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Stand Poetry Magazine

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Stand Poetry Magazine

Stand Poetry Magazine

Stand first appeared in 1952 when Jon Silkin used his £5 redundancy money, received after trying to organise some of his fellow manual workers, to found a magazine which would ‘stand’ against injustice and oppression, and ‘stand’ for the role that the arts, poetry and fiction in particular, could and should play in that fight.

In its 50 plus years, Stand has published early work by many writers who have gone on to become established figures – Ken Smith, Tony Harrison, Michael Hamburger, Douglas Dunn, Jeffrey Wainwright and George MacBeth are just a few. The magazine has also played a major role in bringing writers in translation to an English-speaking audience.

The search for inventive or radical or experimental work goes on. Stand appears quarterly and continues to feature some of the best in new writing, poetry, fiction and criticism.

Stand first appeared in London, then moved to Leeds when Jon Silkin was Gregory Fellow in Poetry, and where he studied for a degree in English. It moved again to Newcastle in 1965, returning to Leeds in 1999 after Jon Silkin’s death.

Stand is an independent company, but works in close association with the School of English at the University of Leeds, and the School was proud to be able to host the 60th birthday celebrations for this distinguished magazine in 2012.

School of English, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT West Yorkshire UK

Website: www.standmagazine.org
Telephone: 0113 343 4794
Email: editors@standmagazine.org
Twitter: @Stand_poetry
Facebook: facebook.com/StandPoetryMagazine

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The A3 Press and Review

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The A3 Press and Review

The A3 Press and Review

The A3 Press is no longer accepting submissions

A3 Press and Review is based in London, contact details are:

PO Box 65016, London, N5 9BD
020 7193 7642

Website: https://writingmaps.com/collections/a3-chapbooks
Email: a3@writingmaps.com
Twitter: @WritingMaps
Facebook: Writing Maps
Instagram: writingmaps

Editor: Shaun Levin

I received a lovely little package from A3 Press a while back now full of chapbooks, lovely little essays and all presented so well, from the initial packaging all the way down to each individual book.

I love how these are presented and it’s great to have a beautiful, hand-crafted work to read amongst all the books, an experiment, an essay, a poem, take your pick and while away twenty minutes in peoples beautiful words/worlds.

The Unit

by Jason Jackson

Past, present and future of a working class psychogeography.

A place that has different meanings through time, that gradually decays through time, changes purpose and importance.

How we fabricate lives intermingled with truth and exaggeration, until we grow and forget the important geographies of our youth.

My New Car

by Alan Sincic
A magnificent green with the art work reminiscent of a children’s road mat, play and childhood combine with desire for a status symbol.

There is a hint of Marinetti and the Futurists to this text, the worship and fetishisation of a mechanical object, repetitive noises (words), the experimentation with word and sentence structure, and speed.

But there is a certain rot to this text that takes us past all that out to the other side of gross consumerism, familial break up due to obsession and fetishisation in a car culture.

Almost a beat poem.

the abyss of the other

by cecilia cavalieri
Poetry and art works combined in a beautiful A3 page, greys and neutral tones frame and support mother and child in their exploration of a grey square with an abyss crossing it.

Exploring, examining, reacting, feeling, the poetry reacts to the relationship between mother and daughter, pregnancy and society, childhood and limitations, beautifully stated, anger, hurt, confusion all spill out.

Realities and the expectations of others bear down, uneasiness and love intermingle.

Palatable

by Solange Leon Iriarte
Words and art work, the black and white drawing and photographs echo the words that speak of food and hungers.

Exploring the relationship we have with food through a personal journey of getting to know intimately what she eats, drawing and exploring (consuming) before eating (once more consuming), Solange seeks to personalise the death of animals for our benefit once more, to step over that remove that industrial food production has created.

The depiction of food in art is also explored discussing the development away from naturalistic representation to abstract representation.

A great project which speaks a truth about our relationship with that which sustains our own life.

MASH

by Lena Ziegler
A maze of hopes and dreams, eighteen passages of desires and thoughts on a hand-crafted A3 fold-out page.

Each passage gives you a choice of where to go next, almost like an adventure but nowhere near as determined, there are loops and feedbacks which can often leave the reader going round in circles. It almost reminds me of those paper fortune tellers, which I think the art work alludes to.

Wonderful, dreamy, the prose pulls you into the world of this college girl and her thoughts on herself and relationships.

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Welsh Football Magazine

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Welsh Football Magazine

Welsh Football Magazine

I think Welsh Football is the first magazine we’ve featured, centred around the football scene in Wales and started 30 years ago, it is run on a non-profit basis by enthusiasts who want to highlight their favourite game in a positive way.

Website: https://www.welsh-football.net/
Twitter: @CollinsWFM
Facebook: WelshFootballmagazine

In their own words…

When did you start publishing?

First publications 1991.

What made you want to start an independent publisher?

The founders had edited and contributed to Welsh football publications produced by publishers based in England but wanted control over content, publication schedules and logistics.

What genres do you specialise in?

Publications on association football in Wales. Mostly periodicals (Welsh Football magazine) but some other one-off projects.

Where are you based?

Rhiwbina, Cardiff.

Do you have a submission window, if so when?

Submission dates are set issue by issue for the magazine and are announced in each issue. Contributors can contact at any time.

What is your submission procedure?

Contact the editor to discuss any articles or ideas.

Who are you (team photo if possible)?

Editor: David Collins Numerous contributors.

What was your background in the book industry before this venture?

None, other than writing for various publications in England and Wales previously.

Talk about some of your books if possible, upcoming, favourite?

Our core product is Welsh Football magazine, the national football magazine of Wales. The aim is to celebrate and promote the unique aspects of football in Wales – past and present – and to reinforce our status as an independent football nation. Committed to quality of writing and to showcasing the spectacular settings that the game is played in here.

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3:AM Magazine

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3:AM Magazine is an online journal of radical literature and philosophy. Featuring literary criticism.’Whatever it is, we’re against it. Since 2000.’

Submissions: All writers should  contact a relevant editor according to the subject fields listed on their contacts page — one query per piece per editor, please! – contact details at https://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/submissions/

Editor In Chief: Andrew Gallix
Editors: SJ Fowler (poetry), Daniel Davis Wood (fiction)

Website: www.3ammagazine.com
Email: andrew@3amMagazine.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/3ammagazine
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/3ammagazine

3:AM Magazine

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Centre for British Documentary Photography

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HumanityAt the Centre for British Documentary Photography our aim is to inspire and inform the viewer, making available quality documentary images through our online galleries and printed media.

From the outset our aim is to showcase the most relevant documentary photographers be they established names or just emerging. We will endeavour to find and promote the overlooked documentary image makers from Britain and give them and their photographs the space they deserve. In the future we hope to open a gallery space and publish select works from the photographers that are able to be a part of the Centre for British Documentary Photography.

Website: www.centreforbritishdocumentaryphotography.co.uk/
Twitter: @CBDP_Images
Instagram: @the_cbdp
Facebook: facebook.com/CentreforBritishDocumentaryPhotography

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In their own words

When did you start publishing?

Way back in 1998.

What made you want to start an independent publisher?

There was and is a need, if we are to look beyond the famous names and obvious stories. Initially I was inspired by the early Surf Magazines. Many of these were actually pure reportage and very nicely designed.

What genres do you specialise in?

Today I concentrate on Bouldering Guide Books and more importantly, Humanity, which is a documentary magazine that fuses concerned photojournalism and the written word.

Where are you based?

Gloucestershire, England.

Do you have a submission window, if so when?

We are always open to submissions, but tend to make approaches, and photographers on the CBDP platform make up 75% of the content.

What is your submission procedure?

Send one image via Wetransfer a block of text and website link.

Who are you (team photo if possible)?

I am essentially a one man band.

What was your background in the book industry before this venture?

I created and published 4 successful bouldering guide books before the Humanity venture.

Talk about some of your books if possible, upcoming, favourite?

Issue 1 of Humanity is a favourite as I had to pull everything together from scratch and worked with total strangers, yet somehow it all came together really well and it sold out. Designing a documentary magazine with such important imagery was an honour and ambition realised all in one. Issue 2 is looking even better.

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