take the Chatter into a new direction, that will include some new features and getting rid of the old format.  This will be the last Chatter in this book.

CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Poets Pub Contests:

April Contest:

The April contest is closed, but we still need your votes.  We would like to announce a winner next week so please send us a PM with your top 3-5 favorite poems.

May Contest:

The May contest has gotten underway.  Each week we will be giving you a new beginning sentence for you to write a poem from, with the theme of Peace.  All of these poems will also be posted on the Writers for Peace site as well.

Poets Pub India Contests: TBA

Writers for Peace Contests: TBA

Teen-Age Contests:

Teen-Age has their first competition up and running.  It is a Seven Word competition and will run through May 31.  If you know anyone who is between the ages of 13 and 19 please let them know; they can find all of the rules and particulars on the Teen-Age site.

Storytellers Saloon Contests:

The storytellers-saloon 's April Fools contest has now ended and a winner will be announced soon.

COLLECTION ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Poets Pub 2nd Anniversary Collection:

We would like to encourage everyone to send in a Personal Message to be included in our 2nd Anniversary collection.  It can be anything like, what you enjoy most about the Pub, a special memory, or even a poem.  If you would like to send in more than one message please feel free to do so.  Please send all your messages by PM to the Pub.

Writers for Peace Legacy Collections:

We are looking to fill up all the Legacy collections. At present, we have collections available in English, Spanish, French, Hindi and Tagalog.  Of course, you are most welcome to send in a poem or story in any language you like, we will be happy to add it to our collections.

PERSONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Poets Pub:

We have hit a major goal, for the Pub, of reaching 100 followers on our Facebook page!! We would like to encourage all of you to stop by and like our page; when you do, feel free to leave us a message so that we know you came by!

glassEyed –

There was an all India poetry writing competition Wingword Poetry organised by Delhi Poetry Slam. And one of my poems, a haiku, got a Commendable Mention. And for an amateur poet like myself, it's huge! :p

Felt like sharing it with the fellow Pubbers, as this is where I discovered my poetic self.

Thanks! :)

A HUGE Poets Pub CONGRATULATIONS!! To glassEyed!! CHEERS!!

rosaimee –

We would like to send out another big CONGRATULATIONS to rosaimee, her short story "Thy Sweet Blood" won second place in the Many Bloody Returns contest.

MystresMyna –

Many of you know I am writing for Truth Magazine, this month I have two articles and I would love for you to check them out.  One is The Poets Corner, Heirloom Flowers and the other one is Video Game Reviews by GG, the Grandma Gamer.

PUB CHATTER PROMPTS:

Prompt #1 – Write an acrostic poem using the words POETS PUB and send it in for the 2nd Anniversary collection.

Prompt #2 – Write an acrostic poem using the words WRITERS FOR PEACE and send it in to the Writers for Peace Legacy collection.

New Features:

We will be featuring Poets Pub members each week in the Chatter.  We will have a short interview and will feature one of their collections.  So if you would like to be a Featured Poet, please let me know in the comments and I will get with you.

Well that is it for this week.  I hope everyone has a safe and relaxing weekend.  Stick around as long as you like and introduce yourself to someone new.  As always, the drinks are always on the house.

Cheers from your Mystres of Chatter

MystresMyna

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Another great Chatter from our Lady Myna.

As mentioned, next week we will be revamping the Chatter and taking it into a brand new direction.

Over the past month or so, the Poets Pub has expanded to India and encompassed two other sites, namely Teen-Age and Writers for Peace.

So, now the Pub family has 4 sites and with some work in the future, hopefully it will continue to grow and bring together writers and poets from every corner of this wonderful planet.

This is where all of the Pubbers out there, come in.

I am asking each and every one of you, not only to support our other family sites, but to help us make them grow even further, by shouting out to your own family of friends to check us out.

The more we expand, the more opportunity there will be for all of you to showcase your work and to grow as not only Poets, but writers as well.

I created these sites with the help of some amazing writers and our only goal has been to showcase our families writings and give all the encouragement and inspiration to continue to write.

There is a whole new generation of writers coming up through Wattpad. Lets all help them hone their skills and give them a variety of sites to show the world what they are capable of.

As we head into our 3rd year, lets step outside the comfortable boundaries of the Poets Pub and lets reflect what we have discovered here to even more people.

Bill