reading submissions

Due to real life, I may not be able to start reading the submissions for this month's issue until next week. I promise I'll get to them!

Submission Call-the art issue

Autumn Sky Poetry, Number 15, October 2009

-----------------

For the first time ever, Autumn Sky Poetry will be publishing artwork as well as poems! If you are a poet who also dabbles in any of the visual arts, send me your work. I'm looking for poems with corresponding artwork:

—Do you have a poem about a barn? Send me the poem and the photo that you took that inspired the poem.

—Do you like to draw abstract shapes? Send me the poem you wrote and the doodle that you drew in the margin.

—Do you paint? Send me the painting and the poem you wrote about it.

—Did your sister or your son draw something after reading your poem? Send them in together.

—Alternatively, you may submit ekphrastic poems with a corresponding link to the art that inspired the poem. I won't publish the art, but I will include the link with the poem.

-----------------

Send submissions to: autumnskypoetryeditor@gmail.com

Send up to four poems within the body of the email. I only read the first four poems.

Attach the artwork as a .jpg. I will only accept four graphic attachments per submission.

To submit to this particular issue, make sure you include the words: "Submission Number 15" in the subject line of your email. All other email with attachments will be discarded unopened.

-It's all about the poetry.

Christine Klocek-Lim

editor, Autumn Sky Poetry

-----------------

Autumn Sky Poetry 13 now live!

Greetings!

The thirteenth issue of Autumn Sky Poetry is now online.

Read poems by Mary Alexandra Agner, Ed Bennett, Kay Cosgrove, Dennis Greene, Arthur Leung, Corey Mesler, Burgess Needle, Faith Watson, Gail White, and Kelley White.


—It's all about the poetry.

Sincerely,
Christine Klocek-Lim, Editor

Proof pages are out

Finally, the proofs are out with the contributors. It should only be a few more days before the new issue can go live. Whew!

finished reading!

And it was agony because there were so many wonderful poems. I had to let go of several that I truly liked. I hate that. Even more difficult was narrowing some down to one per poet when the submission had two poems that I liked equally.

Thanks everyone, for submitting your excellent work. It's always appreciated. I apologize forever for having to reject so many. I know what that feels like.

Now the fun part: building the issue. This should take a few days to a week. I always like to send out proof pages, just in case I make a stupid mistake. My copy editor is also amazing and this is when he goes over everything with a fine-toothed comb. The astonishing thing is how fast he is at picking out typos and inconsistencies! I would be sunk without his help.

So, I'm reading submissions

and no, I haven't forgotten that this is the month the next issue comes out. I like to read all the submissions at once, putting the ones I like into a pile and whittling it down. Then I send out the notices of acceptance. I'm in the middle of reading right now and I've a few poems that are definitely keepers and a bunch of maybes. And that's where things are at!

Autumn Sky Poetry 12 now live!

Greetings!

The twelfth issue of Autumn Sky Poetry is now online.

Read poems by Antonia Clark, Luke Evans, Brent Fisk, O.P.W. Fredericks, Leland Jamieson, Niaz Khadem, Brigita Pavsic, Paul Stevens, C.P. Stewart, and Colin Ward.


—It's all about the poetry.

Sincerely,
Christine Klocek-Lim, Editor