Archive for November, 2016
And because I feel like squawking–Some Call for Submissions Love
Thanks to Paul McVeigh for sharing this call.
Squawk Back seeks Fiction, Poetry & Creative Non-fiction
“Send any materials that you wish to have considered for publication in (the) Squawk Back—preferably as attachments in .doc, .rtf, .txt, or .odt format; or copy-pasted in the body of an email—but under no circumstances as .wps files or PDFs, and preferably not .docx’s—to…..
We read year round. All first-time submitters will hear back from us within two weeks. Those previously published in Squawk Back will wait a bit longer, as their submissions do, unfortunately, go to the bottom of a pile, owing to that we try very hard to feature new contributors in every issue.
We primarily publish fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction. We do not publish plays or screenplays, but we may consider monologues. We will consider excerpts from unpublished novels, poetry collections &c, but please do not submit entire books.
No individual prose submission should exceed ten-thousand words in length. For submitters of poems, we’d prefer it if you kept it under ten pieces per submission. Multiple-poem submissions go in one document or are pasted into the body of one email.
Upon acceptance for publication, submitted pieces which appear in their entirety on personal blogs either Must Be Removed from those pages or replaced with excerpts and/or links to their new home in Squawk Back.
Upon submitting your work, you hereby grant (the) Squawk Back a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual and irrevocable license to use, reproduce, distribute, modify and display your content for any purpose, including without limitation promoting and redistributing part or all of the site. Works submitted to Squawk Back, whether officially or unofficially copyrighted, will remain the full intellectual property of their authors. We are far less interested in exploiting emergent literary voices than providing them with a louder box with which to squawk.”
Daily Prompt Love <3 Better Angels
11/7/2016
“I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.”–Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address, Monday, March 4, 1861
Make art about the better angels of our nature (’cause we sure need ’em now).
Monday Must Read! Peter Grandbois, Nahoonkara
This week meet one of my most beloved brother mans 🙂 Peter Grandbois, author of seven books, including: The Gravedigger, selected by Barnes and Noble for its “Discover Great New Writers” program, The Arsenic Lobster: A Hybrid Memoir, chosen as one of the top five memoirs of 2009 by the Sacramento News and Review, Nahoonkara, winner of the gold medal in literary fiction in Foreword magazine’s Book of the Year Awards for 2011, a collection of surreal flash fictions, Domestic Disturbances, a finalist for Book of the Year in Foreword magazine’s 2013 awards, and the novella collections or “monster double features,” Wait Your Turn, The Glob Who Girdled Granville (Honorable Mention, IndieFab award in the category of best fantasy of 2014), and The Girl on the Swing. His essays and short stories have appeared in numerous journals and been shortlisted for both the Pushcart Prize and Best American Essays. His plays have been performed in St. Louis, Columbus, Los Angeles, and New York. He is senior editor at Boulevard magazine and fiction co-editor at Phantom Drift.
Peter is a graduate of the University of Denver (Ph.D. 2006) and Bennington College (M.F.A. 2003). Previously, he taught at California State University in Sacramento and is currently an associate professor at Denison University.
Nahoonkara is my favorite 🙂
Praise for Nahoonkara
In the tradition of nature writers Rick Bass and Annie Dillard, award winning writer Peter Grandbois’ new novel Nahoonkara opens up an oneiric space of wonder, a place outside preconceived notions of reality and identity, a place where we are free to re-imagine ourselves.
“[Nahoonkara]…incorporates elements of historical fiction with experimental fiction, but nothing that pulls the reader out of the fictional dream.”
—Robin Martin,Gently Read Literature
“Departing from traditional narrative form, Grandbois moves masterfully between first, second, and third persons to invite readers into a textual visualization of how individual choices affect the well-being of the community.” —Review of Contemporary Fiction
“Peter Grandbois is a splendid writer I intend to follow very closely.”
—Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize Winning author of A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain
“Vividly drawn, exquisitely crafted, Nahoonkara bespeaks not just the promise of its author, but also his undeniable power.”—Laird Hunt, author of Ray of the Star
Buy Peter’s beautiful books!
Nahoonkara
The Gravedigger
https://www.amazon.com/Gravedigger-Peter-Grandbois/dp/0811858189
The Girl on the Swing: Two Novellas
http://www.wordcraftoforegon.com/#wsfn3_girl
The Glob Who Girdled Granville & The Secret Lives of Actors: Two Novellas
http://www.wordcraftoforegon.com/#wsfn2_glob
Wait Your Turn & The Stability of Large Systems: Two Novellas
http://www.wordcraftoforegon.com/#grandbois1_waityourturn
The Arsenic Lobster: A Hybrid Memoir
http://www.spuytenduyvil.net/arsenic-lobster1.html
Domestic Disturbances
http://www.subitopress.org/catalog/2013-2/grandbois
More from Peter Online
http://www.wordriot.org/archives/2971
http://penmenreview.com/spotlight/penmen-profile-peter-grandbois/
http://midwestgothic.com/2015/07/interview-peter-grandbois/
http://thestoryprize.blogspot.com/2013/10/peter-grandbois-listens-to-images.html
http://www.smokelong.com/smoking-with-peter-grandbois/
And he fences too!!! 🙂
https://denisonmagazine.com/article/uncommon-ground-the-secret-lives-of-professors-peter-grandbois
Hear Peter Read 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awJ9W7SlQ6o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DHaPjIYTro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su84xHD7PXs
And there’s fencing video too! 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeJK5-q1WG0
Happy Reading!
xo
Mary
Weekend Prompt Love <3
11/5/2016
Make art about turning around, going back.
11/6/2016
Make art about slipping away.
Friday Call for Submissions Love <3 Claudius Seeks Writing, Photography, Painting, and Illustration
CLAUDIUS SPEAKS
Bold Art. Powerful Writing. New Voices
A literary journal seeking submissions of personal essays, narrative nonfiction, poetry, photography, painting, and illustration.
“We welcome submissions of exceptional, previously unpublished poetry, non-fiction essays, paintings, illustrations and photographs. We have no content restrictions; we only ask that you send your best, most polished and wholly original work to us. For special themed issues, we ask that your content reflect the theme as interpreted through your artistic lens.We are a platform for emerging voices to challenge the mind and move the heart.”
View the latest theme and submission instructions on their website: claudiusspeaks.com
Detailed Submission Guidelines here:
Daily Prompt Love <3 Mapping It All Out
4 November 2016
I love my GPS, but I also love my old school Atlas Map. Make art about maps, mapping, or going off the map.
Daily Prompt Catch-Up! Finally! 24 New Creativity-Inspiring Prompts!
And hopefully I’m back on track with these 🙂 ❤ Love y’all!
10/10/2016
Make art about buried treasure.
10/11/2016
Make art about working toward a goal.
10/12/2016
Make art about the sound of walking.
10/13/2016
Make art about frailty.
10/14/2016
Make art about a youngest child, that last child.
10/15/2016
Make art about what’s revealed in the moonlight.
10/16/2016
Make art about birds on a wire.
10/17/2016
Make art about going back in time.
10/18/2016
Make art about leaving an inheritance, or receiving one, on what’s inherited.
10/19/2016
My mama used to quote the Bible, saying, “Never a prophet in your own land.” Make art inspired by this quote.
10/20/2016
Make art about transitions.
10/21/2016
I really want to take a ceramics class. Make art about what you want to learn.
10/22/2016
Make art about excavation, literal or metaphorical.
10/23/2016
Canning apples for days. Make art about the fruits of autumn.
10/24/2016
Make art about every day angel encounters.
10/25/2016
Make art about the sacredness of water.
10/26/2016
Make art about making a trip home.
10/27/2016
Make art about what kind of road your heart would be.
10/28/2016
“When born, you inherit what’s burning.”~Liam Rector Make art inspired by this quote.
10/29/2016
Make art about night driving.
10/30/2016
A friend came across an old painting that looks just like me. Make art about doppelgangers.
10/31/2016
I set out food for the ancestors, cornmeal and milk for the wee folk, lit a fire and watched it burn. Make art about ancient traditions.
11/1/2016
Sometimes the sorrow is so deep, all I know to do is cook. Make art about process sorrow in an unexpected way.
11/2/2016
Make art consoling, receiving, or giving, consolation.
11/3/2016
Make art about feeling paralyzed.
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Back to the daily daily tomorrow!
Mary Carroll-Hackett: Poetry and Prose 
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