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Call for Submissions: a volume of ecopoetry by Two Ravens Press

Deadline: 31 March 2012

Following our recent initiative to refocus our list on ‘eco-literature' and the announcement of our new magazine, EarthLines, Two Ravens Press is delighted to announce that, in November 2012, we will publish a volume of collected ecopoetry that addresses the complex relationship between people and the natural world.

As we face the reality of climate change and the likelihood of irreversible damage to the biosphere, we are frequently called to alter our behaviour and lifestyles, to revisit our relationship with the environment and, somehow, to ‘reconnect with nature'. But what does reconnection mean, and, more importantly, what does it imply? And does literature, and specifically poetry, have any role to play in that reconnection? Is it ‘the song of the earth' as has been claimed? Can a poem help bridge the growing dissociation that pervades the relationships between contemporary humans and the natural world? Is poetry in itself a form of environmental action, or can it inspire action?

In November 2012 Two Ravens Press will publish a volume of new poetry that addresses these questions. With an introduction by Dr David Borthwick (University of Glasgow) which questions the moods of estrangement, guilt and elegy which one finds in recent poetic responses to nature, the anthology will be the focus for a new wave of poetry that seeks to directly respond to the world in which we find ourselves, and that dramatises a growing hunger for a meaningful connection with the earth.

We are now requesting submissions for this volume. If you would like to submit your work to our ecopoetry anthology, please email up to three poems that clearly fit the brief above to editors Sharon Blackie and David Knowles at info[at]tworavenspress[dot]com. We will accept attachments in Microsoft Word format only, or poetry can be included in the body of the email. We will ONLY accept submissions by email. Please include a short biography with your submission, in the body of the email.

We are looking for new, previously unpublished poetry – unless it appears in a very recent or forthcoming collection (in which case please note that we have no budget for permissions fees, and inclusion in the anthology would need to be agreed in writing with the relevant publisher of the collection on that basis).

All contributors to the anthology will receive a free copy of the published book. Royalties of 8% RRP will be offered on sales of the book but we propose to donate those royalties on behalf of all contributors to the John Muir Trust, the UK's leading wild land conservation charity.

See http://www.earthlines.org.uk/News.html for more information, or contact Sharon Blackie: info@tworavenspress.com

An Guth 7: new poems needed

Tá dánta nua as Gaeilge nó Gàidhlig ag teastáil le haghaidh na hirise An Guth 7. Cuirtear dánta le bhur dtoil go Rody Gorman ag anguth@btinternet.com
Go raibh maith agaibh.

Tha dàin ùra ann an Gàidhlig no ann an Gaeilge a dhìth airson na h-irise An Guth 7. Cuiribh dàin mas e ur toil e gu Rody Gorman aig anguth@btinternet.com
Tapadh leibh.

New poems in Irish or Scottish Gaelic required for the publication An Guth 7.
Please send poems to Rody Gorman at anguth@btinternet.com Many thanks.

Cress Press: new poetry magazine

Cress Press is a new poetry magazine which will be distributed in hard copy hopefully bi-annually. They are seeking submissions:

Maximum of 5 poems (up to 48 lines each) MS Word Format
To be sent to cresspress@gmail.com
Website: www.cresspress.reviewtion.com

Opportunity: Poet in residence

Paul Harwood, who is building an 80-bedroom hotel by Grasmere Water would very much like to have a resident poet. The idea is to offer a year-long appointment, with a small bursary of £6,000, to a poet who can bring something different to the Lake District. If you are interested, please email Paul Harwood at p.h@btinternet.com for more details. Please note, there are no fixed ideas about how the residency will work, so your own ideas will be listened to with interest. Starting date 1 July 2012.