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July 16, 2016
Meeting with a couple of the #weaselpress staff looking over...
Meeting with a couple of the #weaselpress staff looking over some epic books. (at Cafe Express Baybrook)
July 10, 2016
Had to grab this at Kaboom Books while I was there. First book...
Had to grab this at Kaboom Books while I was there. First book that got me writing poetry. #indiebookstore #poetry #beatgeneration
Found these two at an awesome used bookshop. A place called...
Found these two at an awesome used bookshop. A place called Kaboom Books #poetry Met the poet once, hope to again. Nathan Brown is phenomenal. #indiebooks #indiebookstore
Found these two at an awesome used bookshop. A place called...
Found these two at an awesome used bookshop. A place called Kaboom Books #poetry Met the poet once, hope to again. Nathan Brown is phenomenal. #indiebooks #indiebookstore
June 19, 2016
How Well You Walk Through Madness
Now taking Poetry
How Well...
How Well You Walk Through Madness
Now taking Poetry
How Well You Walk Through Madness follows the Beat tradition and is seeking short fiction of no more than 5500 words. We are looking for stories that get capture ordinary madness of life. Send us the last little hope before getting a boot to the face. Send us experimental fiction littered with philosophies on a mission to corrupt us. Essentially, we’re looking for Beat fiction. Fiction that breaks the conventional norms of writing. Be an outsider. Think differently. Get weird and don’t be afraid. This anthology is inspired by the Beat Generation writers, a literary movement from the 1940’s and 1950’s that has been evolving ever since. How Well You Walk Through Madness is a paying anthology. Authors accepted will be paid ½ cent per word. Guidelines are listed below.
“What is Beat?”
Writers from the beat generation wrote some rather inspiring pieces. Most of the art that came out of this literary movement focused around the grungy aspect of the human condition. Beat is pretty much being human in every possible way. Beat is an exploration of people. It analyzes the lovesick, the poor, the insane, etc. Beat is real. It’s not necessarily Slice of Life. Slice of Life sometimes lacks the element of Suffering. Beat hones in on Suffering and makes it art. Beat is rebellious. Beat is where you get torn apart but it doesn’t get you down.
Payment: ½ Cent per word through Paypal, $5 per poem accepted
Deadline: November 4, 2016
Submit using Submittable: https://weaselpress.submittable.com/submit/59677
PLEASE do NOT send us multiple submittable forms. If you have more than one story to submit, upload them in a single submittable form. You can upload up to 3 files.
IF you absolutely cannot use submittable, please email: SYSTMATICWZL@GMAIL.COM
Guidelines for Short Stories:
–Submit a Word Doc (DOC or DOCX only)
–You can submit up to 3 stories.
–5500 words Max
–Double spaced, 1 in margins, Name and Contact info on the document.
–Use Serif fonts only, no Courier or Courier New
–All works submitted must be original. Characters must be owned by the author or their submission will not be reviewed
–Simultaneous submissions accepted. Author must inform editors that their submission has been accepted elsewhere ASAP
–Experimental fiction is accepted
–Submissions through Submittable only
–Previously published material is not accepted. Unpublished works only. This DOES NOT include works posted to your blog/facebook/tumblr/etc.
–If accepted, you are granting us Non-Exclusive rights in print and electronic publishing in perpetuity. Rights revert back to author upon publication.
Guidelines for Poetry:
–Submit a Word Doc (DOC or DOCX only)
–You can submit up to 3 poems. Put all poems in a single document, 1 poem per page. Poems should only be about a page in length. Shorter poems will be reviewed. Anything longer than a page will be rejected.
–Single Spaced, 1 in margins, Name and Contact info on the document. Please also include a Pen Name if you use one.
–Use Serif fonts only, no Courier or Courier New
–All works submitted must be original.
–Simultaneous submissions accepted. Author must inform editors that their submission has been accepted elsewhere ASAP
–Experimental poetry is accepted
–Previously published material is not accepted. Unpublished works only. This DOES NOT include works posted to your blog/facebook/tumblr/etc.
–If accepted, you are granting us Non-Exclusive rights in print and electronic publishing in perpetuity. Rights revert back to author upon publication.
May 21, 2016
Weasel Press author R.K. Gold is interviewed on Merlot and...
Weasel Press author R.K. Gold is interviewed on Merlot and Writing.
I was interviewed for the Podcast Merlot and Writing. I talk the...
I was interviewed for the Podcast Merlot and Writing. I talk the “mysteries” of publishing. Hint: Time, patience, and thick fucking skin.
May 16, 2016
Evergreen by Sarah Frances Moran coming this July!
—Sarah...
Evergreen by Sarah Frances Moran coming this July!
—Sarah Frances Moran’s Evergreen is a heart-wrenching requiem shouted from the bottom of a barren ravine, for the young girl who lost herself under the heavy drunken hands of an abusive step-father, but it is also the chanting song of a strong woman bellowing from a mountaintop, fighting to regain her life and reclaim her own body. In her poem “The Difference,” Moran tackles the double standard status quo of blaming and shaming sexually victimized women when she says so clearly, “But I think it’s our inherent societal issue / that we focus on adjusting the thoughts and feelings of girls and women / without focusing on adjusting how boys and men direct their desires. / He didn’t / and that’s the difference.”
If you ever wanted to peek inside the mind of a poet moving through the process of healing from internalized distress and anger, this book is the heavy ticket inside and through.
-Kai Coggin, Author of Periscope Heart and Wingspan
—In Sarah Frances Moran’s Evergreen beauty and survival duke it out on a surrealistic forest plateau. Like humans, the evergreen is sturdy and overcomes trauma to stand tall. Moran writes “I am waiting to stop waiting on healing…Hoping that if a hero shows up to hold out a hand, she’ll find more than a skeleton.” There is a musicality throughout this collection. In “This Evergreen’s Locking up Everyone Who Ever Laid a Finger on Me,” the phrase is repeated: “I rely on you.” I rely on you. I rely on you,” almost like chanting this mantra will make it true. These poems are vulnerability and beauty on the page: a way to heal after that first cut went too deep.
-Jennifer MacBain-Stephens, Author of Your Best Asset is a White Lace Dress
May 11, 2016
I was in an anthology called Thirteen Poets. In order to help...
I was in an anthology called Thirteen Poets. In order to help promote I read recently with the other poets in this anthology at the Friendswood Public Library. Damn good night! Shoot me a message if you’re interested in grabbing an anthology. All proceeds of this will be put towards the next one.
May 10, 2016
Still Life Over Coffee comes out this Friday! Preorder your copy...
Still Life Over Coffee comes out this Friday! Preorder your copy of this awesome LGBTQ poetry chapbook at www.redferretpress.com #poetry (at Manvel, Texas)
