Cloudbank poetry contest

http://www.cloudbankbooks.com/Contest.html

Cloudbank is now accepting poetry submissions for our next issue.
A prize of $200 will be awarded for one poem or short prose piece.

Address for submissions:
Cloudbank
PO Box 610
Corvallis, Oregon 97339-0610

The deadline for contest submissions is July 31, 2010.
Guidelines:


1. The contest fee is $15.00. The check should be made out to Cloudbank. All writers who enter the contest will receive a one-year (two-issue) subscription to Cloudbank magazine.
2. Submissions without payment will also be considered for publication, but will not be eligible for the prize. We read submissions year-round.
3. Please do not send more than five poems or short prose pieces (500 words or less) for either the contest or regular submissions.
4. For contest submissions, the writer's name, address, and e-mail address should be typed on a cover sheet only, not on the pages of poems. For non-contest submissions, the writer's name and address should appear on each page.
5. We do not accept electronic submissions.
6. The submitted work may not have been published elsewhere.
7. Simultaneous submissions: Please let us know if your work has been accepted elsewhere.
8. Your submissions will not be returned. Enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE) so that we can notify you of acceptance.
9. Feel free to send prose poems, reviews, essays on poetry, short fiction (500 words max.). We are open to all types of quality writing.
10. For those who do not enter the contest, one-year (two-issue) subscriptions to Cloudbank magazine are $15.00. Individual copies are $8.
11. Two contributors' copies will be sent to writers whose work appears in the magazine.
12. If you already have a subscription and want to enter the next contest, your subscription will be renewed for two more issues.

Address any questions to:
Michael Malan
Cloudbank, PO Box 610,
Corvallis, Oregon 97339-0610
michael(at)cloudbankbooks.com (replace (at) with @)

Fiction, poetry, and nonfiction contests: Black Warrior Review

Sixth-Ever Fiction & Poetry Contests, & the First-Ever Nonfiction Contest!
http://www.bwr.ua.edu/

Guest judges this year are Peter Markus (fiction), Claudia Rankine (poetry), and Lia Purpura (nonfiction). All entries must be submitted online by September 1, 2010. Please go to http://bwrsubmissions.ua.edu/ to do so.
Winners in each genre will receive $1,000 and publication in the Spring/Summer 2011 issue. Finalists in each category will receive notation in the Spring/Summer 2011 issue and are also considered for publication.

The reading fee is $15 per short story (up to 7500 words), $15 per nonfiction piece (up to 7500 words), and $15 per group of up to 3 poems.
Payment must be made online (the Submission Manager will direct you to do so). All contestants receive a complimentary one-year subscription.

Call for submissions: Journal of Renga and Haiku

Call for Content - Journal of Renga & Renku

We're ready to begin accepting offers of content for the first issue of the Journal of Renga & Renku. While some details remain to be ironed out, the journal will be:

    1. published near the end of 2010
    2. available in hardcopy only
    3. available for purchase online using Paypal

 

We're looking for a variety of content along the lines of:

    1. Academic/polemic articles on any aspects of the genre
    2. Translations of old renga and renku
    3. News of renku groups and happenings
    4. Book articles/reviews
    5. and of course, a showcase of current examples of the genre:
          a) in English
          b) in any other language, accompanied by an English translation
          c) previously published or not (just let us have details of prior publication so we can acknowledge properly)
          d) simultaneous offers are fine too, again provided you advise us of prior publication for purposes of acknowledgement
          e) in any of the standard forms: kasen, triparshva, nijûin, jûnichô, shisan, rokku, hyakuin, yotsumono, etc.
          f) in any explorations of the above forms in terms of experimentation with one-line, zip, 5/7/5 or other fixed counts and even rhyme
          g) solo and group work
          h) with (preferably) or without notes/reflections on the poem/process from sabaki or renju or both
    6. We are also considering holding a contest, but have not finalised our thinking on that. Please send us any ideas you may have and/or indication as to whether you'd  be interested in entering and/or reading the results
    7. We're open to discussing content ideas we've not covered above so please write
    8. All communications will be acknowledged within one week
    9. We are regretfully unable to pay contributors for content at this stage

 

Please send all contributions and other communications to (RengaRenku(at)gmail.com)

We look forward to hearing from you.
Norman Darlington

Moira Richards

Journal of Renga & Renku

http://tinyurl.com/23n4yl6

Tupelo: July open reading for poetry books/chapbooks

July Open Submission Guidelines
http://www.tupelopress.org/july_guidelines.php

Throughout July, Tupelo Press will hold open submissions for book-length poetry collections (48-90 pages) and chapbook-length poetry collections (30-47 pages). Submissions are accepted from anyone writing in the English language (whether in the United States or abroad).

Make sure that your cover page includes the title, your name and contact information, including address, phone number and email address.

There is a reading fee of $25 for each manuscript submitted. Why a reading fee? We are an independent, nonprofit literary press. Reading fees help defray, but do not by any means cover, the significant cost of publishing the many books we select outside of our competitions. Multiple submissions are accepted, so long as each submission is accompanied by a separate $25 reading fee. Manuscripts that have been submitted during this open reading period (July 2010) may not be revised and submitted again unless they are accompanied by an additional $25 reading fee.

To enter and submit manuscripts/entry fees:
http://www.tupelopress.org/july_guidelines.php

Marie Alexander Series Open submissions: Prose Poetry Collections

Marie Alexander Poetry Series' Open Submissions Period

The Marie Alexander Poetry Series has an open submission period during the month of July. An award of $500 and publication will be given for a chosen collection of prose poems by an American poet. Submit a manuscript of at least 48 pages, which can include some lineated pieces, along with a cover letter with complete contact information and an SASE for notification only. Postmark must be between July 1 and 31.

Entries should also include a simultaneous electronic submission of the manuscript (MS Word or PDF format) sent to <editor(at)mariealexanderseries.com>. There is no entry fee.

Marie Alexander Poetry Series
Attention: Nickole Brown, Co-Editor
P.O. Box 5686
Louisville, KY 40255-0686
<editor(at)mariealexanderseries.com> (replace (at) with @)

Chapbook: Astounding Beauty Ruffian Press Poetry Award

Astounding Beauty Ruffian Press Poetry Award - 2010
http://home.earthlink.net/~astoundingbeautyruffianpress/id1.html

 

The contest deadline has been extended to August 31, 2010. Manuscripts must be postmarked on or before the new deadline date of August 31, 2010.

 

The award is $1,000 and publication by Astounding Beauty Ruffian Press.

 

Please submit:

• 10-20 pages of original poetry not already published as a collection, and by one author
• English only, no translations
• no more than one poem per page (however, a single poem may be longer than one page), typed in 12 pt. plain font
• no artwork
• include a table of contents; pagination is not required
• one title page with poet's name, address, telephone number, email, and title of manuscript
• biographical page (ONLY because we are interested in you as a person)
• $20 entry fee, checks only, made payable to Astounding Beauty Ruffian Press and drawn on a U.S. bank
• no profanity
• absolutely no paper clips, spring clips, staples, plastic covers, or folders - we would rather not have to bother with these things, so don't waste your supplies

 

Do not include a SASE - winner will be announced on our website in the fall of 2010.

 

Manuscripts will be recycled.

 

Send by regular, first-class mail only:

 

Astounding Beauty Ruffian Press
Poetry Award
2155 Elk Creek Rd.
Stuart, Virginia 24171

Fiction Contest: Zoetrope All-Fiction

FOURTEENTH ANNUAL ZOETROPE: ALL-STORY SHORT FICTION CONTEST
http://www.all-story.com/contests.cgi

Guest Judge: Andrew Sean Greer
First prize: $1,000
Second prize: $500
Third prize: $250

The three prizewinners and seven honorable mentions will be considered for representation by the William Morris Agency, ICM, Regal Literary, the Elaine Markson Literary Agency, Inkwell Management, Sterling Lord Literistic, and the Georges Borchardt Literary Agency.

The deadline is October 1, 2010. Results will be announced at the website December 15, 2010, and in the Spring 2011 issue of Zoetrope: All-Story; and the winning story will be published as a special online supplement to that Spring 2011 issue.

Complete Contest Guidelines:
We accept all genres of literary fiction. Entries must be: unpublished; strictly 5,000 words or less; and accompanied by a $15 entry fee per story. There are no formatting restrictions; please ensure only that the story is legible.

We welcome multiple entries ($15/story) and entries from outside the U.S. We will e-mail contest updates to anyone who provides an active e-mail address. Entrants retain all rights to their stories. Once a story is submitted, we cannot accept an updated draft. (However, an entrant is welcome to submit an updated draft as a new entry.) Entry fees will not be returned or adjusted.

Entries must be complete by 11:59 P.M. PDT on October 1, 2010. Enter at
http://www.all-story.com/contests.cgi

A New Poetry Chapbook Contest forthcoming from Chrysanthemum/Goldfish Press

A new poetry chapbook contest offered by Chrysanthemum/Goldfish Press on the theme of "A dead end street opens to a hidden world..."

for particulars see http://httpbloggergoldfishpresscom.blogspot.com/

Details will be posted later. Tentative deadline December 31, 2010

Inquire at: Koon Woon nooknoow@aol.com or (206)329-5566 or write

P.O. Box 14515, Seattle, WA 98114 c/o Chrysanthemum magazine

Sarah Zale's The Art of Folding

Sarah Zale's The Art of Folding, a collection of poems inspired from her travels to Israel and the occupied territories, was published by Plain View Press in April, 2010.

Sam Hamill writes: "In these two major suites of poems, Sarah Zale has composed an epic, an eye-opening, heartrending book that should be read and read again…"

Carolyn Forché writes: "Sarah Zale's The Art of Folding  is a masterful work of sustained and interwoven lyrics, at once political and intimate, in which the gestures of daily life are seen as if for the first time in the light of history. …That she struggles toward the boundary between Israel and Palestine is a mark of her seriousness.  That she achieves this is a mark of her power."

Martha Silano (Blue Positive) writes: "… Her unique voice and music will captivate you, her images draw you in from the beginning (shirt, ironing, hair), as this important and necessary book gains momentum with each poem." 

Please order the book at www.sarahzale.com under the "Poetry &amp; Links" tab. 

Patricia Bibby First Book Award from Tebot Bach

Tebot Bach announces
The Patricia Bibby First Book Award
$1,000 and Book Publication
http://www.tebotbach.org/tebot_ad.html


Patricia Bibby was a beginning poet whose poems expressed her love of life while living with cancer. Her kindness, humor, and optimism inspired the love of many new friends in the poetry community. She died in 2004, at 43, without having been published. In naming the First Book Award after Patricia Bibby, Tebot Bach honors the aspirations and spirit of all beginning poets. David St. John serves as judge for this competition that looks for a fresh, new voice in poetry.

Competition Guidelines

Winner will receive $1,000 and book publication
Judge: David St. John

The competition is open to all poets writing in English who have not committed to publishing collections of poetry of 36 poems or more in editions of over 400 copies.

Entries of 50–84 pages of original poetry in English must be postmarked by October 31. Entries postmarked after October 31 will not be read. Manuscripts will not be returned. Manuscripts must be bound with a binder clip. No staples, folders, or printer-bound copies. No photographs, images, or illustrations. Please do not include acknowledgements at this time. Please do not include any identifying information anywhere in the manuscript. Submit two title pages. The first, not fastened with the manuscript, should include the title of the manuscript, author's name, address, telephone number, and email address in upper right corner. The second, fastened with the manuscript, should include only the title in upper right corner. Entries should be fastened in this order:

1. Title page
2. Table of contents
3. Collection of poems
Items 1 and 2 are not included in the 50–84 page count.

Manuscripts should be letter-quality, typewritten, and single-spaced. Photocopies are acceptable. Please do not submit your only copy, as manuscripts will not be returned.

Tebot Bach assumes no responsibility for damaged or lost manuscripts.

Manuscripts must be previously unpublished.

Translations and multi-authored collections are not eligible.

Past and current volunteers and employees of Tebot Bach are not eligible. Poets who have studied with David St. John in more than 2 workshop settings are not eligible.

Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but Tebot Bach must be notified immediately if a collection is accepted for publication via email: info(at)tebotbach.org> (replace (at) with @)

Please include a non-refundable reading fee of $25, check or money order, made out to Tebot Bach. Include a business-size SASE(self-addressed envelope) for notification. Include a SAPC(self-addressed postcard) for notification of receipt of manuscript. Postcard should include title of manuscript.

Mail manuscript, check or money order payable to Tebot Bach, SASE, SAPC in one envelope to:

Patricia Bibby Award
Tebot Bach
Post Office Box 7887
Huntington Beach CA 92615-7887

Short fiction and poetry contest: Inkwell

MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE
MASTERS OF ARTS IN WRITING PROGRAM
and
INKWELL
ANNOUNCE
(1) THE 13TH ANNUAL SHORT FICTION CONTEST
$1500 GRAND PRIZE and PUBLICATION IN INKWELL

COMPETITION JUDGE: Catherine Lewis

GUIDELINES

Up to 3 previously unpublished stories, 5,000-word limit
Text must be typed, 12pt. font, double-spaced, one-sided
Cover sheet with name, address, phone, e-mail, titles and word counts
No name or address anywhere on manuscripts
SASE for contest notification only – manuscripts will be recycled
Entry fee: $15 per story
Checks (USD ONLY) made out to Manhattanville – INKWELL


(2) THE 14TH ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST
$1000 GRAND PRIZE and PUBLICATION IN INKWELL

COMPETITION JUDGE: Mark Doty

GUIDELINES

Up to 5 previously unpublished poems, 40-line limit per poem
Only typed entries will be considered; 12pt. font
Cover sheet with name, address, phone, e-mail, titles and line counts
No name or address anywhere on manuscript(s)
SASE for contest notification only – manuscripts will be recycled
$10 for first poem, $5 per each additional poem
Checks (USD ONLY) payable to Manhattanville – INKWELL

Submissions for both contests must be postmarked between August 1 and October 30, 2010

http://www.inkwelljournal.org/competitions.htm


NOTE: Please indicate Poetry or Fiction Competition on envelope.
If submitting to both Poetry and Fiction Competitions, please use separate envelopes.

Submissions not adhering to the above guidelines will not be considered.


Mail to:


INKWELL - Manhattanville College
2900 Purchase Street
Purchase, NY 10577

Inkwell is produced in affiliation with the Master of Arts in Writing Programat Manhattanville College. The program offers a highly flexible schedule of day and evening courses taught by distinguished authors andeditors. Our Summer Writers' Week, held each June, is open to writers and aspiring writers.

For information on the Master of Arts in Writing program, please visit www.mville.edu/writing or call (914) 323-5239.

Call for submissions: Quiddity

Quiddity literary journal and public-radio program is presently reading for its fall 2011 issue. Works accepted may be featured on the public-radio program (NPR member and PRI affiliate). International submissions are encouraged.

Submission Guidelines:
~ Prose: one work (no more than 5,000 words)
~ Poetry: up to five poems (no more than ten pages total)
~ Include complete contact information in the cover letter.
~ Please be sure your name is listed on each page of the work. You may list contact information on each page as well, if you wish.
~ U.S. submissions should include both an email address and a self-addressed, business-size (#10), stamped envelope (SASE).
~ International submissions should include an email address to which an electronic reply may be sent.
~ Work must be previously unpublished. All manuscripts will be recycled.

Submissions should be addressed to either Prose Editor or Poetry Editor at

Quiddity
Benedictine University at Springfield
1500 North Fifth Street
Springfield, IL 62702

We look forward to receiving high-quality prose and poetry from both established and emerging writers. We do not limit general submissions tospecific subject-matter or style. Novel excerpts are welcome as long as the work can stand alone. Translations are welcome.

We accept simultaneous submissions but require notification immediately if the work is accepted elsewhere. Work submitted must fit the guidelines listed above. Quiddity's international literary journal is a publication of Benedictine Universityat Springfield. It is published semi-annually in April and October. Quiddity's companion public-radio program is produced by Illinois Public Radio's hub station,WUIS/WIPA, NPR member and PRI affiliate.

Contributors may be invited to read their work for the public-radio program.

General submissions are read year-round. Contest information isavailable at Quiddity's website: www.sci.edu/quiddity

Poetry chapbook contest: Organic Weapon

Organic Weapon Arts Chapbook Series announces its first chapbook competition.One chapbook will be selected for publication and the author will beawarded $200 and 50 author copies. Editor Jamaal May will make the final selection.

Please submit 20 – 32 pages of poetry, two title pages (one with title only, one with title and author's full contact information and email) and acknowledgements page, if applicable. Your name should only appear on one title page. Please format manuscript in Times or Times New Roman, 12pt font.

Postmark deadline is August 15, 2010. We will email you a confirmation uponreceipt of your entry. Winners will be announced in September. Publication is set for Winter 2010. Simultaneous submissions are ok, but please notify us if your manuscript is accepted elsewhere during the review period. Manuscripts that are not selected will be recycled.

Pleasesend $7.00 for each manuscript to: Organic Weapon Arts Chapbook Competition, PO Box 8242, Ann Arbor, MI 48107-8242. Make checks payableto Organic Weapon Arts.

No email submissions accepted. If you have questions, you may contact organicweaponarts@yahoo.com or visit http://www.organicweaponarts.com/

Call for submissions: A Handful of Dust

H.O.D. (A Handful Of Dust) is seeking poetry and artwork for its second issue scheduled for October 31, 2010. While H.O.D. has no theme or limits, its editor would like to see more work that is grounded in grit-lit. The date of publication does not suggest an overall theme, but the editor will pretty much read anything (including horror). The journal is also open to flash and micro-fiction than can double as good prose poetry. Submit 3-5 poems and a cover letter in the body of an e-mail to: h.o.d.submissionsATgmailDOTcom.
H.O.D. is also open to Artwork submissions, from b&w photography to pencil (or ink) sketches. Check the new issue for an idea of what the editor wants. Submit 1-3 pieces as low-res jpegs to: <h.o.d.submissions(at)gmail.com> (replace (at) with @).

Check out http://hofd.wordpress.com/
for further guidelines and read the debut issue to get an idea of where the journal is headed.

Bloodroot Literary Magazine: Poetry Contest

Three prizes of $200, $100, and $50; three honorable mentions; publication in 2011 Bloodroot Literary Magazine.

http://www.bloodrootlm.com/contest.html

CONTEST GUIDELINES:
* The competition is open to any poet who writes in English.
* Manuscripts should be typewritten or computer-printed on white 8-1/2" X 11" paper.
* We can only accept hard copies.
* Electronic submissions will not be accepted.
* Submit original, unpublished, free verse, 10 lines to 2 pages.
* Entry fee: $15.00 for three poems, $5.00 each additional poem.
* Final judge: Claudia McIsaac
* Your name must not appear on the manuscript.
* Please provide name, address, email address, titles of poems in a cover letter.
* You may include SASE for results and SAS postcard for confirmation (Optional).
* Entries must be postmarked no later than September 15, 2010.
* Manuscripts cannot be returned.
* Please no simultaneous submission to other publications.
Mail manuscript and entry fee to:
The Editors
Bloodroot Literary Magazine
PO Box 322
Thetford Center, VT 05075

Poetry Chapbook Contest: The Ledge

The Ledge 2010 Poetry Chapbook Competition
http://www.theledgemagazine.com/print%202009%20Poetry%20Chapbook%20guidelines.html

PRIZE: Winning poet will receive a $1,000 cash award and 25 copies of the published chapbook.
SUBMIT: 16-28 pages of original poetry with title page, biographical note and acknowledgements, if any. Please include your name, mailing address, email address, and phone number (optional). Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but we ask that you notify us if your manuscript is accepted elsewhere. Poets may enter more than one manuscript.
ENTRY FEE: $18. All entrants will receive a copy of the winning chapbook upon its publication in the fall of 2011.
NO RESTRICTIONS on form or content. The Ledge Press is open to all styles and forms of poetry. Excellence is the only criterion.
PLEASE include a SASE for the competition results or manuscript return. The winner will be announced in April 2011.
POSTMARK DEADLINE: October 31, 2010.
SEND ENTRIES TO:
The Ledge 2010 Poetry Chapbook Competition,
40 Maple Ave.,
Bellport, NY 11713

Contest in fiction, poetry, nonfiction: New Southerner

The 2010 New Southerner Literary Contest is open to previously unpublished poetry, fiction and nonfiction from April 1 through October 1. Although the contest theme is open, we are especially interested in work that relates to our mission, which is promoting self-sufficiency, environmental stewardship and local economies. We are also interested in works by writers with a Southern connection, and works written with a Southern slant or that focus on Southern issues, people and places.

Prizes: $200 for winners of Fiction, Nonfiction and the James BakerMemorial Prize in Poetry; publication in the literary edition; invitation to read at a special event.

Finalists in all categories receive $15 and publication in the New Southerner Literary Edition. Submit fiction and nonfiction up to 5,000 words. Submit poems up to 100 lines. Contest fee: $10 per entry. Multiple entries are accepted. Simultaneously submitted entries are accepted as long as you notify us promptly if your work is accepted elsewhere. Entry fee is not refundable.

Postmark deadline: October 1.
Winners will be notified by November 20.
Finalists and winning entries will be announced in The New Southerner Literary Edition, available online and in print at http://www.newsoutherner.com/ in December.
Final judges are Sena Jeter Naslund (fiction), Jason Howard (nonfiction) and Jeff Worley (James Baker Hall Memorial Prize in Poetry);
Easy online submission process.
To enter, or for more information, go to http://www.newsoutherner.com/?page_id=263

It's About Time Writers Reading Series: July 8, 2010

It's About Time Writers Reading Series
2nd Thursdays of each month
6:00 - 7:45 p.m.
Ballard Branch Seattle Public Library
5614 22nd Ave. N.W.
Seattle , WA 98107
206-684-4089


July 8th will feature:
Michael Spence has driven buses for King County Metro Transit for twenty-five years. His poems have appeared recently in The New Criterion, The North American Review, The Sewanee Review, The Southern Review, and others. His latest book, CRUSH DEPTH, was published last year by Truman State University Press." His Writer’s Craft talk is "From History to Poem: More Than Just the Facts."
Thomas Aslin, who is from Spokane, has an M.F.A. from Montana where he studied with Madeline DeFrees and the late Richard Hugo. His publications include a chapbook, Sweet Smoke, and a full-length collection, A Moon over Wings, which was a finalist for the 2009 Washington State Book Award.
Bethany Reid's poems have recently appeared in Stringtown, Timber Review, Pontoon, Cairn, Santa Clara Review, Crosscurrents, Calyx, The Sun, and Blackbird (available at http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu/v9n1/poetry/reid_b/memory_page.shtml). This summer she is chasing after her three daughters (ages 16, 16, and 10!), teaching on-line, and writing a horse story.
Rebecca Meredith is a poet, writer and psychoanalyst. Her poetry has appeared in numerous literary magazines and anthologies, and featured on KUOW. She is currently serving a two year term as Redmond’s first poet laureate and has just begun a new literary blog, which can be found at www.rspoetica.com

Bill and Hilary -- a poem

Bill and Hilary




Bill: I love you dear for loving me, which made me look after my diet, which made me healthier, which made me happier, which made me love you more, dear!

Hilary: Yes, you are healthier and you do love me better!

Bill: It was all your doing dear to choose to team up with me and now we love each other so much. It will continue to spiral...

Hilary: Yes, of course, Bill, we will soon be a tornado together....



Koon Woon
June 13, 2010

June 10th - It's About Time Writers Reading Series #250

It's About Time Writers Reading Series #250
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Ballard Branch, Seattle Public Library
Street: 5614 22nd Ave. N.W.
City/Town: Seattle, WA


Thurs. June 10, 2010 #250 Selene David, Bruce Taylor, Anne Sweet
+Terry Grabstein on The Writer's Craft

Terry Grabstein earned a Certificate in Nonfiction Writing and a Certificate in Literary Fiction Writing from the University of Washington. She has contributed work to Writers in Performance Anthology, Mercer Island Reporter, The Leaflet, and Between the Lines. Silken Water, (Finishing Line Press, 2009), is her first poetry collection.

Selene David was raised in Virginia and wrote her first poem when she was 9 years old. She has been employed as a therapist for 23 years and continues to love writing poetry. Two of her poems were included in The Poet Within, edited by Diane Tait. Selene says she writes about everything she loves: family, friends, nature, spiritual practice, and love itself.

Bruce Taylor, aka “Mr. Magic Realism,” currently has a magic realist novella ”13 Miles to Paradise” in the collection Alembical. His other recent work, Edward: Dancing on the Edge of Infinity, (Redjack Press, introduction by Jay Lake) took eighteen years to get published. Bruce has his first of the Kafka’s Uncle series published by Afterbirth Books (nominated for the &NOW AWARD FOR INNOVATIVE WRITING (SUNY, NY, 2009) and with introduction by Brian Herbert) and has the other two (Kafka’s Uncle: the Unfortunate Sequel and Other Insults to the Morally Perfect and Kafka’s Uncle: The Ghastly Prequel and Other Tales of Love and Pathos from the World’s Most Powerful, Third-World Banana Republic out to various editors.
http://www.brucebtaylor.com/

M. Anne Sweet is a poet and artist. Her poetry collection, Nailed to the Sky, is out from Gazoobi Tales. She has read extensively throughout the Puget Sound area, and her poetry has appeared in many print and online literary journals. She is a past winner of the Bart Baxter Poetry in Performance Award. For more information, visit http://www.facebook.com/l/98e59;www.studiosixeight.com