Able Muse/Eratosphere Newsletter - Winter 2014: Just Released - Able Muse, print edition, No. 18, Winter 2014 & more

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Here are some glad tidings from Able Muse & Eratosphere news and updates! :)

The new issue of Able Muse [5]: Winter 2014

The new issue of Able Muse, Print Editon (Number 18) - Winter 2014, has just been released, with order/subscription information (for print [16] & Kindle, NOOK, Kobo & iBooks [16] editions), with online excerpts and the subscribers' online edition at: www.AbleMuse.com
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[17]with Able Muse WRITE PRIZE for Poetry & Fiction —
Includes the 2014 winning story & poems from contest winners and finalists.


editorial: Alexander Pepple • featured artist: Gustavo Thomas • featured poet: Wendy Videloc (interviewed by David Mason) • art & photography: Adel Souto • fiction: Tamas Dobozy, Maxine Rosaler, Michael Lacare, Bridget Apfeld, Anthony Mastroianni, J. Preston Witt • essays: N.S. Thompson, Michael Cohen, Barbara Haas, Derek Furr • book reviews: Martin McGovern, Hollis Seamon • poetry: Hailey Leithauser, Catharine Savage Brosman, Katharine Coles, Susan McLean, Jeredith Merrin, Lisa Huffaker, Len Krisak, Gail Tyson, Stephen Kampa, Terese Coe, Robert W. Crawford, Marilyn L. Taylor, Catherine Chandler, Judith Kunst, Paul Verlaine, Diane Furtney, Teresa Milbrodt, Kathryn Locey, Peter Austin, Kyle Potvin, Roy Bentley, Pierre de Ronsard, Frank De Canio, Dorie deWitt LaRue, J.P. Grasser, Zara Raab, Duane Caylor, Anne-Marie Thompson, Scott M. Miller, Eric Berlin.
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With special thanks for an outstanding new issue to -- Stephen Kampa, Callie Siskel, Reagan Upshaw (Assistant Poetry Editors); Gregory Dowling (Nonfiction Editor);  Karen Kevorkian (Fiction Editor), Jonathan Danielson, Janice D. Soderling, Rob Wright (Assistant Fiction Editors).

Alex Pepple, Editor
www.AbleMuse.com [18]

2015 Contest now open for submissions:

ABLE MUSE WRITE PRIZE [19] (for poetry & fiction)
[19]• $500 for the winning poem (all styles welcome) • $500 for the winning story • publication in Able Muse (print edition) • anonymous judging by the final judges:  H.L. Hix (poetry), Eugenia Kim (fiction) • Entry deadline: February 15, 2015 • Details at: http://www.ablemusepress.com/ [26]

2014 Winners: Scott M. Miller - Poetry (judged by Dick Allen), J. Preston Witt- Fiction (judged by Amit Majmudar) . . . $500 to each winner. Complete results here [27].

ABLE MUSE BOOK AWARD [26] (for poetry manuscript)
[19]• $1000 prize • publication of winning book manuscript by Able Muse Press • all poetry styles welcome • Entry deadline: March 31, 2015 • anonymous judging by final judge: Peter Campion • Details at:  http://www.ablemusepress.com/ [26]

2014 Winners: Melissa Balmain for her manuscript, Embarking on Catastrophe - (judged by Molly Peacock) . . . $1000 to the winner & publication by Able Muse Press. Complete results here [28].

Now Available from Able Muse Press [19]
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Now available from Able Muse Press [19], Amazon and other online & offline bookstores:
• Able Muse - Print Edition back issues & subscription [29]
• T [30]he Able Muse Anthology [30] - the best of the poetry, fiction, essays, art & photography [30]
• Cup - poems by Jeredith Merrin [31]  *NEW*
• Greed: A Confession - poems by D.R. Goodman [32]  *NEW*
• Corporeality - stories by Hollis Seamon [34]
• Vellum - poems by Chelsea Woodard [33]  *NEW*
• All the Wasted Beauty of the World - poems by Richard Newman [35]  *NEW*
• Walking in on People - poems by Melissa Balmain [36]

Now Available in Pre-Release:
• Sea Level Rising - poems by John Philip Drury [37]  *NEW*
• Uncontested Grounds - poems by William Conelly [38]  *NEW* (2013 Finalists of the Able Muse Book Award)

Coming Soon from Able Muse Press in 2014 [19]

[19]from ABLE MUSE BOOK AWARD, 2015 - WINNER & FINALISTS [19] (final judge, Molly Peacock) [19]

• Embarking on Catastrophe - poems by Carrie Shipers [19] (WINNER)
• Asperity Street - poems by Gail White
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• Times Square and Other Stories by William Baer [19]
• Slingshots and Love Plums - poems by Wendy Videlock [26]
• Taking Shape - carmina figurata by Jan D. Hodge [26]
• Sir Gawain and the Green Knight – Translation by John Ridland [26]

SUBMISSIONS: [45]
Able Muse (print edition) reads submissions year-round. Submit now for a chance to appear in Able Muse - send your best poetry, art, fiction, essays, book reviews. The submission guidelines are available here [45].

Eratosphere Workshop Events [21]

Held Recently:

 Translation Bake-Off, 2014 [46] with Distinguished Guest & Host Julie Stoner

 Double-blind Sonnet Bake-Off, 2014 [46] with Top Secret Distinguished Guests!

Coming Soon:

More workshops & Distinguished Guest [46] events at Able Muse / Eratosphere . . . stay tuned for more info!

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Able Muse Pushcart Prize 2014 Nominations [49]: [50]
Congratulations to the  two poetry translators, two poets, one writer, and one essayist nominated for Pushcart Prize 2014 here [49].

We wish you Happy Holidays, and the very best of the New Year!

...Alex
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