A REVIEW NOTE

THE POETS LAUREATE ANTHOLOGY ed. by Elizabeth Hun Schmidt ( NYC ; 2010,) W.W. Norton, hb ISBN 978-0-393-06181-0.  This is basically a collection of poems by  Poet Lauyreates of the United States plus a thumb nail bio sketch of each poet.  It should be in any serious poetry collection $39.95.

MARKET NOTE

A new sf/f/h webzine is PHANTASMACORE ( http://www.phantasmacore.com/ ) and its looking for poetry and flash fic.

MARKET DATA

Dead market; SMALL ROOM

Markets reopened for submissions; THE LABLETTER ( http://www.labletter.com/ ) PERCEPTIONS LITERARY MAGAZINE ( http://www.mhcc.edu/ )

markets closed STONE TELLING .

MARKET NOTE

The audio sf/f/h audio magazine DUNESTEEF AUDIO FICTION MAGAZINE is closed to poetry.

MARKET NOTE

The podzine COSSMASS INFINITIES is closed to poetry.

ITS ALL ACADEMIC ANY WAY

Some market sites are listing FAE PUBLISHING as a web zine.  Its not it is really a publisher that happens to post some fiction at their web site but no they do not accept poetry or flash fiction .

MARKET NOTE

The political and public affairs journal,NEW INTERNATIONALIST (http://www.newint.org/ ) does use poetry but so far it has all been by invitation.  They have never bought a poem on spec though they are open to them.  It would be a really, really, really tough sale.

A HOLIDAY REMINDER

THE HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON IS OFFICIALLY OPEN.  BEFORE YOU SCHLEPP OUT AND BURN GAS ON SHOPPING EXPEDITIONS CRUISE THE PORTALS ON THIS SITE, BARNES/NOBLE, AMAZON AND POWELLS.  THIS IS MY OWN SELF INTEREST KICKING IN SINCE I GET A COMMISSION ON EVERY SALE MADE THROUGH MY WEB SITE.  I DONT FEEL BADLY ABOUT THIS SINCE OTHER WRITER MARKET WEB SITES ASK FOR OUT RIGHT DONATIONS.  I JUST CANT DO THAT  BESIDES IF YOU FOLLOW MY ADVICE YOU ARE SAVING GAS.  SO ITS A GREEN THING TO DO.

ALSO

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL MY READERS.

YES BUT

The anthology project ZOMBIE KONG (http://booksofthedead.blogspot.com/ ) is open to poetry but the editor told me it WOULD BE A REALLY HARD SELL for any poem.  Good luck.

MARKET NOTES

BTW Amazon is also having their Black Friday Sale already.  Now for the market notes.  There are two more Canadian markets that do nut require a Canadian passport of its contributors.

ARC POETRY MAGAZINE ( http://www.arcpoetry.ca/ ) and WINDSOR REVIEW ( http://www.winsorreview.wordpres.ca/ ) .

MARKET NOTE

SCHRODINGER'S MOUSE (http://www.schrodingersmouse.com/ ) is also a flash fiction market.

NEW MARKET

SCHRODINGER'S MOUSE (http://www.schrodingersmouse.com/ ) is a new quarterly sf webzine that is open to poetry.

REVIEWS AND A LITTLE MARKET NOTE

First the market note; ABYSS & APEX is closed to submissions.

Before I start the reviews I have been getting spam from Barnes & Noble that they now have Black Friday sales going on now so perhaps some of you readers may want to go to B&N through their portal on my blog.

Now on to the reviews. 

The two titles I am reviewing are both by Hilltop Press located at 4 Nowell Place ,Almondbury,Huddeersfield,HB5 8PB England.  This is the imprint of Steve Sneyd who is one of the pre-eminent sf/f/h poet and historian of sf/f/h poetry.  He has neither ebook address or web site.  So all his communication has to be postal.  His titles are distributed by BBR/NSFA www.bbr-online.com/catalogue .You may also want to check Powell's and Amazon iff BBR /NSFA may be out of the title.

MISTAKING THE NATURE OF THE POSTHUMAN by Steve Sneyd (2008) ISBN 978-0-905262-42-0 $15.00 for Yanks and 6.99 pounds for Brits..

This is a collection of previously published work which has appeared in mostly genre periodicals like DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES and STAR*LINE.   I cant praise Sneyd enough.  He has been writing genre poetry for at least 25 years  but , at least still in this country is underread because so much of his work has appeared in the smallest of small press zines.  Below are three short poems by him that demonstrate his mastery of poetry .  It is a collection worth the money.

' Mission Statement'

comes bringing occult
into daylight world promise
on t-shirt sprouts gold
hair will show what nothingness
made of tides Schrodinger's cat



'Ozymandias of Mars '

Jack's giant fell up
not down off two-worlds-linking
tree slowdying still,
lasted long enough to breath last
air, drink last water,kill world.



'Not Too Proud To Learn'

maggots into wounds
eat infection leave healthy
flesh to heal unscarred
aliens learn fast  eat thoughts
of humans leave perfect gods



TIME GROWS THIN by Lilith Lorraine (2009) ISBN 978-0-905262-13-7 $15.00 US or 7.50 pounds.

This book can be a little complicated to explain.  Lilith Lorraine was the byline of Mary Maud Donn, a poet who during the 30's, 40's and into the 50's was one of the dominant poets in the science fiction/fantasy/horror genre.  The book itself is a combination of one of her post-World War II poetry collections, WINE OF WONDER, a thirty one page biographical essay on Lorraine's career by Steve Sneyd plus a small selection of other poems by her.

I do not plan to rehash what Sneyd wrote about Lorraine but I think it is ground breaking.  It is the first eshaustive study on the use of poetry in the pulp era that does not revolve around its use by WEIRD TALES .  I apologise now if someone else has written extensively on this era of sf/f/h poetry and I can think of one person in particular who may have done so.

If you are interested in the history of sf/f/h poetry  then this should be in your library.  Besides the poems are terriffic if a little plummy to some.  Its like automobilr collecting.  If you collect Ford and Shelby Mustangs then probably you are not going to get excited over a 1927 Dusenberg or a 1950 Humber Snipe.  You might like  them but they wont pass the so hat test in your eyes becuse your heart belongs to Mustang.

MARKET NOTES

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NURSING (yes you read it right ) (http://journals.lww.com/ ) and DARK HIGHLANDS (http://www.darkhighlands.com/ ) are open to poetry.

The following markets are open to submissions, PEN AMERICA JOURNAL (http://www.pen.org/ )SORCEROUS SIGNALS (http://www.sorceroussignals.com/ ) and SUNLAND JOURNAL (but only for residents of the Columbia River area ) (http://sunlandjournal.com/ ).

The following markets are closed right now, DANDELION, INKWELL JOURNAL, LORELEI SIGNALS .

MARKET NOTES

The new age/wiccan/pagan magazine WITCHES & PAGANS (http://www.witchesandpagans.com/ ) and SAGEWOMAN (http://www.sagewoman.com/ )are paying markets for poetry but their sister maghazine CRONE is not.

A PLUG

Let me recommend a very useful bloog for poets, http://poetryeditor.blogspot.com/ .Lots of info about writing and editing poetry.  It is a perfect blog to visit for all matters poetical except marketing poetry.

MARKET NOTE

The flash fiction market A FLY IN AMBER is closed to submissions.

NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT

FIDDLEHEAD (http://www.fiddlehead.ca/ ) is that rare thing , an academic Canadian magazine that is open to all writers and not just Cannadians.

Now normally I dont cover job ads but I ran across this in the Washington DC.  An indpendent producer is looking for a video producer who is also a lyricist and poet who specialises in pre-school to YA markets.  The poster of the ad wants to produce av material for the teaching of math. The poster email address isjob-emw8r-2057041885@craiglist.org .

I AM FURIOUS

Today I got my copy of  THE SFWA HANDBOOK which is a guide to the business side of writing that SFWA gives out to its members and I am furious.  In the chapters concerning markets there is no mention whatsoever about the sale of poetry to sf/f/h markets.  I would appreciate comments!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MARKET NOTES

Two magazines that are paying markets for poetry; American Jewish magazine MOMENT (http://www.momentmag.com/ ) and NZ popular culture and news magazine, NEW ZEALAND LISTENER ( http://www.listener.co.nz/ ).

MARKET NOTE

The podzine WILY WRITER is closed to poetry.

MARKET NOTE

WUMPUS TALESanthology project is closed to poetry and flash fiction.

CLOSED MARKETS

ZOMBIES WITHOUT BORDERS anthology is closed to poetry.

NEW MARKET

LINGER FICTION (http://lingerfiction.com/ )is sf/f/h webzine that is a market for poetry and flash fiction.

DARK METRE (http://www.kathybennett.co.uk/ ) is a monthly df/h poetry webzine loking for drk poetry.

MARKET NOTE

NIGHT TO DAWN is closed to submissions.

MARKET NOTE

HURRAY!!!!THE GLOAMING MAGAZINE (http://www.thegloaming.com/ ) is a Canadian sf/f/h zine that does not have 'anadians Need Only Submit' sign in its window.

POLLUTO (http://www.polluto.com/ ) and RIDDLEFENCE (http://riddlefence.com/ ) are open to submissions.

ANOTHER SHOUT OUT AND A MARKET NOTE

A shout out to our 29th follower of this blog.    The new folk always seem to come in sets of two.

A market note DOLPHIN MAGAZINE (http://www.dolphinmagazine.org/) is a sister zine to OCEAN MAGAZINE and is also a market for poetry.  I suppose I should make a witty jape at Flipper but I wont.

SHOUT OUT

a SHOUT OUT AND HELLO TO THE 28TH  FOLLOWER OF THIS BLOG AND hAPPY vETERANS dAY AS WELL.

HELPFUL REMINDER

A reminder to my readers.  If you come across a market that dpes not implicitly state that they don't buy either poetry or flash fiction then ask!!!!!!!

MARKET DATA

The GHOSTOLOGY anthology project is closed to poetry but its sibling project THROUGH THE WORMHOLE ( http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/ ) is open to poetry.

A SINGLE TIDE OF A NEW MARKET

OCEAN MAGAZINE (http://www.oceanmagazine.org/ ) is magazine about ocean science and yes it is a market for poetry.

MARKET NOTE

BETA CITY (http://betacity.weekly.com/ ) anthology project is a paying market for poetry.

NZ MARKET

TAKAHE (http://www.takahe.org/ ) is a NZ Maori zine that only pays for work from NZ poets.

NEW MARKET

A new general literary zine SENSITIVE SKIN MAGAZINE (http://www.sensitiveskinmagazine.com/ ) is a paying market.

A ZINE OF ELDRITCHIAN TERROR BUYS FLASH FICTION

The Lovecratian zine INNSMOUTH FREE PRESS (http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/ ) is not usually a market for poetry but it is a market for flash fiction.

A PROBLEM FIXED

HUB now has a new url (http://www.hubfiction.com/ ) so you can check out their new email address.  BTW you may note that I do not usually include email addresses but only URL's.  The reason is that email addresses can change abruptly but URL's usually dont.  Also I do not list payment rates because they can change without notice.

MORE TROUBLE

The web site for NEW  MYTHS is down so dont submit until furtyher notice.  BTW HUB is a flash fiction market but I dont know if its a poetry market.

A HUB OF TROUBLE

People are having trouble connecting with the email addrress for the HUB, the British weekly ezine.  A colleague is investigating.

MARKET NEWS

THE NIGHT LAND (http://www.thenightland.co.uk/) is a zine devoted to the universe of William Hope Hodgdon's Night Land.  On a dour note 3 HEARTS MAGAZINE  changed its name to INK BEAN and is no longer a paying market.

Other zines that are now for submissions are A CAPELLA ZOO (http://www.acapellazoo.com/ ) ,BLACKBIRD (http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu/ ), DEATH RATTLE (http://evilcatpress.com/ ) ELECTRIC VELOCIPEDE (http://www.electricvelocipede.com/ ) though this magazine may already be closed to submissions by the time you read this, KANSAS CITY VOICES (http://www.kansascityvoices.com/ ) MEMOIR (AND) (http://memoirjournal.squarespec.com/ )RELIEF (http://www.reliefjournal.com/ )WHISPERING SPIRITS DIGITAL MAGAZINE (whisperingspirits.marionmargaretpress.com ) and WORDS AND IMAGES (http://wordsand imagesjournal.wordpress.com )

The following zines are closed right now; CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW, DAIKAIJUZINE, ELLIPSIS, EMRYS JOURNAL, ETCHINGS, FANTASTIC UNFETTERED, IDEOMANCER, MASON'S ROAD , MATRIX

AN ANNOUNCEMENT

  My new publisher, Speaking Volumes is now actively seeking new poetry collections.  Check their web site at http://speakingvolumes.us/ .

MARKET NOTE

20SPEC (http://dragoninkhouse.com/ )is open to poetry.

SHOUT OUT

A shout out and hello to our 27th followqer of this blog

BRIEF MARKET NOTES

Despite what some sites say, two British zines, AWEN and BARD are not paying markets.

PARENTS TELL YOUR KIDS

STONE SOUP ( http://www.stonesoup.com/ ) publishes prose and poetry by kids 8-13 and pays for it.

A LEGIT CONTEST PLUS A MARKET NOTE

The 4th Annual Odd Contest is devoted to flash fiction and prose poetry of no more than 500 words.  Its conducted by the Wisconsin con OdysseyCon.  The web site is www.oddcon./contest/contest .

Three general children's magazines ( HOPSCOTCH,BOY'S QUEST,FUN FOR KIDS ) ( ages 6-14) http://funforkidzmagazines.com/ is open to poetry.

BRIEF MARKET NOTES

BLACK INK HORROR is closed to submissions.

ITS BEEN FETTERED

FANTASTIQUE UNFETTERED is closed to submissions.

DARKNESS OPENS

NIGHT TO DAWN (http://bloodredshadow.com/ ) a df zine is open to poetry.

CLOSED FOR NOW

The following zines are closed to submissions for now, SYBIL'S GARAGE, TALES OF THE UNANTICIPATED,GUD, SHOCK TOTEM,NEO-OPSIS.

CHATTAHOOCHEE REVIEW is dead

STILL OPEN

The anthology nproject ALIEN LOVE (http://www.softcopypublishing.com/ ) is still  open to submissiond for poetry.