Atlas Poetica : A Journal of Poetry of Place is in the middle of its window for reviewing submissions for issue 3. The submission period is September 1 through 30 November. Any tanka, waka, kyoka, or related poems of place, including sequences, prose, non-fiction, announcements, international resources, and other materials are welcome. While there are no limits on the types or styles that may be submitted, the there is a preference for the sorts of works that are not often seen in other tanka journals. However, all submissions must be poetry of place, poetry that addresses the natural and human places we inhabit. (For further information, see the editorials at AtlasPoetica.com.)
In addition to being open to tanka poetry of place, the journal also seeks topical tanka. The current topics include 'Summer' and 'urban/suburban/the built environment,' and 'war and peace.' Summer is of course the usual seasonal poetry that is a staple of tanka literature, but the more specific the better. Urban/etc tanka are intended to counteract the usual trend to pastoralism in tanka by presenting tanka that directly engage the places in which most poets and readers live, work, and move. Tanka that address the issues of modern life, whether it be rush hour traffic, cell phones, or the upstairs neighbor, are welcome. Tanka of war and peace may present any viewpoint, whether it be an elegy for a fallen soldier, a protest against the war in Iraq, political satire, or any other treatment. ATPO does not censor, but it does require the works to be poetry, not mere polemics. No matter how passionate or sincere the sentiment, literature, by definition, lifts expression out of the ordinary.
As always we welcome international submissions. We present tanka in languages other than English accompanied by an English translation (and will consider multi-lingual translations on a space available basis.) We value tanka that express minority and indigenous experiences and which grapple with the difficult topics that human beings face and will continue to face as they move through the places of a highly varied world.
Starting with issue 3, Atlas Poetica will publish in print, e-book, and web forms. Our goal is to make the journal as widely available as is financially viable. Your submission indicates that you agree to these terms. To read the full terms and submission guidelines, please visit our web site at: AtlasPoetica.com.
Send all submissions to: submissions@AtlasPoetica.com
Thank you for the many kind responses we have received from our readers! We hope you continue to enjoy Atlas Poetica for many years to come.
~K~
M. Kei
Editor, Atlas Poetica
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Friday, October 17, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Atlas Poetica 2 now on sale
Dear Friends and Poets:
Atlas Poetica 2 is finally complete and on sale! We had major technical challenges with this issue between the changes at the printer and the death of my computer, but we persevered and overcame them all.
The cover is especially beautiful this issue. It features the Dasht-e Kevir, or 'valley of desert', the largest desert in Iran, as photographed from space. It, like all the covers for Atlas Poetica, is drawn from the 'Earth as Art' collection, courtesy of the United States Geological Service (USGS) and the NASA Landsat Project Science Office. Issue 1 featured the Anti-Atlas Mountains in Morocco, and the cover of issue 3 will feature Gosses Bluff in Australia. Many thanks to Denis Garrison, our editor-in-chief, for the covers and other technical assistance.
Issue 2 features tanka sequences, tanka prose, and individual tanka in a variety of forms and formats. Poets take us to twenty-three countries as they search for their past, present, and future, seeking their own sense of place in a very large world. Whether confronting the ancestral church or the closed gates of prison, searching the family farm, temples, subways, or seas, our poets find themselves with a world of strangeness on their doorsteps, and a world of familiarity half way around the globe. The poets of ATPO 2 ask what it means to be who they are, what place is their home, and why it matters. The ragged lines of war and tragedy cross their personal histories, but beauty and memory persevere.
Blurb for the issue:
"We believe that tanka’s accessibility is directly related to the conversational way in which it was classically used, and that now more than ever, human beings need to speak to one another—not with the rants and shrills that are the usual public discourse, but with eloquence and grace. By speaking about their experiences of place, the poets of Atlas Poetica have touched on many deeper issues: the value of the natural environment, the importance of our communities, the travails of the modern world, and the everlasting love of beauty that may be the only true definition of civilization. The appreciation of beauty is not a luxury and not a fascination with superficial features, but the ability to peer into the details of existence and find joy. Nowhere is this more important than when burdened with the devastations that humans wreak on each other and the environment."
This issue also includes poet biographies for the first two issues, as well as announcements and international resources. Remember to send your announcements well in advance; the editorial staff at Atlas Poetica plans ahead so that difficulties can be surmounted while still bringing the journal out on time. Some of the announcements sent to us were not included because they would have been over by the time the journal hit the stands. Remember that the journal goes on sale on March 1 and September 1 every year. Only announcements that address the journal's interest in tanka poetry of place will be published. (Haiku-only announcements will not be published. There are plenty of venues already for haiku news.)
Atlas Poetica 2 can be purchased online either through Lulu.com or Modern English Tanka Press.
http://www.lulu.com/content/2940354
http://www.modernenglishtankapress.com/catalog/ATPO/atlaspoetica2.html
Now that ATPO 2 has finally been put to bed, we will be working on revamping the website and submission guidelines. But first, I am taking a bit of a breather to work on the skipjack Martha Lewis, the old wooden sailboat I crew aboard. Martha still dredges for oysters in the winter months, making her one of the last vessels in North America to fish commercially under sail. Between the demands of work, changes in my personal life, and the difficulties of the journal, I have not had much time to spend with Martha. You will see the promised changes starting in September.
The reading window for Atlas Poetica 3 is September 1 - December 31, 2008. ATPO 3 will be on sale on 1 March 2009. Planned topics for the topical section include the urban/suburban/built environment, and summer.
Thank you for your support,
~K~
M. Kei
Editor, Atlas Poetica
A Journal of Poetry of Place in Modern English Tanka
Published by Modern English Tanka Press, Baltimore, MD
AtlasPoetica.com
ModernEnglishTankaPress.com
AtlasPoetica.blogspot.com
To keep abreast of developments, please subscribe to Keibooks-Announce list at or via sending email to: Keibooks-Announce-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com
Atlas Poetica 2 is finally complete and on sale! We had major technical challenges with this issue between the changes at the printer and the death of my computer, but we persevered and overcame them all.
The cover is especially beautiful this issue. It features the Dasht-e Kevir, or 'valley of desert', the largest desert in Iran, as photographed from space. It, like all the covers for Atlas Poetica, is drawn from the 'Earth as Art' collection, courtesy of the United States Geological Service (USGS) and the NASA Landsat Project Science Office. Issue 1 featured the Anti-Atlas Mountains in Morocco, and the cover of issue 3 will feature Gosses Bluff in Australia. Many thanks to Denis Garrison, our editor-in-chief, for the covers and other technical assistance.
Issue 2 features tanka sequences, tanka prose, and individual tanka in a variety of forms and formats. Poets take us to twenty-three countries as they search for their past, present, and future, seeking their own sense of place in a very large world. Whether confronting the ancestral church or the closed gates of prison, searching the family farm, temples, subways, or seas, our poets find themselves with a world of strangeness on their doorsteps, and a world of familiarity half way around the globe. The poets of ATPO 2 ask what it means to be who they are, what place is their home, and why it matters. The ragged lines of war and tragedy cross their personal histories, but beauty and memory persevere.
Blurb for the issue:
"We believe that tanka’s accessibility is directly related to the conversational way in which it was classically used, and that now more than ever, human beings need to speak to one another—not with the rants and shrills that are the usual public discourse, but with eloquence and grace. By speaking about their experiences of place, the poets of Atlas Poetica have touched on many deeper issues: the value of the natural environment, the importance of our communities, the travails of the modern world, and the everlasting love of beauty that may be the only true definition of civilization. The appreciation of beauty is not a luxury and not a fascination with superficial features, but the ability to peer into the details of existence and find joy. Nowhere is this more important than when burdened with the devastations that humans wreak on each other and the environment."
This issue also includes poet biographies for the first two issues, as well as announcements and international resources. Remember to send your announcements well in advance; the editorial staff at Atlas Poetica plans ahead so that difficulties can be surmounted while still bringing the journal out on time. Some of the announcements sent to us were not included because they would have been over by the time the journal hit the stands. Remember that the journal goes on sale on March 1 and September 1 every year. Only announcements that address the journal's interest in tanka poetry of place will be published. (Haiku-only announcements will not be published. There are plenty of venues already for haiku news.)
Atlas Poetica 2 can be purchased online either through Lulu.com or Modern English Tanka Press.
http://www.lulu.com/content/2940354
http://www.modernenglishtankapress.com/catalog/ATPO/atlaspoetica2.html
Now that ATPO 2 has finally been put to bed, we will be working on revamping the website and submission guidelines. But first, I am taking a bit of a breather to work on the skipjack Martha Lewis, the old wooden sailboat I crew aboard. Martha still dredges for oysters in the winter months, making her one of the last vessels in North America to fish commercially under sail. Between the demands of work, changes in my personal life, and the difficulties of the journal, I have not had much time to spend with Martha. You will see the promised changes starting in September.
The reading window for Atlas Poetica 3 is September 1 - December 31, 2008. ATPO 3 will be on sale on 1 March 2009. Planned topics for the topical section include the urban/suburban/built environment, and summer.
Thank you for your support,
~K~
M. Kei
Editor, Atlas Poetica
A Journal of Poetry of Place in Modern English Tanka
Published by Modern English Tanka Press, Baltimore, MD
AtlasPoetica.com
ModernEnglishTankaPress.com
AtlasPoetica.blogspot.com
To keep abreast of developments, please subscribe to Keibooks-Announce list at
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Changes at Modern English Tanka Press
Galleyproofs for ATPO 2 were promised for June, but due to significant changes at our sister publication, Modern English Tanka, we are delayed. You can read more about the changes for MET at: . The major news is that Modern English Tanka will be available as an ebook. This will be much less expensive than the print version, and will make it easier and more affordable for poets and readers around the world to get the journal.
As might be expected, Atlas Poetica will also be going through some changes to keep ourselves in sync with our sister publication, and those will take a little time to finalize. An announcement will be made later, but readers and poets can expect a more accessible journal as a result.
Thank you for your patience as Modern English Tanka Press and its journals grow to serve you better.
~K~
M. Kei
Editor, Atlas Poetica
As might be expected, Atlas Poetica will also be going through some changes to keep ourselves in sync with our sister publication, and those will take a little time to finalize. An announcement will be made later, but readers and poets can expect a more accessible journal as a result.
Thank you for your patience as Modern English Tanka Press and its journals grow to serve you better.
~K~
M. Kei
Editor, Atlas Poetica
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Atlas Poetica On Sale Now
Issue One of Atlas Poetica : A Journal of Poetry of Place in Modern English Tanka is available now. It can be purchased through the Modern English Tanka Press storefront at Lulu.com, or direct from the publisher at ModernEnglishTankaPress.com.
Featuring over 500 poems by more than 40 poets and with content in 12 languages, it is a handsome new journal with a full color cover. It publishes tanka, tanka sequences and sets, tanka with prose, and non-fiction and news, including the award-winning 88 poems sequence, Round Faces and Nesting Dolls by an'ya and Alexis Rotella that was a winner in the Tanka Splendor Awards last year. Also included is work by Eastern European, indigenous, and international authors, many in their original languages side by side with English translation.
The reading window for the next issue of Atlas Poetica is March 1 through May 31, 2008.
~K~
M. Kei
Editor-in-chief
Atlas Poetica : A Journal of Poetry of Place in Modern English Tanka
Featuring over 500 poems by more than 40 poets and with content in 12 languages, it is a handsome new journal with a full color cover. It publishes tanka, tanka sequences and sets, tanka with prose, and non-fiction and news, including the award-winning 88 poems sequence, Round Faces and Nesting Dolls by an'ya and Alexis Rotella that was a winner in the Tanka Splendor Awards last year. Also included is work by Eastern European, indigenous, and international authors, many in their original languages side by side with English translation.
The reading window for the next issue of Atlas Poetica is March 1 through May 31, 2008.
~K~
M. Kei
Editor-in-chief
Atlas Poetica : A Journal of Poetry of Place in Modern English Tanka
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Structure and Autonomy in Tanka Sets and Sequences
When submitting tanka in sets and sequences to Atlas Poetica, the following criteria should be met:
1) autonomy -- each verse must be autonomous. That is to say, the content and grammar must be self-contained and make sense on its own.
2) gestalt -- the sum must be greater than the parts.
3) necessity -- if a verse can be omitted without damaging the set or sequence, it should be.
4) structure -- there must be some organizing principle tying the set or sequence together.
5) discipline -- the set or sequence must say what it has to say, then stop.
6) compactness -- the individual verses and set or sequence as a whole should imply more than it states, it should have what Denis Garrison calls 'dreaming room.'
7) flow -- especially necessary for longer sets and sequences, there must be movement within the length that helps to sustain and reward the reader's interest.
I have written at length on structure and autonomy, which can be found in my article, "Structure and Autonomy in Tanka Sets and Sequences," published in MET5.
~K~
1) autonomy -- each verse must be autonomous. That is to say, the content and grammar must be self-contained and make sense on its own.
2) gestalt -- the sum must be greater than the parts.
3) necessity -- if a verse can be omitted without damaging the set or sequence, it should be.
4) structure -- there must be some organizing principle tying the set or sequence together.
5) discipline -- the set or sequence must say what it has to say, then stop.
6) compactness -- the individual verses and set or sequence as a whole should imply more than it states, it should have what Denis Garrison calls 'dreaming room.'
7) flow -- especially necessary for longer sets and sequences, there must be movement within the length that helps to sustain and reward the reader's interest.
I have written at length on structure and autonomy, which can be found in my article, "Structure and Autonomy in Tanka Sets and Sequences," published in MET5.
~K~
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