Topic: What is one unique way you helped your kids become involved with your church community? We are not looking for set up or tear down ideas. Nor are we looking for spending time in the nursery together or going on missions trips (local or overseas). We are looking for something fresh and unique that helped your kids embrace your faith community as their own. This is not the plac...

Theme: ANYTHING GOES (Our first non-themed issue)

For our 12th issue of The Poeming Pigeon, we are not going to specify a theme. We simply want your best, original poems. (No previously published poems). In addition to poetry, we invite visual artists of all kinds to submit artwork, which will be considered for inclusion within the journal and perhaps for the cover art. Please see guidelines on website for specific det...

The entire world just witnessed the mother of all disruptions with Covid-19, and we are looking for stories with the same idea.

These can be small disruptions that have a big impact or huge disruptions that change everything. From Good Trouble to a wrong turn, from carefully executed plans to a good rage-quit to leave minimum wage behind, the greatest beginnings come from disrupting the old ways, whether intentional...

Our spiritual practices are personal, individual and often liberating. Of the hundred ways that poetry can serve as spiritual practice, this workshop will give expression to one of these.

It’s rare that we memorize anything—a phone #, directions, our grocery list, and unless you are a middle-schooler in English class or performance poet,...

ASK introduces kids to the joys of thinking and questioning scientifically, and presumes them to be active members of the international community of knowledge-seekers. The ideal ASK article is an engaging nonfiction story (o...

The theme for 2021 is “Healers, Midwives and Cunning Folk.” I’m looking for old fashioned herbal healers who served villages way back in the day, midwives also tended to help with a variety of ailments, and “cunning folk,” who used folk magic as well as potions, salves and poultices, etc. Think of regular herbalist...

Enter any poem 32 lines or less for your chance to win $1,000, $250 or $100 in cash. In addition to the 1st – 3rd place prizes, 4th place through 10th place will w...

Topic: What is one unique way you helped your kids become involved with your church community? We are not looking for set up or tear down ideas. Nor are we looking for spending time in the nursery together or going on missions trips (local or overseas). We are looking for something fresh and unique that helped your kids embrace your faith community as their own. This is not the plac...

Theme: ANYTHING GOES (Our first non-themed issue)

For our 12th issue of The Poeming Pigeon, we are not going to specify a theme. We simply want your best, original poems. (No previously published poems). In addition to poetry, we invite visual artists of all kinds to submit artwork, which will be considered for inclusion within the journal and perhaps for the cover art. Please see guidelines on website for specific det...

The entire world just witnessed the mother of all disruptions with Covid-19, and we are looking for stories with the same idea.

These can be small disruptions that have a big impact or huge disruptions that change everything. From Good Trouble to a wrong turn, from carefully executed plans to a good rage-quit to leave minimum wage behind, the greatest beginnings come from disrupting the old ways, whether intentional...

Our spiritual practices are personal, individual and often liberating. Of the hundred ways that poetry can serve as spiritual practice, this workshop will give expression to one of these.

It’s rare that we memorize anything—a phone #, directions, our grocery list, and unless you are a middle-schooler in English class or performance poet,...

ASK introduces kids to the joys of thinking and questioning scientifically, and presumes them to be active members of the international community of knowledge-seekers. The ideal ASK article is an engaging nonfiction story (o...

The theme for 2021 is “Healers, Midwives and Cunning Folk.” I’m looking for old fashioned herbal healers who served villages way back in the day, midwives also tended to help with a variety of ailments, and “cunning folk,” who used folk magic as well as potions, salves and poultices, etc. Think of regular herbalist...

Enter any poem 32 lines or less for your chance to win $1,000, $250 or $100 in cash. In addition to the 1st – 3rd place prizes, 4th place through 10th place will w...