The Reading Period for Issue Four begins September 1 and ends December 1. We look forward to reading your poems. Please send your poems along with a SASE bearing the correct postage. Cover letters are not necessary. Be sure to put your name, address, e-mail address, and phone number on each poem. We will determine the lineup in December and let you know. Contributors receive a small stipend and two copies of the magazine.
The Third Issue is dedicated to the memory of Breece Pancake. It contains poems by Marianne Boruch, Michael Burns, Ashley Capps, Michael Catherwood, Jessica Farquhar, Diane Furtney, Cliff Fyman, Ronald Goodman, Alena Hairston, Mark Halliday, John Hoppenthaler, Fanny Howe, Dory L. Hudspeth, Sonja James, Judith Krause, Eric Pankey, James Reiss, Susanna Rich, Christine Stewart-Nuñez, Robert M. Wallace, Darryl Lorenzo Wellington, Matthew Wolfe, David Wyatt, and Fredrick Zydek. To obtain a copy, please see our address and the INFO below.
The Second Issue appeared in May 2007 and is dedicated to the memory of Ronald Goodman. It contains poems by Laura Treacy Bentley, Don Boes, Ace Boggess, Grace Cavalieri, Su-Ju Chen, Kerry Doyle, Victor Fet, Kelle Groom, Martha Deborah Hall, Elizabeth Howard, Greg Kosmicki, Janet MacFadyen, Marilyn Mascaro, Irene McKinney, Rob Merritt, P.F. Potvin, Charles Rafferty, John Richard Reed, David Reveal, Steve Scafidi, Jeffrey Skinner, Phillip Sterling, Andrea L. Watson, James Whitehead, Marianne Worthington, and David Young.
The First Issue appeared in May 2006 and is dedicated to the memory of our hero and a continual source of inspiration, Tom Andrews, il miglior fabbro. It contains poems by Angela Ball, Anthony Butts, Geraldine Connolly, Mark Defoe, Diane Gilliam Fisher, Brendan Galvin, Ronald Goodman, John Haines, James Harms, Ron Houchin, David Huddle, Gerry Lafemina, Jeff Mann, Llewellyn McKernan, Jeredith Merrin, Matt Morris, Breece D’J Pancake, Patrick Rosal, Mary Ann Samyn, Phillip Sterling, A.E. Stringer, W.G. Webster, Arne Weignart, Miller Williams, Terri Witek, Ed Zahnhiser, and Martha Zweig. We want to read your best poems and will be reading submissions for Issue Four soon. We prefer interesting and exciting language. Our reading period is from September 1 to December 1 2008. Please send 1-6 poems typed with name and address and e-mail address on each page. If you want the poems returned, send a stamped self-addressed envelope with the correct US Postage. We do not accept unsolicited e-mail submissions and your poems -- if sent at other times -- can expect a quick return or a long wait time. Send your poems during the reading period and a SASE with correct postage to ABZ, PO Box 2746, Huntington WV 25727-2746. Back Issues are available for $8.00. Subscriptions are $8.00 a year postpaid. We pay a small stipend on publication and send two copies.