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ARTEMISpoetry is A NEW POETRY JOURNAL of women’s writing from Second Light Publications, the publishing arm of Second Light Network. The journal will focus on articles, reviews and poetry and include artwork. It is free to members of Second Light Network and available by single copy at £ or annual subscription at £9.
Commencing in November 2008, there will be two issues a year in November and May. Submission will be open also to non-members from Issue 2 (May 2009).
The first for-sale issue will comprise commissioned articles and reviews, poetry by guest-poets and poetry and artwork by Second Light members. From the second issue onwards, submission will also be open to non-members.
Editors for the Nov 08 issue are: General – Dilys Wood and Anne Stewart; Poetry – Myra Schneider (consultant to Second Light Network); Artwork – Maggie Sawkins.
We aim to publish new work, so poems should be unpublished (by ‘published’ we mean: in print, on the internet or by way of media broadcast) and not ‘out in submission’ elsewhere, whether to magazines or competitions. They should be typed, or if written, then very neatly. Each poem should commence on a new page, headed "Submission for ARTEMISpoetry". Please do include your name with each poem and include your name and full contact details in your submission.
Poetry Editor: Myra Schneider. Myra is a tutor for the Poetry School, the author of books about writing poetry (Writing Your Self, with John Killick, is due out in 2009), the editor of four poetry anthologies and author of numerous poetry collections. Her new book, Circling the Core, is published by Enitharmon (September 2008). more about Myra
black/white photographs or line-art.
Artwork Editor: Maggie Sawkins. Maggie Sawkins helps run Tongues and Grooves Poetry and Music Club. She has been writing poetry since the age of nine and is widely published. She has regularly provided the artwork for Second Light Newsletters, the latest a pre-launch version of ARTEMISpoetry, and for other poetry publications. Her latest collection of poetry is The Zig Zag Woman, from Two Ravens Press, 2007. more about Maggie
Note, Members only: To submit News / Events items for e-notices or inclusion in ARTEMISpoetry Noticeboard, see Submit News Item
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Tutors: Katherine Gallagher, Hilary Llewellyn Williams, Myra Schneider and Penelope Shuttle and there will be a talk from Kate Foley and Dilys Wood. The main readers will include Kate Foley, Hilary Llewellyn Williams, Ruth O'Callaghan, Meg Peacocke, Myra Schneider and Penelope Shuttle. The main reading will take place on Saturday 22nd and all the workshops will be in The Art Workers Guild, 6 Queen Square, London, WC1.
Ruth O’Callaghan is presenting a reading by Second Light members on Thursday 20th November in Camden. Readers at this event will be eligible to submit for the bluechrome ’from the floor‘ anthology due out in 2009 and, for those accepted, a potential reading opportunity at Foyles bookshop in London.
Men are welcome at the readings.
The deadline for the 2008 Second Light Poetry Competition has now passed and the poems have been passed to the competition judge, Gillian Clarke. The results will be announced and posted here by the end of November 2008.
Gillian Clarke is President of Ty Newydd, the writers’ centre in North Wales which she co-founded in 1990, tutor on the M.Phil in Creative Writing at the University of Glamorgan, and the current National Poet for Wales. Her poetry is studied for GCSE and A Level throughout Britain. Recent books include Making the Beds for the Dead, 2004, a prose collection, and At The Source, 2008. A new collection, A Recipe for Water, is due in 2009.
bluechrome has generously offered to publish an anthology of ‘poems from the floor’ (bring 2 copies) at events organised by Ruth O’Callaghan. Some major poets have also ‘donated’ poems (amongst them UA Fanthorpe, Marilyn Hacker, Penelope Shuttle). Occasionally there are no floor-readers – still bring 2 copies of a poem for consideration.
