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 (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.