i get an email from The Stinging Fly saying they liked my poem The Perfect Night and that they want to publish it. you might remember that i posted recently about a rejection i received from them. i only got three poems back in the rejection, but i don't keep records of which poems i send where (i know, i know) so i had no idea that they had actually kept one. so, i guess it wasn't a rejection after all.
plus, they pay 50 pounds -- or maybe it was Euros, i don't know -- (not sure what that is in American dollars, either) and two contributor's copies. hot damn. The Stinging Fly is a great glossy, perfect bound journal out of Dublin, Ireland. gorgeous production and filled with damn fine poetry.
this poet's life contributor Brian McGettrick (bmcg) had a featured poet spread in a previous issue. and it was great stuff.
i'm gonna have to come up with something good to spend my monies. boy oh boy.
lastly, my weekly column Background Noise was posted over on Upright Against The Savage Heavens this past Sunday. i forgot to mention it. this week i talk about poetry slams and open-mic nights, and what reading poetry aloud to an audience is good for, if anything.
13 comments:
Justin:
Congratulations into getting your poetry into the Stinging Fly. It was no rejection after all & a pleasant surprise to boot. You're international. I wonder if it was the "throw in."
Luis,
thanks, man. it WAS a great surprise. and i am taking the world by storm, baby.
i'm very proud of this hit.
and it wasn't really a throw in, but to be honest i had NO idea what poem it was. honestly. i had to go look it up in my folders. found it and was surprised it was taken. it was 3 pages long and decent, but not as good as the other 3.
that's always the case, though, right?
you should hit them with a submission!
congrats j.b...nice to see some dough from the sweat.
hmmm...I too may hit them up.
I will crush you ALL!
<--------not really.
unless you are underneath me...
fect it, knew the home team wouldnt let you down.
nice one j.
You shook up the world! You shook up the world! You're a baaaaad man!
thanks guys.
Casey-
yes, a three-pager. i've got mad skills, yo. i wrote a five-pager once. mad skills.
Glenn-
i AM a baaaad man. next, Australia! you know anyone who could help me crack that market. ;)
Brian-
thanks to you, bro...i'm grateful. i need to get a spread in there. don't know if they will give a feature spot to an American, but maybe if i tell them i'm of Irish descent.
Chris-
i look forward to the crushing. bring it on, brother! :)
yeah, the word verifier is to prevent "comment spam," meaning random posts from "bots" that link you to bullshit and fill up your comments with crap.
that is WAY more annoying, believe me.
you gotta delete everything, etc.
and yes, VERY NICE DOUGH FOR A POEM, jb!
hey JB, I've got an 8 pager floating around waiting to send it to the right place.
Perhaps I'll hit the stinging fly with it, hopefully they won't stop reading after the third page...
I can't crack the Australian market, either! Nor do I want to!
I can't even get a RESPONSE from any Australian magazine! They don't even "reject" me -- they just throw me straight in the garbage!
glenn:
How about New Zealand?
I can't crack the L.A. market, and the state of California, only a few times. I'd have much better luck in Australia.
justin,
that's great! Congrats!!
You'll get 50 euro, which is 63 dollars.
;)
congrats on the stinging fly acceptance. i went ahead and got a subscription to their book as i want to see this massive poem of yours (also it just looks like a badass book, i mean it's called the stinging fly for chrissake).
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