poetically challenged

There’s a fairly new poetry magazine out that you might like to have a look at, Motel 58.  It is a simple publication, containing good poetry.

Have you been over to have a look at the new online literary magazine Sloth Jockey yet?  Some of the writing that is coming together there is really top-notch.  I am enjoying it all.  If you haven’t visited yet, what are you waiting for?  

Has this ever happened to you?  

In my teaching duties, I take strictly literature courses.  There is not a creative writing department at my university (nor at any university in the area), so I have never gotten to teach a creative writing course to undergraduate students before.  Most of my students are probably not even aware that I am a poet, and only a few have approached me to talk about their own writing.  This past week, though, one of my students sent me his poetry, only the second to ever do so.  I am pleased that he has chose to do this, and hope it leads to a good dialogue with him. 

The Writer’s Digest Poetry Contest is  open for submissions.

I talked in a previous post about Anthology Builder.  I just received my first anthology from them, even quicker than was promised.  I wrote more about it on my main blog, if you’d like to read.

Wow, I have thicker skin than I realized.

Chapbook submissions are now accepted year round at Pudding House, and not just during competitions.  There is a $12 reading fee when you send in your work.