Dan Memmolo's poem, "For the Women We Love," appears in the latest issue (#39) of Free Lunch. You can find the journal's web site at http://poetsfreelunch.org.
7/23/2008
Rachael Z. Ikins had a collection of poetry accepted for publication recently. Slide Show in the Woods will be published by Foothill Publishing.
6/23/2008
Lorraine Berry e-mailed us today to report another acceptance: "Clockwatcher" will appear in the British pubilcation Bottom of the World.
6/19/2008
Carol Vlassoff recently had her first submission to a magazine accepted. "The Truth about my Grandparents" will appear in Audience this month.
6/8/2008
Congratulations again to Lorraine Berry whose piece "Chicory Blue" has been accepted for publication by you are here, a journal of creative geography published at the University of Arizona. You can find their website here.
5/30/2008
Jasmine Bailey has a handful of recent publications to share. You can find her poem "The Miracle of the Actual" in The Adirondack Review, online at www.adirondackreview.homestead.com. She will also have seven more pieces appearing shortly: "Perhaps" in Lilliput; "Storm in Santa Rosa," "Explaining Things: Astronomy," and "Window in Hotel Victoria" in Spectrum Magazine; and "Rain in Buenos Aires," "The Pampas," and "The Journalist," in the Portland Review.
5/27/2008
Lorraine Berry reports that she is now the book review editor for Frame Lines, which you can find online at www.framelines.com.au.
5/14/2008
We are happy to report that Lorraine Berry's "Jesus Saves" has been accepted by Frame Lines, an Australian publication. You can find the publication online at www.framelines.com.au.
5/14/2008
Jackie Z. Brooks' short story, "Boeuf Madagaskara," was recently published by Glimpse, an overseas publication of National Geographic that specializes in stories from people who live or have lived and work abroad. Jackie's story was originally published in February and is now available at glimpse.org.
5/5/2008
Lorraine Berry's "Scarecrows" is being published on April 21st in Salome Magazine. Previously, Salome published her piece, "Roscoe." You can find both "Scarecrows" and "Roscoe," published on November 5th, 2007, at www.salomemagazine.com.
4/20/2008
Michael Gindi, a conference alumnus, is now writing a bimonthly psychology column for M.A.R. Magazine in New Jersey.
4/18/2008
Congratulations to Richard Weems who recently sent word that his first short story collection, Anything He Wants, available from Spire Press, was a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Award.
4/18/2008
Conference alum Xand Lourenco and a group of Colgate students have recently started a literary magazine dedicated to storytelling. Please feel free to browse their website at storytellersdigest.com and submit your own material. The site also has a message board where writers can post and critique drafts.
4/4/2008
Mississippi Magazine recently published a short piece from Linda Rains Allman's memoir. The piece, The Eupora Steps, profiles the town of Eupora, Mississippi, where Linda's father grew up. It appears in the current issue in the section entitled Being Southern. You need to subscribe to read the piece online, but you can see the companion piece on the town of Eupora at mismag.com without subscribing.
4/4/2008
Congratulations to Rachael Ikins who recently won first prize in the 2008 National Penwomen Poetry and Art competition for her poem "Deja Vu." Another piece, "A Summer's Grief," received an honorable mention. Additionally, Rachael's poem "Book Club" will be displayed with other artwork at the Syracuse YMCA Downtown Writers Center this month. In other news, Rachael recently read at Hamilton's MAD art co-op at the Women's History Month HER-story event.
3/18/2008
Recently, the Philadelphia Inquirer reviewed Peter Krok's collection of poems, Looking for an Eye. You can read the review at philly.com, here.
3/16/2008
Mark Grover's short story, "Friend in the Closet," will appear in the ezine Colored Chalk later this month. Please look for it at www.coloredchalk.com.
3/14/2008
Dennis McFadden has had a number of short stories published since his stay at the 2006 Conference. His stories have appeared in the summer 2007 issue of The Saint Ann's Review, the summer 2007 issue of Permafrost, and the winter 2008 issue of CutBank. Additionally, he has had the featured story in two issues of the South Carolina Review: fall 2006 and fall 2007. Finally, Dennis also has the lead story in the winter 2007 issue of the Missouri Review.
2/25/2008
Rachael Ikins sends word that her website is now online. Check out rachaelikins.com for Rachael's poetry and photography. Additionally, the website links to two blogs of interest: Monday Night Poetry at Sushi Blues contains a calendar of poetry events in the Hamilton-Cazenovia area, and Poetry in Motion has advice on writing poetry, publishing, and competing.
2/19/2008
Valerie Ann Leff's latest story, "Metafiction: Reading Lolita Under Book Contract," was recently published by Southwest Review in its winter 2008 issue. Valerie also sends word that she's teaching private writing classes in Edwards, Colorado and will be joining the faculty of Denver's Lighthouse Lit Fest this summer.
2/7/2008
Rachael Ikins reports that The Healing Muse, a journal published by the Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, will publish several photographs and one of her poems in its October 2008 edition. Additionally, Rachael is working on a chapbook which will be
published by Turtle Ink Press. The chapbook, entitled From the Lost Years: 1990-2000, will contain poems, photography, and one short story.
2/6/2008
As you may well have noticed, Tessa Hadley once again has a story in the New Yorker, "Friendly Fire." It will appear on February 4th.
1/31/2008
Jon Clinch's book Finn: A Novel was recently named a Notable Book by the American Library Association. You can see the entire list here.
1/21/2008
Betty Levine's new book An Endless Harvest is now available. The book includes information on fruit, vegetables, and herbs, including recipes and nutritional value. It can be purchased online here.
12/27/2007
Kelly Cherry writes to let us know that her book Hazard and Prospect: New and Selected Poems is now available from LSU Press. The book can be purchased from Amazon, LSU, and Barnes and Noble.
12/18/2007
Peter Krok’s collection of poems, Looking for an Eye, was recently published by Foothills Publishing. You can find more information on the book, which just became available on December 8th, here.
12/5/2007
Richard Jeffrey Newman announces that a new Rumi reader has been published by Mazda Publishers in California. The reader, A Bird in the Garden of Angels, is on the poetry section for which Richard collaborated with John Moyne. You can find the book, which contains samples of all of the genres in which Rumi wrote, some never before translated, here.
12/2/2007
Last month, Rachel Ikins wrote to say that her poem, “Flashback,” will be published in an anthology entitled Coevolution 2: Shivering through the Details. Just in case you needed anymore incentive to pick up a copy, Emily Vogel wrote to say that her poem “Ancient Calligraphy” will also be published in the same issue. Again, Coevolution 2 will be published by Turtle Ink Press. Look for it in 2008.
11/30/2007
Paul Hamill has been quite busy recently. In addition to publishing poems in several journals and serving as Tompkins County’s Poet Laureate for 2006-2008, Paul has competed in several poetry contests. He was recently named a finalist in the Ann Stanford contest; he took 2nd place for his poem “A Midcentury Advent” in the Tom Howard Poetry Contest; and he received an honorable mention in the 2006 Winning Writers War Poetry Contest. The latter two poems are available online for anyone interested. Additionally, Paul received a state arts commission grant to conduct readings and workshops for venues accessible to senior citizens in Tompkins County.
11/30/2007
Peter Balakian was recently awarded the Movses Khorenatsi medal at the behest of President Robert Kocharian of Armenia. The medal is one of Armenia’s highest civilian honors, given for creative achievements in Armenian culture, arts, literature, education, and the humanities.
11/30/2007
Jenny Smith’s first book, The Comeback Season, published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, will be out on March 4th. You can find it online at Amazon. Additionally, Jenny has also sold her second book, another YA novel. That one will be out in the summer of 2009.
11/30/2007
Congratulations to Ginnah Howard, who sends word that Harcourt has recently purchased the rights to her first novel, Night Navigation. Look for it in the spring of 2009.
11/30/2007
We would like to congratulate Peter Balakian who just received word that The Virginia Quarterly Review has selected him to receive this year’s Emily Clark Balch Prize for poetry.
11/25/2007
Congratulations to Kerry Bakken, whose book Necessary Lies was recently awarded the 2006 Silver Medal from the Independent Publisher Book Awards for a short story collection and a Bronze Medal from the ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards for a short story collection.
10/31/2007
Phyllis Carito had a poem published last spring in Manhattanville College’s Inkwell, which you can find here. Some of you may remember the poem since it was workshopped here in 2006.
10/15/2007
Rachael Ikins sends word that her first post-workshop poem, “Flashback,” will be published by Turtle Ink Press in an anthology entitled Coevolution 2: Shivering through the Details. Look for it in 2008.
10/15/2007
The Blue Fifth Review recently published a poem by Amy Small-McKinney in their summer 2007 issue. You can take a look at their site here. Additionally, Amy had the honor of reading with Bob Perleman at the University of Pennsylvania for the Last Word Bookshop a few months ago.
10/15/2007
Bill Granche had four poems, two of which were workshopped here at the Colgate Writers' Conference, published in the fall edition of Pennsylvania English.
8/29/2007
Jamie Lee’s novel Washaka --The Bear Dreamer won a Ben Franklin Award, was a finalist in the PEN USA Literary Awards, and was accepted into the Accelerated Reader and Scholastic Reading Counts programs for schools. You can read excerpts here. Jamie has also been busy with her new charitable project, The Bead People. You can read about this program at http://thebeadpeople.org/, including the origin story The Wind of a Thousand Years, published by Many Kites Press.
8/28/2007
Kristin Ryan reports that her novel The Hair Princess and the Hog Temple Incident has been published by Behler Publications. More information is available at her website. Additionally, Kristin informs us that Behler Publications will reissue Doug Buchs’ book The Mescalero Project, which Kristin has reedited.
8/27/2007
Bruce Smith is announcing that Mary, an online arts journal from California’s St. Mary’s College, is now online at http://www.maryjournal.org.
8/27/2007
Hope Jordan coached the first team from New Hampshire ever to participate in the National Poetry Slam. The event took place in Austin, Texas, from August 7th – 11th. You can read more about it here.
8/5/2007
Three of Marilyn Gelman’s recent stories and essays have been or will be published shortly. You can find “Strange Bedfellows” in A Cup of Comfort for Dog Lovers, published by Adams. The publication date is September, but you can order a copy online now. Next, Marilyn’s story “A Single Guy Again” (a working title) will appear in October’s edition of True Confessions magazine. Additionally, the March issue of True Love magazine included “My Hubby, the Neighborhood Monster.”
8/4/2007
Make sure to pick up a copy of August 5th's New York Times. Tess Hadley graced the cover of the Sunday Times Book Review, while the City Section featured an OpEd by Jennifer Vanderbes.
8/3/2007
Tim Suermondt’s book Trying to Help the Elephant Man Dance has been published by Backwaters Press and is now available online at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and elsewhere.
8/1/2007
Congratulations to Justin Cronin who has signed a deal with Ballantine to write a post-apocalyptic vampire trilogy, starting with The Passage, due in the summer of 2009. Read more about it here.
7/18/2007
