POETRY ON THE WEB * WRITERS ON THE WEB * NEWSLETTER

Friday, 5 July 1996

"Out flew the web and floated wide The mirror cracked from side to side".... Tennyson

Hi, Richard! This is *great*! Thanks for sending. I love it. Thanks, Carolyn :)

You're very welcome! -Rich

Newsletters:
the Instagon Email list!!! instagon@netcom.com

Web Sites not yet listed on Poetry On The Web:

1. Green Tower Press
2. Scott Dexter
3. Joseph Zitt
4. Click Poetry
5. White Fields Press
6. Ray Freed
7. Calle Jones
8. Julie Hill Alger
9. Poetry International
10. Motley Focus Locus
11. Mouth Almighty Records
12. World Wide Word
13. Illya's Honey
14. Leonard Bischel
15. William B. Hunt
16. Glossolalia
17. Chad Hansen
18. Women's Writing Advocate
19. the IDEA
20. Zone 451°
21. Poetry Band
22. PNG
23. Archives of Unusual Poetry
24. jeremy
25. Tim W. Brown
26. Voices: new media poetry
27. the Word: the arts in Dallas
28. National Poetry Association
29. 2River
30. Ted Hughes
31. Writer's BBS
32. Poetry Parlor
33. The Astronomer's Tale
34. Kenneth A Spector
35. J Matthew Waters
36. Angels And Stardust
37. 256 Shades Of Gray

Review:
Silver Wings, now in it's 14th year of publication and edited by Jackson Wilcox. The Summer 96 issue reads much the same as any other issue of SW, but the essay by Jackson is wonderful and well worth the measly $2. I wish I could say good things about the poems themselves. One of the poets says it best: "Don't confront me with reality, but let me stay serene". Serene is a good adjective for these poems, and I personally enjoy the type of poetry that confronts reality face to face. I did get a kick out of Charles Waugaman's poem, which paraphrased, says if we dare let love enter our minds that within minutes commerce "will return us to normal". Order a copy from Jackson Wilcox: PO Box 1000, Pearblossom, CA Pearblossom, CA 93553. Or go all out and send $7/4 issues.

News:

Robert Hass will read in San Jose on Sept 10, in honor of Naomi Clark, an impotant mentor of mine.

News: Voyager, whose poetry CD's I've reviewed favorably in the past, has a new one out called The Beat Experience. I haven't yet seen it, but their past efforts make this seem promising. Watch for it.

Papier Mache Press reads manuscripts only in July and August, so write immediately for their guidelines. Send a SASE. 135 Aviation Way #14, Watsonville, CA 95076.

Laughing Boy Review is looking for POETS for its 1st issue. Send no more than 3 poems. Pays 1 copy. nikki@csd.uwm.edu

Pandora's Box is a bimonthly 'zine about everything and anything. Poems and articles needed. Akasha124@aol.com

Free personal grants: http://www.windfalls.com

"The Poetic Soul Volume 1" is a print collection of AOL poets. $8 per copy. More info from: JColl37549@aol.com

July 8: Los Angeles. Poetry Festival at "Celebrity Center". Email SuFalcon@aol.com http://www.opticnerve.com/poet

The Midnight Special bookstore in Santa Monica, Calif. is hosting a poetry slam with cash prizes September 28. BeachPoet@aol.com

A new literary mag is launching its premiere publication on the Net. They will accept works in all genres of fiction and poetry. For more information, contact Kristy rhammack@why.net

Rachel rachelsent@earthlink.net has a poem being published in Illya's Honey. It's called First Tango in Paradise and is in the July issue.

"Tom's Catalog of Independent Releases" includes music and poetry. I am constantly looking for new items for the catalog. As far as poetry is concerned, I would be interested in chapbooks, spoken word cassettes, cds, and videos. Folks who have a retail-ready chapbook or recording that they would like to market should send a sample for consideration to: p.o.box 56536, Sherman Oaks, CA, 91423. They should e-mail me for more info if they need it, or call 213-683-3550. IGUANA1TOM@aol.com

New chapbook: number seven poets #1: an international artists guild in its infancy. the first issue is one dollar postpaid to (d.m.m.; 49 Calais Road; Randolph, NJ 07869-2803 U.S.A.) or fifty pence (sterling) postpaid to (Crooked Stare; Flat 2, 47 Shortlands Road; Bromley BR2 0JJ; England).

The WRITERS' DEADLINE!! Bulletin Board Service (WD-BBS) has been in operation for about six years, and is focused mainly towards the writing community in the Ottawa area. It grew as an extension to my managing editor position with Newswest, a monthly community newspaper in Ottawa's west end. E-mail for more information: patrick.meikle@wd.ccai.com

FIRST-EVER COMEDY TALENT SEARCH ONLINE! PHILIPS MEDIA, COMPUSERVE, COMEDY CENTRAL(R), AND THE IMPROV IN SEARCH OF NATION'S HOTTEST UNKNOWN COMEDY SENSATION HTTP//WWW.PHILIPSMEDIA.COM/HOME The search for the next comedy genius heads into the 90s, with the first online talent search in new media history. (are you listening, boobaloop?)

The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) announce an ongoing collaboration between two of their respective programs: NYFA's Arts Wire (http://www.artswire.org/Artswire/www/awfront.html) and CMU's Master of Arts Management (MAM) Program (http://www.artsnet.org/mam), a graduate-level professional degree program in arts management. More detailed information is available at the Arts Wire Web site: http://www.artswire.org/Artswire/www/move.html

An On-Line Poetry Writing Workshop with Hilda Raz! This unique Workshop will take place over a three week period beginning on July 15. Subjects include the tools of contemporary poetry, the writing process, voice, narrative, non-traditional forms, and collaboration. media@world.std.com

Cafe Nico New York, BIG VOICES/SMALL PRESSES II SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1996, 1-9 P.M. E-mail jmacl33@village.ios.corn

Merilene M. Murphy, PeazRitr@ix.netcom.com is looking for articles on poetry utilzing electronic technology for a special issue. Send her a query if you have an idea to see if someone else has grabbed it. Also, if you need an idea, she has a list of several to send out.

Etcetera 156 Maple Street New Haven, CT 06511 Journal of art, literature, and ideas. Copy of last or next (please specify) issue for $2 to cover print and mail cost. Write or email (Iedit4you@aol.com) for submission guidelines.

Contest:
The Santa Cruz/Monterey Local of the National Writers Union announces its Thirteenth Annual National Poetry Competition. This year's judge is Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winning poet, Mary Oliver. Prizes are $200/First, $100/Second, $50/Third. Reading fee required. SASE for info:A-NWU, PO Box 2409, Aptos, CA 95001

Error: Richard, reference the Pow Wow letter #1, you incorrectly referred to our zine as "Piff" Actually it is spelled "Pif" We would appreciate the correction on the web page and look forward to this endeavor.

Error: When you have time could you please correct my listing to read 'Leonard Bischel' rather than 'Leonard'?

To send press releases, etc: send an e-mail with the words "news powwow" in the subject area to powwow@soos.com

Thanks! -Rich