Issue One
Poets in Issue One
We got a lot of really good, interesting, diverse poetry, and had a difficult time selecting the poems that made the final cut. We’ll be sending out acceptance letters to the poets later this week with specifics about which poems were selected, etc.
For now, though, here’s whose poetry you’ll be seeing in Issue One:
Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz
Greg Bee
Roger Bonair-Agard
Jesse Bradley
Sara Brickman
Eric Leonhardt Brown
Benjamin Clark
James Thurston Davis
Stevie Edwards
Aricka Foreman
Stacy Fox
Kurt Eric Heintz
Molly Meacham
Marty McConnell
Sarah Morgan
Lewis Mundt
Gregory Pickett
Sarah Quenon
Shappy Seasholtz
Tristan Silverman
Rob Sturma
Megan Thoma
Geoff Kagan Trenchard
Jeannan Verlee
Donna Voreyer
Karrie Waarala
Laura Yes Yes
Art Submissions for Issue One
Attention artists! Submissions are now open for Issue One. They’ll remain open until noon on Monday June 14. Please read the submission guidelines for artists. We’re accepting visual art of all kinds, so long as it can be printed in a magazine. Once your artwork is ready, send it to us using the submission form.
Below are the animals found in the poems we chose:
- tyrannosaur
- triceratops
- cicada
- fireflies
- giraffe
- amoeba
- beagle
- elephant
- moth
- pigeon
- duck
- otter
- show dogs
- hyena
- cat
- monkey
- prairie dog
- whale, exploding
- deer, urban
- cow
- crow
- dog
- dragon
- frogs
- horse
- hydras
- coelenterates
- corals
- jellies
Submissions for Issue One Are Closed
Thanks to everyone who submitted. The names of everyone chosen to appear in Issue One will be announced June 9, along with topics of the poems for artists to work from.
Animals!
The topic for Issue One is: Animals! We’re looking for poems whose main image or topic is an animal (or all of them). Submissions close at noon on Monday, June 7. Please use the poetry submission form to send your poems. Below are some links to poems about animals already published that we enjoy, to give you some inspiration. Good luck!
Magic Mouse by Mark Doty
Loading A Boar by David Lee
Horses by Wendell Berry
Animals by Frank O’Hara
Why I Shouldn’t Read Books by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz
Wild Geese by Mary Oliver
Dogs by Ross Gay
Heaven by Dorothy Barresi (scroll down)
Communion by Jeanann Verlee
Get Ready For Issue One!
Our first submission period will be June 4-7, 2010. This month’s topic will be revealed at noon, June 4. Poetry submissions will close at noon, June 7. Sub-topics for art will be announced noon June 9. Art submissions will close noon, June 12. Stay tuned!