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Big Pond Rumours - submissions
Big Pond Rumours is now seeking submissions to its 3rd issue, deadline: June 1st, 2006. Big Pond Rumours is an online international literary magazine with a contest in each issue! It is also an international online writers' community and a small a Canadian poetry press. Submit now! You could win a webpage on our site! Get more info: http://www.big-pond-rumours.com/ or send poetry, fiction & essays on writing / writers to: submissions@big-pond-rumours.com
ottawater - third issue online
the third issue of ottawater (www.ottawater.com/), an Ottawa poetry pdf
annual, edited by rob mclennan, is now online.
The third issue features work by various residents current and former,
including:
Michael Blouin, Terry Ann Carter, Anita Dolman, Amanda Earl, William
Hawkins, Elisabeth Harvor, Clare Latremouille, K.L. McKay, rob mclennan,
Nadine McInnis, Max Middle, Cath Morris, John Newlove, Wanda O'Connor, Kim
Minkus, Roland Prevost and Kate Van Dusen, interviews with poets K.I.
Press, Stephen Brockwell and Shane Rhodes, and reviews of work by Laura
Farina, Anita Lahey, Matthew Holmes, Monty Reid, Max Middle, Stephanie
Bolster, Nicholas Lea and Jesse Ferguson as well as artwork by various
Ottawa artists.
The launch party for the third issue will be happening Friday, January
26th, 2006 at the Mercury Lounge, 56 Byward Street, Ottawa, from 8pm to
10pm, lovingly hosted by rob mclennan. After short readings by various
contributors, stick around for a drink, and listen to resident dj Lance
Baptiste spin the night away.
ottawater would like to thank designer Tanya Sprowl, Mercury Lounge's
Lance Baptiste, the ottawa international writers festival, and Randy Woods
at non-linear creations for their continuing support.
STREET, an exciting new form of urban publication, is calling for
submissions to issue #6. STREET lifts the prose and poetry of our
community from the printed page and puts it on the streets of the
International Village, in central Hamilton. From Wellington to Mary,
on King and Main Streets East and King William Street, the "pages" of
STREET is framed and displayed in the windows of area businesses.
Sponsored by the International Village BIA and Kairos Literary
Society, STREET is a periodical reflecting urban experience, with 4
issues planned for 2007. More information about STREET and how to
send your submission can be found at www.kairosliterary.com/street.
Submission Guidelines
Poetry should be a maximum of 30 lines, including line breaks. Prose
submissions should be a maximum of 400 words. Previously published
works will be accepted. STREET is looking for writing that reflects
the varied and vibrant lifestyle of the urban community. All
submissions must be suitable for posting in a public place.
Contributors whose works are accepted will be paid a $20.00 honorarium.
Selected submissions will also be published in a limited-edition
booklet available to contributors and through the International
Village BIA office.
SPRING DEADLINE: June 1, 2007
Submissions should include your name, address, phone and email (if
applicable. Send submissions by email to: street@kairosliterary.com,
or by post to: STREET@kairosliterary
198 East 8th St.
Hamilton, ON L9A 3L8.
If your work is selected you will be asked to provide a short
biography and a picture (hard copy or .tif file).
Chaudiere Books spring releases
Chaudiere Books spring releases ; Ottawa publisher announces its
second season of publishing
Everything is Movies, a first poetry collection
by Ottawa poet Nicholas Lea
& The Ottawa City Project, poems by rob mclennan
his thirteenth poetry collection
both launching at the spring edition of the ottawa international writers
festival www.writersfestival.org
& a few weeks later, watch for our two other spring titles
Decalogue 2: ten Ottawa fiction writers
featuring the work of Emily Falvey, Matthew Firth,
Gabriela Goliger, Alison Gresik, John-James Ford,
Clare Latremouille, John Lavery, Nadine McInnis,
rob mclennan and Ian Roy.
scheduled to launch Friday, May 18th at
The Mercury Lounge, 56 Byward Street, Ottawa
& There Is No Mountain: Selected Poems of Andrew Suknaski
edited with an introduction by rob mclennan
scheduled to launch in Ottawa in June
for more information on the books, including excerpts, biographical
and ordering information (review copies available upon request),
check out www.chaudierebooks.com
for more information on Chaudiere Books authors readings, check out the
ongoing Chaudiere Books blog at www.chaudierebooks.blogspot.com
Chaudiere Books seeking submissions
Ottawa literary publisher Chaudiere Books is seeking submissions by
Canadian writers of short fiction of no more than 1,500 to 2,000 words for
an upcoming anthology project. Seeking vibrant, engaging works perhaps
more language than narrative, but not exclusively. Please send works no
later than August 15, 2007 to Chaudiere Books, c/o 858 Somerset Street
West, main floor, Ottawa Ontario K1R 6R7 (include s.a.s.e. if you expect
work returned) or over email to rob_mclennan@hotmail.com
For more information on Chaudiere Books, check out www.chaudierebooks.com
or www.chaudierebooks.blogspot.com
PUDDLE LEAFLET SUBSCRIPTION 2007
PUDDLE LEAFLET SUBSCRIPTION 2007
To order a subscription, post your coordinates and cheque for $15 (outside
Canada $15US) payable to Max Middle to the following address:
Max Middle
c/o Piperhill,
#377 - 532 Montreal Rd,
Ottawa, ON Canada
K1K 4R4
Upon receipt, an envelope containing Puddle leaflets published thus far in
2007 will be mailed. To date, 2007 Puddle leaflets authored by Gregory
Betts, Sandra Ridley, Gary Barwin, Jesse Ferguson, Max Middle, Nico
Vassilakis and Adam Seelig -- Forthcoming publications by, amongst others,
Caterina Davinio, Joel Chace and Donna Kuhn.
Submit your work to the same address or by email: <max@maxmiddle.com>
The Peter F Yacht Club #7
Edited & compiled & typeset & paid for by rob mclennan
April 2007 (spring writers festival special)
John Barton
George Bowering
Stephen Brockwell
Amanda Earl
Jesse Ferguson
Laurie Fuhr
Phil Hall
Nicholas Lea
Clare Latremouille
Marcus McCann
rob mclennan
Max Middle
Wanda O'Connor
Roland Prevost
Sandra Ridley
Wes Smiderle
The Peter F. Yacht Club, issue #7; irregular (very) writers group
publication. Edited & compiled & typeset & paid for by rob mclennan.
Previous issues still available (possibly) at $5 each. Issue #1, August
2003, edited by rob mclennan; Issue #2, April 2004, edited by Anita Dolman
(out of print); Issue #3, September 2004, edited by Peter Norman and
Melanie Little; Issue #4, September 2005, edited by rob mclennan; Issue
#5, April 2006, edited by Max Middle; Issue #6 (mis-numbered Calgary
special), February 2007, edited by Laurie Fuhr. For availability of
previous issues, write rob mclennan, c/o 858 Somerset Street West, main
floor, Ottawa Ontario Canada K1R 6R7, or email az421@freenet.carleton.ca,
or show up to this spring's ottawa international writers festival!
(above/ground press subscribers (eventually) rec' a complimentary copy...)
for further info, check out
http://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2007/04/peter-f-yacht-club-7-edited.html