UPDATE: Submission info for the Worcester Review

Updated, as it was on the slam list earlier today.

This is a REPOST, with a couple of significant edits, of an earlier post regarding submissions to the Worcester Review’s performance poetry edition, scheduled to be published and available for February of 2005. I hope it answers some of the questions I’ve received backchannel.

PLEASE discard any previous communication, as this one has the most current information. I am bolding the changes for your reference.

Again: don’t hesitate to e-mail me for more information, forward this anywhere you think it needs to be seen, and PLEASE SUBMIT!!!!

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INFORMATION

We’ll be devoting an entire issue of The Worcester Review to the art of performance poetry. This review will be published in time to be on sale at the iWPS in Worcester in February of 2005.

The Worcester Review is a VERY prestigious journal distributed nationally and internationally. It has consistently published the work of some of the finest poets in the world, celebrating and adding to a long tradition of the appreciation of fine poetry in Worcester.

More information about the review is found at: http://www.geocities.com/Paris/LeftBank/6433/

We’re honored to have the Review devoting an entire issue (estimate, 128 pages) to the art of performance poetry. Plans right now include an accompanying CD!

While we’re going to be soliciting some essays and poems from various people, we’re looking for you to bring your own best work to the table by submitting up to 5 poems according to the guidelines listed below. (Yes, we’re only taking snail mail submissions…sorry.) |

Due to technical considerations, we will not be taking open submissions for the CD as previously stated, but will be soliciting audio of specific poems/poets. Please contact me backchannel for more information.

There is NO requirement as to whether the poem has been used in an NPS or Regional slam.

We are looking for you to provide your best performance based work, and essays that consider current issues regarding the same.

I’m going to encourage you all to look at sending us work that will stand up on the page as well as on stage. The usual audience for the Review has not traditionally been a performance oriented audience per se; this is a brave departure, and I’d love us to show off our craft in this issue.

I will be one of the co-editors of this issue with Worcester’s own Linda Warren. I can tell you that we’re both excited as hell about this.

PLEASE do not hesitate to let me know of any questions you have…we’ll make sure answers are as prompt as possible, and communicated effectively through this channel and others as is appropriate.

The Worcester Review
The Worcester Review is an annual perfect-bound literary volume drawing on national and international submissions. Special issues focused on the lives and work of poets with strong ties to Worcester include Elizabeth Bishop, Stanley Kunitz, Charles Olson, Frank O’Hara, Etheridge Knight and Donald Baker.

Call for Submissions:

The Worcester Review is looking for submissions for a special issue on Slam Poetry to be released in conjunction with the National Individual Slam competition to be held in Worcester in February of 2005.

We are looking for poetry that works both on and off the page and essays which coherently examine aspects of slam and performance poetry so that our readers may have a clear understanding of all sides of the genre.

Submissions should be marked and mailed with SASE to:

Slam Poetry Special Issue, c/o Linda Warren, Editor, The Worcester Review, 6 Chatham St., Worcester, MA 01609. Deadline, June 1, 2004.