{isacoustic*, ongoing and/or recap}
(i)
since November, isacoustic* has been able to publish 106 contributors, for a total of 253 poems
(ii)
is currently three volumes in, with a fourth to print in June
as such:
second: http://www.lulu.com/shop/barton-smock/isacoustic-volume-second/paperback/product-23543831.html
third: http://www.lulu.com/shop/barton-smock/isacoustic-volume-third/paperback/product-23600773.html
(iii)
some of what is there, for the upcoming volume fourth:
Susannah Nevison & Molly McCully Brown:
https://isacoustic.com/2018/04/28/persons-susannah-nevison-molly-mccully-brown-poem/
Rosemarie Dombrowski:
https://isacoustic.com/2018/05/07/person-rosemarie-dombrowski-six-poems/
Jenny Sadre-Orafai:
https://isacoustic.com/2018/04/25/person-jenny-sadre-orafai-three-poems/
Lydia Renfro:
https://isacoustic.com/2018/04/16/person-lydia-renfro-two-poems/
(iv)
some recent reflections:
on Date Palms, on Pointillism, by Sophia Naz:
https://isacoustic.com/2018/05/04/date-palms-pointillism-poetry-sophia-naz/
on Tremor, by Marisol Baca:
https://isacoustic.com/2018/05/01/tremor-poems-marisol-baca/
on Dark Horse, by Kristina Marie Darling:
https://isacoustic.com/2018/04/27/dark-horse-poems-kristina-marie-darling/
on In This Quiet Church Of Night, I Say Amen by Devin Kelly:
https://isacoustic.com/2018/04/24/in-this-quiet-church-of-night-i-say-amen-poems-devin-kelly/
(v)
if interested in submitting:
submit no less than [3] and no more than [7] pieces (poems) to: isacousticsubmissions@gmail.com
/poems can be in the body of the email or attached, in one file, as PDF, doc, docx
//include a brief and non-clever bio
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for unsolicited submissions:
in order to be published, [3] of the poems in the submission must be selected by the editors
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payment for a selected submission is 15.00
/payment will be made within two to three months of the posting /we pay either by PayPal or by regular mail
//previously published and simultaneous submissions are okay
///response time is 3 days ///please inquire if that time passes (without) ///response time for second+ submissions, whether the author was previously rejected or accepted, is two to three weeks, and will not be read by myself (Barton Smock) but by revolving editors only
////if rejected, wait a month before submitting again
note: resubmitting is not advisable if one is doing so to lecture us on what is a fit for our site. that is not resubmitting, that is bullying.
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every three months, the editors will self-publish a journal of the poems posted in those months. contributors who provide a physical address will receive a hard copy, others a PDF.
be sure to include a physical mailing address to send the journal to. also note how you would like to receive payment, via PayPal or by regular mail.
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what the editors are looking for:
image-based absence.
/structurally sound offhandedness.
//unreliable clarity.
///purpose.
what the editors are not looking for:
/misogyny and co.
//empty objectification. toward, or of, the body. toward, or of, the spirit.
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poet and person, as in twice genuine…Trish Hopkinson did some asking after {isacoustic*} here:
PAYING/NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Isacoustic, DEADLINE: Open year-round
(vi)
if interested in supporting isacoustic*:
persons donating 5.00 or more will be sent a private publication of my own, @ 60 poems, called {mood piece for baby blur}
donations can be made, here:
https://www.paypal.me/BartonSmock
or be sent to (bartsmock@gmail.com)
(vii)
where:
site: https://isacoustic.com/
facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Isacoustic-192435501303710/
twitter: https://twitter.com/isacousticVOL
instagram: https://www.instagram.com/isacousticvol/
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