Roundup: 16 US poetry journals with submissions details
In my last post I explained that although I haven’t seriously tried submitting to US poetry journals, I’d like to, and have started […]
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Submitting to US poetry journals, part 1
You know how it happens – you start following a link, then you get so engrossed in something you end up forgetting about […]
Four magazines, five poets to watch
A slew of poetry magazines have been arriving the last couple of weeks and I’ve enjoyed ‘discovering’ work by new names. Well, new […]
Ty Newydd and the ‘retired hobbyists’ – a few thoughts
Members of the poetry world are aghast at a recently published ‘Independent Review of Support for Publishing and Literature in Wales’. It’s a […]
Readings, launches & other poetry news
There’s been a flurry of poetry events lately and lovely things happening. Hastings Stanza reading A couple of weeks back the Hastings Poetry […]
A midsummer stock-take
It’s the longest day of the year here, and the hottest. I love these long days and warm evenings and we’ve been making […]
Poetry magazine windows & comp deadlines coming up
*UPDATED 8-6-17* to include the Prole Pamphlet Competition, deadline 30th June. Windows It’s been a while since I checked submissions windows. I realise […]
Recipe for Water
Yes that probably sounds familiar, being the title of the 2009 collection by Gillian Clarke. I’ve been thinking a lot about water lately, […]
Currently reading (part 1)
Through the letterbox fell two parcels yesterday, one from Germany and one from Wales, although both in English, luckily. A Bee’s Breakfast is […]
A new pamphlet & all the angst of getting there
It’s taken a while coming but I’ve found a home for my second pamphlet, ‘All the Relevant Gods’. Those lovely, hardworking folks at […]