Forum Follows Function

In this weeks edition of Metroland, there is an article about the local small press  poetry scene.  Thom Francis, Mary Panza, Dan Wilcox, Chris Rizzo, Rachel Zitomer, Matthew Klane and many others were interviewed for this article discussing the current Albany scene, its history, and where it may be going from here.  The article also talks about the recent small press book fair at the UAG Gallery.

Albany Poets (albanypoets.com) is as much an organizational body, networking apparatus, and community of friends as it is a poetry press. “The important thing is that we provide a microphone and a Web site because it is your right to express yourself,” Panza says. “We want to give you the forum to do that.”

Click the link below to read the entire article on the Metroland site or go out and pick up a copy for yourself.

Forum Follows Function - Metroland Online - Feature

Small Press reading at UAG This Saturday

The folks that brought you the very successful small press fair at the UAG Gallery (247 Lark Street, Albany) for First Friday a couple of weeks ago are coming back for a special poetry reading this coming Saturday at the UAG.

From 2:00PM – 5:00PM poets and representatives from Albany Poets, Flim Forum Press, Fence Books, A.P.D. Press, and Anchorite Press will be reading their work and talking about small press in Albany.  Some of the poets scheduled to read are Eric Gelsinger, Rebecca Wolff, Anthony Bernini, Colie Collen, Pierre Joris, Thom Francis, and R.M. Engelhardt.

Be sure to check this event out on Saturday afternoon and support local small presses by purchasing their books.

OTHER:TEN is Coming…

You read that right.  OTHER:TEN, the long awaited tenth issue of Albany Poets’ magazine will be available during the small press open house at the UAG Gallery that was mentioned earlier. 

We would like to take this time to apologize to our readers and contributors for the delay on getting this issue out.  Due to circumstances beyond our control…

We hope to see everyone at the UAG this coming Friday to check out some of the small press poetry that is being published right in our own backyards.

The Capital Flip

Information on a new magazine that is launching tomorrow, January 1st and how you can submit your poetry for publication.  What a way to start the new year!

The Capital Flip (www.thecapitalflip.com) will be launching in January as a cyber-publication (a.k.a. ʽzine), and will contain a section called Vice & Verse. V&V will feature four Capital Region poets, and will include their picture, bio and one or more poems, space permitting.

Submission Guidelines:

• One picture of the poet.
• A brief (100 words or less) bio, including any up-coming events.
• 24 line limit on poetry (not including breaks)
• 300 word limit on experimental prose.

To be considered for submission, please send the following as attachments with the heading ʽV-n-V Submissionʼ to editor@thecapitalflip.com

The deadline for each publication is the 15^th of the previous month. Due to the expected volume of submissions, we cannot guarantee a spot on a given month, but we can try. We do not judge on content or style; thatʼs for our readers to judge.

Poetry Cemetery Magazine Seeking Submissions

The following is from an email from the editor of Poetry Cemetery with information on submitting to the magazine.

This magazine has been in existence since 2006.  We are currently seeking submissions-- our submission requirements are below, and are, of course, available on our website.

I would greatly appreciate your passing along our request for submissions to any poet-friends-- and letting any other connoisseur of poetry know about our site.

I am open to suggestions, comments, complaints-- feel free to email me at any time.

Happy Holidays to you and yours!

Submission Guidlines:

POETRY
Poetry Cemetery always welcomes unsolicited poetry submissions from both published and amateur poets alike.  Feel free to send us your best work at any time...just be sure you follow the rules/guidelines below:

1. Send a maximum of 3 poems for consideration per issue.
   
2. PROOFREAD your work before you send it.
   
3. Send your poems in the body of the email...NOT as attachments.  Also, please be sure you  include titles (even if the title is "untitled"), and be sure we can distinguish the end of one poem from the beginning of the next.
   
4. Please let us know if the poems you've sent us have been published elsewhere; it's OK by us, just let us know where so we can properly credit the other publication.
   
5. Please do not send anything that is excessively vulgar, pornographic, or otherwise offensive to the masses.  We believe that every art form has its place in the world...but this is not the  place for overtly offensive material.
   
6. Please include a short bio-- 100 words or so.
   
7. Don't forget your name and at least the city and state where you live.

By sending us your poetry, you are granting us publication rights for our website, and confirming that you have the rights to allow us to publish your work.
All work remains the property of the author--we merely ask that you give us credit if the piece is republished in the future.

ART
We are also seeking artwork to decorate our pages.  If you would like to help us decorate our pages, please send us your artwork in JPEG format only, as an attachment to your email.

Send all submissions to: POETRYCEMETERY@GMAIL.COM

Small Press Poetry at UAG

First Friday, January 2nd, 5-9pm at the UAG Gallery, 247 Lark Street.

The Upstate Artists Guild (UAG) Gallery, as part of their January “New Beginnings” show, will be hosting a Publisher’s Open House for many of the poetry small presses producing books in Albany, NY.

Across poetics, aesthetics, and institutional status, contributing presses will include: Flim Forum Press, Fence Books, A.P.D. Press, Anchorite Press, and Albany Poets.

This will be an opportunity for interested gallery-goers to engage with some of the independent, underground, and/or experimental writing and publishing happening here in Albany today.

The show opens on First Friday, January 2nd, and will last throughout the month. Free to the public. For more information, call (518) 426-350, or email: klane@flimforum.com.