The Poetry in the Boro team is excited to announce our second annual Arts Calendar. For our 2022 calendar, we are partnering with Photography Connect Murfreesboro, a group that promotes photography and connects area photographers and photo enthusiasts throughout Murfreesboro and the middle Tennessee area.
The wall calendar will feature poetry and photography by poets and photographers who have a meaningful connection to Rutherford County. Proceeds from the calendar will go to support Poetry in the Boro programming in 2022 and beyond.
Call for submissions
We are especially interested in seeing work from diverse viewpoints and backgrounds, particularly from photographers and poets in the BIPOC and LGBT+ communities. We welcome submissions from those who currently live, work, or attend school in Rutherford County, who are past residents, or who live beyond our county borders but are part of the Poetry in the Boro or Photography Connect Murfreesboro communities.
Submission deadline is July 1, 2021. Complete information on how to submit, plus tips on what we’re looking for, can be found here!
We will announce selections on or around August 31, 2021. Contributing poets and photographers will be paid $45 per image / poem. Featured haiku writers will be paid $15 per haiku. Each contributor will also receive a complimentary copy of the calendar.
The calendar will be released in late fall 2021, with an in-person celebration if possible. If not, we will find a socially distanced way to celebrate this endeavor!
More about the calendar, in the words of contributors and buyers
Here are some comments we received about last year’s calendar:
- The calendar is beautiful!
- I love the idea of “written” and not just pictorial features.
- People…have contacted me and posted about how much they like Murfreesboro Majesty. This is a thrill!
- I’m excited and honored to be part of this project!
- This is seriously the first time I’ve felt really connected to my local creative community in Murfreesboro after living here for nearly 17 years.
See highlights from the 2021 calendar at https://poetryintheboro.org/murfreesboro-calendar/.