The editors of textsound have announced publication of Issue 13. Read on for more info… textsound ISSUE 13 IS HUFFING AND PUFFING to knock your mouse’s sock off. Featuring work by Joe Sacksteder, Judith Goldman, Mike Gould & Ken Mikolowski, Ish Klein, We Are Your Friends, and Audra Woloweic. From the editor’s note: “‘I am committed to…
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Nerve Lantern seeks submissions for Issue 6 – Deadline 10/1/12
Nerve Lantern: Axon of Performance Literature is now accepting submissions for Issue 6! Deadline is October 1, 2012. Guidelines: http://www.pyriformpress.com/nervelantern/nl/submissions/ Email submissions to:info@pyriformpress.com
Fogged Clarity seeks contributors
Arts review Fogged Clarity is inviting gifted poets, authors, artists and musicians to write and perhaps share their work in its new, expanded blog. Over the past three and a half years the journal has received more than a half-million visitors, and been cited on NPR, Pitchfork, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune and The Huffington Post, while debuting work by Pulitzer…
Now available: Sex in the Library
Sex in the Library is an anthology of nine provocative, text-based performance pieces by members of the Writing for Performance class at Eastern Michigan University (Winter 2012). These texts represent an extensive range of textual and performance strategies examined and actualized over the course of the semester. The texts are captivating on the page: visually,…
Cellar Roots 41 – read it for FREE online!
Cellar Roots 41, the 2012 edition of EMU’s own arts and literature annual anthology, was released last month. The print form was limited to a 500-copy run, but the new edition is also available in digital form online at the new CR site (www.cellarroots.com) where you can download it for free! Congratulations to everyone who has…
Alumni news
Congratulations to Creative Writing alumnus Joe Sacksteder! Parts of his 2011 grad thesis have been accepted for publication. The Collagist accepted one piece for their February issue (http://www.dzancbooks.org/the-collagist/2012/2/8/scratch-where-it-itches.html), and Sleepingfish accepted a substantial portion as well (http://www.sleepingfish.net/Xi/Sacksteder.htm). Additional congratulations go to 2010 almuna Brynne Barnes! Her book, Colors of Me, won the 2012 Friends of American Writers…
HOBART Contest Now Accepting Submissions – Deadline: May 31, 2012
HOBART: another literary journal is in the midst of its first ever contest. Six winners will be chosen, one each by one of HOBART‘s book division (Short Flight/Long Drive Books) authors. Entry fee: $16 entry fee; enter as many times as you like, but each entry is $16 Prize: $500 (for each winner; for a total of $3,000 in…
Aylen Rounds in The Seneca Review
Hats off to grad student Aylen Rounds! The Seneca Review will publish his lyric essay “Ventriloquenched!” Look for it in a forthcoming issue.
Mérida Fellowship Award accepting submissions
U.S. Poets in Mexico will be holding its 4th Annual Poetry Conference on January 5-12, 2013 in Mérida, Yucatán. The Mérida Fellowship Award Competition provides the winner with Conference registration fee and 7 nights lodging at Hotel Caribe in Mérida (value: $1,020). To enter, submit 4 poems, no more than 6 pages, 12pt Times New Roman…
Wave Books accepting poetry submissions in April
For the month of April (National Poetry Month), Wave Books is holding an open reading period for manuscripts of poetry and poetry in translation. You can find more information on their submissions page.