IWW Members Published and in Print

Another great week for members of the internet Writing Workshop!


Ignatius Valentine Aloysius

Somehow I've been remiss in my emails, but I just came across one
from Glimmer Train (dated Jan 23) with the news that my story
"Conversations with My Mother" also made the Top 25 list in
Glimmer Train's Family Matters competition 2007.

Alas, I finished and submitted this story a few days before joining
IWW.


Kristen Howe

Yahoo! Ceremony just accepted all three poems for their fall issue
this year, "Stormy Nightfall", "Morning Light Kindle" and "Right
Now, It's Sweet Surrender,"a former song turned into poem. Also,
"Stormy Nightfall" will be posted online at the Unknown Poets
Corner section at the website in a few weeks. I'll get a free copy of it
in the fall. Not bad to end the week. This was my second submission
for the magazine--last year I was also accepted and had one poem in
an issue.


Kathy Highcove

Thanks, Grace, for reminding me that "Homecoming Presents,"my
Practice flash fiction piece, is up at A Long Story Short.


Ellen Kombiyil

On the eve of the "Super Tuesday" primary elections, my poem
lamenting the destruction of America during the Bush years is up at
The New Verse News. Thanks to all who critiqued and encouraged me
with "Elegy for America."

The poem was a bit of a departure for me into new territory, and I
appreciate all the support from the wonderful people at Poetry-W.
The poem headlines for February 4, 2008.

I feel privileged to be among such great company!


Jayne Pupek

New poems are up in several places. "The Livelihood of Crows"
appears in the current issue of Stirring. Three other poems, "Valley
Notes," "Tuesday Afternoon," and "The Proof," appear in the new
issue of Ghoti. "Eviction," one of my edgier poems, is up at Zygote
in my Coffee.


Wayne Scheer

I'm happy to report my work is going to be out there in print within
real books. Despite my success online, the idea of real print still
excites me.

Literary Cottage, publishers of a series of Hero anthologies, will
publish my non-fiction essay about a former teacher. I'm promised
$100 and a copy of the anthology. Presently, they are collecting
essays on heroic fathers. You might give them a shot.

Also, Flash Me Magazine, an online periodical which has published
a few of my stories, is planning a book on flash fiction and has asked
to include one of my stories, "Like Men," to be critically examined
and used as an example (of what I'm not sure). I'm looking forward
to seeing my work analyzed in print. That'll be a first for me. The
book is still in the works.

Another nonfiction essay, "Wayne Has Left the Building," which
was accepted by Notre Dame Magazine nearly a year ago, is
scheduled for publication in their Spring Issue. I won't complain
that they paid me over $400 upon acceptance, but it'll be good seeing
the essay in print.

Back to the web, my flash, "Final Wish," which began in Practice,
has been accepted by Toasted Cheese Literary Journal for their March issue.

My thanks to all for your encouragement and critiques.


Grace Skibiki

My flash fiction,"The Manicure," can be found at A Long Story
Short, along with Kathy Highcove's "Homecoming Presents."

Again, thanks to the Practice list for all the good suggestions and
advice.


Ryan Stuart

hi all,

my play is live onstage! it's playing at the local high school--my son
is directing :-)

it's a long way to off-broadway, but the Buzzard will make it there
yet. and i gotta say, it really is an unspeakable thrill to see one's lines
spoken onstage, and to see the audience laugh in the right places. i
feel VERY powerful :-)

here's the teaser:

"NOT YOUR AVERAGE WESTERN. NOT YOUR AVERAGE
ZOMBIE STORY. NOT YOUR AVERAGE HIGH SCHOOL
PLAY.

"Plus, it's got zombies in it.

"The year is 1862. The place, Texas. Sheriff Sue Grit—poster child
for low self-esteem—of Skinny Buzzard Gulch has got big problems: the
Sidesaddle Gang is about to ride into town and give everyone Dorothy Hamill
haircuts, the leader of a girl gang of sheep rustlers is about to take the revenge
of a woman scorned, and the Sheriff's love for the whore with the heart
of gold is going absolutely nowhere. And oh, his wife has turned into a
zombie."


Timi Thornton

Poetry Pays!

A few days ago, I received two envelopes in the mail that looked
identical. They were the self-addressed, stamped envelopes that I
had included with submissions to a publishing company that
produces an annual print anthology of poetry and prose.

One envelope was thin and light, so I opened it first to see a nice and
professional rejection letter.

But the second envelope was thicker and heavier. Inside was a
contract and a letter of acceptance for a poem of mine, "How She
Sees It," to be included in " Queer Collection: Prose and Poetry 2008.
I even get paid $50.00 for it.

Yahoo! I've previously published fiction and non-fiction and entered
poetry in a few contests at a conference, but I think this is only the
second time I've submitted poetry for publication. I'm pleased and
grateful. I'm also preparing my next submission of poems.


Peggy Vincent

I haven't written anything for 2-3 years, so it was a big deal when I
rejoined IWW and actually began once again to cope with the
printed word. I dragged out an old 300-word piece from a 2004
Practice-w exercise, enlarged it a bit, and subbed it to Nonfiction as
"Morning Coffee." With the help of critters, I expanded it to almost
800 words . . . and then managed to add another 22 by myself. This
morning at 10:59 I submitted it to the SF Chronicle Sunday Magazine
section (a personal essay of 900-ish words appears weekly). At 11:03,
I got an acceptance. Fastest sell ever for me. Blew my socks off . . . and
it feels really good. It'll appear April 27. Thanks to everyone who
helped.