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.

Slipstream Announces Nominations for the Pushcart Prize XXXIV

The editors of Slipstream Magazine and Press have nominated the following pieces from our 2008 releases for the Pushcart Prize:

From Slipstream 28 (2008):
1. Across a Universe of Grass (poem)—-Shari O’Brien
2. Chopin and a Barbershop (poem)--Matthew Snyder
3. My Father Says Yes (poem)--Doug Ramspeck
4. Mathematics 101 (poem)--Neil Carpathios
5. Deconstructing Dorothy (poem)--Nina Corwin

From Rescue Conditions (2008)--chapbook by Carrie Shipers:
6. Moose Liquor (poem)--Carrie Shipers

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

Release Party for Issue #28 Announced

On Saturday, September 27, 2008, Slipstream will host a party/reading in celebration of the release of issue #28. The event will be held at the Book Corner, 1801 Main Street, Niagara Falls NY at 6:00 P.M.

Come early and browse three floors of books at one of Western New York's oldest and most renowned independent book stores.

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

Featured readers will include:

• E.R. Baxter
• Michael Basinski
• Robert Giannetti
• Aaron Giovanne
• Jane Adam
• John Marvin
• Michelle Ann Kratts
• Karen Lewis
• Ed Taylor, Jr.
• Don Scheller
• Gay Baines
• Christina Wos Donnelly
• Gary Earl Ross
• Ken Feltges
• Livio Farallo
• Dan Sicoli

Artist Phil Hendrickson will also have his work on display.

This event is funded in part by Poets & Writers, Inc. with public funds from The New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

Refreshments and food will be served.

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