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The Rose & Thorn April 2009 Newsletter
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barbara quinn
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Apr 10, 2009 08:24 PDT
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THE ROSE & THORN NEWSLETTER
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From: The Rose & Thorn Literary E-zine
http://www.theroseandthornezine.com
April 2009
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"It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got
it, you want - oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it
just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!” ~Mark Twain
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SPONSOR SPOT
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NEWSLETTER CONTENTS
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* From the Newsletter Editor's Pen
* From the Co-Managing Editor’s Pen
* Special Announcements
* Of Literary Note
* The Buzz
* Markets & Contests
* Book Reviews
* The Readers' Mailbag
* What We Are Up To
* Masthead
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FROM THE NEWSLETTER EDITOR'S PEN
Kathryn Magendie
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Dear Readers,
On my mountain walk at Killian Knob this morning, I was happy to see the
signs of spring here, there, and yonder. Every early spring, I become
restless: tired of the chill; ready for the warmth, green, and flowers.
Birds whose calls I’ve missed these winter months were singing me awake
this morning.
What did you all do this winter? Did you read good books? Write? Or
maybe you were more active and flung yourself head-long into
cold-winter-activities? What I did was spend most of the month of
January, February, and March working over-time to ready Tender Graces
for its release this month. I’m learning much about the processes of
publishing. Some of it is as I expected, but there are the unexpected
things—such is as life! This journey from finding a publisher to having
the book ready to go to print is an enlightening one.
Although our prose submissions are closed, our poetry submissions are
open; I hope you will polish up your best poetry and submit to us. Take
some time to peruse the winter issue of The Rose & Thorn before it
leaves to make way for our spring issue---our writers and poets
appreciate your support and their contact information is available
should you wish to let them know you’ve enjoyed their work.
As always, feel free to email me with any questions or comments you may
have. Enjoy the coming spring and I’ll see you next in June.
Kat
Co-Managing Editor/Senior Newsletter Editor
http://www.kathrynmagendie.com
email me: kmtr-@hotmail.com
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FROM THE CO-MANAGING EDITOR’S PEN
Angie Ledbetter
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Dear Readers,
Because it is spring, I will keep my words brief in hopes that you are
finding the ways and means to be outside where light green rules the day
and buds are puffing out everywhere. Each year as winter slinks away I
remember 70s comedian Henry Gibson's recitation of an old seasonal poem
and smile --
Spring has sprung
The grass is riz
I wonder where
all the flowers is
Take a blanket and a favorite book or journal out into the sunshine and
enjoy the day.
Angie
Co-managing Editor
http://www.angie-ledbetter.blogspot.com/
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of Adnan Mahmutovic’s starkly moving collection of prose and poetry
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See below for donation information and link…
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CHECK OUT OUR MASTHEAD
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R&T IS A PAYING MARKET
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
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TWITTER—WHAT ARE WE DOING?
Want to know when submissions reopen or a new issue is posted? Follow us
on Twitter. Want to know when we are looking for essays or flash or a
particular genre? Follow us on Twitter. Want to know who we are
nominating for the Pushcart or other awards? Yep…Follow us on Twitter
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NEW DISCUSSION FORUM LINK
The former home domain for our Community Forum has been sold and
replaced. The new URL is http://forum.bigperspective.com.
Join Wil, our own social heretic coyote, as he pokes and prods under a
multitude of scabs in search of unique subject matter. Any subject,
whether of finances, religion, politics, or even the very meaning of
life, is fair game for debate and postulation.
As always, folders are available for the various genre of writing.
However, a forum for serious discussion on whatever threatens to
“capsize your boat” is now available to one and all. Do NOT let such an
opportunity to "speak out” slip by.
Wil Hough
Senior Editor & Community Forum Manager
http://forum.bigperspective.com
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OF LITERARY NOTE
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BLOGS FOR WRITERS & READERS
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Backstory
Where authors share secrets, truths, logical and illogical moments that
sparked their fiction or memoirs. Brought to you by M.J. Rose. Write to
"backstorypost (at) gmail (dot) com" if you want to post a backstory.
http://mjroseblog.typepad.com/
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BookLove: A place to share books.
Interested in contributing reviews to BookLove? We want you! We need
reviews of all types of books, both fiction and nonfiction. Leave me a
message here and we’ll talk. A sample review will be required before
adding you to the crew. http://booklove.wordpress.com/
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The New Author
Where beginning authors trying to understand the world of writing,
publishing, and promoting can learn and share.
http://the-new-author.blogspot.com/
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THE BUZZ
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REVEALING MOMENTS
“In these tales of hope and despair, childhood and old age, a woman
decides her mother’s fate, two strippers discuss plans for the future,
and a young boy watches his father die from the top of a tree.
Filled with humor and cynicism, Revealing Moments offers a fascinating
glimpse into the mind of an accomplished “miniaturist. “ Wayne Scheer’s
stories are both tender and heartbreaking, and their subject is the
range of human experience.”
Revealing Moments is available as a free download at
http://pearnoir.com/thumbscrews.htm
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EXPERIMENTS AT 3 BILLION A.M.
Alexander Zelenyj’s Experiments At 3 Billion A.M. is a collection of 40
haunting and surreal stories ranging widely in style, stretching from
lyrical flights of fantasy to gritty and painful realism to unsettling
horror and the grotesque – from subtle slipstream with only the faintest
sense of the otherworldly to vivid space fiction and even light-hearted
homage to the colourful and gleeful world of the pulps.
Always unexpected, these stories remain bound together by a tone of
universal sadness and gentleness, and an ever-increasing sense of
wonder. Published by Eibonvale Press, the 664-page collection will be
issued in Regular Edition Hardcover, Special Edition Hardcover, and
Trade Paperback with different cover artworks for each edition, as well
as 40 black-and-white interior illustrations by artist David Rix. For
more information visit www.alexanderzelenyj.com and
www.eibonvalepress.co.uk
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MARKETS AND CONTESTS
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Readers should make sure to check sources carefully and to inquire about
references when appropriate. The Rose & Thorn cannot assume
responsibility for the sites and services mentioned below.
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CONTINUUM SCIENCE FICTION
A print magazine whose aim is nothing less than to reinvigorate and
perpetuate the field of good short science fiction stories. We intend to
publish a variety of story types, but the emphasis will be on adventure
in the broadest sense of that term. We feel that it is possible to
combine great story telling with great characterization and imagery. It
can be done, in SF as well as in other genres, and we will attempt to do
just that in the pages of CONTINUUM. In addition, we will include
science news and articles and reviews of books and movies. For more
information and submission guidelines, visit:
http://www.continuumsciencefiction.com/index.htm
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FLASH FICTION ONLINE
At a high level, our goals are pretty simple: To serve flash fiction
readers and writers with a professional, sustainable market for flash
fiction stories. To promote the general population's reading of great
short stories in general and of great flash fiction in particular.
What We Look For: We publish stories from 500 to 1,000 words in length.
We look for previously unpublished material, with the exception of our
Classic Flash selections. (Classic Flash stories are old: the copyright
must have expired on them. If you would like to recommend one, please
email the editor.)
For more information/guidelines, go to:
http://www.flashfictiononline.com/
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GOING DOWN SWINGING
Going Down Swinging is an Australian based biannual literary magazine
featuring short stories, flash fiction, poetry, comic art and spoken
word, all in the one book/CD package. We publish work from all over the
globe.
We only accept submissions within the "window" for each issue (see dates
below). Submissions sent outside these windows will not be accepted (or
returned).
For more information/guidelines, go to:
http://www.goingdownswinging.org.au/index.html
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ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS: JAMES LAUGHLIN AWARD
A prize of $5,000 is given annually to honor a second book of poetry by
a U.S. poet. Copies of the winning book will be purchased and
distributed to over 5,000 members of the Academy of American Poets.
Poets who have published one book of poems in a standard edition are
eligible. Publishers may submit manuscripts that have come under
contract between May 1, 2008, and April 30, 2009, by May 15. There is no
entry fee. Visit the Web site for the required entry form and complete
guidelines.
Academy of American Poets, James Laughlin Award, 584 Broadway, Suite
604, New York, NY 10012. (212) 274-0343, ext. 18. CJ Evans, Awards
Associate.
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BLACK ORCHID NOVELLA AWARD
Deadline May 31, 2009. Each entry must be an original unpublished work
of fiction that conforms to the tradition of the Nero Wolfe series.
Entries must be 15,000 to 20,000 words in length, and submitted by the
deadline. Prize - $1,000 from Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine plus,
publication in the magazine. No entry fee. For more information, go to:
http://tinyurl.com/yd6oaz
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ITALIAN AMERICANA: JOHN CIARDI LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
A prize of $1,000 is given annually to an Italian American poet for
lifetime achievement in poetry. Poets who have published at least two
books of poetry, excluding chapbooks, have published poetry criticism or
edited poetry-related works, and have promoted poetry through various
activities are eligible. Poets may not nominate themselves. Editors may
submit a list of the nominee’s published books and poetry-related
activities by May 1. There is no entry fee.
Italian Americana, John Ciardi Lifetime Achievement Award, University of
Rhode Island, Providence Center, 80 Washington Street, Providence, RI
02903. (617) 864-6427. Carol Bonomo Albright, Editor.
bono-@etal.uri.edu
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BOOK REVIEWS
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THE DREAM IN THE NEXT BODY
by Gabeba Baderoon
Winner of the DaimlerChrysler Award for South African Poetry 2005
Snailpress, 2005
Reviewed by Yu-Han Chao
Baderoon writes about immigration, art, and daily life with grace and
precision in her book of poems, The Dream in the Next Body. These poems
reflect moments from her physical and psychological journeys from Cape
Town to Britain to the United States.
As a foreigner entering a new country, she writes about assembling
herself “into photographs and signatures” and leaving behind all
uncertainties, and many foreign or expat readers no doubt understand
exactly what she means. During a conversation with her mother, who lives
seven hours’ time difference away, Baderoon fears they will never see
each other again. As a resident in America, she observes the man with
the snow plow and her husband, noting the dialogue and silence between
them as the man talks about the D.U.I. he just got and promises to find
a replacement if he is unable to do the snow this year. For the rest of
the review, click http://tinyurl.com/dm6gsy
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REVIEW OF UNEXPECTED LIGHT
By C. E. Chaffin
Diminuendo Press
Reviewed by Wil Hough
There is nothing quite so telling of an author as a poetry collection. A
novel is of the imagination. An essay merely provides a point of view,
often not even that of the author. But a poem takes you back through the
eyes of the author straight away into the very heart and soul of the
matter. A poetry chapbook illuminates the deepest motivation of its
creator. However that, in itself, is not necessarily a good thing. For
the rest of the review, click http://tinyurl.com/dyg5x6
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THE MAGGIE VALLEY TRILOGY: CHILDREN’S/YA BOOK REVIEWS ON MYSPACE
Trilogy novels by Kerry Madden
Reviewed by Kathryn Magendie
Kerry Madden has captured mountain life in a charming three-book series
that will capture young reader’s hearts … adults can read these books as
well and will be entertained by the whimsy and magic that is the Weems
family. The books are set in the early 60’s in the Smoky Mountain region
of Western North Carolina. Madden does a good job of centering her
characters in this early time, but as well, leaving the reader with a
timeless feel that can span the ages. For the rest of the review, visit
The R&T MySpace page at: http://tinyurl.com/cobafy
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More reviews by your favorite staffers are available
http://www.roseandthornreviews.blogspot.com/
(Under the label: Book Reviews/Author Interviews)
Look for Children’s/YA book reviews on R & T’s MySpace page
http://www.myspace.com/roseandthornlitzine
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THE READER'S MAIL BAG
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Your feedback is welcome. Letters to the editor should be sent by
clicking "Reply" to this newsletter.
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WHAT WE'RE UP TO
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When the staff of The Rose & Thorn isn't slaving away over prose and
poetry, or at their day jobs, they're scribbling their own musings and
submitting to other worthy publications.
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Assistant Blog/Podcast Manager Adnan Mahmutovic’s novella ILLEGITIMATE
has been released by Cantarabooks!
For more information and for purchasing “Illegitimate,” visit:
http://cantarabooks.com/
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Assistant Poetry Editor Megan Roth was engaged to Cory Casella on
December 25th, and is currently planning an August wedding.
Megan’s book, THE GREEN GUIDE TO DAILY LIVING was recently released by
Sweetwater Press and has received several great reviews online!
Click here for more: http://tinyurl.com/dnhtco
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Co-Managing Editor Angie Ledbetter has published two poems at The Found
Poetry Project http://www.foundpoetry.org/blog/
Angie has a poem upcoming in Diane Buccheri's OCEAN magazine
http://store.oceanmag.org/
Angie’s Gumbo Writer blog is at bloginterviewer.com’s blog of the month
contest. Gumbo Writer is currently #1...! http://tinyurl.com/crbvdo
Says Angie, “And, I'm still revising the women's fiction manuscript!”
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Our Peter Kirchikov is “Bridging the Barriers of Language and Culture”
on his law lexicon website http://www.peterkirchikov.com/lexicon.html
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Co-Managing Editor Kathryn Magendie’s novel, TENDER GRACES, is out this
month (April 2009) by Bellebooks Publishing. Watch a trailer at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOjMJ8AnCkM
Read a “Ten Questions” interview with Kat by “Eazy Cheezy’s” Brian
Mongold at http://tinyurl.com/dmfyhm, or http://www.eazycheezy.net/
Kathryn’s short story “Bien P’tit Gens” will be forthcoming in an
upcoming Drollerie Press Anthology.
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STAFF
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B.A. Quinn, Managing Editor and Publisher
Angie Ledbetter, Co-Managing Editor/Newsletter Editor
Kathryn Magendie, Co-Managing Editor/Senior Newsletter Editor
Cesar Garza, Senior Editor, Blog Administrator
W. Hough, Poetry Editor, Senior Graphics Manager, Community Forum Chief
Administrator
Sandra Merz, Poetry Editor
Eric Giere, Chief Webmaster
Liam Wilkinson, Cover Commentator
Jason Fryer, Content Producer
Dallas D’Angelo-Gary, Editor, Announcement Newsletter, Procedure Manual
Nora Capocy, Prose Editor
Karen Reiser, Prose Editor
Cynthia Toups, Assistant Poetry Editor, Assistant Prose Editor,
Assistant Newsletter Editor
Patresa Hartman, Assistant Prose Editor
Erin McKnight, Assistant Prose Editor
Megan Roth, Assistant Poetry Editor
Samella McClary Brown, Community Forum, Award Staff
Sheri Whitlock, MySpace Manager, Awards Staff
Deborah Laws, Blog Manager
Yu-Han Chao, Asst. Blog Manager
Adnan Mahmutovic, Asst Blog Manager, Podcast Manager
Maggie Grinnell, Assistant Blog Manager
Cathy Biribauer, Assistant Editor
Laurel Fuller, Assistant Editor
Peter Kirchikov, Community Forum
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