Ancora siano i segni / May the signs continue
from  OTHER SIGNS, OTHER CIRCLES
by  Annamaria Ferramosca
Chelsea Editions, N. Y. , 2009
series Contemporary Italian Poets in Translation
translation of Anamaría Crowe Serrano

MAY THE SIGNS CONTINUE

May the signs on the rocks

continue to unveil time

the profiles of warriors and bison

are running under a tiny sun

the shape of a star

panting

for rain-dazzled kilometres

the profiles of drivers and trucks

submerged in radio waves

not far away

a dolmen vibrates

with stillness of strength

calling for hands and branches

Three stones

- the smallest family saved from the flood -

you could watch them in silence at night

with your ear against the olive tree trunk

feel you are rock lymph voice

the ark docked and fused to the ground

May the signs on the pages

continue to ferry time: far away

strips of sky beating on the waves

flood the screen, join together

Give me words, so, and signs

cry on my shoulder, or laugh

offer me joyful scenes

find me

before the forest is thinned out

before the darkness of error falls

before the last laugh

(the earth’s rotation

is its own continuous laugh, cracking up)

Annamaria Ferramosca © translated by Anamaria Crowe Serrano

http://annamaria.ferramosca.literary.it

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BARRELHOUSE
INVITATIONAL: ROLLER DERBY CONTEST : Announcing our latest contest, the Barrelhouse Invitational: Roller Derby Edition. That’s right: roller derby! Send us fiction, essays, poems, whatever you got. Barrelhouse will select one winner who will receive original art created by Cory Oberndorfer, a genuine roller derby artist. Finalists will be published in our Very Special Roller Derby Section, which will be included in our next print issue.
Barrelhouse is looking for artists who may be interested in supplying art to future issues. The art will be used to complement short stories and essays.
Barrelhouse is a literary magazine that bridges the gap between serious art and pop culture. We publish top quality fiction and poetry from some of the best writers in the world, some that you know about, some that you don’t (yet). We also publish essays on pop-related topics, like Magnum PI, Godzilla, Barry Bonds, rock, movies, convenience stores, and just about anything else. We interview folks you don’t usually find in literary magazines, like Ian MacKaye, Emmylou Harris, Malcolm Gladwell, Chuck Klosterman, The Hold Steady, and Broken Lizard Comedy Troupe. We’ve published the greatest poetry ever written about Patrick Swayze, and about giving Ed Asner a spongebath.

Read Herrings Literary Journal : Daniel Batten has been publishing books and pamphlets for several years and is starting a literary journal where “people from all over and of various styles can share their art with others.” This journal is non-biased to style, meter, and accepts pictures to be submitted as possible covers. Send submissions to Readherringsjournal@writeme.com. You can send 1-6 poems, up to 3 prose/short stories/plays/etc… DEADLINE FOR NEXT ISSUE IS Dec. 31, 2008. Also looking for theological/spiritual writings, writings on Philosophy, Sociology, politics, on any esoteric topic, as well as the aforementioned.

The Toronto Quarterly is a new quarterly magazine geared to promote poetry, fiction, nonfiction writers, photographers, painters, musicians and artists of all genres. They want the magazine to be intelligent in the way it presents itself yet innovative and unique in its presentation. They we are looking for the very best of the unknown, the unexposed.
Submission guidelines for The Toronto Quarterly: poetry/short stories can be sent by e-mail preferably as an attachment, but accepts in the body of e-mail. Send 3-5 poems or 1 short story. Only accepts work not previously published elsewhere. Authors who would like their book reviewed are asked to send an excerpt from the book, preferably one chapter, as an attachment to e-mail. Photographers & painters should send 3-5 images as an attachment. Musicians, models, or spoken word artists should send an e-mail of 150 words or less, telling why they should interview you. Attach a photograph of yourself or group as well. Allows one submission per quarter. No multiple submissions. W-mail to thetorontoquarterly@hotmail.com

Off Beat Pulp Styled after those old-school Pulp mags from the 50′s and 60′s, and looking for photography, art, poetry, prose, short stories, reviews, editorials, and News that Really Matters. Also within are Ask-a-Pothead column by Chronic the Hedgehog, a handful of comic strips by various artists, as well and a few other things in the works. They also plan to do regular interviews and have a spotlight artist / writer / musician / small press / blog / etc…
Currently taking submissions for art / photography and poetry /prose / short stories for possible publication on the Off Beat Pulp website.

Wigleaf is a new e-zine of very short fiction (1000 words).
“Here’s the idea: storysouth does great work each year in administering its Million Writers’ Award; if you read the fine print, though (and everyone who nominated Blake Butler’s “Fake Fire and Rescue” from BARRELHOUSE last year didn’t), stories under 1000 words are not eligible. If you’re like us, you don’t often read stories over 1000 words on your computer screen. So there’s an opening here. We’re taking it. Since January of 2007, our editors have been compiling a shortlist, which is in fact long — a selection of our 200 favorite very-short fictions published on the net during 2007. An outside editor — a different person each year — will select the WIGLEAF TOP FIFTY, and for a couple of months after we put up the links to the winners we won’t update.”

Fissure is a journal of experimental art, fiction, non-fiction, flash fiction, rants, poetry color and b&w art and photography. This international indie small press journal is currently printed in chapbook form. They seek surrealism, magical realism, psychological horror, philosophical challenges, beat, cut-up, deconstructionism, social commentary, and experimental writing. Fissure is published by Shadow Archer Press. Shadow Archer Press currently publishes cutting edge anthologies, poetry chapbooks, art portfolios and Fissure Magazine. These collections may cross genre boundaries but include top-notch, tightly written experimental, goth, SF, dark fantasy, psychological thrillers, and hard to describe art and writing. We want works to awaken without resorting to shock value; disturb without excessive gore; arouse without resorting to pornography.

Publisher Vagabondage Press, consisting of writers and artists in the UK and the US, responds with an alternative to the current populist trend of treating art as commodity and the mainstream publishing industry’s tendency to pigeonhole authors and their work into literary ghettos.
The Battered Suitcase is published monthly to provide a forum for writers and artists, both new and established, that allows them the freedom to take risks, to offer unusual viewpoints and unique perspectives. Each issue will feature a selection of fiction, poetry, art, narrative non-fiction and musical lyrics that might not fit so neatly into the narrow, sharp-cornered boxes of the mainstream and literary worlds.
The name, “Vagabondage Press”, evokes the freedom and cheery aimlessness of the seanachies and story-tellers of bygone eras. “The Battered Suitcase” holds everything we take on the journey and all the trinkets and trifles, anecdotes and wisdoms, we collect along the way.
The Battered Suitcase is devoted to fiction and non-fiction that examines life in all its ambiguity, grittiness, glory and despair and is dedicated to promoting work that explores the complexity of the human psyche, vulnerability, ambiguity, wit, restlessness, and sensuality—the moments that veer between the ordinary and the fantastic—the ingredients that go into creating each unique voice in the collective chorus.

The Poetry Warrior a new poetry ezine based near Asheville, NC is looking for submissions from contemporary poets (pulished or unpublished, young or old) with unique perspectives and distinctive voices. Submissions are open until January 24th.

Contemporary American Women: Our Defining Passages
Foreword by Carolyn Lesser, Webster University, St. Louis, MO, nonfiction writing faculty; natural science children’s books published by Harcourt, Alfred A. Knopf; essayist, poet, photographer, keynote speaker, artist.
Afterword by Dr. Loriene Roy, 2007-2008 President of the American Library Association. Professor, University of Texas at Austin, founder of “If I Can Read, I Can Do Anything,” a national reading club for Native American children.
Please consider sharing the important milestones, life changing events, transitions in your life–material that would broadly fit the “Women’s Studies” genre that is highly readable, moving and relatable. There are the passages that occur to us (for example, losing a loved one, and then the passages we choose (such as adopting a child). Please focus on those pivotal moments and why they were important passages for you.
Currently, we have enough material on: chronic/acute illness; getting a degree; career changes; relocating.
This book celebrates our passages as women, from one moment into another, from one door to the next. Often it is after the navigation, that in reflection, we see that some of the most difficult are the ones we have learned the most and have had lasting effects as well on those around us.
Guidelines for Contemporary American Women: Our Defining Passages:
Step 1: send your proposed topics before writing articles to avoid duplication; proposed topics must be accompanied by a 65-70 word bio with your present position, location, relevant publications, career highlights (for the contributor page if your work is chosen); please use PASSAGES/your name on the subject line to brackett-vincent@encirclepub.com.
Step 2: (if your topics are approved): deadline for current cycle of submissions (by e-mail only) is January 15, 2009. Again, please use PASSAGES in the subject line; send to Cynthia at brackett-vincent@encirclepub .com in a Word document (.doc format only) using 12-point font.
Article specifics: word total for 1-2 articles based on your experience: 1,900 minimum; maximum 2,100. Two articles preferred. If submitting two articles, please break them up fairly evenly in word count.
No previously published or simultaneously submitted material. Contributors must reside in the U.S. Books such as this can typically take up to a year to compile. Contributors receive a complimentary copy and contributor’s discount on additional copies.
Co-editor Cynthia Brackett-Vincent is publisher/editor of the esteemed Aurorean poetry journal; poetry instructor; award-winning poet; author of The 95 Poems chapbook (2005) and contributor to Educators as Writers: Publishing for Personal and Professional Development. In 2007, her poems received a citation, honorable mention and second place in the National Federation of State Poetry Societies, New England Writers and Maine Poets Society competitions. View Cynthia at http://www.encirclepub.com/poetry/aurorean/editor
Co-editor, Carol Smallwood has written, co-authored, and edited 19 books such as Educators as Writers for Scarecrow, Libraries Unlimited. An award-winning writer, her work has appeared in English Journal, Clackamas Literary Review, Iris, and several others including anthologies; chapbook, Pudding House202008; Educators as Writers, Peter Lang 2006;
and http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-3575-3

In the Mist is a biannual online outdoor literary magazine for women.
is seeking submissions from women who play, or write about playing, in the mist. Send us your poetry, fiction, nonfiction, photography, and artwork about being outside. We’re interested in anything from doing yoga in the park to walking your dog to bombing down the Anasazi Descent in Durango, Colorado or sailing from California to Hawaii in a kayak with outriggers. Submit to inthemistmag@aol.com. Please include your name and type of submission in the subject line. PO Box 231, Gunnison, CO 81230

Voice Magazine is a more than a mag, it’s a movement of Artists helping Artists.
HOW TO SUBMIT WRITING TO VOICE.
1. If you are submitting writing, the easiest way to submitt material is through email. Send the writing, as an attachment in MSWord. You need to include the name, age, address and contact number or email so that we can make sure to connect if there needs to be any changes. The email address to send this to is dan@oggysarmy.com.
2. The second way to submit writing is by dropping it off at the VOICE office. We are located at 5533B Skyway, across from the spinning wheel restaurant. Call first to make sure there is someone there. 872.2427. When ever possible please submit material in digital format on disk or on CD, which can be returned once the file is transferred.
3. The third way is by mailing your submissions through the postal service. The mailing address is: Youth on the Ridge C/O: VOICE Magazine 5533B Skyway Paradise, California
4. The fourth way is for you to set an appointment with the editorial crew to come pick up the material. This is the last resort of course due to the volume of material we may receive. Please make sure to include a return address and contact info.

Swivel: The Nexus of Women and Wit, a biannual print literary magazine devoted to smart, funny writing by smart, funny women. Our mission, should we be forced to declare one, is to showcase fiction, essays, poems, comix and artwork reflecting the raucous beauty pageant of contemporary women’s humor.
Swivel has featured work by Melissa Bank, Aimee Bender, Trinie Dalton, Meghan Daum, Ali Davis, Pia Ehrhardt, Ellen Forney, Lisa Glatt, Holiday Reinhorn, Stacey Richter, Evany Thomas, Vendela Vida, Lauren Weedman and many more women of wit. We also publish the work of emerging writers. Please check the Swivel website for submission timelines and guidelines.
Swivel is based in Seattle, where the notoriously moist climate makes an ironic sensibility mandatory. Swivel is available through swivelmag.com and at independent bookstores in major cities across the country.

Coffee Time Romance is looking for published authors who have books out in Chick Lit, Historical, or Inspirational books.(At least one of those genres) They are offering a free promotional opportunity for you in their Magazine.
Send your author name, web site, and a contact email address to Karenne : webmistress@coffeetimeromance.com