this just in…
April 27, 2012
Conversations Across Borders ~ Village Books ~ Saturday, April 28, 2012, 4:00pm.
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submissions open…for a couple weeks…
April 12, 2012
Clover, A Literary Rag, is the annual literary magazine of Independent Writers Studio (IWS). The submissions window for the fall 2012 closes Monday, April 30, 2012.
For more about Clover, IWS or submission guidelines, visit the IWS website.
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when nothing is like nothing…
April 3, 2012
Need a prompt to launch your poem? Sometimes a good simile, or a quirky simile, or a downright strange simile will get you going, or at least shake things loose. The online literary magazine, High Coup Journal, which publishes mostly-monthly collections of high coup haiku, has just the solution: the fabulously amusing Simile-o-Matic. When your nothing is like nothing, just click.
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journal release party…
February 22, 2012
Labyrinth, the journal of Western Washington University’s (WWU) Women’s Center, will celebrate the release of the 2012 edition with an exhibit and reading at the Viking Union Gallery. The issue’s theme, Beyond the Body, is expressed through visual arts, currently on display (through Friday, March 2, Monday through Friday, 11:00am – 5:00pm), and with readings at the release party on Thursday, March 1, 6:00 – 8:00pm. Find more information about Labyrinth on Facebook.
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un-Valentine to-do list…
February 14, 2012
- Make a folder or notebook for your poetry (if you don’t already have one).
- Collect your wayward poems and put them in your notebook.
- If you keep your poems on your computer, do a back-up.
- Update your “poet’s bio.”
- Select two poems that you think are pretty good and make them better.
- Visit one of the following sites and start to identify publications that fit your writing style: Duotrope, New Pages, Poets & Writers; or have a look at the latest print edition of Poet’s Market.
- Visit publication websites, study the guidelines and read past issues to see if your work fits.
- Make a possible-submissions list: publications, themes (if any) and deadlines.
- Choose your five, three or one best poem(s) and polish, polish, polish.
- Submit your poem(s).
- Track your submissions, either on your own chart or with an online tracking system, such as that at Duotrope.
- Repeat.
Need more info on submitting your poems for publication? Here’s some sage advice from Poets.org, from which we quote:
Is rejection a bad sign? It is important to be patient, yet tenacious, when trying to publish your work. Don’t be discouraged by rejection. A hand-written, personal rejection from a good publisher is far better than an acceptance from a bad one. Many writers who are now well-known earned nothing but rejections slips for years. When a poem or manuscript comes back from one publisher, submit a fresh copy to the next one on your list.
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speculative poetry…
February 8, 2012
We happened to notice that the January 2012 issue of Eye to the Telescope, an online speculative poetry journal, includes work by a number of friends of the Sue Boynton Poetry Contest. Have a look.
And while you’re there, consider submitting to the next issue, which will focus on speculative poems in form. As the guidelines explain, “Speculative poetry is poetry which falls within the genres of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, plus some related genres such as magic realism, metafiction, and fabulation.”
For more details on speculative poetry, form and the Science Fiction Poetry Association, see the submission guidelines.
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free Poetry…
February 3, 2012
Are you in a book club or reading group? If so, the Poetry Foundation invites you to request free copies of the April 2012 issue of Poetry Magazine. The offer honors both National Poetry Month and one hundred years of publication for the venerable magazine. For more information, see the Poetry Foundation announcement.
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Bellingham Review online!
November 8, 2011
Congratulations to Bellingham Review, which has premiered its first online issue, dedicated to short-form, non-genre writing. Read the online issue, read more about Bellingham Review on the website or Like the publication on Facebook.
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Artwork by Molly Higgins Bruce and Marilyn V. Bruce
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cops and…poetry…
October 27, 2011
Do you know (or are you) a police officer, detective, investigator, jailer, FBI agent, probation officer or other current or former law enforcement type who writes poetry? The new call for submissions from the literary magazine RATTLE invites “poetry written by poets working in or retired from a career in law enforcement” for the Summer 2012 issue. Interested? Read the call for submissions for Issue #37 and beyond, see the submission guidelines and find out lots more about Rattle.
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what’s write now and local…
September 27, 2011
There’s plenty of opportunity for getting your poetry published in the Northwest. Here’s a selection. For submission guidelines, click on the publication name.
Bellingham Review is now open for submissions of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, author interviews and black-and-white photography (through Dec. 15, 2011).
Chuckanut Sandstone Writers Theater invites submissions for a collaborative writing/dance performance, Phrasings (through Nov. 30, 2011).
Concrete Wolf is running a poetry chapbook contest (through Nov. 30, 2011).
Crab Creek Review is now accepting submissions of poetry, short fiction and creative nonfiction (through Mar. 31, 2012). The publication’s fiction contest is also underway (through Dec. 15, 2011).
Drash: Northwest Mosaic invites submissions of unpublished poetry, essays and prose (through Dec. 15, 2011).
Gribble Press has a poetry chapbook contest underway (through Oct. 31, 2011).
Poetry Northwest is open for poetry submissions on the theme of science (through March 15, 2012).
Seattle Review will open on October 1 for submissions of long poems, novellas and long essays (through May 31, 2012).
Willow Springs is accepting submissions of fiction, nonfiction and poetry (through May 31, 2012).
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