Spring Fling is a one-day conference hosted by PSI. Our goal is to promote poetry and poets in the state of Indiana. Besides our business meeting, which is always an essential part of the day for members, we offer all attendees workshops to grow your skills as a poet and a platform for you to share your own works. Most of all, we offer a supportive artistic and social environment. We encourage student poets to attend.
During COVID-19 and after, our annual events will either be 1) virtual, or 2) a combination of in-person and virtual.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE IN OUR PUBLIC EVENTS?
For in-person public events, we welcome all!
For our virtual public events, we also welcome all! Depending on the platform we use, anyone with a Zoom or Facebook account! And, with geography no longer being a limitation, please always feel free to share our events with your friends, in state and out.
Poetry Society of Indiana paid members are encouraged to participate, of course, but we welcome the general public into many of our events. Poets of all experience levels welcome.
During COVID-19 and after, our annual events will either be 1) virtual, or 2) a combination of in-person and virtual.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE IN OUR PUBLIC EVENTS?
For in-person public events, we welcome all!
For our virtual public events, we also welcome all! Depending on the platform we use, anyone with a Zoom or Facebook account! And, with geography no longer being a limitation, please always feel free to share our events with your friends, in state and out.
Poetry Society of Indiana paid members are encouraged to participate, of course, but we welcome the general public into many of our events. Poets of all experience levels welcome.
2021 VIRTUAL Spring Fling:
2021 Spring Fling PSI Members-Only Poetry Contest information
STAY TUNED AS WE UPDATE OUR 2021 SPRING FLING INFORMATIONThis year, the poetic form for our annual PSI Spring Fling Members-only contest is . . . Ekphrastic Poetry!
The contest includes a PSI Members-only artwork competition, the winning piece of which will be used by our PSI Members for their Spring Fling poetry contest entries.
Ekphrastic poems explore, engage with, and describe a painting, drawing, sculpture, or other form of visual art. Our PSI Members are invited to submit 1 -2 photos of original 2D and 3D artwork.
DEADLINE FOR ARTWORK SUBMISSIONS: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2021
STAY TUNED for updates to the Ekphrastic Poetry PSI Members-only contest information!
The contest includes a PSI Members-only artwork competition, the winning piece of which will be used by our PSI Members for their Spring Fling poetry contest entries.
Ekphrastic poems explore, engage with, and describe a painting, drawing, sculpture, or other form of visual art. Our PSI Members are invited to submit 1 -2 photos of original 2D and 3D artwork.
- 2D art = paintings, drawings, mixed media, photography, etc.
- 3D art = sculpture, textiles, furniture, jewelry, etc.
DEADLINE FOR ARTWORK SUBMISSIONS: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2021
STAY TUNED for updates to the Ekphrastic Poetry PSI Members-only contest information!
2020 Spring Fling
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Given concerns about the coronavirus and the closure of our reserved venue, Poetry Society of Indiana wisely decided to cancel our in-person Spring Fling April 25, 2020. However, we met online! As Premier Poet, Sarah E. Morin invited everyone to an online poetry gathering on April 25, from 1:30-3pm. This event was held entirely on Facebook, so there was no chance of catching anything but creative enthusiasm. It wasn't meant to replace Spring Fling, which is a wonderful all-day in-person event that cannot be fully captured online, but it provided us with a shorter, fun way to celebrate poetry until the next time we can gather in person.
The arts and our artistic community have a wonderful power to help us cope with stressful and uncertain times. PSI is so grateful to members like Sarah E. for creating innovative ways for us to come together and lift each other's spirits during COVID-19. |
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202o's Alt-Spring Fling Facebook event also featured:
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Highlights from our Previous Spring Flings
Schedule
9:45-10:00 Registration
10:00-10:05 Welcome and Announcements
Nancy Simmonds, Spring Fling Chairperson
10:05-10:40 Welcome and PSI Business Meeting
Deborah Petersen, PSI President
10:40-10:55 Looking Back / Celebrating the Present
Nancy Simmonds
10:55-11:10 Spring Fling Contest Winners
Nancy Simmonds
11:10-11:20 Break
11:20-11:50 Symbolism and Allusion in Poetry
Shillin Hite, NIPOETS
11:50-12:15 Our Muse
Michael Erdelen, Premier Poet
12:15-1:00 Lunch
Last Stanza Poetry Group
1:00-1:30 Protest Poetry
Alys Caviness-Gober
1:30-2:00 Manningham Winners
Linda Eaton, Manningham Chair
2:00-2:05 Group Picture
All Presenters, Guests and PSI Members are welcome to join in the commemorative photo.
2:10-2:20 Break
2:20-2:50 Cooperative Poetry Writing Exercise
Nancy Simmonds
2:50-3:25 Round Robin
All are welcome to share a poem.
3:25-3:30 Looking Ahead and Closing Remarks
Nancy Simmonds, Spring Fling Chairperson
10:00-10:05 Welcome and Announcements
Nancy Simmonds, Spring Fling Chairperson
10:05-10:40 Welcome and PSI Business Meeting
Deborah Petersen, PSI President
10:40-10:55 Looking Back / Celebrating the Present
Nancy Simmonds
10:55-11:10 Spring Fling Contest Winners
Nancy Simmonds
11:10-11:20 Break
11:20-11:50 Symbolism and Allusion in Poetry
Shillin Hite, NIPOETS
11:50-12:15 Our Muse
Michael Erdelen, Premier Poet
12:15-1:00 Lunch
Last Stanza Poetry Group
1:00-1:30 Protest Poetry
Alys Caviness-Gober
1:30-2:00 Manningham Winners
Linda Eaton, Manningham Chair
2:00-2:05 Group Picture
All Presenters, Guests and PSI Members are welcome to join in the commemorative photo.
2:10-2:20 Break
2:20-2:50 Cooperative Poetry Writing Exercise
Nancy Simmonds
2:50-3:25 Round Robin
All are welcome to share a poem.
3:25-3:30 Looking Ahead and Closing Remarks
Nancy Simmonds, Spring Fling Chairperson
See the highlights of our 2017 ISFPC/PSI Spring Meet
at Anderson Public Library,
hosted by Last Stanza Poetry Association.
By Robbie Sproule from Montreal, Canada (Flickr.com - image description page) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Our "Gemstones of Poetry and History" 2016 Spring Meet is over, but you can see the highlights here!
N.I. POETS hosted a lovely Spring Meet on May 14, 2016, at Fox Island County Park in Fort Wayne. Poets from around the state gathered to elect officers, take workshops, learn about our state's history for Indiana's Bicentennial, and mainly, be inspired by each other's company and art! Check back in the winter for details about the 2017 Spring Meet.
Some images on this pages courtesy of Boykung at freedigitalphotos.net.
