A call for (war) poetry

Against Agamemnon: War Poetry

WaterWood Press, a publishing consortium with editorial offices in
Texas, New York, London, Paris & Madrid will be accepting war poetry
beginning May 1, 2008, and ending September 1, 2008 for its upcoming
soft cover anthology entitled Against Agamemnon: War Poetry.

WaterWood Press is managed by a worldwide editorial staff, including
faculty from top universities, who have been published by leading
houses such as Peter Lang Publishing, Reed Elsevier Publishing,
Thomson Publishing, West Group, LEXIS NEXIS, and others.

American poet James Adams, a 2007 Pulitzer Prize nominee for his
poetry collection Noble Savage (St.-Lukes Presse), which featured
themes of American Indian genocide and African civil war, has agreed
to serve as editor. Noble Savage (available at Brazos Books, Houston,
Texas) was called “a substantial achievement” by Houston poet-research
physician Michael Lieberman. Adams’ war poetry has been called
“original and moving” by American poet-humanitarian Carolyn Forché.
Adams has edited over four dozen books and treatises.

Complete submission guidelines:

1. Seeking original poems/poetry translations on war from any good
poet (”known” or unknown) in any style.

2. No reprints or previously published work. Prior to publication,
all to-be-published poets will have to sign a document certifying that
their chosen work has not been previously published in any format.

3. Non-English originals must be accompanied by English translations.

4. Mail to: WaterWood Press, 47 Waterwood, Huntsville, Texas 77320,
Attn: 2008 War Poetry Editor

5. Snail mail submission only. No email submissions will be
considered, unless the author is located in a foreign country, and
regular U.S. mail is impracticable or overly expensive. These foreign
submissions may be made to:

waterwood.press.poetry.editor(at)gmail.com (replace (at) with @)

Please place the poem in the body of the email and ALSO as an
attachment. Note whether any attached poems are virus checked prior
to sending by indicating in the “RE:” line: VIRUS CHECKED. Email
submissions without such notice will not be opened.

6. 1-3 poems per poet. Three copies of each poem, each poem
identified with author’s name only.

7. Length: no more than 30 lines per poem. Will consider one poem of
two pages length maximum.

8. Include a separate one-page cover letter containing a list of your
poems submitted (or poems and translations), a one paragraph biography
(no more than 6 sentences), your mailing address, your email address,
and SASE.

9. The Editor will read every submission and may comment upon each
submission. Preference will be given to what poet Carolyn Forché has
termed “the poetry of witness.” Please do not send poems about 9/11,
as these will not be considered.

10. WaterWood Press will begin receiving submissions during National
Poetry Month, April 1, 2008. Submission ends September 1, 2008,
unless overload submiss
ions force an earlier ending date. All entries must be postmarked by
September 1, 2008.

11. The Editor has suggested that poets may wish to refer to American
War Poetry, edited by Lorrie Goldensohn (Columbia University Press);
Against Forgetting (Norton), edited by Carolyn Forché (also as
translator); Brian Hunter’s Here, Bullet (Alice James Books); and the
poetry of Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, Isaac Rosenberg, Walt
Whitman, and other well known war poets.

12. There will be no fees charged to poets for submitting their work.
Those poets selected for publication will receive a copy of the
anthology as payment. All rights revert to poets except future reprint
rights for further “Best Of”-type anthologies from WaterWood Press.

Artist Residency at Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center, Italy

For nearly fifty years, the Rockefeller Foundation has hosted scholars, creative artists, and practitioners at Bellagio for concentrated work on major projects. Talented professionals use time at Bellagio to advance work that has impact across disciplines, while interacting daily with an active and diverse intellectual community. Artists and scholars stay for one month of work at Bellagio, away from their usual daily demands, and flexible schedules are available for practitioners working at non-profit or NGO organizations.

Residents at the Bellagio Center in 2007-2008 represent a diverse group of more than 20 countries, including: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Austria, Denmark, Germany, Macedonia, Poland, Russia, the United Kingdom, Israel, Lebanon, Canada, the United States, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and Togo. Applicants from outside the United States and Western Europe are particularly encouraged to apply, as are individuals working on projects aligned with the Foundation’s objective to expand opportunities for poor or vulnerable people. The Bellagio residency provides room/board and high-speed internet access to all residents free of charge. Please note that financial assistance can be made available to successful applicants whose limited means might otherwise prevent them from accepting a residency.

The selection process for Bellagio is very competitive, and will ultimately favor professionals with significant experience and strong project proposals. The Bellagio opportunity is not a grant, but rather a time to interact with a professional community while working toward tangible personal achievement.

The deadline for applications to the spring 2009 residency period is August 13, 2008. To learn more about Bellagio, and to view the online application, please visit: http://www.rockfound.org/bellagio/bellagio.shtml. You are also welcome to direct any questions you may have to the Institute of International Education Bellagio Office at bellagio_res@iie.org or (212) 984-5537.

“Orange Peals” - Call out for poetry

This is a call out to all poets around the word: Submissions are invited for the 7th E-book of the Quarterly Colour Series of Poetry.

Orange Peals, ‘a sense of the light-hearted,’ is the seventh e-book after Gray Spots, Blue Smudges, Red Streaks, Green Piece, Brown Steps and Indigo Smoothies. So far we have thought about life, enjoyed happiness, been political & seduced. This edition aims to cause poetry readers around the world to burst into peals of laughter - or at least make them smile.

You are invited to submit your work(s) for this seventh edition of the Quarterly Color Series of Poetry (QCS). Submissions must be made in a word document (.doc) and sent to poetry@alkags.com not later than 25th June 2008. Acceptance and selection of works to be published is entirely at the discretion of Al Kags and the Al Kags Trust.

The Quarterly Colour Series of poetry is a series of poetry ebooks that is published online every three months by the Al Kags Trust and distributed virally from one person to many via email, web sites, blogs and other electronic media. So far, the latest tally of the number of people that the book has been forwarded to is 286,000 in over seventy countries. We cannot track the book beyond that and we believe that hundreds of thousands more may have been touched by the poetry.

The series is meant to be a platform that allows poets, who want to be read, to speak to people’s souls around the world - freely & without inhibitions. The rights to the published poetry remains with the poet forever. By submitting however, the poet gives the reader the right to share, republish, recite - indeed spread it around the world at will - so long as the reader quotes the source.

To download all of the poetry e-books feel free to go to http://alkags.com

Wanted - Graphic Designer for Kwani?

Job Title: Graphic Design Intern / Assistant
Reports to: Arts Director, Kwani? & Special Projects Editor & the Managing Editor
Reporting to this position: N/A

This is a generic job description which is intended to describe a range of duties at Graphic Design Intern level across Kwani Trust. The scope of the duties are not intended to be exhaustive nor are they intended to infer that every post holder will be required to carry out the full range of duties at all times. The post holder will be expected to undertake any of the duties included in this job description, as instructed by the Arts Director, Kwani? & Special Projects Editor and the Managing Editor

Job Description

• To serve as Kwani Trust’s Graphic Design Intern/Assistant in coordinating graphics / images
aspect of Editorial projects and their delivery
• Coordinate the production of Editorial and other projects by maintaining contact with printing
houses and ensuring that all products produced fit Kwani Trust’s specifications. Further, to act
as interface between the Finance department and the said printing houses
• Create and distribute images specific to Kwani Trust’s brand identity : book stands, event
posters, brochures, business cards, Kwani Literary Festival merchandise ( laptop bags, etc)
• Liaise between the Arts Director and other departments, and assist with the creation of
images and design concepts for the Kwani? anthology
• Serve as the 1st point of call for any enquiries requiring the Graphic Design department’s
attention and coordinate the department’s activities as they relate to all other departments

This position will have to work closely with other Kwani Trust departments; in particular the Editorial Department, in order to synchronise activities and therefore create better synergy between The Graphic Design and other departments. The post holder will carry out all Design-related administrative and secretarial duties as required. This will include the recording of departmental budgets & costs, weekly task lists and team updates, weekly updates reported to the Managing Editor, quarterly reports, assembling and circulating design-related material as required.

The Graphic Design Intern/Assistant will further be involved with the design and creation of merchandise for distribution at the Kwani? LitFest in August 2008. You will first work as a trainee for a paid trial period of 3 months to grow into a full-time Graphic Design Assistant’s position.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

Graphic Design
• Create Kwani Trust Branding Merchandise: Book marks, Brochures, Staff business cards, Kwani
LitFest job tags, etc
• Conversion of ideas from Editorial and other departments into images and graphics
• Creation of stand designs for media stores
• Creation of marketing promotional material as per briefs from the Marketing Department
• Archive all past Kwani? Anthologies, other book titles and promotional material layouts and files

Kwani Literary Festival (KLF)
• Design all publicity material for the Festival and coordinate the printing and delivery of these
and other required materials

Goonj Archive Project
• Liaise with key Goonj project coordinators and ensure delivery of all Kwani Trust material as per required format

Events• Open Mic & Sunday Salon monthly events
• Record short clips from both events on a monthly basis
• Provide Sunday Salon Ny team with monthly updates ( images and audio)
• Liaise with our events photographers in gathering material. Further, develop a system for, and
archive all event photography, promotional material and past journal layouts and files

Production
• Systematic uploading of all material scheduled for production to Kwani Trust printers in India
and provision of instructions to the same, ensuring all printed material meets Kwani trust
specifications
• Liaise with local printers for specifications and timelines for the completion of production of all
merchandise printed locally
• Act as interface between The Finance Department and Printing houses
• Liaise with Finance Department on the shipping and delivery of book titles and other products

Administrative
• Serve as liaison between Graphic Design and other departments (Marketing & Sales, Finance, Communications & PR, and Administration). Additionally, act as first line of contact for inter-departmental projects, all Kwani Trust administered projects and all writers & stakeholders
• Maintain a weekly log on all design-related activities and report regularly to the Managing
Editor on all activities
• Handle the design and production aspects on Kwani Trust projects that emerge from the
Editorial Department
• Co-ordinate within the Design department all commercial projects
• Update the Kwani Trust website with images on a weekly basis
• Act as liaison for all printing jobs and report to editorial team on progress

Knowledge & Experience
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills: Listening and persuasive communications
skills, with the ability to clearly articulate ideas and concepts to a range of different types of
people, both internally and externally
• A passion for edgy design and an ability to incorporate innovative technologies coupled with
excellent design sensibility and conceptual thinking
• Relentless attention to detail, a gifted eye for aesthetics, and the ability to quickly grasp and
distill highly complex matters are all crucial
• Intimate knowledge of relevant industry tools : Adobe Photoshop, flash, CSS and Illustrator,
among others
• Ability to work autonomously while communicating progress regularly to Editorial team

*DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS JUNE 21, 2008.
**Please email CV to: a.wachuka@kwani.org, with “Graphic Design Application” in the subject
box

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