NEW CONTRIBUTORS IN AUGUST—
Sondra
J. Byrnes—United States
Aparna Pathak—India
Charlotte Digregorio—United States
Renee’
Drummond-Brown—United States
Diane
Webster—United States
NEW POSITION—
Michael
Escoubas—Activity Editor
Please welcome them to our community. We now have
representatives from the following countries—Albania, Australia, Botswana,
Brazil, Canada, Canary Islands, Costa Rica, England, France, Germany, Ghana,
India, Ireland, Israel, Malawi, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria,
Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Singapore,
South Africa, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, U.A.E., United Kingdom, United
States, Wales and Zimbabwe. I look forward to expanding this list in the future.
Thank you to everyone that has supported Whispers in any way. --Sincerely,
Karen
We have a worldwide audience. If you are currently
reading Whispers, please consider submitting a poem for consideration for
publication. Click on the bright blue “Submission Guidelines” on the right side
of the main page for guidelines. Email
submissions to Karen at karenoleary1956@gmail.com Thank you.
Note--Ads due for the October column by September 25
ANNOUNCEMENTS—
Robert P. Hansen thanks those of you who nominated his science fiction novel Please Don’t Eat the Penguins on Kindle Scout. Unfortunately, they decided not to publish it so he has done so himself. He has also published the first book of his new series, Aftermath, which is a sequel to his Angus the Mage fantasy series. For links to online retailers, visit his blog at: rphansenauthorpoet.wordpress. com
Robert P. Hansen thanks those of you who nominated his science fiction novel Please Don’t Eat the Penguins on Kindle Scout. Unfortunately, they decided not to publish it so he has done so himself. He has also published the first book of his new series, Aftermath, which is a sequel to his Angus the Mage fantasy series. For links to online retailers, visit his blog at: rphansenauthorpoet.wordpress.
Niranjan Navalgund's book, The Lively Library & An Unlikely Romance is all set to be launched on July 9. The book will be available on Amazon.com. You can follow the page here: www.facebook.com/thelivelylibrary
Langley Shazor
is now a columnist for The Loafer Magazine, a local arts and events
publication. His column, The Casual Word, features his poetry and other
original works. It can be found at theloaferonline.com.
Raamesh Gowri
Raghavan and other members of IN haiku Mumbai invite everyone to view
their new blog https://cafehaiku.wordpress.com/.
Your comments will be encouraging.
Cindy M. Hutchings’
chapbook, Tree Talk, written to a tree, published by MoonPath Press, includes
42 poems paired with 42 unique and beautiful tree images. A poem and photo from
the book are at: http://moonpathpress.com/CindyHutchings.htm
Michael Lee
Johnson chief editor and Ken
Allan Dronsfield co-editor are excited about the release of a new
poetry book shaking the poetry world apart, 53 professional poets on the
rise, Moonlight Dreamers of Yellow Haze,
now available on Amazon.com and Europe. Buy now:
Marcus E. Omer
has published his 3rd Poetry Book entitled Facing
the World With Chuckles & Sighs.
The book has 132 pages, and as the title indicates, has two distinct sections.
The humor we find in this life and the more serious side. The Poetry Book may
be found at Lulu.com.
Jack Horne announces
the release of his second poetry collection, Living, Loving &
Legends. This book is currently available from eTreasuresPublishing.com or
Amazon, price £2.10/$2.99 http://jackhorne.blogspot.co.uk
John W. Williams has a new chapbook called A
Cup of Warm Words for your enjoyment.
The book includes 82 poems on love, the art of living, nature, spiritual
verse, and philosophy. An autographed
issue is available for $8 including postage and handling by contacting him at
PO Box 326, Martin, GA 30557
Angelee Deodhar's, Journeys 2015, An
Anthology of International Haibun, with 145 haibun by 31 poets of international
repute, is available from Amazon.com.
For ordering details, here: http://www.amazon.com/Journeys-2015-Anthology-International-Haibun/dp/1515359875
or contact Angelee at angeleedeodhar@gmail.com
Scott Thomas Outlar runs the site 17Numa
where links to his published poetry, essays, and fiction can be found. The site
also features a page devoted to literary publications which currently has
nearly 150 venues listed. The blog’s page at 17Numa has links to the
personal sites of other writers and artists, and has been designed with the
hope that artists from all fields will check out and be inspired by the work of
their contemporaries.
Beth Winchcombe announces her novel, For
LOVE of Maria: A compelling love story. This is currently available in
paperback on Amazon.co.uk, also Amazon.com priced at £7-99p. Kindle version to
download for just £2-00p. Published by Diadem Books, Author name Beth Richards.
Paul Callus published his first ebook of
poetry called Meander in December 2014. It is a collection of 86 poems
and songs which should appeal to those who read poetry for pleasure and
relaxation. It is available at Amazon.
Marianne Szlyk has released a new chapbook, Listening
to Electric Cambodia Looking Up at Trees at Heaven, through Kind of a
Hurricane Press' Barometric Pressures Authors Series. You may download the
chapbook for free at this site: http://barometricpressures.blogspot.com/2014/10/listening-to-electric-cambodia-looking.html
Thank you.
Lisa DeVinney has a website for her devotional
poetry called Lifting My Eyes, at liftingmyeyes.com
Karen O’Leary released Whispers, her
first book of poetry in 2011, published by APF Publisher. It has been getting
good reviews and is available at online at www.lulu.com (Search Whispers under
Karen O'Leary) or contact Karen at karenoleary1956@gmail.com
PUBLICATION/CONTEST
OPPORTUNITIES—
Peggy Dugan French’s
print publication, Shemom, is always
looking for new writers. Please send poems or haiku to pdfrench@cox.net for
consideration.
Marianne Szlyk is
always looking for poems and flash fiction inspired by music, art, and nature
for her blog-zine, The Song Is....
Any length is fine, and previously published poems are as well. Just be
sure that you have the rights to your poem. Please send your work
to thesongis@gmail.com .
For more information, see this link: http://thesongis.blogspot.com/
Maurice J. Reynolds would like to share that Creative
Inspirations, an email poetry publication, is accepting poetry submissions
for publication. This publication offers an interview column, creative
activities, information and advertisement, writer’s comments, good poetry, and
more. Guidelines and subscription information for two first class postage
stamps (To God be the Glory! Publications P.O. Box 19051 Kalamazoo, MI 49019).
You can also go to: www.tgbtgpublictions.com
for more information.
ayaz daryl nielsen's print publication bear creek haiku is always open for postal
submissions, mail poetry to bear creek haiku, PO Box 596, Longmont, CO
80502, USA, 11 lines and less, include SASE. Can be contacted at darylayaz@me.com, blog site is bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com.
David Fox, editor of The Poet's Art, is
looking for family-friendly poems. U.S. and foreign contributors can send
as many poems that will fit on one page. Send poems to: David Fox, 171
Silverleaf Lane, Islandia NY 11749 or contact him by email for any questions ipoetdavid2@gmail.com I can
only put out my print journal twice a year, $8 one issue, $22 for a 3 issue
subscription. A high price to pay, I know, but am still mostly a not-for-profit
magazine. I am keeping the price for $10 an issue for international
subscribers.
Tom Davis, publisher of Old Mountain Press,
invites all to review his eBook site (Kindle and NOOK) where numerous Old
Mountain Press Anthologies of poetry and prose are listed see: Self-publish an electronic book e-book with
Old Mountain Press. Visit Old Mountain Press' eBook site at http://www.oldmp.com/e-book
Whispers is always looking for new writers to
join our community. Please send family
friendly poems 20 lines or less karenoleary1956@gmail.com Complete guidelines posted at the end of each
month. Thank you to everyone who has
already contributed to the site.
Wow! When I look at the list of representative countries, it fills my heart with joy. Glory to God for He is Good! Congratulations, Karen, and to all the Whispers contributors, as well as the new contributors. Congratulations to Michael on his new position at Whispers of Activity Editor. Continued blessings to each and everyone here at Whispers! -MJ
ReplyDeleteDear Maurice,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind words. Whispers lives on through contributors like you that are participants in the mosaic that makes us a community. You are a light, my friend. Keep your candle shining.
Blessings,
Karen