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 At least half the poems submitted must be previously unpublished.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

Non-fiction, May 2010

Other magazines/journals

Reviews

O Thiam Chin – “Checking Out: The Hong Kong Writers Circle’s Hotel China” – review of Hotel China eds. *S.C.C. Overton and *Edmund Price in Cha 11

Interviews

Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé interviewed by *J. Bradley – “Ask the Author: Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé” in PANK Magazine (blog)

Poetry, April 2010

Locally-published magazines/journals

In Quarterly Literary Review Singapore 9.2, eds. Toh Hsien Min, Ng Wei Chian, Yeow Kai Chai, Yong Shu Hoong and Cyril Wong :
*Andrew Burke – “Bad Weather”
*George Moore – “Cycles of the Bear and “The Personal Life”
Diana Seah Kanglin – “on engines”
*Subashini Navaratnam – “My Mother Speaks”
*Jal Nicholl – “The Favourites”
*Oscar T. Serquina, Jr. – “There is Something You Want to Know”
Cyril Wong – “Fire” and “Something”

In Softblow, eds. Cyril Wong, Eric Low, Gwee Li Sui, Jason Wee and Christopher Ujine Ong:
*Kimberly Blaeser – “Four in Bronze”, “Naming the Light”, “Summary Tabulations Descriptive of One Hundred and Fifty Chippewa Indian Families on the White Earth Reservation”, and “Veteran’s Day”
*Jen Crawford – “from Epithalamium“
*Marjorie Evasco – “Aqualligraphy of the 10, 001 Paths”, “Kunstkammer”, and “Solsequiem”
*Cody Todd – “Clean Bitch”, “God like a sweater”, and “Pink Floyd’s Money on a Hammock by the Water”

Other magazines/journals

Carol Chan – “Two Drifters”, “Getting to Vienna” and “What We Talk About” in Mascara Literary Review 7
Eileen Chong – “Blue Velvet”, “Summer in London” and “What a poem is” in Mascara Literary Review 7
Koh Jee Leong – “Brother” (reprint) and “Supper at Le Monde” in Eclectica 14.2 (accompanies interview); “God introduced himself to Adam with a finger”, “Morning I sat in bed and opened up a book”, and “The square root of minus money is a movie” in Poetzine Spring 2010
Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé – “hsuan tsang before the taklamakan desert” in Mascara Literary Review 7; “The Martian Martian Poet and Green Groupie” and “Prêt-à-Porter” in PANK Magazine
Zhuang Yusa – “Bodybuilding” in Asia Writes

Fiction, April 2010

Locally-published magazines/journals

In Quarterly Literary Review Singapore 9.2, eds. Toh Hsien Min, Ng Wei Chian, Yeow Kai Chai, Yong Shu Hoong and Cyril Wong :
Alfian Sa’at – “Four Women
Angie Ho Guyoton – “Molaris Trek”
*Jason Erik Lundberg – “The Red Dot Pentaptych”
Wang Zisi trans. Lee Yew Leong – “Intersection”

Other anthologies

Wena Poon – “The Architects” in Willesden Herald: New Short Stories 4 – 1st prize in the Willesden Herald International Short Story Competition 2009-10

Non-fiction, April 2010

Locally-published magazines/journals

In Quarterly Literary Review Singapore 9.2, eds. Toh Hsien Min, Ng Wei Chian, Yeow Kai Chai, Yong Shu Hoong and Cyril Wong :
Essays
*Amy T.Y. Lai – “Waiving the Magic Wand”
Reviews
Nicholas Liu – “Uncertain Mastery” – review of Equal to the Earth (Bench Press) by Koh Jee Leong
Wena Poon – “Like Cliffs of Granite” – review of The Ark Builders (Arc Publications) by Mary O’Donnell
Toh Hsien Min – “Overgrown American pastoral landscapes” – review of Carrots and Other Poems (Ethos Books) by David Fedo and A Little Travel Story (Harbor Mountain Press) by David Oliveira
Interviews
Fiona Sze-Lorrain interviewed by Maryanne Hannan – “On the Aesthetics of Empathy”

Other magazines/journals

Interviews

Koh Jee Leong interviewed by *Chloé Yelena Miller- “An Interview with Jee Leong Koh” in Eclectica 14.2