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CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS

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RATTLE MAGAZINE says its mission is “to promote the practice of poetry.”  The full mission statement is HERE. Submission guidelines are HERE.  This month it sponsors an Ekphrastic Challenge. Deadline October 31. Details HERE. It extends an invitation to “Poets with Mental Illness” to submit poems for the Summer 2017 issue. The poems don’t have to be about mental illness. Deadline January 15, 2017. Details HERE.

THAT Literary Review, an annual online publication affiliated with Auburn University at Montgomery, recently debuted its first issue HERE.  The editors have extended an invitation to submit fiction and poetry. No deadline is indicated. Details HERE.

THE LITERARY REVIEW published by Fairleigh Dickinson University (Madison, New Jersey) has been closed to submissions but will open again for submission shortly.  Keep it on your radar.  Details HERE. It publishes essay, fiction, interviews and poetry.

THE AMERICAN LITERARY REVIEW, a publication of the creative writing program of the University of North Texas, publishes fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Nonfiction includes “essay, memoir, literary journalism and experimental nonfiction.”  Its reading period is from October 1 through May 1. A fee of $3 is charged “to cover administration and IT costs.” Details HERE.

HARPER’S MAGAZINE does not consider unsolicited poetry. However you may submit a query for fiction and nonfiction. They will consider submissions at any time from artists, illustrators and photographers. Details HERE.

KENYON REVIEW, one of American’s premier publications, has a reading period open through November 1st. Submit prose and drama, poetry and short fiction, excerpts from larger works and translations of poetry and short prose for consideration.  Details HERE. You may also submit your published book for review.

THE BeZINE, a publication of The Bardo Group Begins in the process of pulling together the October issue and will continue to consider submissions until midnight (PDT) on October 12. Submit poetry, essay, nonfiction, creative nonfiction, photography, music videos and art or photography.  The theme for October is Rituals for Peace, Healing, Unity. The Rev. Terri Stewart (Beguine Again and The BeZine) hosts the October issue. Submission guidelines HERE.  Submit to bardogroup@gmail.com

The November issue’s theme is Caritas/Chesed/Metta (in other words, loving kindness).

The December issue’s them is The Healing Power of the Arts.

CONTEST

Opportunity Knocks

AMERICAN POETRY REVIEW / HONICKMAN FIRST BOOK PRIZE 2017 is judged by Gabrielle Calvocoressi (The last time I saw Amerlia Earhart: Poems and Apocalyptic Swing Poems) and the reading period doesn’t end until October 31, so still time to submit your first published collection.  Details HERE. 

EVENT

SECOND LIGHT NETWORK OF WOMEN POETS Autumn Festival 2016 Thursday 17th & Friday 18th November @ The Art Workers Guild, 6 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3AT, and, for Fri 7pm reading only, 5–10 mins walk: Enitharmon Gallery, 10 Bury Place, London, WC1A 2JL

The Song of the Earth WORKSHOPS with Jemma Borg, Kate Foley, Hannah Lowe and Myra Schneider

Poetry Readings feature RV Bailey, Alison Brackenbury, Kate Foley, Wendy French and Myra Schneicer, all of whom have been featured and/or had their poems featured here at The Poet by Day. Key names into the search function on this site to find these poets.

+ 2 OPEN MIC sessions with Guest Readers. Workshops are for women only Men welcome at readings

Details HERE.

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VERITY LA welcomes “submissions from all writers, whether you’re emerging or established. Our mission is to publish as many new writers as possible, so even if you don’t yet have a publishing track-record we’re eager to hear from you. Read on for more on how to submit, including what we do and don’t publish, and what you can do so we might just fall head-over-heels with your work.”  Submit short fiction,  nonfiction, poetry and art. Details HERE.

THE BeZINE theme for the October is Rituals for Peace, Healing, and Unity. If you would like to submit something, please send it to bardogroup@gmail.com. If you are new to The BeZine, please include a short bio. Or, if you’ve been published with us before and you have an update to your bio, go ahead and pop it along. Terri Stewart (Beguine Again and The BeZine) is the lead for the October issue. The deadline for submissions in October 10. Please read the zine and submission guidelines before submitting.

FJORDS REVIEW is published twice a year and features book and art reviews and essays. It also publishes creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, flash fiction and translations. There is a reading fee and payment is copies. Submission Guidelines and other details HERE.

THE HUFFINGTON POST OffTheBus submission guidelines are HERE.  “OffTheBus (OTB) is a citizen-powered and produced presidential campaign news site sponsored by the Huffington Post and NewAssignment.Net. Inspired by Timothy Crouse’s “Boys On The Bus,” an account of the 1972 contest between Nixon and McGovern that chronicles a campaigns’ ability to manipulate the press and orchestrate campaign coverage, OTB was founded to better presidential campaign reporting. The project depends, in large part, on its on-the-ground citizen reporters and on cutting-edge distributed reporting techniques.”

THE SATURDAY EVENING POST accepts submissions for Nonfiction, Fiction, Lighter Side, Cartoons and Post-Its Jokes.  Details HERE.

THREE DROPS FROM A CALDRON “an online journal for poetry and flash fiction (or any hybrid of the two) involving myth, legend, folklore, fable and fairytale. There is no deadline on web journal submissions. Details HERE.

SHENANDOAH, a publication of Washington & Lee University, is open for fiction through November 18 and or poetry from October 1st through December 18. Details HERE.

FORBES MAGAZINE advice on how to submit a guest post to them HERE.

ROOM invites women to submit fiction, nonfiction, poetry and art. This is a paying publication. Details HERE.

CONTEST

Opportunity Knocks

ISLAND VERSE STORY LAB, Creative Writing Literacy, Verse Poetry Prizes “are awarded to honor a poet’s chapbook. Winners are selected from a competitive pool of manuscripts by nationally recognized poets and the Island Verse editorial board. Winners will be published within the Island Verse Editions Chapbooks of Maine Series.” Deadline is November 30, 2016. Details HERE.

EVENTS

POETRY READING, STONYBROOK, NEW YORK ~ hear the poetry of Russ Green and Douglas G. Swezey, including a recorded poem by David Whyte! Saturday, October 8 at 11 AM – 1 PM in EDT, All Souls Episcopal Church, Stony Brook, 61 Main Street, Stony Brook, New York 11790.  The Facebook page for this event is HERE.

MICHELLE BITTING AND EWA CHRUSCIEL, SAN RAFAEL, CA Hosted by Marin Poetry Center, an evening of poetry, light refreshments, and lively company. Michelle Bitting and Ewa Chrusciel will read from their recent books. Doors open at 7:00, reading begins at 7:30. Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 Mission, San Rafael. $5 non-members, $3 members, students are free.Thursday, October 20 at 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM

THE CROSS BORDER NETWORK FOR JUSTICE AND SOLIDARITY, KANSAS CITY, MO presents Women of Resistance tomorrow Monday, October 3, at 7 p.m. at the Black Archives of Mid-America.

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RITA DOVE AND ROBIN COSTE LEWIS, NEW YORK, NEW YORK Thursday, October 13 at 8 PM – 10:30 PM in EDT Unterberg Poetry Center of the 92nd Street Y 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, New York 10128 Tickets Available HERE.

Rita Dove’s newly published Collected Poems is “an absolutely astounding body of work,” wrote the Los Angeles Times. “The lyric beauty of her poems makes them unforgettable; their deep knowledge of history and its ongoing consequences makes them permanent.”

Robin Coste Lewis won the 2015 National Book Award for Voyage of the Sable Venus, her first collection of poetry. “Altogether new, open, experimental and ground-breaking, Lewis privileges real life in all its complications,” wrote Claudia Rankine.

BILLY COLLINS AND BARBARA HAMBY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, Thursday, October 6 at 7:30 PM in EDT, Unterberg Poetry Center of the 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, New York 10128, Tickets Available HERE.

Billy Collins’s new book of poems is The Rain in Portugal. Collins is joined by Barbara Hamby, whose latest collection is On the Street of Divine Love: New and Selected Poems. “Her poems are wild, outspoken, seriously funny, motor-mouth rambles that take us through hoops of association to places both unexpected and unimpeachable,” wrote Collins.

KEYNOTE POETS OF SACRAMENTO, CA  presents an evening Mariam Ahmed and Open Mic, Friday, October 14 at 7 PM – 10 PM Stellar Studios 202 23rd Street (23rd and C), Sacramento, CA

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THIRD WEDNESDAY OPEN MIC, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA

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INVITATION

14463159_558672104322694_2211120892025752443_nWe’ve almost put a wrap on 100TPC 2016 and we’re nearing the end of the year. It’s time to start thinking about possible themes:
* for 100TPC 2017 and
* for the monthly themes used for The BeZine.
You are invited to suggest themes of global significance and having to do with sustainability, social justice and peace. Leave your suggestions in comments below. The core team will review them and make final decisions. Thank you for your participation, support and interest in making this a kinder world through the connections, information and concerns shared through 100TPC and The BeZine. The zine is an interfaith multicultural and multinational effort. We are sisters and brothers and citizens of the world. May peace prevail.

KUDOS

NAOMI BALTUCK (Writing Between the Lines, Life from a Writer’s POV, Naomi Baltuck, and contributing writer to The BeZine) just started a travel column for My Edmond’s News (Seattle Area). If you’re a fan of Naomi’s blog, storytelling and features in the zine, you know she’s a world traveler … and nobody does it better than Naomi.  Check out her new column Traveling Light: Where We Live. Naomi’s Amazon page is HERE.

TIDBITS

SECOND LIGHT NETWORK FOR WOMEN POETS announced its winners for Long & Short Poems by Women 2016 HERE. (Scroll down the page.)

SEPTEMBER 27TH WAS THE ANNIVERSARY OF T.S. ELIOT’S BIRTH. Here he is reading The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.  Thanks to Silva Merjanian (Rumor, Cold River Press, 2015 – recommended). If you are viewing this post from an email subscription, you’ll likely have to link through to view the video.

I think this is absolutely lovely and just had to share it. Wendell read one of his poems and that is followed by a musical rendition.

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HERMENEUTIC CHAOS LITERARY JOURNAL publishes six issues a year and reviews submissions year round, including poetry, fiction and artwork. Details HERE.

GREEN LINDEN PRESS is reviewing submissions of poetry.  It’s a new magazine and this will be the second issue. There is a reading free of $2.  Details HERE.

BLUE MARBLE PRESS is a quarterly literary magazine for youth ages thirteen – twenty. It reviews submissions of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and art on a rolling basis. Details HERE.

THE CAPRA REVIEW is biannual and publishes fiction, nonfiction and art. Submissions are reviewed on a rolling basis.  Details HERE.

FIVE ON THE FIFTH, an online lit mag, publishes five short stories on the fifth of each month. They accept flash fiction, general fiction, horror, science fiction, and fantasy with a maximum word count of 5,000. Details HERE.

CONTEST

Opportunity Knocks

NEW YORK ENCOUNTER Poetry Contest “to celebrate the theme of its 2017 event. The Encounter is an annual three-day public cultural event in the heart of New York City. It strives to witness to the new life and knowledge generated by the faith, following Pope Benedict’s claim that ‘the intelligence of faith has to become the intelligence of reality.’ The Encounter’s poetry contest invites all poets writing in English to submit up to 3 poems (maximum 30 lines each), related in some way to the theme, Reality Has Never Betrayed Me.  Guest judge is poet, translator, editor, and essayist Christian Wiman,” the former editor of Poetry. Deadline: November 1st. Details HERE.

EVENTS

14355065_1147003192026877_873369593837549476_nOctober 21 at 7:30 PM, Stellar Gallery 202 23rd Sacramento, California “Keynote Poetry Group is proud to host Michael Ellis in a Politically Incorrect evening of Poetry. He will share poems that are intimate and usually too much for a General audience. Ellis will speak on Police Killings, Read a poem dedicated to Trayvon Martin.. He will speak on Domestic violence in a sad poem titled Daddy’s Little Girl.He will perform a Rap version of “Have You Seen her” originally by the Chi-lites and he will top that off with one of his most popular poems, Jazz Legends..Readers will see why he is so endeared by level four inmates… THE BLACK PENIS poem is highly controversial but Socially Responsible..and some may want to leave the room for fresh air when he reads this poem…No further details on this one…And you will also hear the Uncle Tom Poem, one of his latest poems.. And there might be a few surprises somewhere.. Refreshments will be provided by KEYNOTE POETS so bring your thirst…”

BLANK SPACE OPEN MIC Thursday, September 29 at 6:30 PM – 10:30 PM at the Bookmunch Cafe Bay Square, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This event is part of 100TPC. The Facebook page for it is HERE.

14390699_10202262032910271_3088773105239882108_nBOOK LAUNCH/POETRY READING, Saturday, October 8 at 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. EDT, The Hamilton Guesthouse, 148 Mary Street, Hamilton, Ontario L8L 4V8. “John Wall Barger will be launching his new book, The Book of Festus (Palimpsest Press), at the Pring on October 8, 2016, with fellow writers Autumn Getty, Lucas Kolthof, and Chris Pannell. The evening will also feature an open mic for those who would like to come and perform their own poetry or music.” More details on the Facebook page for this event HERE.

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Silva Zanoyan Merjanian’s Rape of Arevik read by the inimitable Eabha Rose. The music is They Have Taken the One I Love by Levon Minassian. If you are reading the Sunday Poesy from an email subscription you’ll likely have to link through to the site to view the video.

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TIN HOUSE Portland – Brooklyn is an American literary magazine and book publisher based in Portland, Oregon, and New York City. Unsolicited manuscripts for the book division are not accepted; but, the magazine reads unsolicited submission twice yearly: September and March. Some issues are themed. They do publish poetry.  Details HERE.

TINY TEXT was on hiatus but it’s back know. This is a Twitter published “LittleLit: Twitter-length fiction and memoir as well as Twitter-serials,” perhaps a different sort of challenge some of you might enjoy taking on. Twitter (@Tiny_Text). Email submissions/inquiries to teeny.tiny.text@gmail.com. You can sent up to three stories or memoirs. Include your name and contact information . Only publish prose of 140 characters or less including space. “Please allow four weeks to get back to you before sending more work or inquiring.”

THE NEWVERSE.NEWS “presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.” Details HERE.

EVENTS

14045622_1189093691143009_1003592093223782719_nPOETRY FLASH (Oakland, CA) alerts us that there “is still time exhibit your press, magazine, or organization at Watershed Poetry Festival on Saturday, Oct. 1, at Berkeley’s Civic Center Park. See exhibit info on the Watershed page, Poetryflash.org, or email info@poetryflash.org. Deadline: Sept. 24.

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100,000 AUTHORS FOR CHANGE (Cairo, Egypt), runs from Sep 24 at 6 PM to Sep 25 at 9 PM in UTC+02 مركز الجزيرة للفنون, Details: Facebook Page for this event.

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100,000 MIMES OR CHANGE (Cairo, Egypt) started on the first and continues through the 15th of September. Details: Facebook Page for this event.

NEWS from Big Bridge Press

Dear Friends of Big Bridge,

We are pleased to announce that our 20th Anniversary Issue of Big Bridge is up and ready for perusing and sharing. A big thanks to all the great contributors for making BB Volume 5 No. 4 such an awesome issue! Visit Big Bridge,  and check it out!

Some FEATURES for the current issue include:
A collaborative chapbook, Riddling by Lyn Hejinian and Jack Collom
Silliman Feature: Disappearing WYSIWYG Poetics and “From Universe”
“Poems and Other Myths”: A collection of spoken word poetry by women from Asia edited by Aditi Angiras, Elaine Foster, and Illya Sumanto
Greek Avant Garde Poetry collected and edited by Panos Bosnakis
An Anthology of Contemporary Nepali Poetry, compiled and edited by Keshab Sigdel
“Following Valente: An interview with poet-translator Peter Valente” by Neeli Cherkovski
Poems by Daniel Bănulescu translated from Romanian by Adam J. Sorkin and Lidia Vianu
from Fluid Fables by Hervé Le Tellier translated by Cole Swensen
“Silhouettes: A Random Collection of Italian Translations” by Dennis Formento
John Ashbery: The One of Fictive Music by Geoff Bouvier

We also have ART:
“Mathematical Constructions”: 17 Images by Jukka-Pekka Kervinen
“Detroit Proper”: A Photo Essay by Michelle Brooks
Jay Snodgrass brings us “Asemic Writing.”

We have REVIEWS:
Eliot Katz’ The Poetry and Politics of Allen Ginsberg reviewed by Jim Cohn
Disrupting Space, review by Andrew Houwen, Bearded Cones and Pleasure Blades: The Collected Poems by Torii Shōzō, Translated by Taylor Mignon
Down At The Deep End by Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore, The Ecstatic Exchange-2012 reviewed by Louise Landes Levi
Anarchy for a Rainy Day -Poems and collage by Valery Oisteanu, A Review by Allan Graubard
Mary Child’s review of translation of Shota Rustaveli’s The Knight in the Panther Skin by Lyn Coffin with Dodona Kiziria

And wonderful POETRY by Antonia Alexandra Klimenko, Arpine Konyalian Grenier, Art Beck, Dan Encarnacion, Daniel Y. Harris, Gabor Gyukics, Jameela Nishat, Jeff Harrison, Jeffery Cyphers Wright, John Swain, Kat Copeland, Liz Durand Goytia, Mark DuCharme, Mark Young, Maw Shein Win, Menka Shivdasani, Michael Castro, Mitko Gogov, Norman Dubie, Norman Fischer, Susan Lively, Ted Jean, Tisa Walden, Tom Hibbard, Tomas Sanchez Hidalgo, and Zazil Alaíde Collins

FICTION by Abigail Allen, J.R. Campbell, William Locke Hauser, Zak Block,
Ellis Hastings, Camille Meyer, Jim Meirose, S.C. Whaleyre and Mike Hogan

LITTLE MAGS features F(r)iction and Rivet magazines.

We hope you enjoy the 20th Anniversary Issue of Big Bridge. Please share it around.

Thank you again for your continued support!

Peace and love,

Michael Rothenberg
Terri Carrion
http://www.bigbridge.org

Kudos to Michael and Terri and to all the contributors featured in this issue.

HONORING THE ANNIVERSARY

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