Announcements
Have you heard? The Aurorean was recently—and for the third time—named a "Pick" by Small Press Review* for our Fall/Winter 2007-2008 issue.
(*Small Press Review, November-December 2007)
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We are happy to announce that our Spring/Summer 2008 issue has just been released! From small-press favorites, poets brand new to The Aurorean, and first-time publications of new poets, you won't want to miss out!
Current Issue
Our Spring/Summer 2008 issue
celebrates the seasons
and features the poetry of
Stephen Malin & Jennifer Markell
other selected contributors
Carol Willette Bachofner ~ Mark D. Bennion
Alan Catlin ~ Joan Dugas
Michael Estabrook ~ Kathleen Gunton
John T. Hitchner ~ John Cantey Knight
Valerie Lawson ~ David Moreau
Ellen Jane Powers ~ Holly Zeeb
CLICK HERE TO ORDER YOUR COPY NOW!
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Give the gift of poetry—free for one year—with our
Website Only Offer:
you will receive a one year gift subscription
ABSOLUTELY FREE.
AS WELL, YOU AND YOUR GIFT RECIPIENT BOTH RECEIVE AUROREAN PENS.
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Encircle Publications is proud to announce publication of
BOSTON, FALL and Other Poems by B.Z. Niditch:
and you will receive a signed copy (limited supply).
Patrick Carrington, Poetry Editor
of Mannequin Envy on Boston Fall and Other Poems:
“Too many small moments are lost behind us as we trudge ever forward on this sad and beautiful planet. B. Z. Niditch’s Boston, Fall recaptures some of them for me, to remember and rub and put in my pocket. ... It’s a rare writer who can take what’s been sitting invisibly in front of you all along and give it size and solidity. And a heartbeat.”
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Creative Writing Student Outstanding Haiku Contest
Any graduate or undergraduate student who is in a Creative Writing Program in the U.S. can submit. Submissions do NOT have to arrive during college semesters, but you MUST be enrolled in a Creative Writing degree program (Creative Writing as a major) at the time of submission. See our Contests page for detailed guidelines.
Prints Available
You can order prints in various sizes (5x7; 8x10) of Aurorean cover photos, taken and signed by editor Cynthia Brackett-Vincent, including the current cover photo, "Queen Anne's Lace in Field."
Also available: Fall/Winter 2007-2008 cover photo, "Sunset, Winter Woods,"
and Spring/Summer 2007 cover photo, "Tulips Against Aprtil Snow."
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Poetry Workshops with Aurorean publisher/editor:
• The Poet in You Workshops with Aurorean editor Cynthia-Brackett-Vincent focus on inspiration and images and are available to small groups throughout New England or in Farmington, Maine for either individuals or small-groups. Summer 2008 dates still available.
Contact Cynthia for more details Cynthia.B-Vincent@encirclepub.com.
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Aurorean Internship News
• Devin McGuire (who interned with us in 2007 and received his B.F.A. in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Maine at Farmington) continues to occasionally hold down the fort for us as On-Call Assistant Editor.* * *
Aurorean editor and book author/editor Carol Smallwood
Seeking Submissions from U.S. Women Writers
for 2 Proposed Books
1. Women & Poetry:
Tips on Writing, Publishing and Teaching from Women Poets
(Carol Smallwood and Cynthia Brackett-Vincent, co-editors)
• Foreword by Robin Merrill, Maine Poets Society President 2006-2007.
• Afterword by the editors of Iris Magazine.
We are looking for material from successful women poets and teachers aimed at helping women poets: markets, time management, family issues, networking, conferences and teaching tips are just a few areas in which women poets and teachers are interested.
2. Milestones for American Women: Our Defining Passages
(Carol Smallwood and Cynthia Brackett-Vincent, co-editors)
• Foreword by Carolyn Lesser, Webster University, St. Louis, MO nonfiction writing faculty.
• Afterword by Dr. Loriene Roy, 2007-2008 President of the American Library Association.
We are looking for material about the important milestones, life changing events and transitions that would broadly fit the "Women's Studies" genre and is highly readable and moving, which other women can easily identify with. Contributions will focus on those pivotal moments and why they were milestones.
Also: Women Writing on Family:
Writing, Publishing, and Teaching Tips by U.S. Women Writers
(Carol Smallwood, editor)
• Foreword by Robbi Hess, Journalist, co-author, Complete Idiot's Guide to 30,000 Baby Names; Editor, Byline Magazine.
• Afterword by Suzanne Bunkers, Professor of English, Minnesota State University, editor of Diaries of Girls and Women: a Midwestern American Sampler.
Not just on writing but tips for women writing about family. Possible subject areas: markets; why women write about family; using life experience; critique groups; networking; blogs; unique issues women must overcome; formal education; queries and proposals; conference participation; family scheduling; self-publishing; teaching tips; family in creative nonfiction, poetry, short stories, novels.
You will receive guidelines for all three anthologies
in one Word document (.doc).
