Another year, another set of domestic disasters, rejections, frustrations, minor triumphs and bursts of silliness. Oh, and some poetry too. It all began really well, with winning the January Rattle Ekphrastic competition. I still like the poem too, which is good. (And not always the way these things unpack). But then I failed completely to …
I’m a Best New Zealand poem!
Hooray! My astronaut poem, Earthrise, has been chosen by Vincent O’Sullivan for Best New Zealand Poems 2014! You can see it (and all the others) here. (Go take a look. It’s a great resource.) I’m feeling quite chuffed about it. I had a lovely time writing it, and doing research around the first forays into space. …
Hooray! Hooray! and Bah
Lets start with the Hoorays first – I’m going to be published in Landfall! David Eggleton (a man of impeccable taste and discernment) has taken both “The City and The City” and “Fault” for the next issue. Hooray! I’ve never been published in Landfall before, so this is a bit of a special moment. And Paula …
litmags and giftbags – we have winners!
The New Zealand Literary Publication most read by the discerning participants of this poll was … a dead heat between Landfall and Takahe (with nine regular readers each). (That is, “who read it regularly” – stop sniggering in the back row.) The New Zealand Literary Publication most subscribed to by the similarly discerning participants of this …
NZ lit mags continued …
Keep the comments and poll answers coming – I'll run the competition until Saturday morning, and use my standard highly scientific selection method to choose a winner. So far the reading stats put Takahe just in front of JAAM and Landfall, and in the subscription stats just ahead of Bravado. (For a while there it …
A Dark Feathered Art 