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The Rose & Thorn Spring Issue Now Online
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barbara quinn
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Apr 15, 2008 13:57 PDT
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THE ROSE Þ ANNOUNCEMENT NEWSLETTER
SPRING ISSUE 2008
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The Rose &Thorn Literary E-Zine
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Vol. 10 Issue #14
April 2008
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Submit 1-3 unpublished poems on the theme of war, up to 500 lines in
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GOT YOG? YEAR OF GRATITUDE
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In 2008,Angie Ledbetter,, Nannette Croce, Kat Magendie, and Barbara
Quinn are blogging A Year of Gratitude.
Each day we will write about things we are grateful for. This is our
attempt at making the world a better place. Why not join us? We believe
that being grateful for what we have is the path to finding peace and
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NEWSLETTER CONTENTS
*Editor’s Comments
*From the Publisher's Pen
*About the Cover by Liam Wilkinson
*Poetry
*Mainstream
*Science Fiction
*Experimental
*Flash
*Humor
*Interview
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EDITOR’S COMMENTS
By Dallas D’Angelo-Gary, Announcement Editor
The opening months of 2008 have been intensely satisfying for me. There
is no easier way to defeat writer’s block than to answer a challenge. I
think I’ve written more poetry in the past two months than I’d written
through all of 2007.
I believe that blogging is one of the most beneficial outlets for a
writer. It gives us an opportunity to commune with, and challenge other
writers in an informal atmosphere. It demands our attention, but has no
firm deadline. It gives us the opportunity to hone our craft and
display our work. And it’s all free.
It doesn’t get much better than that!
Dallas
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FROM THE PUBLISHER’S PEN
By Barbara Quinn
Dear Readers,
Welcome Spring! The season of hope and promise is upon us. Here, in New
York, everyone is quite happy that winter has ended. I always look
forward to the day I no longer need the winter coat and gloves, the day
heavy clothes begin feeling too bulky and warm.
The days are longer and there’s an underlying warmth
to the air. (I love that daylight savings time started
earlier this year!) The sun is stronger and I have more energy.
With this new season, we bring you our Spring 2008 issue.
We have our usual stunning poetry, fine fiction, and noteworthy
nonfiction. Every issue we find new, clear voices to fill our pages.
Enjoy what they have to offer and do drop the authors a line. They love
hearing from you! So do we.
Keep sending your best poetry, fiction and nonfiction. We could use some
fine essays, in particular. Summer and fall issues are full for fiction,
but we are reading for
winter. If you submit fiction or nonfiction and don’t hear back within a
month, please, write again. Sometimes things never arrive. We try to
answer promptly, so if you haven’t heard, something is amiss.
I want to encourage you to read more than the new issue of the zine.
Visit Roses & Thorns, our blog, where you will find guest author
appearances and posts by the staffers here. Come hang out at the YOG,
our Year of Gratitude blog. Angie, Nannette, Kat, and I are posting
about things we are grateful for each day. Being grateful is good for
you. You’ll feel better physically and mentally if you have an attitude
of gratitude. And take a peek at the Message Boards, especially if you
write poetry. Wil has quite an interactive approach going over there.
If you’re interested in helping make our site available
Via podcasts, we’d be forever in your debt.
Best to you all,
Barb
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For each piece of fiction, poetry
and nonfiction The Rose & Thorn
publishes we will pay the author
a fee of $5 via Paypal. Submit!
Guidelines are at the site.
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NOTES ABOUT OUR COVER
by Liam Wilkinson
SPRING IN TOWN
by Grant Wood
Grant Wood is responsible for creating one of
America’s greatest and most recognised icons –
American Gothic. It is a painting that has been moving
through popular culture for over seventy years. And
yet, like many who have found fame through a single
iconic creation, Wood and his remaining works have
been greatly overlooked.
Take, for example, this piece – Spring in Town. Almost
surreal in colour and composition, though entirely
real in the tradition of Wood’s native land, this
painting is typical of Wood’s fond interpretation of
his home. Wood’s work belongs to Regionalism, an
artistic movement associated mainly with Midwest
America, with its scenes of agricultural and
small-town living.
Yet, however deep Wood digs into the soil of his
native Midwest, the entire world can relate to his
home-grown scenes. Painted during the American
depression, much of Wood’s work represents the hope
and optimism of man in times of uncertainty. Spring
and our reaction to its arrival is an optimism to
which all artists and poets return time and time
again. Wood’s Spring in Town is another perfect and
charming example of this.
Liam
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SPRING 2008
POETRY
Contour Drawing by Janet Butler
Cruise Control Memory on I-65 by Megan Roth
Armageddon Days by Jeanpaul Ferro
The Secret by Heather MacPherson
After 'The Emperor's New Clothes’ by Peter McGuire
Et Tu Morning by John Grey
MAINSTREAM
The Sleeping Baby by Lawrence Buentello
SCIENCE FICTION
Diggory and the Privileges of Man by Scott T. Barnes
A Touch of Time by Biff Mitchell
EXPERIMENTAL
Rose Garden by Tantra Bensko
FLASH
The Morning Routine by Penny-Anne Beaudoin
Fire Prevention Week by Aaron Sinkovich
Dense by Tom Mahony
HUMOR
Con-temporary Love by Bonnie Enes
Love on the Rocks By Tyler Moore
INTERVIEW
Tim Sandlin by Nannette Croce
Reading Between the Guidelines
Would you like to know what R&T is really looking for? Maybe you've
submitted to us in the past, followed all the guidelines, but received a
rejection anyway. Or maybe you're considering a submission but don't
know which of your pieces would be right for us.
You should check out Roses & Thorns where R&T's prose and poetry editors
provide writing tips, observations, and an inside look at what does and
does not make the cut. You'll also find recommended resources for
writers, book reviews and interviews with well-known authors.
Even better, you can comment and ask questions about posts. Editors will
check back regularly and reply.
Roses & Thorns http://roseandthornreviews.blogspot.com/
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STAFF
B.A. Quinn, Managing Editor and Publisher
Nannette Croce, Co-Managing Editor and Newsletter Editor
Kathryn Magendie, Senior Editor and Senior Newsletter Editor
C. Garza, Senior Editor
W. Hough, Senior Editor, Graphics Manager, Community Forum Administrator
Sandra Merz, Poetry Editor and Newsletter Editor
Eric Giere, Chief Webmaster
Nora Radcliffe-Capocy, Prose Editor
Angie Ledbetter, Prose Editor and Newsletter Editor
Dallas D’Angelo-Gary, Editor/Procedures Manager, Newsletter Editor
Rebecca Oliver, MySpace Manager, Assistant Newsletter Editor
Apryl Fox, Assistant Poetry Editor
Karen Reiser, Prose Editor
Andrea Middendorf, Prose Editor
Liam Wilkinson, Cover Commentator
Erin McKnight, Assistant Editor
Cathy Biribauer, Assistant Editor
Laurel Fuller, Assistant Editor
Maggie Grinnell, Assistant Editor
Jason Fryer, Content Producer and Newsletter Editor
Kim Rush, Assistant Poetry Editor
Sheri Whitlock, Assistant Editor
Jenn O’Neal, Assistant Editor, Proof-reader, Interviews
Samella McClary Brown, Assistant Editor
Deborah Laws, Assistant Editor, Blog Proof Reader
Megan Roth, Assistant Poetry Editor
Yu-Han Chao, Blog Manager
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