Poets
from all European countries and from all over the world are
invited to participate in the 9th EUROPEAN FACEBOOK POETRY FESTIVAL which will
take place on the 10th and the 11th of March 2018 in Novi
Sad, Serbia, at Master Hall of Novi Sad Fair, during the International Book
Fair. The festival is organized by Banat Cultural Center (BKC) and Novi Sad
Fair.
EUROPEAN
FACEBOOK POETRY FESTIVAL wants to prove that poetry is an universal creation of
human spirit which does not recognize borders and barriers among poets,
nations, countries and languages.
The aim
of the festival is the gathering of the poets who cooperate on Facebook (by
publishing their poems, reading and commenting on each other's poetry), and we
want them to meet, to get to know each other in person at the Festival, to hear
each other reciting their verses and transform their virtual literary
communication into communication in the real world. If anyone is unable to attend,
they can still participate at the Festival by posting their poems on the wall
of the Festival's Facebook page: European
Facebook Poetry Festival.
How to register: Send one unpublished poem
written in your native language and your personal data (name, surname, address,
phone number) on the following email address: fejsbukfestival@gmail.com The deadline
for submission is the 28th of February, 2018. We kindly ask the poets to state
in their application whether they will be attending the festival or taking part
via Facebook. The poets' participation schedule for the 10th and the
11th of March and the exact program of the Festival will be announced in due
time.
Judging
poems that are received at this year's competition will be conducted in two
steps. The winners of the previous eight festivals will select the poems that
will be shortlisted (each member of the first instance jury selects 5 poems),
while the second instance jury, from a short list, chooses the main winner of
the festival.
Members
of the first instance jury: Branka Korać (Netherlands), Jelena Ćirić (Czech Republic), Mitko
Gogov (Macedonia), Bogdanka Rakić (Germany), Dejan Popovoć, Group Poeziranje (Montenegro), Elena Askarova
(Russia), Mensur Ćatić (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Boris Lazić (France), Igor
Trpčeski (Macedonia), Todora Škoro (Serbia), Aleksandra Luthander (Sweden), Toni
Perdić (Serbia), Mariana Qunbar (Israel), Katarina Mosnak Bagljaš
(Slovakia), Zlatko Kraljić (Slovenia).
Members
of the jury of second instance from Serbia: Simon Grabovac (chairman), dr Zoran
Djerić, Franja Petrinović, Goran Ibrajter and Radovan Vlahović.
Poems
that will be shortlisted will be printed in a special anthology „Višeglasje”,
which will be published until the next festival. The author of the best poem will
be awarded with a publication of her/his new book of poetry.
The
first instance jury will announce the decision on the shortlist by the 1st
of June, and the second instance jury will announce its decision at the "Poetry
republic" event, which is held in November at the Banat Cultural Center in
Novo Milosevo. The winner's book will be published until/and promoted on the 10th
EUROPEAN FACEBOOK POETRY FESTIVAL.
All the
people who write poetry, regardless of their age, gender, religion, nationality
or profession have the right to participate at the festival.
For all
information you can contact us on an email address: fejsbukfestival@gmail.com