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Thursday, March 16, 2017
Saturday, March 4, 2017
Bits and Pieces
Last month I attended the AWP Conference in Washington DC. I wanted to introduce the world of writers to my new press, Terrapin Books. So signed up for a table in the Book Fair, packed up all the books the press has published in the past year, and drove myself to DC. Three of my poets were there to sign their books. Jessica de Koninck, Patricia Clark, and Christine Stewart-Nunez each had a signing at the table on Friday morning. I also booked a room in the Methodist Church across the street from the Marriott Marquis and on Thursday evening hosted a Terrapin reading there. Each of the three poets read from their books. They were followed by 14 poets from The Doll Collection. I also participated in a panel on small press anthologies. This included four other publishers and was moderated by Lucille Lang Day. Each of us spoke about our press and our anthologies. This was the first time I ever served on an AWP panel. I enjoyed it and wasn't particularly nervous. I sold a bunch of books at the table and met lots of people.
One last thing that I found quite delicious—my poem "For the Love of Avocados" was featured by Ted Kooser on American Life in Poetry, week of February 20. Please pay a visit. The poem is from my most recent poetry book, The Uneaten Carrots of Atonement. I've also had a lovely new review of my book. It's by Sherry Chandler and appears in Phoebe.
Sunday, February 5, 2017
Heading to AWP
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On Wednesday I'll be driving to Washington DC to participate in this year's AWP. I haven't been since 2007 when it was in NYC. I thought that one time would suffice for a lifetime, but then I didn't have Terrapin Books. Also, I was invited to be on a panel this year and since I have never served on one, I thought I should give it a try. Then I thought, too, that this would be a good opportunity to introduce my press, some of our books, and some of our poets to the poetry world. So I forged ahead. I have a full schedule.
I'll be driving as I wanted to take the books with me rather than have them shipped. I'll be staying at the conference hotel, the Marriott Marquis. Hideously expensive so it better be nice. It's at least very conveniently attached to the conference center—there's a covered concourse leading from one to the other. Once I arrive on Wednesday, a valet will park my car; I'm not allowed to park it myself. That's $55 per day! Outrageous! Then I can't go into the garage to get anything out of my car—have to have a valet bring the car out and then back in—so I'll have to unload all my stuff when I arrive. I hope I can find someone to help me lug my stuff inside and then up to my room. Books are heavy.
In order to facilitate introducing the press, I booked a table in the Book Fair. I'll be sharing that with Storyscape, a journal. The table is #525T. Come visit and check out our books.
The panel I'm on is on Thursday, 4:30-5:45 PM. It's called "The Independent Press Anthology: Focusing, Editing, Organizing, Designing, Publishing, and Marketing," and will be moderated by Lucille Lang Day. I'm one of five editors/publishers. The others are Wendy Barker, Bryce Milligan, and Claire Ortaldo. Look for us in the Supreme Court Room (level 4), Marriott Marquis Hotel, 901 Massachusetts Ave.
Then I also booked a venue for a Terrapin reading. It was very challenging trying to find a place in DC when I'm in NJ. I found quite a few—but was not willing to pay $1000. Finally, though, I found the Methodist Church, 900 Massachusetts Ave. NW, which is right next door to the hotel. Perfect! The reading will be on Thursday from 7:00 - 9:00 PM. Three of my poets will first read from their new books:
Patricia Clark, The Canopy
Jessica de Koninck, Cutting Room
Christine Stewart-Nunez, Bluewords Greening
These three poets will be followed by a group reading for The Doll Collection. Poets include Kim Bridgford, Jessica de Koninck, Lori Desrosiers, Roberta Feins, Ann Fisher-Wirth, Kelly Fordon, Alice Friman, Donna Hilbert, Julie Kane, Lori Lamothe, Christina Lovin, Kim Roberts, Hayden Saunier, Enid Shomer, Lauren Goodwin Slaughter, Elaine Terranova, J. C. Todd, Kristin Zimet.
Please join us! Should be fun.
I hope I survive Thursday—very full day.
Friday three poets will have book signings at table #525 as follows:
Christine Stewart-Nunez, Bluewords Greening, 11:00 - 11:30
Jessica de Koninck, Cutting Room, 11:30 - 12:00
Patricia Clark, The Canopy, 12:00 - 12:30
Please stop by, get a book, and have it signed.
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Last Chance to Submit Your Poetry Manuscript
Our open reading period will close end of day on Tuesday, January 31, so if you're planning to submit, the time is now. There will be no deadline extension. We have some really fine manuscripts already, but would love to see your work, too. We plan to accept 2-4 manuscripts.
We charge a minimal reading fee of $12 to help defray costs. We carefully edit each accepted manuscript, work closely with each poet, and do not forget about you once your book is in print. We do a bit of advertising and make efforts to get a readership for your book. We pride ourselves on our responsiveness to questions and concerns.
We are also committed to getting books into print within a reasonable amount of time. We do not keep a backlog but accept only a limited number of manuscripts during each open reading period. We then put out those books before we again open for submissions. So far we've been able to get accepted manuscripts out within 6 months or less.
We provide each poet with 15 review copies, offer additional copies at a substantial discount, and pay a royalty fee each year.
We have thus far published books by Neil Carpathios, Lynne Knight, Jessica de Koninck, Christine Stewart-Nunez, Patricia Clark, and Carolyn Miller. Our titles have been receiving wonderful attention and praise from such places as Verse Daily, Poetry Daily, The Missouri Review, and the Washington Independent Review of Books.
Please carefully review and follow our Guidelines. And read our FAQs.
We look forward to reading your work.
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Print Journals That Accept Online Submissions
Journals new to the list (not necessarily new journals) are indicated with a double asterisk.
The number of issues per year appears after the journal's name.
The reading period for each journal appears at the end of each entry.
Unless noted otherwise, the journal accepts simultaneous submissions.
As always, please let me know if you find any errors here. And good luck.
Adanna: a journal about women, for women—1x
Jan 31 - April 30
Agni—2x
Sept 1 - May 31
February 1 - May 31
all year
Apogee—2x
two submission periods—check website
**Arcadia Magazine—4x
Sept 1 - April 30
**Atlanta Review—2x
all year
Barrelhouse—2x
check website to see if open for poetry submissions
June 1 - November 15
Bateau—2x
all year
Sept 15-Dec 15
all year
no sim
all year
Sept 15 - May 15
Boulevard—3x
November 1-April 30
Breakwater Review—2x
November 15 for the January issue;
April 15 for the June issue
Burnside Review—every 9 months
Caesura—2x
August 5 - Oct. 5
Caketrain—1x
all year
Columbia—2x
August 15-October 15
Crazyhorse—2x
all year
August 1 to November 1
December 1 to April 1
CutBank—1-2x
October 1 thru February 15
Ecotone—2x
August 15–April 15
all year
Fence—2x
check website to see if open for submissions
FIELD—2x
all year
no sim
no Jan, Feb, June, or July
August thru May
Fourteen Hills—2x
September 1 to January 1
March 1 to July 1
The Fourth River—1x
July 1-Sept 1
The Frank Martin Review—1x
all year
Gargoyle—1x
September 15 deadline for the Spring issue
February 15 deadline for the Fall issue
Grist—1x
August 15 - April 15
All year
deadlines: Winter issue: November 15
Sept 1 - May 31
Aug 1 - Oct 1
All year
pays
Sept 1 - Dec. 15
all year
rolling for 3-4 weeks at a time
check website for dates
Jubilat—2x
September 1 - May 1
September 15 - January 15
no sim
check website for submission dates
The Laurel Review—1x
Sept 1-May 1
The Lindenwood Review—1x
Jul 15-Dec 15
The Laurel Review—1x
Sept 1-May 1
The Lindenwood Review—1x
Jul 15-Dec 15
Submit to Poetry Editor: lareview.poetry@gmail.com
Sept 1 - Dec 1
all year
Lumina—1x
August 1 - Nov 15
October 1 - April 30
Measure—2x
no sim
all year
The Mom Egg—1x
July 15 - Sept. 30
Meridian—2x ($2 fee)
all year
all year
August 1–November 1
January 1–April 1
December, January, and February only or all year if a subscriber
August 1-May 1
for the Summer issue January 1 through March 1
for the Winter issue July 1 through September 1 (contest only)
no sim
Sept 1-May 31
New Madrid—2x
August 15 - November 1
Sept-May (summer okay for subscribers)
Aug 15 - May 1
New South—2x
all year
weekly magazine
all year
Ninth Letter—2x
September 1 - April 30
September 1-December 1
January 15-April 15
Pleiades—2x
August 15-May 15
Ploughshares—3x
Poetry—11x
year round
no sim
September 15 - April 15
February 1 to April 1 for the winter issue
June 1 to August 1 for the spring issue
June 1 to August 1 for the spring issue
Sept 1-May 1
all year
considers previously published
All year
Rattle—2x
year round
Redactions—1x
year round
Redivider—2x
all year
No June, July, August, or December
no sim
Rhino—1x
April 1 - Oct 1
Sept. 15 through Jan. 15
Rosebud—3x
All year
Salt Hill—2x
August 1 - April 1
Jan 1 - Feb 1 / July 1-Aug 1
Saw Palm—1x
Feb. 1 - April 1
January 1 - March 1
January 1 - March 1
All year
All year
So to Speak—2x
August 15-October 15 for the Spring issue
January 1-March 15 for the Fall issue
All year
All year
**Southern Poetry Review—2x
all year
The Southampton Review—2x
September 1 to December 1 and from March 1 to June 1
**Southern Poetry Review—2x
all year
The Southampton Review—2x
September 1 to December 1 and from March 1 to June 1
No June, July, August
Sou’wester—2x
August 15 - May 15
Sept 15 - May 15
Sept 1-Dec 15
Subtropics—3x
September 1 - April 15
No Sim
No Sim
All year
Tampa Review—2x
Sept 1 - Dec. 31
no sim
Sept 15 - Nov. 1
no sim
Sept 15 - April 30
32 poems—2x
via email
all year
Jan 1 - June 30
Tiferet—1x
Sept - December
September 1 - May 31
Upstreet—1x
Sept 1 - March 1
Versal—1x
Sept 15 - Jan 15
All year
August 1 - Oct 15
Dec 15 – Feb 1
April 15 - July 31
West Branch—2x
Aug 15 - April 15
all year
all year
Yemassee—2x
All year
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Terrapin Books: The Year in Review
The press celebrated its first birthday in October. We are very proud of the books we’ve published in our first year. They include the following titles, each linked to its page at the website:
One Anthology:
The Doll Collection, including 89 poems by 88 poets such as Alice Friman, Kelly Cherry, Richard Garcia, and Jeffrey Harrison.
Six Poetry Books:
Confessions of a Captured Angel, by Neil Carpathios
The Persistence of Longing, by Lynne Knight
Cutting Room, by Jessica de Koninck
Bluewords Greening, by Christine Stewart-Nunez
The Canopy, by Patricia Clark
Route 66 and Its Sorrows (forthcoming very soon), by Carolyn Miller
Two Craft Books:
The Crafty Poet: A Portable Workshop, revised edition, edited by Diane Lockward
The Crafty Poet II: A Portable Workshop, edited by Diane Lockward
For more information about any of the above titles, please visit the website page.
We are thrilled by the attention and appreciation that titles from Terrapin Books have received thus far. We hate to brag, but can’t help ourselves. Here’s what we’re bragging about:
3 Verse Daily features
1 Poetry Daily feature
1 Missouri Review online feature
3 reviews in the Washington Independent Review of Books
1 poet featured at the South Dakota Poetry Festival
1 poet featured at the College English Association National Conference in Hilton Head, NC (March)
6 Pushcart Prize nominations (and hoping for a win)
And as if all that weren't enough, Terrapin Books will make its first appearance at AWP in February with a table in the Book Fair, a reading on Thursday evening featuring three of our poets with new books along with a group of poets from The Doll Collection, and 3 book signings. But more about that next time.
Friday, December 23, 2016
Yes, Virginia
Eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York's The Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial on September 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since become history's most reprinted newspaper editorial, appearing in part or whole in dozens of languages in books, movies, and other editorials, and on posters and stamps.
Here's Virginia's letter:
"DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old.
"Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.
"Papa says, 'If you see it in THE SUN it's so.'
"Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?
"VIRGINIA O'HANLON.
"115 WEST NINETY-FIFTH STREET."
Here's the reply:
VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except what they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.
Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no VIRGINIAS. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.
You may tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, VIRGINIA, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.
No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.
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