INFORMATION ABOUT ABZ -- A NEW MAGAZINE OF POETRY
The Reading Period for Issue Six begins September 1, 2010 and ends December 1, 2010. 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 2010 and let you know. Contributors receive a small stipend and two copies of the magazine. The editors are John McKernan and James Raffle. The Guest Editor for Issue Five was Llewellyn McKernan. You can contact us by e-mail by clicking Contact Us to the left here or by phone at the number listed below.
The Fifth Issue is dedicated to the memory of James Whitehead. It will be published in Spring 2010. It contains poems by Donald Askins, Jan Ball, Laura Treacy Bentley, Charles Cantrell, Beverly Delidow, Laura Eklund, John Estes, Andrea Fekete, Marita Garin, Carrie Green, Leonore Hildrebrant, Ron Houchin, Dory Hudspeth, Kenneth Frost, Paul Lojeski, John Marvin, Mark McKain, Melva Sue Priddy, Eddy Pendarvis, Andy Roberts, Steve Scafidi, Carrie Shipers, A. E. Stringer, Fiona Sze-Lorrain, L. W. van Keuren, Randi Ward, Arne Weingart and Nancy Willard.
The Fourth Issue is dedicated to the memory of Frank Stanford. It contains poems by Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán, Mark Brazaitis, Fred Chappell, Michael Chitwood, George Eklund, Lee Erickson, Eamon Grennan, Maurice Harmon, Marc Harshman, Richard Jones, Louise McNeill, Eugenio Montejo, David Salner, Frank Stanford, Doug Van Gundy, William Kelley Woolfitt, Theodore Worozbyt, David Wyatt, and JohnYohe.
The Third Issue appeared in 2008 was 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.
The Second Issue appeared in May 2007 and was dedicated to the memory of Ronald Goodman. It contains poems by Laura Treacy Bentley, Don Boes, Ace Boggess, Grace Cavalieri, Suo-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 was 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. We prefer interesting and exciting language. Our reading period is from September 1 to December 1 2010. 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. Except for poems from poets living outside the USA, we do not consider e-mail submissions. 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