poetry! poetry of place, found poetry, poetry giveaway

3 poetry links:

poetry of place
language/place edition 8 call
official announcement to follow with the launch of edition 7, but thought i share this news right away:
If you are interested in Language and Place, you are invited to join Edition #8 of the Language/Place Blog Carnival. It will be hosted by poet & author Walter Bjorkman. Born in Brooklyn, Walter recently moved into the Pennsylvania countryside and blogs at Qwik-Bake Synthetics. The suggested (but not mandatory) theme for edition 8 is “The poetry of place”. The edition is planned for late July 2011. Submissions are open July 1 – 20. More about the blog carnival, here: language place blog carnival: about + links.

found poetry
call from Found Poetry Review
The new literary online magazine The Found Poetry Review, edited by Jenni B. Baker, is currently looking for submissions of found poetry for the first issue. They also can be found at twitter, here a quote re: submissions: "Still time to send in your found poetry for consideration for our debut issue. We look forward to your submissions! (deadline: June 30)" "We've received a lot of great poetry submissions -- could use some photos too!"

poetry giveaway
TNBBC / To the River
The TNBBC book blog is featuring Artistically Declined Press this week - check out their blog, they have interesting reviews, and indie press features. AND they have a special giveaway: Rose Hunter’s poetry collection "to the river".
And an extra-link, to bring this post to a point of full-circle-closure:  “to the river” is about passing through and staying in places - there is an author talk with Rose up in the blueprint book blog - and from themes, this now also connects to language/place: Daily s-Press author talk on poetry, travel, languages.

calls, calls, calls: Language&Place at the Edge, Imprisonment, Windows, Nature...

current calls for submissions, sorted by deadline.
calls that are past their deadline are moved to the bottom.

Language and Place on the Edge: edition 6 of blueprint's blog carnival project >language >place will be hosted by Michelle Elvy. the suggested theme of this edition is: “language and place on the edge”. The issue is planned for late May, submissions will be open from around 15th April to 15th May. guidelines.

Home sweet home, unintended consequences, threesome: The flash initiative 52/250 A Year of Flash has the final themes up. You can still join. guidelines. upcoming: "Home sweet home" / deadline: April 24, "unintented consequences": May 1, and "threesome": May 8

Imprisonment: qarrtsiluni's next theme will be "Imprisonment". submissions are now open. "As always, we consider contributions of nonfiction, poetry, short fiction, photographs, digitized artwork, short films, original musical compositions, spoken word recordings, and collaborative works. deadline is April 30. guidelines.

Windows: YB has a brand new home on WordPress and is now accepting submissions. theme: windows. deadline: Guidelines: YB: An Online Journal of Poetry "Submissions are now open so get windowing, before the window closes, on May 20." YB is also looking for creative, casual or convential reviews of poetry books (link).

Call of the Wild - Nature's World: Editions Bibliotekos is looking for writing that goes beyond pollution reports, beyond news-writing about the ravages of mining – focus on the changing character of humankind (internally and externally) in relation to the environment. Deadline (subject to change): 1 September 2011. Fiction only. Writers are asked to refer to the Call and Guidelines: http://www.ebibliotekos.com/

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Web Archives / Lists

Electronic Literature Directory - an extensive database listing individual works + resources

Poetry Publishers - links to more than 821 poetry journals, magazines and reviews that accept electronic submissions, from A-Z

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[calls past deadline (still included to keep the links]

Stories for Japan: New Sun Rising is a volunteer project that is looking for stories, poetry and artwork right now. Submissions should be relevant to or evocative of Japan. guidelines. deadline: April 11


The Revolutionaries Issue: Burner is interested in science, art, truth, conspiracies, naturalism, cyborgs, music, beauty, sex, and everything in between, as long as it involves change, transformation, enlightenment, revolution. guidelines. deadline: Apr 20

blueprint deadlines upcoming + storySouth nominations open

there are 2 blueprint deadlines upcoming:

blueprintreview #27
theme is: "synergetic transformations"
deadline is 20. February
guidelines: "Synergetic Transformations".
please note that there are specific guidelines for this issue.

language / place carnival #4
suggested theme: "another place, another language, another self"” - but the carnival is open to all themes that relate to language and / or place.
the carnival is hosted by Jean Morris, deadline is also 20. February.
how to join: guidelines 
+ link to a previous carnival issue: language/place #1

.... and on the other end of deadlines:

It's time to nominate!
The storySouth story award is now open for reader + editor nominations. Deadline for nominations is March 15. The award is for any fictional short story of at least a 1,000 words first published in an online publication during 2010. more here: The storySouth Million Writers Award

3 theme calls, 3 nano calls, 3 experimental calls + 3 more calls

BluePrintReview is currently looking for short stories, poems, creative non-fiction - and especially for photography & artwork - for the upcoming identity issue. from the call: "identity: different faces of a person; identity and time / place; the individual and the crowd; family trees and their blank spots.." - identity guidelines; submit: 15.9. - 15.10.


3 more theme calls

"Maps" - fringe - Jan 01, 2011

"Chance" - subTerrain Magazine, Jan 15, 2011

"China" - AsianCha , April 15th 2011


3 micro / flash calls

50 to 1 - is looking for two things: 50 word stories and first lines

Six Sentences - "It’s simple. Just write six sentences."

Pic-Fic - an experimenatl jounrnal of twitter-size fiction, 140 characters max


3 experimental calls
Timber - a journal of new and innovative writing - is inviting submissions for inaugral issue: poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, digital lit (screen writing, digital poetry, multimedia lit, etc.), link, no deadline stated.

Gulf Islands Review is now accepting submissions for its inaugural (print) issue, especially looking for "articles, reviews, and interviews that approach themes from unexpected directions; literature and art that revel in the cosmopolitan mixture of legacies and tradition" - guidelines, no deadline stated

South Loop Review Creative Nonfiction + Art is looking for experimental forms of creative nonfiction such as segmented essays, montage memoir, illustrated or graphic memoir, and short form creative nonfiction. guidelines, deadline March 1, 2011 for Fall 2011 issue.


and 3 more calls...
NoTell - "No Tell Motel's reading period for poetry will be open during the month of October - guidelines.

Word Riot is currently holding 3 contests in celebration of their 10th anniversary anthology: Flash fiction, short story and poetry - guidelines.

Full of Crow is looking for various work for their publications Full of Crow, fashion for collapse, BlinkInk, MUST microzine, MiCrow Flash, On the Wing... etc. check out the crow guidelines.

previous call posts: calls, calls, calls

calls: charity, 2 x art, 3 x best-of-deadlines

CHARITY
50 Stories for Pakistan
"Once again I find myself unable to keep ignoring the need to do something. This time it is Pakistan … Let’s put together a book of 50 stories, each no more than 500 words in length. Any subject or genre is acceptable, however, no stories with any violence, death, or mass destruction." - Greg McQueen, editor of 100 Stories for Haiti
Proceeds from sales will be donated to the Red Cross Pakistan Floods Appeal. Detailed Guidelines, deadline: Sunday September 19

TWITTER
"Twallenge" #2 - Twitter Writing Contest
Former Booker Prize Judge Holds Writing Contest on Twitter. "Write the best, most arresting simile you can in 140 characters or less." details. + Twallenge#1 winners. date: Monday, September 13 - Wednesday September 15 (1 entry / day)

2 x ART
Referential Magazine is currently looking for art submissions: "Referential Magazine has quite a list of fiction, poetry and non-fiction pending for publication but not much in the way of art... either way, we always like to see and read more of your submissions" – (via facebook/Referential)

Negative Suck is also currently looking for art submissions: Negative Suck. (via e-mail)

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3 x BEST OF deadlines upcoming: SUNDRESS, MICRO AWARD, PUSHCART PRIZE

Sundress is now accepting nominations for Best of the Net 2010, either from editors or from authors. "The poem, story, or essay must have been first published or appeared on the web between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010." Best of the Net guidelines, deadline 30. 9. (+ here the link to the 2009 webpage: Best of Net 2009)

The Micro Award is presented annually for the best work of flash fiction originally published in the previous calendar year (now up for nomination: year: 2010, word length: max 1000 words). The winner of the $500 prize and all other finalists will be announced on Feb. 17, 2011. Details: Micro Award. Submissions will be accepted from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 2010.

Pushcart Prize "Little magazine and small book press editors (print or online) may make up to six nominations from their year’s publications by our December 1, (postmark) deadline. The nominations may be any combination of poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot." - Pushcart webpage. (note: a feature on the 2010 edition with some (somewhat sobering) insights on the nomination process is up in Daily s-Press: Pushcart Prize anthology)

more: calls, calls, calls

calls, calls, calls

BluePrintReview: call for next issue: identity. invited: short stories, poems, creative non-fiction, photography & artwork. "identity: different faces of a person; identity and time / place; the individual and the crowd; family trees and their blank spots.."
identity guidelines; submit: 15.9. - 15.10.

Writer's Ink is inviting works for their first Special Edition. The theme for this issue is The Far East. "We welcome all works around a theme of the orient, whether you want to write in an oriental style (haiku, tanka, etc.) or a piece revolving around an oriental theme." -- The Far East guidelines (scroll to bottom), deadline: 31.8.

Litro, the UK-based free monthly literary magazine that publishes new, original short fiction, has a call up for their upcoming issue: Russia. deadline: 15.9.

tongues of the ocean is open for submissions for poetry, fiction, non-fiction. special feature: "catch a fire": poetry / flash fiction inspired by the prompts: "float, lizard, rain, sleep, fire". guidelines: tongue of the ocean. deadline: 17.9.

apparatus magazine: encourages writers to submit translations for the September issue: "Lost in Translation & What the Messenger Said", deadline: 29.8.. October theme is: "Eldorado & River Styx", deadline: 29.9. - guidelines (scroll to bottom)

New Madrid will dedicate the Winter 2011 issue to the viability of water as resource and symbol. "We’re looking for submissions that incorporate lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, rain in all its guises." -- water guidelines, deadline: 15.10.

In Posse Review is inviting works for the upcoming theme issue: The Bio Issue: Gradeable or bio degradable - "We want poems and creative essays about your life—truths, half-truths, secrets, adventures and misadventures you’ve buried under the carpet. We're interested in unusual interpretations of this theme. Edgy, creative poetry and essays are always appreciated." bio guidelines, submit: September-October

Embracing Our Differences invites writers to participate in its 8th annual exhibit celebrating diversity. National and international submissions are encouraged. Entries should be no more than 30 words and express what the theme “embracing our differences” means to you. website + guidelines: Embracing Our Differences, deadline: 20. Dec.

more: calls, calls, calls

calls, calls, calls + a return + a leaving

(upcoming deadlines are marked red)

Referential Magazine is looking for submission that refer to texts / images that are online in Referential already: references

Editions Bibliotekos is now seeking submissions for their anticipated third book, an anthology on the theme of "War", deadline: 1.9., guidelines.

Fractured West is currently reading for Issue 2. the editors welcome submissions from all writers, but are particularly interested in new, unpublished, and emerging writers - guidelines (beneath the launch note)

Folded Word will be holding a literary/art contest, everyone is encouraged to submit work that answers the question “Freight: What are you carrying?”, deadline 31.12.

A Broken Laptop is running the series "Writers in Masks" and invites writers to send notes on + pictures of the real and literary masks they wear - guidelines

Spiral Orb, an experiment in permaculture poetics, is now open for poetry submissions through 1.9. , for complete submission guidelines, please see spiralorb.net/submit

Cha: An Asian Literary Journal is now accepting submissions for "The China Issue", an edition of the journal devoted exclusively to work from and about contemporary China. deadline: 15.4.2011 (issue is planned for June 2011)

Annalemma invites submissions for Annalemma Issue Seven: "Endurance" - stories about the power to persist in the face of obstacles. deadline: 6.8.

Litro, the UK-based free monthly literary magazine that publishes new, original short fiction, has a call up for their upcoming 2 issues: Money. (Money deadline 15.8.)

NOT is running a Dog Days Summer Contest, invited are entries of exactly 101 word, with the words "Summer" and "Heat" included, deadline 15. 8., the entries will be compiled into an e-book

Halfway down the Stairs is now accepting submssions for their September issue: Beginnings and Ends, deadline: 15.8.

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+ a return + a leaving

Eyeshot is back for one issue: "After a few months on ice, Eyeshot hath arisen to offer an online semi-literary excellence edition for the bimonthly period known as July-August 2010 and forever after till death do us party down..."

Jack Magazine has it's final issue up: "This is the end of a decade-long run of the magazine. In Jack's final issue, we go on journeys..."

new calls, new issues, new books

a stroll through literary land. the focus this week: content+form, and all the different digital and printed shapes words and images can take.

content + form:
- feature discussion about content in the digital age: "Content and Form Are Not Equal", Ernesto Priego (phd: comics books in the digital age) + Beth Adams (editor or qarrtsiluni + Phoenica Publishing). reading through it, i kept thinking: this goes for poetry and stories as well, the difference printed pages make.
- Litterbox feature: project 365 - "the goal of project 365 is to take a photo a day and post each one, chronicling the entirety of the year 2010, one day & one photo at a time."

new calls:
- BluePrintReview goes (micro)-print this summer, and is looking for micro novel manuscripts (4000-5500 words). deadline: end of April, more here: micro novels
- Outsider Writers is seeking submissions for their brand new category "Deep Thoughts - Alternative perspectives, original ideas and new directions in philosophy, politics, cultural criticism, and personal essays", up to 1000 words, link: Deep Thoughts
- 971 MENU is back after a one-year-hiatus, and looks for original fiction or nonfiction (any length). link: 971 MENU
- matchbook is now accepting art + poetry submissions for a series of postcards that will showcase both visual art and poetry. deadline: June 30. link: matchbook postcard series.
- Vagabondage Press is looking for literary quality erotic fiction for inclusion in their new anthology series. deadline: July 15th. link
- six little things is open for submissions for their next issue, deadline May 30, theme: Third Base

new issues:
- April turns into a month of list: start of April, storySouth published the storySouth long list of notable stories 2009, and now Dzanc published the content list of Best of the Web 2010, their best-of print edition.
- and new issues are up: Hobart Baseball Issue, Clementine quarterly of persona poetry and photography , Writer's Bloc 10 - space issue

new books:
- 'magic realism' was the theme that surfaced this week in Daily s-Press with "A cappella Zoo - spring 2010" and "How to Escape from a Leper Colony" by Tiphanie Yanique.
- this week also brought the first e-book in Daily s-Press: "Elegy for the Builder's Wife" by Nick Courtright. and of course, there was print: "In This Alone Impulse" - prose-poetry by Shya Scanlon; and "Where the Dog Star Never Glows" - short stories by Tara L. Masih.
- all books, here: Daily s-Press

new issues, new books, new calls

a stroll through literary land, with a highlight on poetry:

April is National Poetry Month
some good starting places for this, here:
- Poets.org: National Poetry Month
- poetry forum: readwritepoem
- Poetry Foundation: Poetry Magazine online

new issues:
- much more than an issue: the storySouth list of Notable Stories 2009 is up, read the post below or visit the list here: storySouth long list
- mud luscious 11 is up - the issue is dedicated to excerpts
- Concelebratory Shoehorn Review is fresh: issue 39

new books:
- new poetry books recently features in Daily s-Press: indefinite space 2010, Prefab Eulogies / David Wolach, Paper House / Jessie Carty, Odes to Tools / Dave Bonta - all up here: Daily poetry
- for more new books, try the homepage link: Daily s-Press

new calls:
- Karyn Eisler is having a garden party at her blog Living ?s. join the party with a picture of your garden / window view: garden party
- Fractured West is looking for flash fiction, especially invited are unpublished/emerging writers: Fractured West / Submissions
- Short, Fast, Deadly: theme call "Silence is a Knife" (the Political Issue), deadline: 2. May
- and.. Shit Creek Review plans a kinky poetry issue: "A Fetish for Good Poetry", deadline: 31. May

new issues, new books, new calls

a stroll through literary land:

new issues:
- Metazen latest stories with "At a Welsh Wedding" by Finnegan Flawnt (happy marriage, Frank!)
- Corium first issue 'Beneath the Skin' (short fiction + poetry)
- 2RiverView spring issue 2010 (new poetry), 2 River also runs a multimedia poetry project.
- Critphoria Issue2 (poetry + feature: Radical Poetics&Secular Jewish Culture)

new books - Daily s-Press:
- week 3 of the ongoing journey through the growing landscape of small+indie presses.
- this week at Daily s-Press: "Indefinite Space 2010", "Prefab Eulogies" - David Wolach (Blaze Vox), "Bone Worhship" - Elizabeth Eslami (Pegasus), "Paper House" - Jessie Carty (Folded Word), "One Damn Thing After Another" - Tim Hall (OW).
- and there are 2 new book / press search functions: "anthologies" and "press with magazine"

new calls:
- fictionaut: april fools day challenge (deadline April 1) - lots of stories are in already, read them here
- Lantern Review: inaugral issue (deadline April 15)
- Nanoism: Twitter-fiction contest for Haiti (deadline April 30)
- YB: call for new poetry (deadline May 20)
- NewPages.com new list of calls: poetry, fiction, chapbooks, non-fiction, theme issues..
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