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fall 2008

today, today, today...

Today is my annual pre-Thanksgiving baking extravaganza! So, naturally, it's all about the apple pie.

And the pumpkin bread.

If time allows, I hope to wrap up the fall issue this weekend! Tentatively, we should go live on Sunday, November 30th. (Unless we have a technological crisis--let's hope not!)

**Stay Tuned**

Yeah, I know. We're almost half-way through November and things have been pretty quiet on this here blog...

I'm working on the forthcoming digital chapbook issue. Once all the techie stuff is done, we'll start reading submissions again. I know I've been a little slow to respond this time around, but hopefully we'll have the final lineup for winter selected before the holidays :)

I'm optimistic, anyway.

Much love to you all for your infinite patience!

Update: New Submission Guidelines!

Hello all!

Just want to mention that we've updated our submission guidelines, so if you're thinking about sending some of your lovely words our way, read this first!

Please note: We now have two reading periods:

For the Winter issue: August 1st-November 1st

For the Summer Issue: February 1st-May 1st

We're hoping this will help us stay organized, and also keep us prompt with our response times!

We'll be accepting submissions for the forthcoming Winter issue through November 1st, 2008.

Thanks!

From the reading last weekend at Woman Made Gallery...

What an honor to read with such a fabulous bunch of women poets! More pics are up at Switchback Books.

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I'm spending the next couple of weeks designing the fall issue of blossombones...We've got three absolutely beautiful digital chapbooks going up next month, and I can't wait for them to go live!

Somewhere in there, I hope to get back to reading submissions for winter 2009--The deadline is November 1st, so if you're planning to submit, please do so sometime next week...We'll likely close down for subs in the next couple of months, and re-open submissions in February, for the spring issue. We're going to have two reading periods: August 1st-November 1st and February 1st-May 1st. Hopefully, this will help us stay organized and keep blossombones from getting backlogged with submissions.

Hope everyone is enjoying autumn!

This Sunday at Woman Made Gallery

"Objects of Desire"
a poetry reading with two Chicago Feminist presses,
dancing girl press and Switchback Books

featuring:

Mairead Case
Melissa Culbertson
Helen Kiernan
Simone Muench
Beatriz Ruiz
Susan Slaviero


Sunday, October 19, 2 – 4 p.m. FREE
685 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
www.womanmade.org
Light refreshments served

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If you live in or around Chicago, please pay us a visit!

Hope to see you there.

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