Forthcoming, February 2011

The Poetry Issue, featuring work by

Kathleen Kirk

Sara Tracey

Carol Berg

Vanessa Johnson

Dana Guthrie Martin

Nicelle Davis

Roxanna Bennett

Martha Silano

Russell Jaffe

Paul Adkins

An update, long overdue

I am working on selecting the last few poems for the winter issue of blossombones, which should still go live sometime around February 1st, if all goes well.

If you are still waiting to hear from me, thanks again for your work and for your patience. You should receive an email by January 10th, at the latest. If you haven't heard from me by then, please query.

I plan to take a brief hiatus from reading submissions after the next issue is published. We'll start reading again this summer. In the meantime, I want to consider a number of things--our format and our submissions policies for example--and figure out a more efficient way to publish blossombones.

I'm thinking of switching to poetry only.


...and accepting submissions form women only (as I think a number of women only publications have folded recently, and I'd like to fill that gap).


...I might publish more frequently, but feature only a few writers at a time.



Life has been hectic. I'm sure yours is too.

Peace & Love,

Susan

Seeds of Sin

Join the Chicago Poetry Brothel for a wicked good time on Friday, September 24th! Bring your corset or your cravat and be prepared for a literary seduction.


8:00 p.m.
House of Blues Foundation Room
329 N. Dearborn
Chicago Illinois 60654

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Summer 2010: The Freud Issue

Also: Submit! The next issue is POETRY.

All themes & concepts are welcome.

Coming Soon... The Freud Issue!

Featuring work by

Arlene Ang

Emma Bolden

Zoe Brigley

Katie Cappello

Kat Dixon

Jacqueline Doyle

Kristen Kaschock

Adrienne J. Odasso

Naomi Buck Palagi

Jayne Pupek

Grace Sikorski

Emma Stein


I intend to brew a big pitcher of iced coffee and make the summer issue come alive! Stay tuned. It's happening soon.

editorial miscellany

I am behind schedule with the Freud issue of blossombones. Life has been weird. I have been weird. It's coming soon! I promise.

Also: Just a heads-up: we're open to submissions again beginning August 1st for an all-poetry issue. All concepts/themes are welcome.

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The winter issue is now available online!

We're featuring Molly Gaudry's digital chapbook, Anatomy for the Artist.

We've also got some brand-spanking-new submission guidelines, so be sure to check them out!!

What's up for 2010...

I'm hoping to have the winter issue of blossombones up and running by Monday, at the latest. We'll be featuring Molly Gaudry's digital chapbook, Anatomy for the Artist.

I'm slogging along, moving slower than I plan (as always), so just in case I'm running a few days late (our new reading period begins on Monday, February 1st), I'd like to preview our latest call for submissions:

Call For Submissions: The Freud Issue

Open reading period: February 1st – April 30th

Blossombones is seeking submissions of poetry, short fiction and critical prose that represent a feminist or woman-centered response to the work of Sigmund Freud, with particular emphasis on alternative models of the psychoanalytic process posed by women.

We ask that women only submit work for the summer 2010 issue.

The Freud Issue will be guest-edited by Kristina Marie Darling.

Kristina Marie Darling is a graduate of Washington University. She's the author of several chapbooks, including Fevers and Clocks (March Street Press, 2006), The Traffic in Women (Dancing Girl Press, 2006), and Night Music (Blaze Vox Books, 2008). A two-time Pushcart Prize nominee, her writing appears or is forthcoming in issues of The Gettysburg Review, The Boston Review, Shenandoah, The Colorado Review, and other periodicals. Awards include residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and the Prairie Center of the Arts, as well as a scholarship from the Squaw Valley Community of Writers' annual poetry conference. Her website is KristinaMarieDarling.blogspot.com.

Please submit all work and queries regarding this specific issue of blossombones to KristinaMarieDarling@yahoo.com

All other general queries regarding the journal may be sent to editor Susan Slaviero: susan.blossombones@gmail.com

Our general guidelines still apply: simultaneous submissions are fine, no multiple subs during a single reading period, and please query our guest editor if you’re considering sending a longer piece. We expect a few longer pieces will be published in this issue, as we’re interested in critical as well as creative work.

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The summer issue should go live sometime around July 1st. Don't forget to submit your work on or before April 30th.

New Literary Journals!

Hello all!

Just a reminder: blossombones is closed to submissions until February, when we will reopen with some new guidelines, so keep an eye on the blog for updates! I know we've been remiss in posting regularly. Life is crazy, yo.

If you are looking for places to send your poetry and prose, please consider a few cool new journals on the literary scene:

The Medulla Review is taking submissions through September 30th! You should totally send them some of your wordtastic genius.

You might also consider submitting to A Trunk of Delirium

I'm pretty sure a website is under construction! In the meantime, they are open to submissions via email, so I'm posting the guidelines below:

A Trunk of Delirium is a new bi-annual publication of literary and artistic works seeking the finest available from both established and as yet known creators. A subsidiary of Le’ Pink Elephant Press, we open the lid to accept poetry, prose, flash fiction, reviews, interviews, translations, essays, plays, and artworks of all printable forms. Submissions are now giddily accepted at atrunkofdelirium@yahoo.com.

Editors: Suzanne Savickas & Cheryl Townsend
Publication will be in both web space and print, the later being perfect bound and truly a delight to behold.
Subscriptions $15.00

Guidelines
We want what we want. We don't want what you don't want. No discards, please. We may be a trunk, but we're not a trash bin.
We like edgy. We like taking chances. We appreciate wordplay, as long as it's new and we're envious. Shock us with your creativity. Make us worship your innovative liberties with language. Please limit poetry to 7 poems at a time and we'd really, really prefer they be within the e-mail...NOT sent as 7 separate attached documents. If you do send your submission as an attachment, please paste them all into one. Then send them on with "poetry" and your name in the subject line of the e-mail.

We do not want anything racist, sexist, homophobic, or even insinuating as such. We cringe at rhymed verse and "phone txt" cutesisms.

We also accept fiction, reviews, interviews, translations, hybrid, prose poetry, and artworks. These may be sent as an attachment with their genre and your name in the subject line of the e-mail. We like letters, so feel free to blather away when submitting. Tell us how you heard about us & why you want to be in the trunk. We also like hearing how amazingly gorgeous we are and gladly accept presents of priceless art, musical CD's, chocolates and eco cars.

Send your submissions to atrunkofdelirium@yahoo.com

*Happy Fall Submitting!!*

The 2009 summer issue is now live!

blossombones summer 2009: the marked issue

featuring the work of:

Niina Pollari

J. M. English

Elizabeth Glixman

Julene T. Weaver

Suzanne Savickas

Laura Hirneisen

Kate Durbin

Rose Woodson

Kat Dixon

Roseanne Griffeth

Kathleen Nalley

Jennifer Hollie Bowles

Anne Babson


Please note: We are closed to submissions until February 2010. Our winter issue will be a digital chapbook and is set to appear in January.

Happy Reading!

Susan

A quick update on our summer issue...

Hello again!

We are running a bit behind schedule with the summer issue...No need to query; we'll finish responding to all the submissions shortly. I'm hoping to have the issue online this July. We'll post a list of contributors for the upcoming issue soon.

Thanks!

Your overwhelmed and totally stressed (but still inspired by the wonderful things that appear in her poetry inbox) editor.

aka Susan :)

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Anybody have a good mantra? Ommmmmmmmmmmmmm

Reminder :)

We're accepting submissions for the Marked issue through April 30th. The deadline is approaching fast, so if you're thinking about sending a little poetry or prose our way, be sure to do so within the next couple of days!

If you've sent me a submission and are waiting to hear back, I hope to finish reading and responding by the end of May, at the very latest. We'll go live sometime in June with some absolutely fabulous poetry, prose, and artwork.

Sorry for our overall lack of blogginess! Mel & I have been super busy with work-type stuff. You know how it is...

Hope everyone is enjoying Springtime!

Best of the Net, 2008!

A big congratulations to blossombones contributors Wayne Shannon and Amy Fetzer Larakers, whose work has been selected for the Sundress Publications Anthology, Best of the Net, 2008!

Be sure to check out Amy's poem "It begins in anise and ends in Asheville" and Wayne's short fiction "Sin Nombre"....We agree...It's some of the best writing available on the Net!

This Friday....3-13-2009....

Call for submissions!

We are now open to submissions for the summer 2009 blossombones. Send your poetry, short fiction & creative non-fiction to the appropriate editor by April 30th to be considered for our newest themed issue!

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Call For Submissions: The "Marked" Issue

We'd like writers to be creative in their interpretation of the theme. However, to get you started consider the following: scars, tattoos, brand names, labels, and the various symbols women wear on their bodies to both create and deconstruct their identities. We are accepting submissions from February 1st, 2009 through April 30, 2009.

More details are available here.

We're Live!

blossombones : winter 2009

Coming Soon!

Poetry & Prose by:

Arlene Ang
Lana Hechtman Ayers
Margaret Bashaar
Elizabeth Bruno
Juliet Cook
Shannon Dauphin
Athena Dixon
Jo Hemmant
Sarah Hilary
Amy Hinrichs
Charmi Keranen
Weihui Lu
Daniela Olszewska
Kristen Orser
Amy Pence
Nanette Rayman Rivera
Toni Scales
Erin Elizabeth Smith
Kari Toney
Bill Yarrow
Susan Yount

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The winter 2009 issue should be online within the next week or so...

We re-open for submissions on February 1st!

Okay...

I think we're back in business.

The website is back to normal, and I fixed that awful problem with the malware, too.

We're now safe to google again :)

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*Sigh* This is the biggest pitfall with electronic media. I love the webzine, of course, but sometimes wonder if it wouldn't be easier to do the whole paper thing...

I'm trying to get the winter issue up in the next few weeks, although these problems have set me slightly off schedule. I'm still aiming for February 1st.

I'll post a list of contributors soon!

I hope everyone else is having a better day.

apologies...

So....It appears our website has been hacked :- (

I'm trying to get this fixed, but we may be down for a while...again, so sorry for the inconvenience.

Hackers suck.

backlogged :(

We've received a flurry of queries this week, directly following the publication of our digital chapbook issue.

To everyone who submitted work and has been waiting patiently (for quite a bit longer than our projected response time of 3-4 months), thank you!

We got pretty backlogged this time around, with two separate issues being planned (and designed!), so reading the winter subs got slightly pushed back for these last couple of months. Apologies!

We've set up organized reading periods for this coming year to help keep us on track so we can respond more promptly. As for now, I plan to get started reading (and re-reading) everything still under consideration asap.

If you're still waiting for an email, expect a response from me within the next few weeks.

The winter 2009 issue is scheduled to go online February 1st.