Thick With Conviction Releases Its Latest Issue

Thick With Conviction has just released its latest issue, and it is surely worth a look:

http://www.angelfire.com/poetry/thickwithconviction/

The quality of this journal is a well-hidden secret. TWC (as it is often abbreviated) has placed a poem (by Paul Hostovsky) in the Best of the Net anthology, and won the Hiss Award in 2008. It also harbors some magical golden fruit: interviews with many of today’s most talented poets, stashed away in a special archive.


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An interview with the mastermind behind Owl Who Laughs, including a very forgettable photo, can be found here:

http://www.angelfire.com/poetry/thickwithconviction/10qcrittenden.html
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The reason for this secrecy is TWC’s net address. The url is embedded in the complexities and annoyances of angelfire.com. This means that google searches don’t typically turn up the site, and when you do find it, cutesy pop-ups interfere with your reading pleasure.

I importune the editors: CHANGE YOUR WEB ADDRESS.

Take a lesson from Joanna Valente, whose new journal Yes, Poetry! switched its url. It was tumblr.yespoetry.com. Now it is simply:

yespoetry.com

TWC’s new addy would then be:

thickwithconviction.com -- and this great journal would get more of the attention it deserves.

Making TWC’s excellence all the more impressive is its history of being run by young yet very smart people. It was founded by Karina Bowman and Sara Blanton-Allison, who did not have huge resumes and tons of publications, only lots of pluck and gumption. Later, Kristina Marie Blanton joined as co-editor, and the Blanton sisters and Bowman ran the journal for years, turning it into a topnotch establishment.

When the Blantons moved on to other things, they turned TWC over to the capable hands of Kayla Middlebrook and Arielle Lancaster LaBrea, who are currently at the helm. Keep going you’re doing fantastic! ... Except,


PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CHANGE YOUR WEB ADDRESS!


OWL

Acceptance: Brink Magazine

www.brinklit.com


This exceptional magazine just took three of my poems: "November Leaves," "Othello's Ghost," and "Writer's Block." Their acceptance rate is extremely low and the team of editors includes Charles Gershman, a professional writer at the Yale School of Medicine, and nonfiction writer Jenny Blair, who has appeared on Good Morning America, spoken at Stanford about writing, and penned a column for the Hartford Courant (she's also an emergency room physician).

They are dedicated to advancing the literary (and also visual) arts, as evidenced by their creation of Brink Media in addition to the Magazine: brinkmedia.org

There is a great deal of good poetry out there, and so editors at stellar venues have to be very selective. Brink falls into this category, the category of superlatives; that is, those journals whose quality can hold not only a candle but a torch next to the New Yorker and the Poetry Foundation.

Check out their contributors and see if you don't agree!

I'm honored and humbled at this moment and need to try and calm down, or I won't be able to write for a couple of days. Adrenal ecstasy summons my werewolf.

OWL