Adanna: Last Chance for Pre-Publication Discount

The first issue of Adanna is coming soon! Editor Christine Redman-Waldeyer expects to have the journal ready for mailing in June. She is offering the half-off price of $5 until May 31. That includes shipping and handling. After that, the price will be $10 per copy which is still a great bargain. Click HERE to order. You can use PayPal or snail mail.

Submissions have now closed. The list of contributors—and it's an impressive list—is available at the website. We have a total of 59 contributors who represent many states in the US as well as several other countries. The journal will include poetry, short stories, non-fiction pieces, and one book review.

Christine and I are thrilled with the work in this first issue. We thank everyone who submitted.

Summer Journals: Q thru Z

Here's the third and final installment of the list of print journals that read during the summer months. Remember that the asterisks indicate that the journal accepts simultaneous submissions. Again, please let me know if you spot any errors or omissions. Good luck!

 

This mailbox is lucky!

**The Raleigh Review—1x
All year

**Rattle-2x—email subs ok

**Redactions—1x—by email

Redivider—2x—online

**Rhino-1x-April 1-Oct 1

**River Oak Review--2x

**River Styx-2x-May thru Nov

**Rosebud--3x

**Slipstream-1x

**Smartish Pace--2x

**Sonora Review—2x—online
reads but does not respond in summer

**South Dakota Review-4x

Southern Humanities Review--4x

**Southern Poetry Review—2x

**Sugar House Review—2x

**The Sun-12x-prev pub ok

**Turnrow—2x

**Tusculum Review—1x

**Weave Magazine—2x
deadline July 31

Summer Journals: G thru P

Here's the second installment of the list of journals that read during the summer months. I've removed several from last year's list, but have not checked each and every one. If you find any errors or have others to add to the list, please let me know. Good luck with your submissions.

 This mailbox is ready to receive lots of good mail.

**Indicates that simultaneous submission is ok


**The Grove Review—1x

Hanging Loose--3x

**Hawk & Handsaw—1x—email subs
Aug 1-Oct 1

**Hayden’s Ferry--2x

**Hiram Poetry Review-1x

Hudson Review-April 1-June 30 (all year if a subscriber)

**Hunger Mountain-1x

**Inkwell-Aug 1-Nov 15

**The Journal--2x

**Jubilat--2x

**Lake Effect—1x

**Literal Latte--6x

Louisiana Literature-2x

**Madison Review-2x
(will hold until Sept)

Manhattan Review-1x
(prefers no sim but will take)

Michigan Quarterly Review-4x

**Mid-American Review-2x

**The Midwest Quarterly Review--4x

Missouri Review-3x--6-12 poems

**The Nation

**Natural Bridge-July 1-Aug 31-2x

**New American Writing—June-Jan—1x

**New Orleans Review—2x

**New York Quarterly—3x

**Nimrod—2x

North American Review—5x

**Parnassus: Poetry in Review—2x

**Pinyon—August 1-Dec. 1—1x

**Pleiades—2x

**Ploughshares—June 1 to January 15--3x

**Poet Lore—2x

**Poetry Miscellany-1x-tabloid-e-mail

Summer Journals: A thru F

It's that time of year again. During the summer many of us have more time to write and submit, but quite a few journals close their doors to submissions for the summer months. Do not despair. There are still many journals that do read during the summer and some that read only during the summer. This is the first of a 3-part list of those journals. I have given it a somewhat cursory updating, so if you note any errors, please let me know. These are all print journals. Sadly, a number had to be removed this year as they have closed their doors permanently.

This mailbox only accepts Acceptances!

**Indicates that simultaneous submission is ok

**American Poetry Journal—2x
    (summer only for subscribers)

American Poetry Review--6x-tabloid

**Another Chicago Magazine-2x-Feb-Aug 31

**Asheville Poetry Review--3x--Jan. 15-July 15

**Atlanta Review--deadlines June 1 &
    Dec 1

**Baltimore Review-2x

**Barn Owl Review—1x—June 1--Nov. 30—email sub

**Barrow Street--2x

**Bat City Review—May 1-Nov 1-1x

**Bateau—year round—2x—email sub

Beloit Poetry Journal--3x—online sub

Birmingham Poetry Review-2x--deadlines Nov 1 & May 1

**Black Warrior Review-2x

Bloodroot Literary Magazine-April 1 thru Sept 1--1x

**Briar Cliff Review--1x-Aug 1-Nov 1

**Burnside Review—2x—email sub ok

**Caketrain—1x—email sub ok

**Center: A Journal of the Literary Arts—July 1-Dec. 1

Chariton Review

Chelsea-2x

Cider Press Review--1x-email subs
    April 1-Aug 31

**Cimarron Review-4x

**Columbia—2x

**Columbia Poetry Review—Aug 1-Nov 30
   
**Conduit-3x

**Crab Orchard Review—Aug 10-Nov. 1 (special issue)

**Crazyhorse--2x

**Edison Literary Review—1—email

5 AM--2x-tabloid

**The Florida Review--2x

Poetry Festival: The Morning After

Yesterday was the Poetry Festival: A Celebration of Literary Journals. This is an event I began 8 years ago with the idea that it would be a one-time thing. However, the West Caldwell Library, which hosts the event, wanted to do it again the next year, and the next year, and the next. So did the poets and the editors. Me too. It's now become a tradition.

I invite the editors of 12 journals to participate. I ask them to each invite two poets to represent their journal. The event is always held on a Sunday, 1:00 - 5:00 PM, a day the library is closed to the public. However, the library opens for the event and the public is invited to come. The Assistant Director works with me during the planning stages of the event and is present throughout the day. Volunteers man the book sale area.

The editors and journals set up in the Reference area, two journals per table. Computers are turned on around the perimeter of the room so that journal websites can be displayed. Editors answer questions and provide subscription information and submission guidelines. Journals are available for purchase.

The readings are held in another room, The Community Room. I divide the afternoon into four 30-minute sessions. Three journals—6 poets—read during each session. I introduce each editor who then describes his or her journal and introduces the two poets. Each poet is asked to read two poems, totaling no more than 5 minutes. Following each reading session, there is a 20-minute break, during which time people browse the journals.

There is also a Book Sale area at the front of the library where reading poets can offer books for sale—one title per poet. Book sales were down this year which was my one regret. However, journal sales were up and that's good news as the primary function of the day is to honor the journals that make it possible for us to publish our work.

We had a really good turnout, and everyone seemed to have a great time. Here are some photos which tell their own story.

Cookies donated by the West Caldwell Shop-Rite. These and the candy added to the fun.

Adele Kenny reading for the Paterson Literary Review

Anthony Buccino reading for the Paterson Literary Review

Audience. Notice the extra chairs at the back and the people standing in the doorway and hallway. Don't all these people look happy? Imagine how happy the poets were to read for an audience like this!

Peter Murphy reading for The Literary Review

Quincy Lehr, editor of The Raintown Review. Prize for best pants.

Ray Hammond, editor of New York Quarterly

Tables with journals, crowd browsing during break

Crowd browsing. Much excitement stirred up over the brand new Stillwater Review

Poetry Festival: A Celebration of Literary Journals

If you're anywhere near NJ, please join us for the 8th year of this showcase event.

 

Sunday, May 15, 2011
Poetry Festival: A Celebration of Literary Journals
12 Journals and Editors
Edison Literary Review, Exit 13, Journal of New Jersey Poets, 

Lips, The Literary Review, New York Quarterly, Painted Bride Quarterly, 

Paterson Literary Review, Raintown Review, Stillwater Review,

Tiferet, and US 1 Worksheets

 Journals will be available along with subscription and submission information.
 Editors will answer questions about publishing.
 24 poets will read throughout the afternoon.
 Books will be available for sale and signing.
West Caldwell Public Library
30 Clinton Rd.
West Caldwell, NJ
1-5 PM Free
Contact library: 973-226-5441
 For full schedule and directions: Click HERE

During the 2010 Festival, visitors browsing the journals and talking to the editors

Maria Mazziotti Gillan, editor of the Paterson Literary Review, and poet Joe Weil at the 2010 Festival

Louder Than a Bomb

Here's a documentary film I can't wait to see. This description makes it sound like the kind of movie I love:

"Louder Than a Bomb tells the story of four Chicago high school poetry teams as they prepare to compete in the world's largest youth slam. By turns hopeful and heartbreaking, the film captures the turbulent lives of these unforgettable kids, exploring the ways writing shapes their world, and vice versa. Louder Than a Bomb is not about "high school poetry" as we often think of it. It's about language as a joyful release, irrepressibly talented teenagers obsessed with making words dance. While the topics they tackle are often deeply personal, what they put into their poems—and what they get out of them—is universal: the defining work of finding one's voice."

Visit the official website for more information.

Genre: Documentary
Directed by: Greg Jacobs & Jon Siskel

Here's what the critics have said so far:

"Winner of more than a dozen film festival prizes, including seven audience awards, Louder Than a Bomb has been hailed as "powerful and exhilarating" (TimeOut Chicago), "inspiring" (L.A. Times), "irresistible" (Chicago Tribune), "a get-up-and-clap kind of movie" (Paste), "vibrant and moving" (The Wrap), and "a celebration of American youth at their creative best" (Variety)."

As a poet I can't resist a film about poetry. As a former high school English teacher, I hope that teachers across the U.S. will encourage their students to see this film, not because I want young people to believe that the only kind of real poetry or the best kind of poetry is slam poetry, but because I want them to know that poetry matters, that it can change lives, that it can make the world a better place. If I were still a teacher, I'd take my classes on a field trip to see this film!

Here's the trailer. Enjoy.