Now Accepting Submissions!

The clock is ticking...
Submit now!
Proetry Magazine is now accepting submissions of poetry, prose, and visual art for its Fall 2011 issue, due out in mid-August.
Send emails to ProetryEditor@gmail.com.

Print Edition Submission Guidelines:

General: There are no unacceptable themes for submitting to the print edition.  The deadline for submissions for the August edition is 7/23/11.  We are aiming to have the first issue printed in mid-August.  You can also submit more than one type of writing and/or art for the print edition, up to 3 poems, 3 pieces of artwork, and 2 pieces of prose.

Poetry: Please only submit poems which are a page in length or shorter.  Please only submit 3 poems per person.  Put "Poetry Submission" in the Subject of the Email and send it to: ProetryEditor@gmail.com.  Please send each poem in a separate email.  Please include contact info at the top or bottom of each email as well.  If, for stylistic purposes, you need to send the poem in an attachment, please explain that in the body of the email, otherwise we will not open the attachment due to spam.

Prose: Please only submit prose pieces which are a half-page in length or shorter.  Please put "Prose Submission" & the genre (Fiction, Non-Fiction, etc.) in the Subject of the Email and send it to: ProetryEditor@gmail.com.  Please send each prose piece in a separate email.  Please include contact info at the top or bottom of each email as well.  Please only submit 2 prose pieces per person.

Art:  Please send the highest resolution copy of your work for the print edition.  If the Art Editor does not deem the work to be in a high enough res, we may email you back and ask you for a higher resolution version.  Please only submit 3 pieces of artwork per person.  Send your artwork in the form of .JPG files.  Put "Art Submission" in the Subject of the Email & attach the files to the email, one artwork per email.  Send it to: ProetryEditor@gmail.com

Feel free to email us at ProetryEditor@gmail.com for more info!

Word of Mouth Open Mic Tomorrow!

Come out tomorrow to hear some awesome poetry!  And listen to me feature, of course!  Zines will also be for sale at the show.

Updated Website!

The online edition of Proetry Magazine has just been revised to include more poems and more visual art!  It now includes all the artwork from the print edition, and even more.  Check it out at ProetryMagazine.com.  You can pick up print copies of the zine at the Live Poets Society Open Mic, every Monday from 6-8pm at Flicker Theatre and Bar on Washington St.  Come by and enjoy some poems, some art, some drink :)

Athens, GA Writing Community Upcoming Events (April, 2011)

4/4/11 @ 8:30pm - Special Live Poets Society Open Mic, located at Flicker Bar
Celebrating the arrival of Ben Gulyas & Ralph LaCharity into Athens this week for Word of Mouth, we are honoring these two great poets from Ohio with a special open mic at Flicker.

4/6/11 @ 8pm - Word of Mouth, located at The Globe
First Wed. of every month, Poetry open mic
April feature: Ben Gulyas from Cincinnati

4/11/11 @ 6pm - Live Poets Society Open Mic, located at Flicker
Every other Monday, Poetry open mic
Come celebrate life with us during Happy Hour on a Monday!

4/18/11 @ 7pm - Goodbye Blue Mondays Open Mic, located at Dog Ear Books
Every other Mon., alternating with Live Poets Society Open Mic

4/25/11 @ 6pm - Live Poets Society Open Mic, located at Flicker
Every other Monday, Poetry open mic

We are still planning to get the magazine's first edition out this month - stay tuned for the release party date & time!

Athens, GA Writing Community Upcoming Events (Late March - Mid April, 2011)

3/28/11 @ 6pm -  Live Poets Society Open Mic, located at Flicker Theatre & Bar (263 W. Washington St.)
Poetry open mic, Every Other Monday (alternating with Goodbye open mic at Dog Ear Books)
Email for more info:  ColAthPo@gmail.com

3/30/11 - Presentation: “Bob Dylan and the Poetry of the Blues”. Sponsored by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, English Department, and the Inst. for African American Studies. Michael Gray, the author of The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia and Song & Dance Man III: The Art Of Bob Dylan, uses records and rare footage to show how hugely Dylan has been inspired by the blues and how much of its poetry has been smuggled inside his own, highly influential writing. 4:00 p.m. 101 Miller Learning Center. Contact: 706-542-1561
Link to UGA's Calendar:  www.uga.edu/mastercalendar/

3/30/11 - Lecture. Sponsored by the department of Romance Languages and other partners. Speaker: Junot Diaz, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Chapel. Contact: lorgiag@uga.edu
Link to UGA's Calendar:  www.uga.edu/mastercalendar/



4/1/11 - Reading by Touring Poet Brian Turner. Sponsored by The Georgia Review and the Georgia Poetry Circuit. Turner is a soldier-poet whose debut book of poems, Here, Bullet, a first-person account of the Iraq war, won a number of major awards. Turner served seven years in the US Army, to include one year as an infantry team leader in Iraq with the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. Prior to that, he was deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1999-2000. His second poetry book, Phantom Noise, was released by Alice James in the Spring of 2010. Turner has recently been selected as one of 50 United States Artists Fellows for 2009. 7:00 p.m. Cine, 234 West Hancock Ave. Contact: 706-542-3481, davidi@uga.edu 
Link to UGA's Calendar:  www.uga.edu/mastercalendar/



4/4/11 @ 7pm - Goodbye Poetry Open Mic, located at Dog Ear Books (162 W. Clayton St.)
Poetry open mic, Every Other Monday (alternating with L.P.S. at Flicker)
Link for more info:  www.DogEarBooks.com

4/6/11 @ 8pm - Word of Mouth, located at The Globe (199 N. Lumpkin St.)
Poetry open mic, 1st Wednesday of every month, has a featured reader.
Link for more info:  AthensWordOfMouth.com

4/15/11 - Projected Release Date of Proetry, Athens' Community Literary Magazine.
Location & time TBA.  The magazine will be on sale at Dog Ear Books & other locations around Athens.

The Deadline's Almost Here!

Hello All!  I just received a few new submissions today for the magazine & I am very excited about them!  We are still accepting submissions through Midnight on Wednesday, February 23rd.  Submit work via the website Proetry.com or email the submissions to me directly at ProetryEditor@gmail.com.  I have re-posted the Submission Guidelines below.  Please review them before submitting work.  Happy Monday!

Website Submission Guidelines-

General: There is no deadline for website submissions, as we hope to keep the material on the site rotating more frequently than the bi-monthly printed edition. The first edition of the online edition should be published by the end of March. Please no profane or clearly religious-themed works of art, as the site host does not accept materials like that and we could get in trouble for posting them. (We want to keep this zine going!) Feel free to email us at ProetryEditor@gmail.com if you have any questions. Also, you can submit more than one type of writing and/or art, up to 3 poems, 3 pieces of artwork, and one piece of prose.

Poetry: Please only submit 3 poems per person. Put "Poetry Submission" in the Subject of the Email and send it to: ProetryEditor@gmail.com. Please send each poem in a separate email. Please include contact info at the top or bottom of each email as well. If, for stylistic purposes, you need to send the poem in an attachment, please explain that in the body of the email, otherwise we will not open the attachment due to spam.

Prose: Please put "Prose Submission" & the genre (Fiction, Non-Fiction, etc.) in the Subject of the Email and send it to: ProetryEditor@gmail.com. Please send each prose piece in a separate email. Please include contact info at the top or bottom of each email as well. Please only submit 2 prose pieces per person.

Art: Please only submit 3 pieces of artwork per person. Send your artwork in the form of .JPG files. Put "Art Submission" in the Subject of the Email & attach the files to the email, one artwork per email. Send it to: ProetryEditor@gmail.com

Print Edition Submission Guidelines-

General: There are no unacceptable themes for submitting to the print edition. The deadline for submissions for the March edition is 2/23/11. We are aiming to have the first issue printed in mid-March. You can also submit more than one type of writing and/or art for the print edition, up to 3 poems, 3 pieces of artwork, and 2 pieces of prose.

Poetry: As the first edition of the zine will be rather small, please only submit poems which are a page in length or shorter. All other Poetry guidelines are the same as the website edition guidelines.

Prose: As the first edition of the zine will be rather small, please only submit prose pieces which are a half-page in length or shorter. All other Prose guidelines are the same as the website edition guidelines.

Art: Please send the highest resolution copy of your work for the print edition. If the Art Editor does not deem the work to be in a high enough res, we may email you back and ask you for a higher resolution version. All other Art guidelines are the same as the website edition guidelines.

Feel free to email us at ProetryEditor@gmail.com for more info!

Athens Writing Community Upcoming Events, February-Early March, 2011

Athens, GA Writing Community Upcoming Events

2/22/11 @ 10:30am - Q&A Session With Poet and Author Eileen Myles, located at 261 Park Hall.
Myles is winner of the Shelley Award from the Poetry Society of America in 2010. She has published poetry since the 1970s. Myles is professor emeritus at the University of California San Diego, where she directed the writing program from 2002-2007.
Email for more info: jerich@uga.edu

2/23/11 @ 9:30pm-ish - Awesome Show, located at Flicker Bar (263 W. Washington St.)
A poetry/potluck/flo fiesta hosted by Christopher Ingham, who will make it rock.
For more info, be on the lookout for flyers around town!

2/23/11 @ Midnight – Deadline for Submissions to Proetry, the print edition!

Submit your work before this date so that we can get it printed in the mid-March edition!

Email for more info: proetryeditor@gmail.com

2/23/11 @ 10pm - Deadline for Submission of Col-Ath-Po #1.

If you have the Collaborative Athens Poetics piece, please bring it to Daily Groceries Co-Op by closing time!

Email for more info: colathpo@gmail.com

2/24/11 @ 4:30pm - Georgia Colloquium in 18th & 19th Century Lit., located at 265 Park Hall.
Sponsored by the Willson Center and English Department. Paul Kelleher, Emory University, discusses Foucault's work on sexuality and madness in relation to 18th-century Britain.
Link for more info: www.cencl.uga.edu/

2/28/11 @ 8:30pm - Live Poets Society Open Mic, located at Flicker Bar (263 W. Washington St.)
Poetry open mic, alternating with Goodbye Open Mic at Dog Ear
Email for more info: proetryeditor@gmail.com or colathpo@gmail.com

2/28/11 @ 8pm - VOX Reading Series, located at Cine (234 W. Hancock Ave.)
Presented by the UGA Creative Writing Program, featuring the works of novelist Josh Weil.
Link for more info: www.athenscine.com

3/2/11 @ 8pm - Word of Mouth Open Mic, located at The Globe (corner of Clayton & Lumpkin)
Poetry open mic with a featured poet in the middle.  March feature: Buddah!
Link to more info: athenswordofmouth.com

3/3/11 @ 7:30pm - Reading by Author Michael Ondaatje, located at the UGA Chapel.
Sponsored by the Creative Writing Program, English Department, President's Venture Fund and the Willson Center. Ondaatje, bestselling author of The English Patient, will read from his work. Ondaatje's work also encompasses memoir, poetry and film.
Email for more info: jerich@uga.edu

3/4/11 through 3/5/11 - Conference on Children's Literature, located at The Georgia Center.
Sponsored by College of Education's Department of Language and Literacy Education. Culmination of the Georgia Book Award program. Winning children’s book authors and illustrator are invited each year to speak and accept their awards.
Link/email for more info:  http://bit.ly/childlitconf  - jtaxel@uga.edu

3/7/11 @ 7pm - Goodbye Poetry Open Mic, located at Dog Ear Books (162 W. Clayton St.)

Poetry open mic, 1^st & 3^rd Mon. of every month.

Link to more info: http://www.dogearbooks.com/

Check back with us often to see more Upcoming Writers' Events!  And feel free to email us at ProetryEditor@gmail.com with any questions or info about new events.