The Watering Hole is pleased to announce open submissions for unpublished poetry and visual art for our first anthology. The theme is Re-envisioning Heritage and Tribe. This includes poems about home, family, ancestry, history, and so on, but it’s not limited to that. To help you understand the kinds of poems we are looking for, here...
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Hot New Merch from TWH!!!
T-Shirts $24.99 $24.99 Laptop Stickies These are removable 3×3 stickers. They easily peel off of clean, non-porous surfaces and regain stickiness by running under water. $5.99 for one set Close ups
Online Radio Telethon hosted by #TWHImpact
Artists are responding to the violence against black bodies Online Radio Telethon 12 hours, Many hosts, Tweet us @TWHPoetry #TWHImpact Jan. 9, 2015, 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. We’re raising awareness and donations for this protestor legal fees. DONATE HERE Check out this clip from the upcoming show.
We Hit Our Goal! Thank You!
Because of all your hard work—the sharing, messaging, e-mailing, calling, and donating—The Watering Hole was able to surpass our funding goal with $5,662 with more than 100 donors. Our vision is to create a safe and affordable space for poetry of color where poets of all styles can focus on craft; and that’s exactly...
Thank You!
This quest alone for non-profit status has already opened up more opportunities for us. We are grateful to Dr. Gabbin and the Furious Flower crew for giving us a platform, to Nikky Finney, Vievee Francis, and Greg Pardlo for being such generous financial contributors and fierce advocates, grateful for endless advice from Kwame Dawes, and our...
Spring 2014 Announcements
Online Master Classes Our First Poetry Contest Social Media Announcements