Has it ever happened to you, Reader? You're writing and you can't find the word you want. No luck wwiping through a thesaurus, so you click a search bar (some of you are already into your preferred AI account, I know). It's lunch time, so hunger pangs push me to search "fortunate nibbles." And I get... Fortune Feimster playing Nibbles Maplestick from Zootopia 2. It takes two to tango, but a threesome to be sumpin’! Let’s find you a reptile and romp the swamp!”―Nibbles Maplestick And a new...
7 months ago • 1 min read
Are you feeling it? "Lucky," is the theme of the next South Coast literary frolic. Sippizine is ready for your poetry, prose and art through midnight, April 4, 2026. Help spread the word! Call or text a friend. Repost the announcement on Instagram. Share it on LinkedIn. Forward this email to a creative you know. Thank you! Not feeling lucky? Check out Laura Pedulli's 60 Miles South of Albuquerque from Sippizine - Volume 6. Thursday, March 12 is AHA - Literary Fun Night! 5pm - Whaling Museum...
7 months ago • 1 min read
'Tis the season to hunker down and write - or is it? Next week brings a hunky dory lineup of spoken word events in our neck of the snow. It may be your excuse to trudge out of the dark and into the light... warming up with new words and conversations with other word lovers. Check out this run of fun on Thursday, February 12 4pm Lenore Balliro - Remind me to tell you - Poetry at the Dartmouth Cultural Center 5 - 7pm Write with Community - Vestibules - Braitmayer Family Galleries at the Whaling...
8 months ago • 1 min read
As winds blow and surf rises, so do the days of our lives, Reader. Have these days brought you reading time? Writing adventures? I love being outdoors, but it also feels good to put on my Sippizine hat and look ahead. Woods Hole from Buzzard's Bay on a calm summer day. Volume 6 - Movement - Submissions Open September 6. This fall, Sippizine is looking for your poem, prose under 1,000 words or art inspired by the theme Movement. Submissions will be accepted from September 6 to October 12,...
about 1 year ago • 1 min read
Solitary moments are good, Reader. But so are moments together. July 29, 6pm at Mattapoisett Library Meredith Race leads the summer Writer's Prompt Session. Come to play with words in different ways. Sign up for the July or August sessions, or just drop in. Friday, July 18 at New Bedford's Rotch-Jones Dutch House Kick off your weekend with spoken word in the garden. Contributors to Waterscapes will read from 5:30 to 7pm. Friday, July 18, 7pm at Wild Heart Herb House Grab a lawn chair and get...
over 1 year ago • 1 min read
It's just like the song, Reader? Along the Massachusetts South Coast, we have so many ways to enjoy the spoken word: Sunday, June 8 in Westport Friday, June 20, 7pm at Wild Heart Herb House in New Bedford June 25 in Dartmouth (registration required) Lenore Balliro reads her poetry at the Dartmouth Cultural Center Or you can just on a bench, lounge on a hammock and read Sippizine aloud. Read it online, or buy your print copy. 👏 Thanks to Meredith Race for jumping in to lead the next Writer's...
over 1 year ago • 1 min read
Ready to vote, Reader? Sippizine fans let their theme ideas fly. Thanks to Kenny Macleod for this Superman Squirrel photo. Now it's your turn to vote. Choose your favorite future theme for Sippizine? Survival Mystery Boundless Movement Freedom Connections Vote Now Sweet & Sour Coming Soon... You'll find new voices, familiar voices and wide ranging takes on V5. The layout is almost finished. Next, it's off to proofing eyes. April 29 - Writer's Session in Mattapoisett April 29 - Writer's...
over 1 year ago • 1 min read
Is it a problem, Reader? There are so many options to explore the theme for Volume 5. The ideas keep popping up and I can't help myself. How many places can you take the theme "Sweet & Sour?" Ping! This baby's first taste of avocado Submit to "Sweet & Sour" by April 6 Ping! What prose, poetry or art will you create? Submit to Sippizine March 25 - Writer's Session in Mattapoisett At 6:30, the words will fly in the Marine Room at the Mattapoisett Library during the Writer's Prompt Session....
over 1 year ago • 1 min read
We are in it, Reader. It just occurred to me. This time of year in New England, often called mud season, with its temperature loops and variable winds, this weather roller coaster fits Sippizine's next theme. Sweet and Sour Sweet and sour season inspires a whole new angle, don't you think? I'm looking forward to Sippizine V5. It surprised me that this theme idea ranked so high last year. My first thought was Chinese food. But life is full of sweet and sour, so who knows what you will submit...
over 1 year ago • 1 min read