Anybody interested in participating in a pretty impressive-sounding reading, check the following out–this memo was sent to me via cwropps@aol.com. Join their email group to receive a consistent stream of writing opportunities of all kinds.

We are seeking submissions for TEN THOUSAND POETS FOR CHANGE,

http://www.bigbridge.org/100thousandpoetsforchange/

This amazing world-wide event is happening on Saturday September 24th and has been recognized as the largest poetry reading in history. Poets will be reading in cities across the globe in a demonstration/celebration of poetry to promote social, environmental, and political change. We are organizing an event in Berkeley and looking for poets to read in a performance that begins at 8pm that evening at the Subterranean Art House, http://subterraneanarthouse.org/.

If chosen, you will be reading along side Poets
Mama Coatl, http://www.reverbnation.com/mamacoatl
Chris Cole, http://disembodiedpoetics.com/
Jenny Overman, http://jennyoverman.com/
and Sam Pierstorff,  http://www.slamonrye.com

All poetry read this night will be archived at Stanford University.

Please submit 1-2 poems, 2 pages MAX, (we will not read more than 2 pages) please include a short bio, and send you submissions to:

<nightgirlpoetry(at)gmail.com> by August 29, 2011. Replace (at) with @ in sending e-mail.