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Northern Wanderer is a new online quarterly edited by Dr. Darren Richard Carlaw and Elena Kharlamova.The inspiration for Nothern Wanderer, write the editors, was the poem “After Breakfast (With Peter) Costing 5/6d” which appeared in Newcastle upon Tyne poet Barry MacSweeney’s first collection, The Boy from the Green Cabaret Tells of his Mother (1968):“After Breakfast…” is a pastiche of Frank O’

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The Adroit Journal is a triannual downloadable PDF publication edited by Peter LaBerge (Editor-in-Chief), Ameerah Arjanee and Magen Eissenstat (Poetry Genre Editors), Connor Cook and Kratika Mishra (Fiction Genre Editors), Michele Ang (Art/Photography Editor), and additional staff members.LaBerge tells me, "The Adroit Journal was conceived for mainly two reasons: as a fundraising vehicle for an

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HOOT is a unique monthly traditional-mail delivered postcard print format with additional separate content online. When asked Why start a literary magazine?, Editors Dorian Geisler and Amanda Vacharat replied: "This is a great question. It does seem counterintuitive, a little bit, to start a literary magazine now, in 2012 - when there are already a bazillion magazines struggling to find readers

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Free copies of the April 2012 issue of Poetry will be given to reading groups that request them by March 23. The Poetry Foundation asks that in return, you send a brief account of your discussion. Issues will be shipped in late March. Requests will be accepted online only here.

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Where is the place for the woman writer within AWP and within the greater literary community? The women’s caucus discusses this as well as the continuing inequities in creative writing publication and literature. In addition, the panel will explore cultural obstacles in the form of active oppression, stereotypes, lack of access to literary power structures, historical marginalization of women’s

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Glimmer Train has just chosen the winning stories for their Short Story Award for New Writers. This competition is held quarterly and is open to all writers whose fiction has not appeared in a print publication with a circulation greater than 5000. The next Short Story Award competition will take place in February. Glimmer Train’s monthly submission calendar may be viewed here. First place: David

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Black River Press has announced that Nick McRae has won the Fall 2011 Black River Chapbook Competition for his collection of poems, Mountain Redemption. Nick McRae's poems, reviews, and translations have appeared or are forthcoming in Hayden's Ferry Review, Linebreak, Passages North, The Southern Review, Third Coast, and other journals. Formerly a Fulbright fellow in the Slovak Republic and a

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Judge Sarah Shun-lien Bynum has selected Among the Dead: Ah! and Afterward Yes! by Becca Jensen as the winner of the first annual Les Figues Press NOS Book Contest.Among the Dead: Ah! and Afterward Yes! takes place inside a family of five: Mrs. G, Mr. G, the daughter, the collector, and the chorus. It is a book about reading, imagination and the possibility of finding solace — or at the very

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Still Point Art Gallery Current Exhibition THE ABSTRACTION ATTRACTION! opened on November 16 and will remain a featured exhibition through February 14. Abstract painting, photography, prints, and sculpture. Artists of Distinction for this show are Steven Bogart, Ling Ling Cheng, Nomi Drory, David Kinsey, Keith Parks, and Cat van der Heiden. These artists have also been awarded the opportunity to

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The New York Times blog The Learning Network offers a post of resources to aid in collaborative literature study with readers who are face-to-face or located separately around the world: Reading With Strangers: Ways to Study Literature Collaboratively by Shannon Doyne and Holly Epstein Ojalvo.

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Congrats to 5x5 Magazine for their new nonprofit status: The 5x5 Nonprofit Organization of Literature & Arts Advocates. 5x5 keeps its self-titled size, accepting submissions from high school students and beyond, and providing subscriptions of its magazine at no cost for high school students. Mishon Wooldridge steps down as poetry editor with the Winter 2011 issue, but Jory Mickelson moves from

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The newest issue of Event (40.3) features winning works of the magazine's annual non-fiction contest judged by Kevin Chong: "Busted" by Chris Donahoe and "Far Away Sick" by Krissy Darch.

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On the heels on the Dove v. Vendler Anthology Controversy, I came across a listserv post by Jennifer Bartlett about the (lack of) representation of poets with disabilities and the (un)recognition of contemporary disability poetics. I invited her to expand on her argument/commentary on the NewPages blog. Bartlett welcomes conversation on the issue, so comments for this post have been opened.In the

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Edited by Cynthia Reeser, Prick of the Spindle Print Edition comes to readers biannually in October and April of every year and is available in paper copy and eBook (Kindle).Already having established the well-known and respected online quarterly publication, Prick of the Spindle, Reeser comments: "I started the print edition in part to expand our audience and readership, as well as the scope of

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Prairie Schooner Winter 2011 is a special issue devoted to contemporary Irish writing. As Interim Senior Editor Stephen C. Behrendt writes: "Unlike many 'special issues' of journals, this one has not begun with a predetermined narrow list of contributors from whom we solicited the contributions that now appear here. Instead, we have happily welcomed the work of many writers who responded to our

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Check out the latest great post of NewPages Literary Magazine Reviews, including both new and established publications in print and online:Alaska Quarterly ReviewBellevue Literary ReviewBlack Lantern PublishingBoothCaKeThe Carolina QuarterlyFaultlineThe HelixMagnoliaThe Main Street RagNew Orleans ReviewOff the CoastPalookaPaul Revere's HorsePhantom Drift Post RoadRiver TeethSilk RoadStraylightTin

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I love it when I find a story I simply cannot turn away from reading, even when I think I should because I think I know where it's going, and especially when I'm wrong and it takes me somewhere unexpected. Lucas Dean Fiser's story in Pif Magazine had me at the title: "My Father Stood Loading His Gun," and after this opening, I was spellbound:"My father stood in my doorway holding his .45 caliber

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Winners of the The Missouri Review Fourth Annual Audio Contest include:Poetry - Greg Brownderville, "Sex and Pentecost"Prose - Rachel Yoder, "I'm White and I'm Mennonite"Self-Recorded Documentary - Ken Cormier, "Voices of the Dead"Professionally Recorded Documentary - Anna Pinkert, "After the Flood"All recordings, along with past audio entries, can be heard on The Missouri Review Audio Page.

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Researching Creative Writing Programs? Check out NewPages Guide to Creative Writing Programs, which includes Creative Writing Graduate Programs: MFA, PhD, MA, as well as Creative Writing Undergraduate Programs: BFA, AFA.TEACHERS: Please let your students know about this guide as a resource! It's FREE and regularly updated!If you know a college or university you think should be listed that isn't,

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The Moth: True Stories Told Live began in 1997 as a venue of storytelling in front of a live audience. The Moth Radio Hour, begun in 2009, is now on over 200 radio stations nationwide. There are a number of stories that can be accessed from the web, and The Moth is currently accepting stories to feature on its website. Storytellers are invited to record their one-minute pitch right on The Moth

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The Winter 2011 issue of Able Muse includes winners and finalists for its 2011 Write Prize contest:Write Prize for Fiction - Final Judge: Alan CheuseWinner: Douglas Campbell - "Sunflowers, Rivers"Write Prize for Poetry - Final Judge: Rachel HadasWinner: Jean L. Kreiling - "Waiting for a Helicopter"Second: Susan McLean - "Teaching to the Test"Finalists: John Beaton - "Your Voice"; Catherine

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Winners and runners-up of the 2011 Iowa Review Awards Contest are featured in the Winter 2011 publication:Nonfiction Winner: Helen Phillips, "Life Care Center"Poetry Winner: Emily Van Kley, 10 poemsFiction Winner: John Van Kirk, "Landscape with Boys"Runners-upMaria Rapoport (nonfiction); Kimberly Burwick (poetry); Suzanne Scanlon (fiction)

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Judged by writer Gerald Duff the winner of the 2011 Clapboard House Short Story Contest is “The Bet” by Steven D. Stark. His story, along with those of the nine runner-ups, are available in the newest online issue of Clapboard House. Stark's winning story will also be included in the planned print edition of THE BEST OF CLAPBOARD HOUSE.

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What do celeb’ author Lemony Snicket (AKA Daniel Handler), luminary poet Nikki Giovanni, Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler, Sister Spit founder Michelle Tea, MacArthur Genius Award winner Yiyun Li, literary legend Walter Mosley, Pushcart nominee Soma Mei Sheng Frazier, and thirty young writers at an urban public high school have in common? Rewind back exactly one year, to January 2011: in

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The newest issue of Mid-American Review (v31 n2) includes the 2010-11 Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award: Lydia Fitzpatrick ("Flood Lines") and winner of the 201-11 James Wright Poetry Award: Katie Umans ("Forecast").

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The Summer/Fall 2011 issue of Spoon River Poetry Review features the 2011 Editors’ Prize Winners selected by final judge Cecil S. Giscombe:First Place ($1,000): Jennie RayFirst Runner Up ($100): Craig BlaisSecond Runner Up ($100): Ben PurkertHonorable Mentions: Miles Waggener, Molly Tustison, Neal Shipley, Suzume, Laura Sherwood Rudish.One winning poem will be awarded $1000 and two runners-up

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Kudzu Review is a biannual online ecojournal. Editor-in-Chief M.P. Jones IV writes that the title is from his grandfather’s, Madison Jones, house "which we lovingly called 'Kudzu' for the plant which proliferated along the property line. He was a farmer, writer, literary critic, and professor in Auburn, Alabama."The biannual publication is available in PDF and on Issuu, and looks to publish "

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Poems by Peter Kline, Steve Brightman and Jennifer Jabaily-Blackburn were selected via reader vote for the 2011 Haiku Year-in-Review Broadside, combined with art by Kara Searcy, Caleb Brown, Jennifer Moses and Kevin Morrow. The Broadsided website features writers' and artists' responses to this collaborative, innovative project in which four artists were asked to choose a subject that rang out

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Editor Jonathan Freeman shares a sweet memory and kind words in memoriam of Jeanne Leiby in the Fall 2011 of Michigan Quarterly Review. While not available for online reading, friends of Jeanne will appreciate getting a hold of a copy of the magazine for our own personal collections.

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Winners of the 2011 River Styx International Poetry Contest are included in the newest issue of River Styx.1st Place: Stephen Kampa, "Small Change"2nd Place: Tara Taylor, "Sea Glass"3rd Place: Julie Hall, "Octopus"This annual contest awards $1500 First Prize plus one case of micro-brewed Schlafly Beer as well as publication of top selections. A complete list of winners and honorable mentions are

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The Bacon Review, edited by the writer/designer Eric Westerlind and philosophy acquisitions editor Jason Barry, was founded in 2011 as a review of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and intellectual life. After only two issues, Westerlind and Barry have just announced that they would like to shift from a bi-monthly to a monthly publication, but will continue to limit content to four pieces per

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The newest issue of Salamander (v17 n1) includes the winning story of the 2011 Salamander Fiction Contest, "The Aerialist" by Hester Kaplan, and honorable mention, "The Blue Demon of Ikumi" by Kelly Luce. This year's contest was judged by Jim Shepherd. A full list of finalists is available on the publication's website.

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Open City 2011 RRofihe Trophy Short Story ContestWinning Story "A Pair of Soup" by JL SCHNEIDERAnderbo 2011 No-Fee Novel Contest / The Mercer Street Books Fiction Prize WinnerDORETTE SNOVER for "THE CITY OF LADIES"Read the First Chapter here2011 Anderbo Creative Nonfiction Prize FINALISTSJudged by Elizabeth Wurtzel (PROZAC NATION)Winner to be announced soon...

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Editor and publisher of Mad Hatter's Review - and so much more - Carol Novack passed away December 29. Acting Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Marc Vincenz has posted a piece on Mad Hatter's Blog and has indicated they will be featuring tributes to Carol from many of her contemporaries, collaborators and closest friends in the weeks to come. An e-mail address is provided for those who wish to

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analogpress.net is a new online biannual literary journal "focused on featuring the vision of today's writers, poets and artists dedicated to the idea that literature should make universal themes relevant to the generation that the writer belongs to . . . cutting edge, on the fringe, anchored in classic intuitions: poetry, fiction, non-fiction topics, art & photography."Contributors to the first

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The Winter 2012 issue of The Kenyon Review includes the winners of the 2011 Kenyon Review Short Fiction Contest, previously for writers under the age of thirty. Final judge for the contest was Ron Carlson.First Prize: Fan Li “Chiasmus”Runner up: Anna Kovatcheva “September”Runner up: Nichols Malick “The Boy in the Lake”In a change from previous years of the contest, submissions will no longer be

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Tongue: A Journal of Writing & Art is a new biannual literary magazine "devoted to all species of translation and border-crossing": original poetry, essays and images that "aspires to challenge comfortable gestures and distinctions." Tongue is an autonomous project of the Pirogue Collective — the arts and culture expression of the Gorée Institute. Editors are Adam Wiedewitsch, Colin Cheney, R.A.

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Glimmer Train has just chosen the winning stories for their October Family Matters competition. This competition is held twice a year and is open to all writers for stories about family. The next Family Matters competition will take place in April. Glimmer Train’s monthly submission calendar may be viewed here.First place: Joseph Vastano [pictured], of Austin, TX, wins $1500 for “Twinning.” His

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Still in its first year of publication, Thrice Fiction Magazine is published - yes - three times a year and is filled with stories, art, and "a few surprises from a variety of talented contributors." Readers can download a free PDF or eBook of Thrice Fiction at no charge, or opt to purchase a full-color printed copy from MagCloud.First-year contributors include Marty Mankins, Jack Foley, Vahid

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Editor Caroline Crew and Assistant Editor Chris Emslie bring readers Ilk, an online publication of poetry "of any description...hybrid forms...visual forms...concept & concrete."The first issue features works by Amanda Earl, Amy Herschleb, Deirdre Knowles, Michael Koh, Madison Langston, Thomas Patrick Levy, Rob MacDonald, Dearman McKay, M.G. Martin, Molly Prentiss, David Raymond, Daniel Romo,

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Issue 70 (Fall 2011) of The Louisville Review celebrates the tenth annviverary of the Spalding University brief-residency MFA in Writing Program. MFA Program Director and Editor of TLR, Sena Jeter Naslund, and MFA Administrative Director and managing Editor of TLR, Karen Mann, were instrumental in moving The Louisville Review and Fleur-de-Lis Press to Spalding University and undertook to create

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Chosen from its regular pool of submissions, Memoir (and) has selected the following winners for their biannual prize in prose or poetry:Grand PrizeColette Inez for "Mother Country" (prose)Second PrizeArthur Bull for "End of the Rope march, February 1996" (poetry)Third PrizeJean LeBlanc for "Some Flemish Painters Walk Around My Grandmother's Yard" (poetry)In addition to publication, each winner

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Be sure to check out the NewPages Literary Multimedia Guide - podcasts, videos, and audio programs of interest from literary magazines, book publishers, alternative magazines, universities and bloggers. Includes poetry readings, lectures, author interviews, academic forums and news casts. Great for downloading and listening during holiday travel!

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The Winter 2011/12 issue of Ploughshares, guest edited by Alice Hoffman, includes the winner of the 2011 Emerging Writer's Contest: "The Gospel of Blackbird," fiction by Thomas Lee, selected by DeWitt Henry. The 2012 Emerging Writer's Contest will be expanding to include fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

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PennSound Radio, a 24-hour stream of readings and conversations from the PennSound poetry archive, launched last week. The daily schedule includes rebroadcasts of such series as Live at the Writers House, Charles Bernstein's Close Listening, and Leonard Schwartz's Cross-Cultural Poetics, as well as a curated selection of PennSound's favorite performances. You can play PennSound Radio through

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From Crow Arts Manor Director Sid Miller:Crow Arts Manor, located in a Northeast Portland, is a 501c3 non-profits writing center, that provides lost costs classes and workshop. Over the last 9 months we've been hard at work assembling a literary library.Through donations we've been able to obtain a large amount of current literary journals, magazines, books of poetry, short fiction and criticism.

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Broadsided Press is honoring the year with a Haiku Year-In-Review (henceforth referred to as HYIR). To celebrate, examine, and honor the coming of 2012, Broadsided Press wants to publish haiku addressing the events of 2011 alongside visual work by Broadsided artists. Participants have sent haiku, and Broadsided has selected finalists, now YOU can see the art and choose the winners! The final

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Under the Gum Tree is a new online (via MagCloud) publication of photography and creative nonfiction published out of ThinkHouse Collective in Sacramento, California.The editors write: "Under the Gum Tree is a storytelling project, publishing creative nonfiction in the form of a micro-magazine. We believe in the power of sharing a story without shame. Too much of the human experience gets hidden

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Eirik Gumeny, Founding Editor/Publisher, is stepping down from the editorial helm at Jersey Devil Press. Mike Sweeney will assume the role and all its responsibilities; Gumney writes of Sweeney: "He has always been one of my favorite writers, and he embraces everything Jersey Devil Press is about. He’s jumped into his new position feet first and guns blazing."

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It would be impossible to know from the cover that Control Burn, a collection of poems by Hastings Hensel, is the latest issue of the Iron Horse Literary Review. A few years ago, IHR changed its publication cycle to six "slim" volumes a year. While other publications were 'downsizing' to less print/more online, IHR shifted to less print/more often. There's no doubt the idea of 'slim volumes' of

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Revolution House is a new online publication of poetry, flash fiction, short storis, creative nonfiction, graphic stories, and art. A magazine run by writers Revolution House aims to publish both emerging and experienced authors.Revolution House staff includes Executive Editor Alisha Karabinus, Managing Editors Fati Z. Ahmed, Elaina Smith, Creative Nonfiction Editors Jaime Herndon and Jami

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The Louisiana Poetry Project offers a biographical directory of Louisiana poets, sample poems from each, and a poem a day calendar with selected poems from LA poets. Also included on the site is a Lesson Plans area with poems and lesson plans for a variety of subject areas: English, science, math, history, geography, social studies, art, journalism, government, and more. The newly added Poetical

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With the newest Tin House (Winter 2012), the magazine quietly celebrates its 50th issue with a the theme of Beauty. In addition to a full volume of featured writing, novelist and critic Marilynne Robinson explores the notion of beauty and its role in our changing society in her essay, poet Crystal Williams views the subject through the kaleidoscopic lens of race, while Aimee Bender talks with the

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Vlak Magazine, edited by Louis Armand, Edmund Berrigan, Ali Alizadeh, Stephan Delbos, Jane Lewty & David Vichnar is an international curatorial project with a broad focus on contemporary poetics, art, film, philosophy, music, design, science, politics, performance, ecology, and new media. Vlak is published by Litteraria Pragensia in Prague, London, New York, Paris, Melbourne & Amsterdam.Issue 2

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RATTLE Winter 2011 highlights the work of 30 contemporary Buddhist poets. As Dick Allen writes in his introduction, Buddhism “is not a glimpse or gaze but an immersion. There’s no glass, no other side.” Informed by years of studying human experience from their unique perspectives, these poets have much to offer Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike. Additionally, in the conversations section, Alan

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Founded in summer of 2011 as a sister publication the Valparaiso Poetry Review (VPR), Valparaiso Fiction Review (VFR) is one of the newest publications of Valparaiso University and its Department of English. VFR publishes two editions a year, usually around the first of December and the first of May, and features fiction from established and emerging authors. Co-Editors are Jonathan Bull and

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Black Warrior Review has teamed up with Summer Literary Seminars for their annual contest. Judges Jayne Anne Phillips and Matthew Zapruder selected winners for the 2011 contest: Blair Bourassa, for his story “Love is Such an Old Fashioned Word,” and Lillian Bertram, for her poem “I Believe the Far Fields.”Each received tuition, airfare, and accommodations to the 2011 SLS program of their choosing

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Fiction Editor David Duhr is now Managing Editor of Fringe online magazine. Former Fiction Editorial Assistant Anna Laird Barto has taken on the role of Fiction Editor. Fringe publishes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, essays, art, and mixed genre works.

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The Solstice MFA Program of Pine Manor College (MA) has announced Fellowship winners for the 2012 winter/spring semester: MFA student Ann Breidenbach has been awarded the Michael Steinberg Fellowship for Creative Nonfiction, and MFA student Charles Tucker has been awarded the Dennis Lehane Fellowship for Fiction. Each Fellow will receive $1,000 toward her/his first semester’s tution.

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The Winter 2011 issue of RATTLE includes the finalists for the 2011 RATTLE Poetry Prize. The winner has not yet been selected, as RATTLE has opted to turn this final decision over to the magazine's readership. Editors have carefully considered the best way to do this, and have opted to offer voting eligibility only to those who were already subscribing to RATTLE prior to the announcement of the

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Staffed by Managing Editor Andrew Keating, Poetry Editor Jill Williams, Fiction Editor Rafe Posey, Non-Fiction Editor Samantha Stanco, Art Director Danielle Peterson, Social Media Manager Michelle Junot, Blog Contributors Gillian Ramos and Kate Stone, Cobalt is an online quarterly of fiction, non-fiction and poetry "of the highest caliber," as well as interviews "with some of the most influential

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From the TED website: The success of TEDTalks has demonstrated that millions of people around the world are hungry to absorb new ideas. Many of the talks create a desire to go deeper - but not everyone has the time to read an entire book on a subject. TED Books fill that gap. While a traditional book is at least 60,000 words, TED Books, at fewer than 20,000, allow someone to see an idea fleshed

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Editor Kyle Schruder writes: "Lost in Thought came from a simple idea: I like magazines, why not make one of my own?" Always easier said than done, yet Lost in Thought introduces itself as a beautifully designed publication that looks more like something Shruder's been doing for decades. "For this premiere issue," Schruder says, "I decided to combine short stories and artwork. I approached

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Black Lawrence Press has announced that Adrian Van Young has won the 2011 St. Lawrence Book Award for his collection of short stories, The Man Who Noticed Everything. A complete list of the 2011 St. Lawrence book Award finalists and semi-finalists can be found on the Black Lawrence Press blog.

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From CNF: Creative Nonfiction has announced the launch of Creative Nonfiction Books. The magazine, nearing its 20th anniversary, has long been considered “the voice of the genre” and has an impressive and highly acclaimed history of creating an understanding of our world through thoughtful, engaging narratives on a wide variety of topics and real-life experiences. The debut list, consisting of

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The Winter/Spring 2012 issue of Gulf Coast includes the 2011 Gulf Coast Prize winners.PoetryWinner: "A New Vessel" by Amaranth BorsukPoetry judge: Ilya KaminskyFictionWinner: "The Window" by Brian Van ReetFiction judge: Frederick ReikenNonfictionWinner: "The Suturing of Wounds or Words" by Arianne ZwartjesNonfiction judge: John D'AgataA full list of winners and runners up is available on the Gulf

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Newly lauched out of Austin, Texas, Unstuck is an independent print literary annual emphasizing "literary fiction with elements of the fantastic, the futuristic, the surreal, or the strange — a broad category that would include the work of writers as diverse as Borges, Ballard, Calvino, Huxley, Tutuola, Abe and (of course) Vonnegut."The editors add, "In our pages, you’ll find straight-up science

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Glimmer Train has just chosen the winning stories for their September Fiction Open competition. This competition is held quarterly and is open to all writers for stories with a word count range between 2000 – 20,000. The next Fiction Open will take place in December. Glimmer Train’s monthly submission calendar may be viewed here. First place: Janis Hubschman [pictured], of Demarest, NJ, wins

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In the November 2011 issue of World Literature Today, a special section devoted to Post-Soviet Literature features recent work from Russia and other former republics, twenty years after the collapse of the regime. WLT makes a number of works available in full text on their website, including multimedia poetry from Orbita 4.

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Botticelli Magazine is an online literary and art journal produced and edited by students at Columbus College of Art and Design. Already in its third issue, Botticelli is planning a lot of expansion, inclusive of literary and logo contests.Contributors to the first issues include Austin Charles Barrow, Chelsea Besse, Ross Caliendo, Austin Charles, Silver Corbin, Danielle Doughty, Brittany Leigh

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I can honestly say, I hope eBooks will never replace the coffee table book. While I know digital picture quality can surpass print quality when it comes to art and images, it's the cover of a book like this one that will get readers and "non-readers" alike to pick it up and thumb through its pages.In his newest book, professional pet photographer Michael Kloth helps readers focus on the plight of

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Visit NewPages Book Reviews for December to read thoughtful commentary and analysis of the following titles:Almost NeverFiction by Daniel SadaThe Book of LifeFiction by Stuart NadlerMr. FoxFiction by Helen OyeyemiHard to SayFiction by Ethel Rohan–gape–seed–Edited by Ice Gayle Johnson, Jane Ormerod, Brant Lyon, Thomas FucaloroWaiting: Selected NonfictionNonfiction by Elizabeth SwadosHabibiGraphic

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We've been busy at work, watching the snow fall, adding more good reading to see us through the winter!New addition to the The NewPages Big List of Literary Magazines:2 Bridges Review [P] - poetry, prose, artworkCartys Poetry Journal [O]The Cleveland Review [O] - poetry, fiction, nonfiction, photography, illustrationsCobalt Review [O] - poetry, fiction, nonfiction, interviewsThe Corner Club Press

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The Safety Pin Review is a new literary magazine featuring fiction of less than 30 words, posted once a week, with a major D.I.Y. twist: in addition to being published online, each story is hand-painted onto a cloth back patch, which is attached (via safety pins) to one of SPR's operatives - "a collective network of punks, thieves and anarchists" — who wear it everywhere they go for a week. The

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The Lambda Literary Foundation is starting a pilot program called LGBT Writers in Schools, in collaboration with the Gay Straight Educators’ Alliance (GSEA), part of The National Council of Teachers of English.Lambda Literary will coordinate author visits to classrooms — usually via Skype, but in person wherever possible — for authors to discuss their work with students. They are looking for

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Joining Editors Drew Krewer and Maureen McHugh is Managing Editor Meagan Lehr, Art Editor Andy Campbell and Web Designer Jason Criscio, to bring readers The Destroyer, a bi-annual online publication of text, art, and public opinion. Freely downloadable digital broadsides also available featuring digital art and quotes from texts.The inaugural issue features Text by Nicole Wilson, Brandon Downing,

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The AWP 2012 Schedule is online - and includes an electronic schedule planner that allows you to make selections of sessions and print out a personalized agenda (including an option for activities other than those on the AWP schedule).

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In “Why I am a Net Artist,” long-time “media poetry” practitioner Jim Andrews reflects on the consequences of computation on language, the fundamental virtues of networked digital computing as a poetic medium, and computing’s facilitation of combinatory operations that drive poetic work into emergent territories. [via The Journal of Electronic Publishing, University of Michigan Library]

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First Inkling is an international student literary magazine, publishing short stories, poetry, graphic fiction, one-act plays, short film (screenplays), novel chapters, and more. Works are accepted from students currently enrolled in accredited colleges or universities at the community college, undergrad, graduate, or post doctorate level, from anywhere in the world. Works in languages other than

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The Fall 2011 issue of The Carolina Quarterly includes the winners of the Riding a Gradient Invisible Contest, "an experiment in 'Show, don't tell.'" Editors sought submissions of writing to transition us into a "post-genre world." Judge Amy Hempel made the following selections, all of which are included in the issue:First Place: "American Desire" by James McFatterRunner-up: "epitaph #26" by

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From Whiskey & Fox:The second issue of the Parks & Occupation special series is out, and can be downloaded for free at http://whiskeyandfox.orgNo. 2 features work by Joshua Zelesnick, Rebecca Mertz, Gloria Frym, Michael Farrell, Andy Spragg, Gracie Leavitt & RJ Maitland, Robin Clarke, Jeff T. Johnson, David Hadbawnik, and Jon D. Witmer.At least one more Parks & Occ. is on the way.

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Cuckoo is an online quarterly literary magazine written and edited by writers aged between 11-19. Cuckoo Quarterly aims to "publish the best young writing from all forms and genres and to be accessible and attractive to a wide readership."The publication is facilitated and administered by New Writing North, a development agency for creative writing and creative reading based in the north east of

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Founded by Kelly Forsythe and Kat Sanchez, Phantom Limb is a new online magazine of poetry, "dedicated to publishing good poems."The inagural issue features poems by Holly Amos, Michael Haight, Jeffrey Allen, Stephen Danos, Kayla Sargeson, y madrone, Jordan Conrad, Dolly Lemke, Late Litterer, Nathan Breitling, Camiele White, Izzy Oneiric, Steve Henry, Jessica Dyer, Chelsea Kurnick, Kristin Ravel,

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Issue 49.1 of Southern Poetry Review includes "Red Rover" by Catherine Staples, the winner of the 2011 Guy Owen Award for Poetry as selected by Carl Dennis.

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Independent and going strong, with issue number nine, Fifth Wednesday Journal begins its fifth year of publication - its Lucky Anniversary year. Based in Lisle, Illinois, FWJ will be hosting a special reading by Illinois poets on the evening of Friday, March 2, 2012 at the new Poetry Foundation Building (61 W. Superior Street, Chicago).Fifth Wednesday Journal also has a well-developed Journal in

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Founded and edited by Rebekah Hall and Steve Owen, Mixer Publishing is a new small press that publishes a new online magazine - mixer - every other month (bimonthly), one themed print anthology a year, and 1-2 limited edition novels/novellas a year. mixer is supported by a dedicated group of editors who each specialize in a specific genre.Owen writes, "mixer is a 'literary genre' magazine that

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Founded in 1941, the newest issue of The Antioch Review (Fall 2011) celebrates the publications 70th year and features the best work we’ve published in the last decade. A full table of contents is available on the magazines website under Current Issue. Each selection for this retrospective celebration includes the original publication date of the piece as well as a current biography of the author

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Here's something to talk about over turkey: The Carolina Quarterly is asking readers to come up with a tag line for issue 61.3 with a free 1-year subscription prize. You submit your entry by posting to the comments section on the CQ website. Here's a bit more from their post:Since 2010, each issue of The Carolina Quarterly has contained a unique tag line, appearing on the title page at the front

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The winner of the Gemini Magazine Flash Fiction Contest is Xavier McCaffrey for his work "Drinks on the Doctor," with second place awarded to "Death in Nairobi” by Agatha Verdadero. These as well as honorable mentions by Todd Benware, Geoffrey Uhl, Heather Sappenfield, Laura Loomis, and Corey Ginsberg are all available to read on the Gemini Magazine website.

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Currently in its sixth year of operations, Midway Journal welcomes the addition of Assistant Poetry Editor, Molly Sutton Kiefer and Non-fiction Editor, Priscilla Kinter to the staff. Midway Journal is an online publication of drama, fiction, poetry, nonfiction. The newest issue features works by Ray Gonzalez, Timothy Gager, Elizabeth Aoki, Drew Jennings, Richard Lovejoy, Sarah Katherine McCann,

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Phillip Barron and Katy Ryan are the collaborative effort behind OccuPoetry, a new journal, collecting and publishing poetry about economic justice/injustice, greed, protest, activism, and opportunity.Barron writes, "The Occupy Movement is speaking to people in all parts of the country (and even the world), and as the next few weeks unfold, you'll see that the wonderful submissions we are

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Pine Manor College in Chestnut Hill, MA has a select number of graduate-level creative writing courses open to the public for auditing during the winter residency of its Solstice MFA Program, scheduled from December 30, 2011 to January 8, 2012. Classes are open to serious writers working at all levels; auditors are encouraged to complete the advance preparation requirements for any MFA class they

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Editor Daniel Anderson bid readers farewell in the final issue of Northwest Review (v49 n2). The Creative Writing Program of the University of Oregon website notes: "This was not an easy conclusion for us to reach. However, the current economic climate, as well as the rapidly evolving nature of literary quarterlies today, present challenges that we simply do not have the financial and human

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Editor Kim Hunter-Perkins brings us the prompt, a new online literary magazine that hopes to encourage submissions based on prompts. The editors clarify that they mean "to provide a place for work that often has no place in a traditional literary magazine because of its form or function." That is, writing that is the result of a workshop or writing exercise that is "pretty darned good," but is

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Winners of the Narrative Third Annual Poetry Contest have been announced, with poems available to read on the Narrative website:FIRST PLACEWilla Carroll "No Final Curtain"SECOND PLACEEmma Gorenberg "Miscellany"THIRD PLACEShivani Mehta "Twenty-One People between My Legs (and Counting)"FINALISTSMelissa BarrettRebekah BloydHeather GibbonsShane LakeJodie MarionKristina McDonaldMaya PindyckDiane

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Founded and edited by Emma Nichols, Pete Viola, and Sean Case Petrichor Review is a new online triannual of poetry, fiction, and art.The first issue features fiction and poetry by Corey Mesler, G.A. Saindon, Howie Good, James Valvis, Jason Kalmanowitz, John Grey, Joseph Farley, Kyle Hemmings, Larry Gaffney, Len Kuntz, Les Wicks, M. Chandler Rodbro, Matthew Dexter, Paul David Adkins, Peter Marra,

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The Narrative Spring 2011 Story Contest Winners have been announced and are available on the publication's website:FIRST PLACENickolas Butler “Underneath the Bonfire”SECOND PLACEJan Ellison “Second First Night”THIRD PLACEKatie Cortese “The Promised Land”FINALISTSDouglas BauerWesley BrownLeslie InghamHannah JohnsonJerry D. Mathes IILewis MoyseRina PiccoloRickey PittmanCharlotte PriceLynn Stegner

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Edited by Rosemary Badcoe and Noel Williams, Antiphon (UK) is a new online quarterly of poetry and reviews of poetry books. The Antiphon website also includes an online forum for opinions on poems and articles related to poetry.The inaugural issue offers new work from Catherine Edmunds, Martyn Crucefix, Andrew Shields, Larry Jordan, Angelina Ayers, Jane Røken, Richard Moorhead, James Howard,

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The Poetry Anthology at Occupy Wall Street currently cataloged in the Occupy Wall Street library and maintained by the Occupy Language (formerly Occupy Poetry) seeks poems to place in the anthology. Send poems via e-mail (attachments accepted) to the librarian at the People’s Library: stephenjboyer [at] gmail [dot] com. You will receive and automated response. The anthology is currently

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