DOGZPLOT NEWS...: September 2009

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

BEST OF THE NET 2009 NOMINATIONS

Here are our nominations for the 2009 BEST OF THE NET AWARDS. Thanks again to everyone for everything. Here it goes:

FICTION:

CHRISTINA KAPP
BIRTH

BJ HOLLARS
BRUTES

POETRY:

ALEXANDRA ISACSON
POPPIES

CYNTHIA REESER
ON COMING BACK FROM THE DEAD

JOHN BIANDO
TWENTY-FIVE WAYS OF LOOKING AT JEFF PARKER'S BALLS

NATHAN TYREE
WHAT THE CROWS KNOW

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

SMOKELONG QUARTERLY. RANDALL BROWN

This issue, as always, contains many great pieces of flash fiction from many great writers.

But it also includes a goodbye letter from SLQ's long time Lead Editor, RANDALL BROWN, who is passing on his duties to take over the reigns as Program Director for the Creative Writing MFA at ROSEMONT COLLEGE in Philadelphia. So, congrats Mr. Brown.

Here's a few words on Randall from the SLQ big dogg, DAVE CLAPPER:

"Although it's seemed like a slow process, the gains flash fiction has made among "serious" literary circles over the past five years are enormous. That a writer who specialized in flash would be asked to run an MFA program five years ago was probably unthinkable. And yet here we are. That Randall is the person who should have achieved that position seems obvious. Rosemont College may not realize what an incredible hire they've made just yet. If they don't, they will soon. They've taken the first step toward putting a little-known school on the map, toward making Rosemont the place writing students think of first when they realize they want to pursue the wildly growing form of flash fiction. I can't wait to start reading submissions here from the graduates who emerge from that program."

http://smokelong.com/letter26.asp

OPIUM. WHERE IN THE WORLD IS LAUREN BECKER

Check out LAUREN BECKER's bad ass story, WHERE IS SAN DIEGO?, up now at OPIUM.
http://www.opiummagazine.com/

PRICK OF THE SPINDLE. 3.3

http://www.prickofthespindle.com/index.htm

Consistently, one of the most solid, well-rounded quarterly journals on the internet. This issue is no exception.

NEWS FROM J.A.TYLER. ML PRESS

mud luscious / ml press is happy to bring you new words:

issue nine is livid & kicking, featuring the work of kate wyer, peter schwartz, christina farella, meg pokrass, bradley sands, mel bosworth, andrea deangelis, zachary tyler vickers, cortney mclellan, richard osgood, david peak, roxane gay, gregory sherl, steven j. mcdermott, & kimberly e. ruth & reviews of ANTHEM by c. l. bledsoe, DAYS OF DESTRUCTION by gary beck, & BIG AMERICAN TRIP by christian peet.

read it all here (www.aboutjatyler.com/index_files/Page474.html)

& the oct. chapbook trio is available now: get MORE INTRODUCTIONS TO A BOOK I WILL NEVER FINISH by mark baumer, I AM RICHARD SIMMONS by ben tanzer, & BOOTS WALKING IN AMERICA FOUND A TROPHY by krammer abrahams, each for only $3.

get one or two or all three here (www.aboutjatyler.com/index_files/Page326.html)

&, if that was not enough, this: mud luscious press is anthologizing; every one of our 4x4 chapbooks from inception through 2009 collected into one brutal and massive print edition. 43 titles in all. $15. releases 1.1.10.

pre-order your copy here (www.aboutjatyler.com/index_files/Page326.html)

& hey, while we are at it, want a little j. a. tyler ? you can now pre-order signed copies of both INCONCEIVABLE WILSON (scrambler books, 2009) & SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE (ghost road press, 2009).

get in early here (www.aboutjatyler.com/index_files/Page346.html)

hoping all of you are well.

best,

j. a. tyler

[ www.aboutjatyler.com ]

JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE TO EAT FRUIT SNACKS

"Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate, has finished her memoir just four months after the book deal was announced, and the release date has been moved up from the spring to Nov. 17, her publisher said.

"Governor Palin has been unbelievably conscientious and hands-on at every stage, investing herself deeply and passionately in this project," said Jonathan Burnham, publisher of Harper. "It's her words, her life, and it's all there in full and fascinating detail."

Palin's book, her first, will be 400 pages, said Burnham, who called the fall "the best possible time for a major book of this kind."

The book now has a title, one fitting for a public figure known for the unexpected — "Going Rogue: An American Life."

Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins, has commissioned a huge first printing of 1.5 million copies."

- from AP

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

WEST SIDE TIL WE DIE

DOGZPLOT West Coast

Date: Sunday, October 25
Time: 4:00pm - 6:00ish
Location: Beckett's Irish Pub
2271 Shattuck Avenue (between Bancroft and Kittredge)
Berkeley, CA (Walking distance from Downtown Berkeley BART)

Awesome lineup (subject to change): Timothy Crandle, Stefanie Freele, Greg Gerke, Alicia Gifford, Roland Goity, Ethel Rohan and Reynard Seifert

Hosted by: Lauren Becker
Fiction Editor, DOGZPLOT

Drink, eat, drink some more. Bring friends, family, strangers (and money to buy the kickass 2009 DOGZPLOT Anthology and books by some of our readers)

For more information, contact Lauren at lbecker@dogzplot.com

HOWIE GOOD. LOVESICK

HOWIE GOOD's collection, LOVESICK is now available through The Poetry Press, an institution dedicated to the publication of American creative writing and American Studies scholarship, 1900 to present.

More info, including how to order is here:
http://www.americanpopularculture.com/home.htm

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

HIPPOPANTS. STEFAN AND SANAZ KIESBYE

HIPPOPANTS is the online magazine for graphic flash, illustrated prose poems, literary comic strips, philosophical stick figures, and wordy paintings. HIPPOPANTS. And then some.

www.hippopants.com

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