NEW CONTRIBUTORS IN DECEMBER—
Allan
Ball—England
James
Keane—United States
Shannon
Kelly—United States
Arthur Rehbein—Germany
Johann Wilhelm Rehbein--Germany
Jean
Colonomos—United States
Candace
Armstrong—United States
Kathleen
Murphy—United States
David Sermersheim—United States
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, Italy, 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 February column by January 25
ANNOUNCEMENTS—
Robert Epstein
and Miriam Wald have co-edited a poetry anthology titled, Every Chicken,
Cow, Fish and Frog: Animal Rights Haiku (Middle Island Press) available
online at www.Amazon.com.
Marc Livanos’ chapbook, Panhandle Poet – Second Helpings, follows the inspiration of
the poems in Panhandle Poet – Solitude. It has 34 poems all of which have been
published by college poetry journals, literary magazines and on-line journals.
The books are available at http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/panhandle+poet
Arthur Turfa's
2015 poetry book Places and Times came out from eLectio
Publishing in 2015. He recently released Six Poems on Amazon's
Kindle Desktop Publishing. His blog is at awturfa.blogspot.com Recently
he became Co-Owner at POETS on Google+.
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.
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
Robert P. Hansen
recently published 2015: A Year of Poetry and Exploitation
and Other Stories ---Science Fiction and mystery short stories. Visit his
blog rphansenauthorpoet.wordpress.com
for samples of his work and links to online retailers.
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.
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.
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.
Thank you for posting my ad for Creative Inspirations. It has been such a wonderful journey with Whispers and I look forward to many more years of great poetic inspiration and fellowship. May your New Year be filled with many more blessings of God!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to David Sermersheim and all the new contributors. Welcome to Whispers.
-MJ (www.tgbtgpublictions.com)
Dear Maurice,
ReplyDeleteThank you for welcoming our new writers to Whispers. It is a joy to work with you both for our online journal and Creative Inspirations. I really appreciate your encouraging words. Wishing you the best always.
Blessings,
Karen