Rick Rofihe's Blog
February 17, 2013
FREEZING in the Anderbo Office today...
Cold and windy in NYC today, and frigid air blowing in around the Anderbo office air conditioner -- summer, last or next, seems far away....
The guy in the Crazy Eddie commercials was Jerry Carroll. Earlier, he had been a Sophomore at Boston University as was his girlfriend. On a bench on Commonwealth Avenue there she broke the news to him that she'd met another guy, a Senior. Jerry started to cry, asking, "What am I going to do with my life?" She replied, "Why don't you go into radio, you have such a nice voice."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc-Mhy...
The guy in the Crazy Eddie commercials was Jerry Carroll. Earlier, he had been a Sophomore at Boston University as was his girlfriend. On a bench on Commonwealth Avenue there she broke the news to him that she'd met another guy, a Senior. Jerry started to cry, asking, "What am I going to do with my life?" She replied, "Why don't you go into radio, you have such a nice voice."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc-Mhy...
February 16, 2013
Anderbo Almost-Spring NYC Reading Monday, March 18th
The Almost-Spring 2013 http://anderbo.com/ Reading will be on Monday, March 18th, at Rouge et Blanc Restaurant, 48 MacDougal Street in SoHo, NYC from 7:00-9:30 pm, free, doors opening at 6:30 or so.
The kitchen will be closed, but we'll bring in some good snacks, and make sure everyone who wants to experience good wine gets some.
(Rouge et Blanc http://www.rougeetblancnyc.com/ is on the block of MacDougal Street between W Houston and Prince Sts.)
Jasmine Dreame Wagner, Thomas Cregan and Lauren Waterman will read fiction; Jessica Smith, Peter Cole Friedman, Emmalea Russo, Kathleen Kraft, Christopher Cheney and Matthew Daddona will read poetry.
On Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/15461...
Jasmine Dreame Wagner is the author of two chapbooks: Rewilding, winner of the 2012 Ahsahta Press Chapbook Contest (Ahsahta Press, 2013); and Listening for Earthquakes, first runner-up for the 2011 Caketrain Chapbook Contest (Caketrain, 2012.) Her poems and short stories have appeared in American Letters & Commentary, Blackbird, Colorado Review, Indiana Review, NANO Fiction, New American Writing, Seattle Review, Verse, and in two anthologies: The Arcadia Project: North American Postmodern Pastoral (Ahsahta Press, 2012) and Lost and Found: Stories from New York (Mr. Beller's Neighborhood Books, 2009.) A graduate of Columbia University and the University of Montana, Jasmine has received grants and fellowships from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Hall Farm Center for Arts & Education, Kultuuritehas Polymer, Summer Literary Seminars - Kenya, and The Wassaic Project. She teaches creative writing at Western Connecticut State University.
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Thomas Cregan is a sommelier, and the owner of the New York City restaurant Rouge et Blanc. His stories "Welcome to the Hamptons!" (2007) Yoga, He Thought" (2009) and "Mattress" (2011) are on anderbo.com, as is the opening to his novel-manuscript "My Garden", which won the 2009-2010 Anderbo Novel Contest.
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Lauren Waterman is a Brooklyn-based writer whose fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in FiveChapters, Fourteen Hills, Anderbo, and MonkeyBicycle; her nonfiction has been featured in New York, Boston, and Vogue. She was recently fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and the recipient of an Artists' Grant from the Vermont Studio Center, and she received her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College.
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Jessica Smith grew up in Dunwoody, Georgia. She currently lives in Manhattan where she is an MFA Candidate in Poetry at the New School.
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Peter Cole Friedman is a poet and artist based in New York City. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in CounterExample Poetics, Fur-Lined Ghettos, Petrichor Machine, The Newer York Press, and others. He is currently a contributing editor for Anderbo, and is one of 84 poets who will be participating in The Found Poetry Review's "Pulitzer Remix" project. His website is peter-cole.weebly.com
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Emmalea Russo is a poet and visual artist. Recent work has appeared in Ambush Review, ILK, Otoliths, Yew Journal, and Wicked Alice. She received an MFA in Poetry at Vermont College. Two chapbooks, clearing (dancing girl press) and book of southern and water (Poor Claudia) are forthcoming in 2013. She lives in Brooklyn.
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Kathleen Kraft received her MFA in Poetry from Sarah Lawrence College. Her work has been published in Anderbo, Gargoyle, The Madison Review and other journals. She is currently a writing mentor to high schools students with Girls Write Now in New York City. She lives in Jersey City where she teaches writing and creative movement.
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Christopher Cheney’s poems have most recently appeared in Everyday Genius, Open City Magazine, and Washington Square Review. He lives in Brooklyn.
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Matthew Daddona is the editor of the Tottenville Review and a member of the improvisational spoken word group Flashpoint. His most recent writings have appeared in BOMB, Joyland, The Southampton Review, Forklift, Ohio and Tuesday: An Art Project.
The kitchen will be closed, but we'll bring in some good snacks, and make sure everyone who wants to experience good wine gets some.
(Rouge et Blanc http://www.rougeetblancnyc.com/ is on the block of MacDougal Street between W Houston and Prince Sts.)
Jasmine Dreame Wagner, Thomas Cregan and Lauren Waterman will read fiction; Jessica Smith, Peter Cole Friedman, Emmalea Russo, Kathleen Kraft, Christopher Cheney and Matthew Daddona will read poetry.
On Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/15461...
Jasmine Dreame Wagner is the author of two chapbooks: Rewilding, winner of the 2012 Ahsahta Press Chapbook Contest (Ahsahta Press, 2013); and Listening for Earthquakes, first runner-up for the 2011 Caketrain Chapbook Contest (Caketrain, 2012.) Her poems and short stories have appeared in American Letters & Commentary, Blackbird, Colorado Review, Indiana Review, NANO Fiction, New American Writing, Seattle Review, Verse, and in two anthologies: The Arcadia Project: North American Postmodern Pastoral (Ahsahta Press, 2012) and Lost and Found: Stories from New York (Mr. Beller's Neighborhood Books, 2009.) A graduate of Columbia University and the University of Montana, Jasmine has received grants and fellowships from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Hall Farm Center for Arts & Education, Kultuuritehas Polymer, Summer Literary Seminars - Kenya, and The Wassaic Project. She teaches creative writing at Western Connecticut State University.
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Thomas Cregan is a sommelier, and the owner of the New York City restaurant Rouge et Blanc. His stories "Welcome to the Hamptons!" (2007) Yoga, He Thought" (2009) and "Mattress" (2011) are on anderbo.com, as is the opening to his novel-manuscript "My Garden", which won the 2009-2010 Anderbo Novel Contest.
***
Lauren Waterman is a Brooklyn-based writer whose fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in FiveChapters, Fourteen Hills, Anderbo, and MonkeyBicycle; her nonfiction has been featured in New York, Boston, and Vogue. She was recently fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and the recipient of an Artists' Grant from the Vermont Studio Center, and she received her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College.
***
Jessica Smith grew up in Dunwoody, Georgia. She currently lives in Manhattan where she is an MFA Candidate in Poetry at the New School.
***
Peter Cole Friedman is a poet and artist based in New York City. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in CounterExample Poetics, Fur-Lined Ghettos, Petrichor Machine, The Newer York Press, and others. He is currently a contributing editor for Anderbo, and is one of 84 poets who will be participating in The Found Poetry Review's "Pulitzer Remix" project. His website is peter-cole.weebly.com
***
Emmalea Russo is a poet and visual artist. Recent work has appeared in Ambush Review, ILK, Otoliths, Yew Journal, and Wicked Alice. She received an MFA in Poetry at Vermont College. Two chapbooks, clearing (dancing girl press) and book of southern and water (Poor Claudia) are forthcoming in 2013. She lives in Brooklyn.
***
Kathleen Kraft received her MFA in Poetry from Sarah Lawrence College. Her work has been published in Anderbo, Gargoyle, The Madison Review and other journals. She is currently a writing mentor to high schools students with Girls Write Now in New York City. She lives in Jersey City where she teaches writing and creative movement.
***
Christopher Cheney’s poems have most recently appeared in Everyday Genius, Open City Magazine, and Washington Square Review. He lives in Brooklyn.
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Matthew Daddona is the editor of the Tottenville Review and a member of the improvisational spoken word group Flashpoint. His most recent writings have appeared in BOMB, Joyland, The Southampton Review, Forklift, Ohio and Tuesday: An Art Project.
February 9, 2013
Boys Who Do the Bop -- Rejection / Acceptance...
I started writing my first short story, "Boys Who Do the Bop", in 1976 (I was born in 1950). I finished writing it in 1982 and promptly submitted it to The New Yorker -- and it was rejected. Over the next six years I submitted it to publications large and tiny (including two re-submissions to The New Yorker) but nothing but rejections came back. I wrote no other stories, just kept sending out "Boys Who Do the Bop". Then, in the spring of 1988, the story was finally accepted -- by The New Yorker! (By this time I was 37 1/2). http://www.anderbo.com/bop9.html#boys
January 30, 2013
Martha Clarkson Wins 2012 RRofihe Trophy!
Announcing the Winner of the
2012 Open City Magazine No-Fee RRofihe Trophy Short Story Contest @ Anderbo:
MARTHA CLARKSON for "Her Voices, Her Room" — read it here.
http://www.anderbo.com/anderbo1/no-fe...
2012 Open City Magazine No-Fee RRofihe Trophy Short Story Contest @ Anderbo:
MARTHA CLARKSON for "Her Voices, Her Room" — read it here.
http://www.anderbo.com/anderbo1/no-fe...
December 9, 2012
ANDERBO 2012 SELF-PUBLISHED BOOK AWARD Contest Results Announced!
There were close to 100 entries received for the
2012 Anderbo Self-Published Book Award contest.
http://www.anderbo.com/anderbo1/ander...
The ANDERBO 2012 SELF-PUBLISHED BOOK AWARD Winner is:
Robert Flatt of Houston, Texas, for the nonfiction book RICE'S OWLS.
Visit Robert Flatt's website here http://www.robertflatt.com/about.html
TOP FINALIST BOOK:
VIGNETTES & POSTCARDS: Writings from The Evening Writing Workshop at Shakespeare and Company Bookstore, Paris, Fall 2011, Edited by Erin Byrne and Anna Pook
TWO TOP MEMOIRS:
Albert Flynn DeSilver of Woodacre, California for the memoir BEAMISH BOY
Alan Boreham (North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada), Peter Jinks (Sydney, Australia), and Bob Rossiter (Pyatt, Arkansas) for the memoir
BEER IN THE BILGES: Sailing Adventures in the South Pacific
THREE TOP NOVEL-ENTRIES:
Shari A. Brady of Vernon Hills, Illinois, for the novel WISH I COULD HAVE SAID GOODBYE
Laine Cunningham of Hillsborough, North Carolina, for the novel MESSAGE STICK
Shannon Hamann, of Brooklyn, New York, for the novel BRAD PITT WON'T LEAVE ME ALONE
15 OTHER ENTRIES OF NOTE:
Felice Cohen of New York City for the novel WHAT PAPA TOLD ME
Frank Talaber of Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada, for the novel WINDSONGS
Alle Wells of Spencer, North Carolina, for the novel RAILROAD MAN
Cathy Holt of Asheville, North Carolina, for the nonfiction book THE CIRCLE OF HEALING
Christina Rauh Fishburne of El Paso, Texas, for the novel ANCORA
Luisa Smith of San Jose, California, for the novel A FATHER'S LOVE
Rita Cerisi of Wesley Chapel, Florida, for the novel BRING BACK MY BODY TO ME
Marian Manseau Cheatham of Elk Grove Village, Illinois, for the novel MERELY DEE
Jonathan Lynch of Dublin, Ireland, for the novel THE GIFT
Nath Jones of Chicago, Illinois, for the short story collection LOVE & DARTS
J.D.R. Hawkins of Horn Lake, Mississippi for the novel A BEAUTIFUL GLITTERING LIE
Robert P. Johnson, of Santa Barbara, California, for the novel THE MOMENTUM OF FOLLY
Jonathan Lyons of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, for the novel SIGNAL TO NOISE
K. C. Wilson, of Neptune Beach, Florida, for the novel THE ROUTE
Katherine Hauswirth of Deep River, Connecticut, for the nonfiction book HARRIET'S VOICE: A WRITING MOTHER'S JOURNEY
2 ENTRIES OF PROMISE:
Jay Antani of Culver City, California, for the novel THE LEAVING OF THINGS
Niki Tulk of Jersey City, New Jersey, for the novel SHADOWS AND WINGS
2012 Anderbo Self-Published Book Award contest.
http://www.anderbo.com/anderbo1/ander...
The ANDERBO 2012 SELF-PUBLISHED BOOK AWARD Winner is:
Robert Flatt of Houston, Texas, for the nonfiction book RICE'S OWLS.
Visit Robert Flatt's website here http://www.robertflatt.com/about.html
TOP FINALIST BOOK:
VIGNETTES & POSTCARDS: Writings from The Evening Writing Workshop at Shakespeare and Company Bookstore, Paris, Fall 2011, Edited by Erin Byrne and Anna Pook
TWO TOP MEMOIRS:
Albert Flynn DeSilver of Woodacre, California for the memoir BEAMISH BOY
Alan Boreham (North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada), Peter Jinks (Sydney, Australia), and Bob Rossiter (Pyatt, Arkansas) for the memoir
BEER IN THE BILGES: Sailing Adventures in the South Pacific
THREE TOP NOVEL-ENTRIES:
Shari A. Brady of Vernon Hills, Illinois, for the novel WISH I COULD HAVE SAID GOODBYE
Laine Cunningham of Hillsborough, North Carolina, for the novel MESSAGE STICK
Shannon Hamann, of Brooklyn, New York, for the novel BRAD PITT WON'T LEAVE ME ALONE
15 OTHER ENTRIES OF NOTE:
Felice Cohen of New York City for the novel WHAT PAPA TOLD ME
Frank Talaber of Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada, for the novel WINDSONGS
Alle Wells of Spencer, North Carolina, for the novel RAILROAD MAN
Cathy Holt of Asheville, North Carolina, for the nonfiction book THE CIRCLE OF HEALING
Christina Rauh Fishburne of El Paso, Texas, for the novel ANCORA
Luisa Smith of San Jose, California, for the novel A FATHER'S LOVE
Rita Cerisi of Wesley Chapel, Florida, for the novel BRING BACK MY BODY TO ME
Marian Manseau Cheatham of Elk Grove Village, Illinois, for the novel MERELY DEE
Jonathan Lynch of Dublin, Ireland, for the novel THE GIFT
Nath Jones of Chicago, Illinois, for the short story collection LOVE & DARTS
J.D.R. Hawkins of Horn Lake, Mississippi for the novel A BEAUTIFUL GLITTERING LIE
Robert P. Johnson, of Santa Barbara, California, for the novel THE MOMENTUM OF FOLLY
Jonathan Lyons of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, for the novel SIGNAL TO NOISE
K. C. Wilson, of Neptune Beach, Florida, for the novel THE ROUTE
Katherine Hauswirth of Deep River, Connecticut, for the nonfiction book HARRIET'S VOICE: A WRITING MOTHER'S JOURNEY
2 ENTRIES OF PROMISE:
Jay Antani of Culver City, California, for the novel THE LEAVING OF THINGS
Niki Tulk of Jersey City, New Jersey, for the novel SHADOWS AND WINGS
October 28, 2012
Monday, November 19th Anderbo Reading @ Rouge et Blanc NYC
Monday, November 19th Anderbo Reading @ Rouge et Blanc -- http://www.rougeetblancnyc.com/
The Fall 2012 http://anderbo.com/ Reading will be on Monday, November 19th, @ Rouge et Blanc Restaurant, 48 MacDougal Street in SoHo, NYC from 7-9 pm, free, doors opening at 6:30 or so.
On Facebook -- https://www.facebook.com/events/39763...
The kitchen will be closed, but we'll bring in some good snacks, and make sure everyone who wants a glass of wine gets one.
(Rouge et Blanc is on the block of MacDougal Street between W Houston and Prince Sts.)
Readers will include Lauren Waterman (fiction), Emmalea Russo (poetry), Thomas Cregan, who has 3 stories and a novel-manuscript excerpt on Anderbo, Lisa Shannon (creative nonfiction), and 2010 Open City Magazine RRofihe Trophy Short Story Contest Winner Amy Bonnaffons.
The Fall 2012 http://anderbo.com/ Reading will be on Monday, November 19th, @ Rouge et Blanc Restaurant, 48 MacDougal Street in SoHo, NYC from 7-9 pm, free, doors opening at 6:30 or so.
On Facebook -- https://www.facebook.com/events/39763...
The kitchen will be closed, but we'll bring in some good snacks, and make sure everyone who wants a glass of wine gets one.
(Rouge et Blanc is on the block of MacDougal Street between W Houston and Prince Sts.)
Readers will include Lauren Waterman (fiction), Emmalea Russo (poetry), Thomas Cregan, who has 3 stories and a novel-manuscript excerpt on Anderbo, Lisa Shannon (creative nonfiction), and 2010 Open City Magazine RRofihe Trophy Short Story Contest Winner Amy Bonnaffons.
October 27, 2012
Fall 2012 Anderbo Reading @ Rouge et Blanc Re-Scheduled
New Fall 2012 Reading Date: Monday, November 19th -- see http://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/39763...
The Fall 2012 http://anderbo.com/ Reading will be on Monday, November 19th, @Rouge et Blanc Restaurant, 48 MacDougal Street in SoHo, NYC from 7:00-9:00 pm, free, doors opening at 6:30 or so.
The kitchen will be closed, but we'll bring in some good snacks, and make sure everyone who wants a glass of wine gets one.
(Rouge et Blanc http://www.rougeetblancnyc.com/ is on the block of MacDougal Street between W Houston and Prince Sts.)
The readers will be: Emmalea Russo (poetry); Lisa Shannon (creative nonfiction); Lauren Waterman (fiction); Thomas Cregan, who has 3 stories and a novel-manuscript excerpt on Anderbo; Peter Cole Friedman (poetry); and 2010 Open City Magazine RRofihe Trophy Short Story Contest Winner Amy Bonnaffons.
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/39763...
The Fall 2012 http://anderbo.com/ Reading will be on Monday, November 19th, @Rouge et Blanc Restaurant, 48 MacDougal Street in SoHo, NYC from 7:00-9:00 pm, free, doors opening at 6:30 or so.
The kitchen will be closed, but we'll bring in some good snacks, and make sure everyone who wants a glass of wine gets one.
(Rouge et Blanc http://www.rougeetblancnyc.com/ is on the block of MacDougal Street between W Houston and Prince Sts.)
The readers will be: Emmalea Russo (poetry); Lisa Shannon (creative nonfiction); Lauren Waterman (fiction); Thomas Cregan, who has 3 stories and a novel-manuscript excerpt on Anderbo; Peter Cole Friedman (poetry); and 2010 Open City Magazine RRofihe Trophy Short Story Contest Winner Amy Bonnaffons.
September 29, 2012
Anderbo Is Always Seeking New Voices...
Anderbo.com guidelines for submitting work are at
http://www.anderbo.com/guidelines.html
Anderbo is always looking for new voices:
Fiction - submit stories up to 3500 words
Poetry - submit up to 6 poems
"fact" - submit Creative Nonfiction and Personal Essays up to 1500 words
Send submissions to editors@anderbo.com
Got a story of more than 3500 but less than 5000 words?
Go to The 2013 Open City Magazine RRofihe Trophy Short Story Contest @ Anderbo
Now in its 10th Year! No Fee To Enter!
Postmark Deadline: January 7th, 2014
Guidelines @ http://www.anderbo.com/anderbo1/no-fe...
Read the 2012 RRofihe Trophy-Winning Short Story "Her Voices. Her Room" by Martha Clarkson @ http://www.anderbo.com/anderbo1/no-fe...
We will also consider nonfiction features, short memoirs, novellas, published-book excerpts, photography, essays, and photo essays.
http://www.anderbo.com/guidelines.html
Anderbo is always looking for new voices:
Fiction - submit stories up to 3500 words
Poetry - submit up to 6 poems
"fact" - submit Creative Nonfiction and Personal Essays up to 1500 words
Send submissions to editors@anderbo.com
Got a story of more than 3500 but less than 5000 words?
Go to The 2013 Open City Magazine RRofihe Trophy Short Story Contest @ Anderbo
Now in its 10th Year! No Fee To Enter!
Postmark Deadline: January 7th, 2014
Guidelines @ http://www.anderbo.com/anderbo1/no-fe...
Read the 2012 RRofihe Trophy-Winning Short Story "Her Voices. Her Room" by Martha Clarkson @ http://www.anderbo.com/anderbo1/no-fe...
We will also consider nonfiction features, short memoirs, novellas, published-book excerpts, photography, essays, and photo essays.
September 17, 2012
What an Anderbo Rejection-Letter Looks Like
From the editors of http://www.anderbo.com --
Sorry to say, we will not be using this submitted work, and do wish you the best of luck with it elsewhere.
Anderbo.com is an all-volunteer organization. We are able to use less than 1% of what comes in; most submissions receive a response within 6 to 96 hours.
Due to the increasing number of submissions we are receiving, we cannot consider more than one submission from any individual in a 3-month period.
Other literary sites of interest:
http://newpages.com/literary-magazines/
http://www.pw.org/literary_magazines?...*
http://www.thereviewreview.net/magazines
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~lcrew/p...
http://winningwriters.com/index.php#....
http://litlist.net/online_journals
http://www.duotrope.com/listallmarket...
Sorry to say, we will not be using this submitted work, and do wish you the best of luck with it elsewhere.
Anderbo.com is an all-volunteer organization. We are able to use less than 1% of what comes in; most submissions receive a response within 6 to 96 hours.
Due to the increasing number of submissions we are receiving, we cannot consider more than one submission from any individual in a 3-month period.
Other literary sites of interest:
http://newpages.com/literary-magazines/
http://www.pw.org/literary_magazines?...*
http://www.thereviewreview.net/magazines
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~lcrew/p...
http://winningwriters.com/index.php#....
http://litlist.net/online_journals
http://www.duotrope.com/listallmarket...
