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Poetry, August 2010

Locally-published magazines/journals

In Softblow, eds. Cyril Wong, Eric Low, Gwee Li Sui, Jason Wee and Christopher Ujine Ong:
*Michelle Cahill – “After”, “Autumn”, “Joy” and “The Mating Game”
Eileen Chong – “Bath-house Ritual”, “My Hakka Grandmother”, “Returning to Wang Wei” and “Spring Rain”
Desiree Lim – “Ant Dinner”, “Eighties Wedding” and “Three Endings”
*Linda Lancione Moyer – “End of an Age”, “Los Colores”, “Saint Vincent in the Afternoon” and “Sally Always Wondered Whether She Was Adopted”

Other magazines/journals
Koh Jee Leong – Five ghazals in Common Knowledge 16.3 and “Two Poems” in Mixed Nerve 7

Other anthologies
Koh Jee Leong – “Past the Doors of the Departed” in Ganymede Unfinished (Sibling Rivalry Press)

Minor announcement

Up till this point I’ve been putting up each month’s listings as they come in, assigning each a post date between the first and fifth of the month (to preserve a consistent order). The problem with that is that each entry looks very empty at the point that it goes up, and it’s a bother to remember to check back later on. Backdating (as is the case half the time) also means entries don’t automatically appear (via Networked Blogs) in fans’/friends’ newsfeeds on FB, which is also a bother. From now on, I’ll instead be posting the listings for each month in the last five days of the month, rather than the first five–so don’t think this blog is dead just because the next updates may be a while coming.

Also, I’ve been having to do quite a bit of googling and such on my own in order to find stuff to list. Only a handful of writers and readers have actually got in touch to notify me of things I should include. If you find RP useful, or at least interesting, I do hope you’ll drop me a line, through any channel, to help me keep it up to date. Cheers.

Poetry, July 2010

Locally-published magazines/journals

In Softblow, eds. Cyril Wong, Eric Low, Gwee Li Sui, Jason Wee and Christopher Ujine Ong:
*Mark Belair – “Blood”, “Interruption”, “The Lake” and “Radiator”
*Brian Foley – “Left with Direction”, “Public Demonstration”, “Somewhere A Ceiling Clouds” and “Turing Test”
*Mark Jackley – “As the Marriage Closed”, “Days After Learning You Cheated”, “Milk and Eggs” and “Soul”
*Rajiv Mohabir – “Bismillah”, “break”, “elijah bird” and “standing on a brampton driveway before the threat of snow”

Other magazines/journals

Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé – Untitled ["Butter in a jam jar. . ."] in Titular
Leon Yuchin Lau – “memory on lightning’s border” and “Morning Dances” (previously published in Softblow) in YM: New Work in Poetry 2
Zhuang Yusa – “Moving On (With Love)” and “Outing” in soundless

Fiction, July 2010

Books

Gwee Li Sui (e.d) – Telltale: Eleven Stories published by Ethos Books. Comprises stories by Alfian bin Sa’at, Dave Chua, Jeffrey Lim, Wena Poon, Tan Mei Ching, and Claire Tham.

Poetry, June 2010

Locally-published magazines/journals

In Softblow, eds. Cyril Wong, Eric Low, Gwee Li Sui, Jason Wee and Christopher Ujine Ong:
*Marc Carver – “Chaka”, “Equipe”, “Her” and “Lucky”
Carol Chan – “Cosmos”, “Learning to Leave”, “Miles” and “9.12 A.M.”
Leon Yuchin Lau – “Morning Dances”, “Old Song” and “Smoke”
*Ed Bok Lee – “At ‘Last Boshintang Restaurant’ in Seoul “, “Conversation W/Ozu in Hospital “, “K-Town” and “Several Mountains”

Other magazines/journals

Ian Chung – “Boundaries” in Asia Writes; “Days At The Circus”, “Nights After Eden”, “Stonehenge”, “Tableaux” and “The Unwritten” in Milk Sugar 1
Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé – “: craquelure at the interiors :” and “first falling, to get here, ferric by foot” in Lantern Review 1

Fiction, June 2010

Other magazines/journals

Ann Ang – “What They Tell Me” in Toasted Cheese Literary Journal 10.2

Call for submissions

I try to remain invisible here for the most part, but here’s another project I’m involved in which might be of some interest:

Storm Glass: Singapore Poets Before Their First Books

Firstfruits publications seeks submissions of poetry in English from Singapore poets who have yet to publish a full-length, single-author collection of poetry. Selected work will appear in an anthology to be published next year. All submissions must be sent before 1st September 2010.

Guidelines:

Only email submissions will be accepted. Send 6-8 poems to stormglass.antho[at]gmail[dot]com, either as a single attachment (.rtf or .doc only–no .docx files, please) or, if your poems’ formatting will not suffer for it, as text in the body of your email. Title your email “SUBMISSION: [Your Name Here]“. At least half the poems submitted must be previously unpublished. Simultaneous submissions are permitted without reservations.

Please do not include a cover letter at this time, but do include your name, home or mobile telephone number, and a statement declaring that you fulfill both criteria for this anthology. A biographical note will be requested if your submission is successful.

Mini-FAQ:

Q: Who is a “Singapore poet”?
A: Anyone who considers themselves such, within reason.

Q: What is a “full-length, single-author collection of poetry”?
A: Any book of poetry by a single writer exceeding 48 printed pages in extent, published in print or in the form of an e-book available for sale. Self-published collections do count.

Q: Will the poets included be paid?
A: There are no plans to pay contributors at the moment, although they will receive at least one free copy of the anthology. Firmer details will be available at a later date.

Q: When can I expect a response?
A: Submissions, successful or unsuccessful, will be responded to on an ongoing basis. All responses will be sent within a month of the close of open submissions.

Q: What rights will I be transferring to you?
A: Only anthology rights. In non-legalese, you’ll be allowing us to publish your poems in this anthology and this anthology only. All other rights remain with you, though we request that you credit Storm Glass and firstfruits publications in the event that a poem that first appeared in the anthology is reprinted elsewhere.

Q: [Some other question]
A: Email your query to the same address listed above. Title your email “QUERY”.

Please do circulate this call to anyone you think might be interested. If you’re on Facebook, you can join the Storm Glass page here to receive updates on its progress.

I look forward to reading your poems.

all best,

Nicholas Liu
Editor

Poetry, May 2010

Locally-published magazines/journals

In Softblow, eds. Cyril Wong, Eric Low, Gwee Li Sui, Jason Wee and Christopher Ujine Ong:
*Anne Cecelia Holmes and *Lily Ladewig – Four poems titled “I Am A Natural Wonder”
*Justin Runge – “20″, “55″, “409″ and “432″
*Ian C. Smith – “I know, I know”, “Island”, “New Tricks” and “Scrabbling”
*Fiona Wright – “Frangipani”, “Ho Chi Minh City”, “Quill” and “Ulladulla”

In Walnut Literary Review 1, eds. Preet Kaur and Zhuang Yusa:
*Annie Finch – “Revelry” (previously published in 88), “Speak Softly” (previously published in South Dakota Review) and “Your Forest” (previously published in The National Poetry Review)
*Jing Siang Hai (trans. Lee Yew Leong) – “Cosmic Ray of Unknown Origin”, “Days of No Poems”, “Not One Thing” and “Some Strange Creatures”
Koh Jee Leong – “I am a stone. I am a weir. I am my teeth”, “My bedroom turned into a mouth with your first kiss” and “She says there are more than two ends to every stick”
*Adrienne J. Odasso – “Clarion County Veteran’s Memorial Park”, “Lyuba”, “Touch”, and “Winter Sun”
*Ocean Vuong – “Gardening with the Son I will never have”, “More than Sex”, “Seeing as It Is” and “What Light Cannot Reveal”
Zhuang Yusa – “Arshile Gorky”, “Incarceration” and “A Language”

Other magazines/journals

Koh Jee Leong – “So soft his neck, so distant from the thought of stone” in qarrtsiluni
Nicholas Liu – “1600 Penn Ave”, “Ghazal of High Seriousness”, “here is your wordlist for the week, good luck” and “Recollection” in Stride
Alvin Pang – “Psalm for Birds and Birthdays” in Atlanta Review (Iran issue)

Fiction, May 2010

Locally-published magazines/journals

In Walnut Literary Review 1, ed. Zhuang Yusa:
*Guy Cranswick – “Vorgefühle”
O Thiam Chin – “Moon” and “Tiger”
Preet Kaur – “The Widow”
Thow Xin Wei – “Eating”

Other magazines/journals
O Thiam Chin – “Brothers” in Asia Writes
Preet Kaur – “Untitled” in Glossolalia