VW 111 Available Online & In Print

Verse Wisconsin 111 includes tributes to Phyllis Walsh and Hummingbird (guest edited by CX Dillhunt) and to Wisconsin's first poet laureate, Ellen Kort (guest edited by Fabu), a selection of poems guest curated by Gillian Nevers in partnership with the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, prose about women as publishers, more than thirty book reviews, contributor audio, and poetry news in Wisconsin. Our next issue will be available in October!

In 2013-14, Verse Wisconsin will appear biannually, Spring & Fall. Verse Wisconsin is a print-online magazine with compatible but different contents. From September-May we accept print submissions of any style, subject and voice, including verse drama. We also welcome reviews (see books received) and queries for essays about poetry, including those about writing groups, interesting or innovative poetry programs, and the intersection of poetry and daily life; we invite you to send photos of readings and poetry events to consider posting on the website, as well as notices about Wisconsin poetry news. Read, view, & listen to the online edition now. Subscribe to our print magazine for more poetry and prose. Please join us at an upcoming event, send us a link, and support Verse Wisconsin!

Our next online call (for October 2013) is "Parents & Children." We're reading April 1-May 15. Visit the submissions page for details.

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Main Street Issue—Poems About the Wisconsin Protests

 

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The Verse-O-Matic

The Verse-O-Matic poetry dispenser debuted at the joint Verse Wisconsin/ Poetry Jumps Off the Shelf launch in April, 2011. The original jawbreaker poems appeared in VW106.

The Verse-O-Matic currently dispenses shorter poems from the 2013 Wisconsin Poets' Calendar! The new Calendar is available through the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets.

Interested in having the Verse-O-Matic travel to your library/ school/ business/ community center? Contact sarah(at)versewisconsin(dot)org.

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More Upcoming Deadlines

Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Annual Poetry Contests

• February 1: Chapbook Contest, Muse Prize, Student Contest
• August 1: Triad Contest

Wisconsin Academy Poetry Contest, December 15

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Newer Wisconsin Poetry Publishers

• Furrow, Published by the UW-Milwaukee. A journal for undergraduate work, emphasis on Milwaukee area.
• Lake City Lights, An Online Poetry Anthology
• Midwest Prairie Review, celebrates the imagination, energy, and human spirit of the Midwest Prairielands. 
• The Rued Review, students of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay working to develop a journal of the arts. 
• Zarigueya Press, publishes outstanding collections of contemporary poetry by women.
• N.E.W. Voices, A Literary Platform for North-East Wisconsin, c/o Caravaggio Press, P.O. Box 41, Ellison Bay, WI 54210, or email Nancy Rafal, mrsticket(at)gmail(dot)com
• Redzine, a literary magazine publishing poetry and fiction.
• Stoneboat, a literary journal based in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Poetry, short prose, and black-and-white art.
• Rescue Press, publishes work by activists, artists, craftsmen, entrepreneurs, list-makers, philosophers, poets, scientists, writers, and creative thinkers of all kinds.
• Devil's Lake, an online journal published twice a year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Poetry and fiction.
• Otherwise, A Young Writers' Poetry Journal, a non-profit project launched by a Milwaukee school teacher/poet. Accepts submissions from young writers ages 5-17.

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Verse Wisconsin in the News

• Wisconsin State Journal, Poetry in devotion: Committee seeks nominations for next statewide ambassador, 10/12
• New Pages Review of Verse Wisconsin 109, 9/18/12
  
• Madison Magazine Best of 2012 Award, 7/12
• Wisconsin People & Ideas, "5Q-Cowfeather Press," Fall 2011
• Wisconsin People & Ideas, "Verse-O-Matic Delivers Bite Size Poetry (and Candy)," Summer 2011
• Harriet the Blog: The Poetry Foundation, 5/11
• WORT Radio Literature, 4/21-11, interview with Wendy Vardaman on sonnets & VW105 Forms issue
• Madison Magazine Liberal-Arts Blog, 3/11
• VW 104 interview with John Koethe at Poetry Daily, 3/11
• Duotrope Digest, 8/10, Interview
• Isthmus, 8/12/10
• WORT Radio Literature, 7/22/10, 7:30 pm, with Sarah Busse
• VW 102 interview with Matthea Harvey at Poetry Daily, 7/10
• Madison Magazine Liberal-Arts Blog, 3/10
• Coffee Spew (Blog of Cambridge Book Review), 3/10
• Poetry Dispatch, 3/10
• Square 77 (Wisconsin State Journal), 3/10
• Wisonsin People & Ideas, 1/10
• Madison Magazine, 11/09
• WORT Radio Literature, 10/15/09, 7:30 pm
  Listen to an excerpt of Sarah Busse's interview with WORT

 

The 2013 Wisconsin Poets' Calendar is available at the WFOP store.

Cowfeather Press is a project of Verse Wisconsin. Three books are forthcoming in 2013: Echolocations, Poets Map Madison, an anthology (October); and two full-length collections, Luz de Todos los Tiempos/Light of All Times by Moisés Villavicencio Barras (June); and Sister Satellite by Cathryn Cofell (August)!

Milwaukee hosts 2nd Annual Midwest Small Press Festival For the second year in a row, an enthusiastic group of independent literary presses including Burdock Magazine, New American Press, Pity Milk Press, Plumberries Press, Three Faced Media and others are hosting the 2nd annual Midwest Small Press Festival with events spanning from Friday May 31st through Sunday June 2nd. For more information visit  www.midwestsmallpressfestival.org.

Writers in Prisons Project The Writers in Prisons Project is looking for poets interested in sharing their work and hearing the work of incarcerated writers: "We're open for one-time visitors, and potentially for consistent volunteers. Help us create a richer space for creativity and community for and with people on the inside." Visit www.writersinprisonsproject.org.

Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters and the WI Poet Laureate The WI Academy now houses the Wisconsin Poet Laureate Commission, a volunteer selection and support body for the Wisconsin Poet Laureate. Information about donations to the Poet Laureate's work can be found here. Visit the Academy website to find out how to become a member and receive the magazine, Wisconsin People & Ideas.

Our Mission Verse Wisconsin publishes poetry and serves the community of poets in Wisconsin and beyond.  In fulfilling our mission we: • showcase the excellence and diversity of poetry rooted in or related to Wisconsin • connect Wisconsin's poets to each other and to the larger literary world • foster critical conversations about poetry • build and invigorate the audience for poetry

Co-Editors Sarah Busse Wendy Vardaman Advisory Board Linda Aschbrenner B. J. Best Cathryn Cofell Ron Czerwien Tom Erickson Fabu David Graham Angela Rydell Marilyn L. Taylor

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