Poetic Asides with Robert Lee Brewer - Journal Closings

LOTS of Poet's Market updates...

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:54:41 GMT

Here are some changes to note in your copy of the 2008 edition of Poet's Market:

1) The e-mail addy in the Pennsylvania Poetry Society Annual Contest

listing should be changed from pps_contest_chair@hotmail.com (now

inactive) to paperlesspoetsonline@hotmail.com.

2) "I'm sorry to say, my journal eye > is no more," writes editor Peter

    Schwartz. I'm adding eye to the "Closing Post 2008 Edition" list at the

    bottom here.

3) Lyric Poetry Review > did not appear in the 2008 edition, but should have

    (another verification that went into an e-mail black hole). Submission

    guidelines are here. Additional update: Nathaniel Perry should now be

    listed as editor.

4) John Palattella, poetry editor for The Nation, writes:

Please note that as of 10 September, the guidelines for submitting poems to The Nation are as follows.

The Nation welcomes unsolicited poetry submissions. You may send up to three poems at a time, and no more than eight poems during a calendar year. Send poems by First-Class Mail, accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope. The Nation does not read simultaneous submissions, nor can it reply to or return poems sent by fax or e-mail or submitted without an SASE. Manuscripts may be mailed to:

John Palattella

Poetry Editor

The Nation

33 Irving Place

New York, NY 10003

The submission guidelines are posted on The Nation's website.
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5) Yemassee has new contact information: E-mail:

   editor@yemasseejournal.org. Website: www.yemasseejournal.org.

    Contact: Darien Cavanaugh and Jonathan Maricle, co-editors.

6) The Concrete Wolf Chapbook Press Contest did not appear in the 2008

    edition; however, we were later notified that their contact information has

   changed to: Address: P.O. Box 788, Kirkland WA 98083. E-mail:

    concretewolf@yahoo.com. Website: http://concretewolf.com. Contact:

    Lana Hechtman Ayers, editor/publisher.

7) Although Southern California Review didn't appear in the 2008 edition,

    Annlee Ellingson, editor-in-chief, notified us of lots of changes in contact

    information (note: also a change of title--formerly Southern California

   Anthology): Address: c/o Master of Professional Writing Program, 3501

   Trousdale Parkway, Mark Taper Hall, THH 355J, University of Southern

    California, Los Angeles CA 90089-0355. E-mail: scr@college.usc.edu.

    Website: www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/mpw/students/sca.php.

Special note: >> This post by Reb Livingston shows why small journals and presses and their editors are my heroes. Talk about dedication. Show your appreciation--buy a small press publication today! (Reb's magazine and press are not listed in Poet's Market; read her post--do NOT send her queries or manuscripts.)

--Nancy

More Poet's Market updates are available here.

A list of closed literary journals is here.

Closed markets list from 2008 POET'S MARKET

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:14:44 GMT

As I mentioned in this post, I planned to put up a list of journals, presses, and contests listed as "out of business" in the general index of the upcoming 2008 edition of Poet's Market.

As I gathered the information from the book's database, I discovered some other examples of listings coded in the index as "discontinued," "removal requested," "on hiatus," "no longer publishing poetry," and "overstocked." Consequently, I've broken the list below under those headings and added comments from editors and publishers wherever I'd received them.

This list reflects information we received during the most recent production cycle for Poet's Market--which began in November, 2006. Consequently, some of this information is old news for some readers, but I'm including everything for the sake of being complete. I've also included recent closings that I've posted on Poetic Asides. As additional news comes in, I'll post that information and link to this list in updated form.

OUT OF BUSINESS / DISCONTINUED

Arable: A Literary Journal

Blue Mouse, The

Chelsea

Crying Sky: Poetry & Conversation

Dana Literary Society Online Journal - due to personal time constraints

Dead End: City Limits

Entropy Magazine

Flesh and Blood: Quiet Tales of Dark Fantasy & Horror

Fresh Ground - has suspended publication "for now"

Gin Bender Poetry Review

Hard Row to Hoe - ceasing publication

McGinnis Award, The Tim

Nisqually Delta Review

P.D.Q. (Poetry Depth Quarterly)

Palanquin Press - "don't plan to be doing anything with the press

in the foreseeable future"

Pen & Inc Press

Poetry for Pets Contest - "cancelled"

Poets at Work

Pretext

Reactions

Red Owl Magazine

Speakeasy - print edition ceased with summer 2006 edition

Spire Magazine

True Poet Magazine

Zillah: A Poetry Journal & Newsletter

EDITOR/PUBLISHER REQUESTED REMOVAL

Bank Street Writers Competition

Borderlines - for 2008 edition

Fox Cry Review - publishing mostly regional writers and students

Generator / Generator Press

Loonfeather

Myeloma Awareness Open Poetry Competition

Naked Knuckle

One Trick Pony

Poet's Art, The - for 2008 edition

ON HIATUS

Cellar Door Magazine - length of hiatus undetermined

88: A Journal of Contemporary American Poetry - length of hiatus undetermined

Rhapsoidia - possibly permanent hiatus

RUNES, A Review of Poetry - temporary hiatus

NO LONGER PUBLISHING POETRY

Cezanne's Carrot

Over the Back Fence Magazine

OVERSTOCKED

Sakana - not printing any new issues "at the moment," doesn't need submissions

Weird Tales: The Unique Magazine - overstocked with poetry until January 2008

CLOSING POST 2008 EDITION (updated 9/19/07)

Diner

Pikeville Review, The

eye

--Nancy

DINER closing

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:56:36 GMT

A reader has e-mailed me that she just received a letter from Diner announcing that the journal is no longer reading work and that the 2007 edition will be its last, due to funding.

--Nancy

PIKEVILLE REVIEW closes

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:57:57 GMT

I've received word from editor Sydney C. England that Pikeville Review is closing down. According to the e-mail, "…our small volunteer staff could not continue providing this service." Pikeville Review was verified for the 2008 edition of Poet's Market (on sale next month), so please make a note of this closure in your copy.

I'm planning to post a list of journals and presses that were listed as "out of business" in the 2008 Poet's general index. As I receive additional news of closures, I'll repost the list with each update. Watch for it in the next week or two.

--Nancy