Orbis
 

Orbis, a British journal that counts the wonderful D.A. Prince among its frequent contributors and was an earlier publisher of Glyn Maxwell among others is seeking submissions. The editor tells me she's particularly eager for overseas submissions from women.

She asks me to pass on the following, which includes information about a flash fiction contest, and says others should feel to pass it on, too.

I've contributed a handful of times going back to the previous editor's stewardship, and tend to find my work in excellent company.

From editor Carole Baldock:

Orbis always welcomes submissions,
and unlike many magazines, we return work rather than rejecting it,
more often than not with an invite to send more.

Also, if contributors have a recent/forthcoming book,
a footnote is included for a bit extra publicity -
proof of the pudding as it were

Subs: £19/4 pa (Overseas: £42/€50/$60)

Get a taste for Orbis – and get to know us even better:
a whole year's worth as pdfs (OS: £12);
UK: + 1 back copy of the actual magazine (£12, inc p+p)

Or if preferred, rather than pdfs: 2 back copies for £8

And welcome to join us online at the Orbis group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/5363...?ref=br_tf&epa

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Without Small Press magazines, the majority of poets who are now household names
wouldn’t be where they are today:
Carol Ann Duffy's poems appeared in Acumen and the Rialto early in her career,
and Orbis was one of the first magazines to publish Glyn Maxwell,
shortlisted for Best Collection in the Forward Prizes.
And Susan Wicks, was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize:
3 collections with Faber, the rest, Bloodaxe, and most of them PBS recommendations.
Simon Armitage, former contributor (reviews and poems),
'still has copies', giving Orbis a mention in his Forward Prize winning collection, Kid,
Ahren Warner, Editor of Poetry London, had a poem in the magazine - aged just 15,
while Featured Writer, Orbis 171), Bethany W. Pope's collection
Silage (Indigo Dreams) was reviewed in The Guardian.
On the other hand, Orbis 191 was the first magazine to publish Anne Symons,
whose poem, Corsetière, came second in the Readers’ Award, while another debut,
When Jesus Spoke to the Elephants by Ed Jones (New Jersey),
was chosen as Joint 1st, Orbis 183

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Fish Publishing Flash Fiction Prize
Closes: 28 February, 2022
Results: 10 April, 2022 Anthology Published: July 2022
Entry Fees: 14 Euros (8 Euros subsequent entries)
Word Limit: 300
Judge: Tracey Slaughter
1st Prize: 1000 Euros 2nd Prize: 300 Euros 3rd Prize: Online Writing Course

Top 10 stories published in the FISH ANTHOLOGY 2022

Fish Publishing, Durrus, Bantry, Co Cork, Ireland

Online writing courses in short story, flash fiction, poetry and memoir;
and full range of editorial services for writers, see info@fishpublishing.com
www.fishpublishing.com

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Orbis 198, Winter 2021

Editor: Carole Baldock
Associate Editor (Book Reviews) Maria Isakova Bennett

£5.50 (Overseas: £11.50/€14/$16); Subs: £19/4 pa (Overseas: £42/€50/$60)

Front cover artwork: 'Time and Place' by Peter Raymond (from an idea by Carole Baldock)
back cover, detail from image: www.prphoto.co.uk

'Tis the season to be...
keeping your fingers crossed yet again in the hope of Yuletide celebrations going to plan. But whether commiserations or congratulations, you can immerse yourself in this festive feast, soaring high with Maureen Jivani at Two Minutes to 13, never worrying about The Weight of Light (KB Ballentine) or Richard Lister and his Riddle from the sands, while making the most of Beth Booth's Swooping Season. As for Xxxx shopping, an apology from David Lukens: Why I can’t tell you the way to Tesco, but not a problem because, At the end of the day (Kathryn MacDonald), you could easily pick up something colourful in Cerulean, like Luke Morgan or an absolute bargain at Helen Overell's Point of sale in the Charity Shop, and enjoy a tale about Gretel and the woodcutter from Simon Leonard. In fact, there's sure to be something in this issue for everybody to enjoy.

Featured Poet Pauline Hall: The Affair; Pleasures; Getting away; Collisions ; Panache
Poems from: Adrian Buckner (Adjective on the town); Miranda Day (The Rock and the Water); Max Roland Ekstrom (My Maternity) Matt Haw (Gloomers); Luke Morgan (Cerulean);
Mary Mulholland (Playing with snakes); Pete Mullineaux (‘Don’t always expect fireworks...’); Sara Truuvert (Will My Iguana Love Me?)
Prose from: James Brasfield (The Carpathian Connection);Philip Dunkerley (The Godsend);Jean Maskell (At the crossroads)
Translation: Niels hav (Sker det at nogen siger fra?)
Past Master: Susan Wismer on Tekahionwake: E. Pauline Johnson
Reviews by David Harmer, D. A. Prince, Pauline Rowe, Theresa Sowerby and Andrew Taylor

Orbis 197 contributors also include
Michael Bartholomew-Biggs; David Burridge; RC deWinter;
Massimo Fantuzzi; George Freek; Victoria Gatehouse; Doreen Hinchliffe;
Sue Kauth; Alicia Byrne Keane; Jennie Owen; Frances Sackett; Penny Sharman;
Matt Smith; Peter Sutton; Sarah Wimbush; Mantz Yorke