Calgary MultiArts Variety Show seeks POETS: Sept 23, Soda

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Seeking poets, artists, musicians, and other talents for the Calgary Multiarts Variety Show, scheduled for Saturday, September 23 at The Soda Lounge in downtown Calgary.

It's a genre-hopping night in celebration of the huge pool of artistic talent in Calgary. As a Variety Show, it will feature short 5-10 minute sets from a variety of entertainers and artists.

At the end of those sets, we would like to have 2 or 3 bands play.

If you would like to be involved as a performer, band, or volunteer, please contact me by Tuesday, September 5 (or as soon as you can).

If you know anyone who would like to be involved, please ask them to contact me or forward this info blurb.

My email address: lauriefuhr@yahoo.ca

My phone number: (403) 999-2566


Thanks!

Laurie

September flywheel!

filling Station magazine presents:

The September flywheel Reading!

Readings by:

Luke Devlin
Jim Nason
Felicia Pacentrilli
Sabo

… and hosted by Mark Hopkins

Thursday, September 14 – 7:00 pm
McNally Robinson – 120 8th Ave SW

flywheel’s fall season begins with a daring mix of prose and poetry! Coming all the way from Toronto, author Jim Nason joins Luke Devlin (University of Calgary creative writing program), Felicia Pacentrilli (editor of NōD Magazine), and Sabo (Calgary Slam Team) in an intimate reading that will blow you away.

Come for the literature and stay for the conversation!

Every month since November 2003, filling Station magazine's flywheel reading series has brought poetry, prose, music, lectures and performance to the heart of downtown Calgary. It is a place for first-time readers to share the stage with professional authors, for Calgary audiences to see their favourite writers alongside the next generation of literary superstars.

Next flywheel: October 17, 2006

CONTACT: Mark Hopkins
403.710.0093 – mark.c.hopkins@gmail.com

call for submissions

NoD is ready to get back into action! He's had a pretty laid back summer, (and hopes you did too.) He's done a bit of traveling, blogging, relaxing and would now like to invite you all to submit to his fourth issue. NoD is quite excited to see all the amazing new work he knows you've been slaving over all summer.

The deadline for submissions for this issue will be September 20^th with the release and launch party around Halloween. Why is that you ask? Well, the theme for this next issue will be none other than 'paranormal phenomena'. You guessed it; we want rabid werewolves, hairy witches, gloating goblins, drunken UFO sightings, kleptomaniac ghosts, psychotic headless horsemen, undead murderers- I think you get the point-anything to do with the supernatural. Our mandate and submissions guideline is included below.

Looking forward to receiving your submissions,

Felicia Pacentrilli.

PS- I will be taking over as editor of the mag and am excited for an awesome year! Hope to meet you all at the launch party, it's going to be killer! (sorry, couldn't resist)

Our mandate is to provide a nexus for creative communities in the literary and visual arts, on campus and off. To make a place where both new and experienced artists can publish and perform their work in a professional journal that encourages efforts to replace their creative boundaries.

The magazine is currently published as a 5x8 perfect bound codex on white stock with a glossy cover. Interior work is black and white.

Submission guidelines for poetry: 6-8 pages/poems. Electronic submissions are acceptable as attached files, preferably but not necessarily Word files, jpegs, or pdf's with a density of 300dpi or greater. For fiction/prose, submissions under 1500 words will be given preference; they may be complete pieces or self-contained excerpts from longer works. Hard copy submissions are acceptable provided they are print-ready. If you want them returned, please include a SASE and be aware that hard copy submissions may be defaced in the editorial process. Any work submitted in languages other than English must include an accurate English translation.

Visual work follows essentially the same guidelines: 6-8 pages worth of material max, 300 dpi resolution for e-files, SASE with hard copy. Please note, that while we endeavor to alter submissions as little as possible, some reformatting may be required to publish submitted works. We are also accepting submissions for the cover art.

Any work accepted for publication will be published with a 3 line author/artist's biography and a contributor copy will be sent to the artist. Any work that is deemed hateful or hurtful will be refused.

We publish 3 times a year: in fall, winter, and spring. Individual copies are $6, subscriptions (three issues) are $15, plus a $1.50 shipping charge per copy. To purchase issues, contact us here, email us at nodmagazine@gmail.com or mail a cheque/money order made out to ELSS (English Literature Student's Society) c/o department of English, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW , Calgary AB T2T 1N4.

Happy Birthday Blow-Out!

Ever wonder who put the mf'n snakes on the mf'n plane? You did, that's who! Remember kids, filling Station's Blow-Out lit-fest is next week and I would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that this is the site for collaborative blow-out madness. Feel free to post reviews, announcements, pics, and other randomness about the blow-out as well as anything literary happening in Calgary. That's what this site is meant for. If you feel left out, drop me a line (rcfmod@gmail.com) and I'll pass you the key. Hott!

Your pal,

ryan "50" fitzpatrick

CV2 call for submissions

Hey kids --

CV2 magazine is trying to break out of their mold by putting together an issue of the kind of poetry they don't normally publish. The call for submissions is here:

WINTER 2007 -- CONTRA VERSE

What's your beef with today's poetry? Can't see yourself in the modern lyric tradition -- doing something completely new and different? Then tell CV2 where we can find you!

Deadline for submissions: October 15, 2006

If you are writing anything you think fits the bill, I would encourage you to submit. CV2 is a good magazine that is fairly open to submissions, but for a number of reasons, gets a fairly narrow range of material submitted to them, when they are potentially interested in a wider range of material. So, since they are making a concerted effort to seek out the kind of stuff they don't normally publish, I would encourage you to support them. Their website is http://www.contemporaryverse2.ca and you can find their guidelines there, but this call for submissions is, for some reason, not yet posted on their site.

If you live in Canada, they will accept e-mail submissions. Contact Clarise Foster at cv2@mts.net if you have questions -- but as I said, the submission guidelines are available online.

-- jonathan

Eleventh Transmission issue 5!!

Hi! Just a quick note to let you know that the the new issue is online. www.eleventhtransmission.org.

This issue features a mind shattering interview with sheri-d wilson, poems by Wakefield Brewster, Ghana Part III, and a lot more. Check it out! Also, the next issue will feature a Spotlight on Calgary. Send your words and thought about what makes this city great (or not great?) to submissions@eleventhtransmission.org. Deadline for submission is August 28. Check the website for more details.

Eleventh Transmission is now hiring! http://eleventhtransmission.org/nowhiring.html

Thanks a lot, and take care.

-Kirk