Deadline Quickly Approaching for Poetry Chapbook Contest

The December 1, 2009 deadline for our annual chapbook contest is nearly upon us. We award a $1,000 prize for the winning chapbook manuscript plus 50 copies of the published chapbook to the winner. Forty page limit, $20 reading fee. Please refer to our site for further details.

Remember there are two ways to submit your manuscript--by regular mail and electronically. Go to these links for specific guidelines for submittal:

http://www.slipstreampress.org/contest.html

and

http://www.slipstreampress.org/uploader.html

Slipstream Announces Nominations for the Pushcart Prize XXXV

The editors of Slipstream Magazine and Press have nominated the following pieces from our 2009 releases for the Pushcart Prize:

From Slipstream 29 (2009):
1. Fallen in Sectional Constructions--Jonathan Greenhause
2. Peshtigo Fire--Andrew Kozma
3. I Dip My Skirt in your Blood John Dillinger--Lori Kagan
4. Revolver--Katie Cappello
5. Another Graven Image--Ron Koertge

From From the Age of Miracles (2009)--chapbook by David Chorlton:
6. Shadow Boxing--David Chorlton

To order either release, please visit: www.slipstreampress.org

Release Party for Issue #29 to be held in September

It's Party Time!!

On Saturday, September 19, 2009, we will host our annual party/reading in celebration of the release of Slipstream #29. The event will be held at the Book Corner, 1801 Main Street, Niagara Falls NY at 6:00 P.M.

The Book Corner offers three floors of new and used books and is one of Western New York's oldest and most renowned independent book stores. Arrive early and explore this jewel of downtown Niagara Falls.

(For info on the Book Corner, visit: Book Corner ).

Featured readers will include:

E.R. Baxter
Sean Thomas Dougherty
Karen Weyant
Michael Basinski
Robert Giannetti
Gary Earl Ross
Jane Adam
John Marvin
Don Scheller
Michelle Ann Kratts
Tricia Asklar
Ed Taylor, Jr.
ryki zuckerman
Christina Wos Donnelly
Ken Feltges
Livio Farallo
Dan Sicoli


Refreshments and food will be served.

The event is free and open to all. Hope to see you there!

Theme issue announced.

We will be reading for a theme issue on Sex-Food-Death. Deadline for submissions is March 2011. No one piece need include all three topics.

In addition, we are also currently reading for a general issue.

For more information, refer to the Submission Guidelines page on the Slipstream website.

Slipstream 29 update.

Recent acceptances for our forthcoming issue include new work from....

...Thomas J. Erickson...Joan E. Bauer...Meghan Brinson...Ron D’Alena...Scott Weaver...Katharine Rauk...Terry Godbey...Ron Koertge...Patrick Carrington...Robert M. Giannetti...Michael A. Flanagan...Jim Daniels...Arthur Winfield Knight...Jonathan Greenhause...Jennifer Campbell...John Paul O’Connor...Gerald Locklin.

We are still accepting poetry submissions for it.

Submission guidelines can be found at our web site...
www.slipstreampress.org

Buffalo Small Press Book Fair

The 3rd Annual Buffalo Small Press Book Fair will be held on March 21, 2009 at Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, 453 Porter Avenue, Buffalo, NY.

The fair is a regional one-day event that brings booksellers, authors, bookmakers, zinesters, small presses, artists, poets, and other cultural workers (and enthusiasts) together in a venue where they can share ideas, showcase their art, and peddle their wares.

Visit the website at: www.buffalosmallpress.org

NewPages reviews Slipstream 28

Please go HERE to read a review of our latest issue.