Here is a quick round-up of literary magazines seeking submissions for short stories and poetry over the summer:
Nutshell Magazine – Poetry and Short Stories
The Compass Magazine – Poetry only for online publication
Pulsar Poetry – now a poetry ezine
Keep searching at The Poetry Library!
Last night the Eyewear 20/20 pamphlet summer launch was held at The Rugby Tavern in Holborn London. Publisher and poet, Todd Swift, hosted the event with eight poets reading to an audience of around 40-50 people. My lovely hubby, Joseph Robert, kindly took a video of me reading 2 of my poems – Hadrian’s Wall and Peat Bog from my debut pamphlet, A Model Archaeologist (available from my publisher Eyewear Publishing).
Tomorrow, I’ll be reading from my debut poetry pamphlet, A Model Archaeologist (available from my publisher Eyewear Publishing) at the Eyewear Publishing Summer pamphlet launch. Come celebrate with me as I join fellow Eyewear poets including, Shelley Roche-Jacques, Samantha Jackson, Keith Jarrett, Damilola Odelola, George Szirtes and VA Sola Smith. The event will be hosted by publisher and poet, Todd Swift and guest poet, Julie Morrissy, will be reading at the start of the evening. Details here on Facebook.
If I were to summarise why I normally enjoy reading, I would say that I like a little slice of escapism from harsh reality. Granted this is true more of fiction than poetry, and when I feel the need to immerse myself in fanciful verse, I tend to read poets such as Wordsworth or Coleridge.
When reading contemporary poetry, it has to be blunt. It has to be honest. It has to ring true. If my mind begins to drift then the poem has nothing to say. What’s the point in that? If I want to read a bunch of tantalising words, I’ll read the label of my shampoo.
Mistress Quickly’s Bed Issue 6 has a few goodies that not only kept me focused on the page, but got me thinking. Continue reading
Dissecting the gender stereotypes… A Model Archaeologist.
A Model Archaeologist – dissecting gender stereotypes
Eyewear Publishing writes: The energy and images in this intriguing debut reflect the innocence and anxieties of a student facing an unknown future through the juxtaposition of two unusually distinct paths, as an archaeologist and a glamour model. There is a deceptive simplicity and a subtle, veiled humour in these honest, distinctive and playfully inventive poems.
A Model Archaeologist is available from Amazon US, Amazon UK and Waterstones.
A Model Archaeologist (available from my publisher Eyewear Publishing).
When London grinds to a halt in the midst of a tube strike, and a poet can’t get to her day job on the other side of the city, there’s no better way than to get creative in the sun. And here is the result! A few books, a dash of bright yellow and sunset. Certainly more fun than the laundry earlier in the day!
Half cut…come join the fun!
This weekend I will be holding my book launch party to celebrate the publication of my debut poetry pamphlet, A Model Archaeologist. Join me on Saturday 4 July
Here is the latest instalment of our protagonist’s ventures in verse – now in technicolour!
Leilanie Stewart’s bookshop
Leilanie’s Magazine Publications
Joseph Robert
Not flat like the others on the shelf!
A Model Archaeologist (available from my publisher Eyewear Publishing).
[Updated 15 August 2018: At the time this post was written in 2015, Eyewear Publishing did not charge any submission fees to writers; A Model Archaeologist was considered and published free of charge. In 2018 there is a fee to submit work to Eyewear Publishing.]
As of 16th August 2022, the full 80 poem version of A Model Archaeologist is available from Amazon US, Amazon UK and Waterstones.
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