tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523215445960540400Thu, 23 May 2013 02:11:00 +0000contesteditorannouncementinterview13.1undergraduate creative writing contestlaunch partybook review9.2poetrycontributorsHarpur Palate12.2fictionnonfictionNPRcontributor highlight10.2Nick Lantz11.1http://harpurpalate.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Harpur Palate)Blogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523215445960540400.post-2803176543862932547Mon, 06 May 2013 16:50:00 +00002013-05-06T12:50:55.168-04:00 Selections from Harpur Palate issue 12.2 are now up on our Archive page! Go check out the winners of the Milton Kessler Memorial Prize for Poetry as well as the Harpur Palate Prize for Creative Nonfiction. We hope your Monday is as bright and sunny as ours!http://harpurpalate.blogspot.com/2013/05/issue-122-now-on-archives.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Harpur Palate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523215445960540400.post-3950075515405258257Thu, 02 May 2013 18:33:00 +00002013-05-02T14:36:49.569-04:00undergraduate creative writing contestcontestannouncementpoetryMICAELA FERGUSON is from Rochester, New York. She is currently studying integrative neuroscience at Binghamton University, and hopes to attend medical school in the near future. Micaela wrote her first story at the age of eight about a caterpillar who didn't fit in, and have continued writing because her sixth grade teacher demanded it. This is Micaela's first published piece. "Heaven."http://harpurpalate.blogspot.com/2013/05/winner-of-harpur-palate-undergraduate.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Harpur Palate)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523215445960540400.post-344227241871165448Thu, 02 May 2013 06:45:00 +00002013-05-02T02:45:49.954-04:00contributorscontributor highlightpoetry12.2    "Aphoria" is a poetry collection by past contributor Jackie Clark, published by Brooklyn Arts Press. Here is a review of "Aphoria" by Seth Abramson from The Huffington Post: "Clark's attempts to connect the abstract decor of the psyche and the inorganic and organic furnishings of a personal life are bracing and alluring. These brief, aggressively-enjambed poems offer several memorable http://harpurpalate.blogspot.com/2013/05/contributor-highlight-jackie-clark_2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Harpur Palate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523215445960540400.post-73291799748126117Wed, 01 May 2013 16:19:00 +00002013-05-02T14:40:48.078-04:00undergraduate creative writing contestcontestannouncementfictionpoetryThe results are in! The winner of the Spring 2013 Undergraduate Creative Writing Contest hosted by Harpur Palate is Micaela Ferguson, for her poem "Heaven." Honorable mentions are: Monica Gray, for her short story "Shooting Star." Monica is a sophomore at Binghamton University, double majoring in psychology and English. She has been writing stories for as long as she can remember. She lives inhttp://harpurpalate.blogspot.com/2013/05/undergraduate-creative-writing-contest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Harpur Palate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523215445960540400.post-747629735375454151Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:48:00 +00002013-04-17T19:49:54.448-04:00NPReditorannouncementinterviewpoetryIn celebration of National Poetry Month, our very own poetry editor Nicole Santalucia and poet Leslie Heywood read their poems on NPR's program OFF THE PAGE with host Bill Jaker! From OFF THE PAGE on WSKG: Leslie Heywood is Professor of English and Creative Writing at Binghamton University.  Her poems have been widely published, both in her books, including "The Proving Ground", "Natural http://harpurpalate.blogspot.com/2013/04/interview-with-off-page.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Harpur Palate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523215445960540400.post-3700651742858837654Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:07:00 +00002013-04-09T13:32:45.827-04:00launch partyannouncement12.2Harpur Palate is hosting our annual launch party on FRIDAY, APRIL 26th! We will be celebrating the release of our latest issue 12.2. We have invited contributors to read their work, and we will also showcase the winning piece from our undergraduate creative writing competition. Food and drinks will be provided. The location is RiverRead Books at 5 Court St., Binghamton. Come one, come all! http://harpurpalate.blogspot.com/2013/04/proud-to-announceour-launch-party.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Harpur Palate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523215445960540400.post-5901450692604477984Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:12:00 +00002013-04-04T13:21:34.012-04:00contributorscontributor highlightfiction9.2 Our sincerest congratulations to past contributor Vanessa Blakeslee, whose eponymous collection will be published by Burrow Press next year! Vanessa's short story "Train Shots" was published in issue 9.2 of Harpur Palate. Visit her column, The Shimmying Writer, for more of Vanessa's work.http://harpurpalate.blogspot.com/2013/04/contributor-highlight-vanessa-blakeslee.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Harpur Palate)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523215445960540400.post-6082569827209300847Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:53:00 +00002013-04-04T12:12:21.982-04:00contributorscontributor highlightpoetry   Congratulations to Mitch Sisskind, whose poem "Joe Adamczyk" was chosen by guest editor Denise Duhamel for Best American Poetry 2013! Mitch's poem first appeared in issue 11.2 of Harpur Palate. Best American Poetry 2013 is available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also find previous issues.http://harpurpalate.blogspot.com/2013/03/congratulations-to-mitch-sisskind.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Harpur Palate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523215445960540400.post-6097699487029534727Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:53:00 +00002013-05-02T20:59:07.823-04:00contributorscontributor highlightpoetry We are ecstatic to introduce Mantic, the latest publication by a past contributor, Maureen Alsop! Maureen was the winner of our Milton Kessler Memorial Prize for Poetry in 2007, and her poem "Daguerreotype Portrait of Woman & Bird" was published in volume 6.2 of Harpur Palate. Volume 7.2 saw the appearance of another poem by Maureen, "Accidental Sea," which is also included in Mantic. We http://harpurpalate.blogspot.com/2013/03/mantic-by-maureen-alsop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Harpur Palate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523215445960540400.post-2025440561697981755Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:14:00 +00002013-04-04T12:12:50.550-04:00contributorscontributor highlightpoetry Congratulations to past contributor Bill Neumire for the publication of his poetry collection Estrus by Aldrich Press! Bill's poems "Wake" and "Beached Pilot Whale" were featured in volume 11.1 of Harpur Palate. Check out his collection here.http://harpurpalate.blogspot.com/2013/03/congratulations-to-bill-neumire.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Harpur Palate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523215445960540400.post-4267255563411484059Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:51:00 +00002013-02-13T12:34:32.572-05:00nonfiction13.1contestfictionpoetry The John Gardner Memorial Prize for Fiction Opens: February 1 Postmark Deadline: April 15 The annual winner receives a $500 prize and publication in the spring/summer issue of Harpur Palate. All submissions will be considered for publication and all entrants will receive a copy of the issue in which the winning submission appears. Contest Guidelines: - Submissions should be http://harpurpalate.blogspot.com/2013/02/john-gardner-prize-for-fiction-2013.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Harpur Palate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523215445960540400.post-3076244854751699065Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:12:00 +00002013-03-08T15:28:26.687-05:00nonfiction13.1fictionpoetry CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Get our your cowboy/girl boots and iron your flannel shirts because Harpur Palate 13.1 is preparing for a hoedown! Get out your autoharps and join us in some backwoods mountain music with a twist! We are looking for essays, stories, and poems that take us on a journey away from city skyscrapers and bring us to the interior of the eclectic American countryside. We http://harpurpalate.blogspot.com/2013/01/131-country-living-themed-issue.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Harpur Palate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523215445960540400.post-4184650747567371983Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:12:00 +00002013-03-08T15:28:48.482-05:00book review River Walker Poems by Scott T. Starbuck Mountains & Rivers Press, Eugene, OR, 2012 ISBN: 978-0-9793204 ($12.00)                         by Anita Sullivan In November after most of the leaves have fallen from the trees here in Western Oregon, and the winter rains have reliably begun, an enormous mulching process goes into full production. These leaves are stretched, soaked, shredded, http://harpurpalate.blogspot.com/2012/12/anita-sullivan-reviews-scott-t.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Harpur Palate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523215445960540400.post-6330950095923892165Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:24:00 +00002013-03-08T15:28:57.773-05:0012.2 http://harpurpalate.blogspot.com/2012/11/our-latest-issue.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Harpur Palate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523215445960540400.post-8685408548617118555Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:04:00 +00002013-03-08T15:29:05.716-05:00contest Check out the John Gardner Memorial Prize for Fiction winner, Randolph Thomas, from Harpur Palate Issue 12.1. Like the contrasting text and full-color pages (and, of course, the $500 prize)? You could be next! As our contest submission deadlines near, don't forget to send us your best poetry and creative nonfiction by November 15. Review our contest guidelines here. Check out our updated http://harpurpalate.blogspot.com/2012/10/check-out-john-gardner-memorial-prize.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Harpur Palate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523215445960540400.post-33403407226340709Wed, 09 May 2012 19:19:00 +00002013-03-08T15:29:21.792-05:00contestPlease click on the link on the right entitled UNDERGRADUATE CONTEST to read the winning piece from Erin Goodwin. This was the first undergraduate writing contest that chose from work submitted by Binghamton University students.  Also, please check out the two honorable mention pieces by Chelsie Malyszek and Deepan Ghimiray. Also on that page you'll see a few photos from our launch party where http://harpurpalate.blogspot.com/2012/05/check-out-our-harpur-palates-writing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Harpur Palate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523215445960540400.post-3323152428818144698Tue, 01 May 2012 01:10:00 +00002012-04-30T21:10:51.060-04:00http://harpurpalate.blogspot.com/2012/04/harpur-palate-launch-party.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Harpur Palate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523215445960540400.post-1244286346522747842Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:58:00 +00002013-03-08T15:29:54.936-05:00contesthttp://harpurpalate.blogspot.com/2012/03/binghamton-university-undergraduate.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Harpur Palate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523215445960540400.post-1961427315154473716Thu, 23 Feb 2012 22:39:00 +00002013-03-08T15:31:38.361-05:00announcementPlease join us at AWP Chicago on February 1st-3rd at table J7 to celebrate our latest issue 11.2! Come stop by to say hello, and pick up the new issue or back issues at the special conference rate!http://harpurpalate.blogspot.com/2012/02/come-visit-us-at-awp.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Harpur Palate)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523215445960540400.post-1273861370537748970Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:09:00 +00002013-03-08T15:30:14.464-05:00interviewHow did you get started writing poetry? Was it reading poetry or a specific experience?I honestly don’t remember when I wrote my first poem. My family was always reading to me, and not always things for children, either. My dad had a fondness for Tennyson, Byron, and Robert Burns especially for some reason, and my grandmother recited folk ballads to me that she’d learned growing up. So with all http://harpurpalate.blogspot.com/2011/12/interview-with-annah-browning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Harpur Palate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523215445960540400.post-1851864655545262293Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:17:00 +00002013-03-08T15:30:14.465-05:00interviewClark Knowles' story, "Trash," was the winner of the John Gardner Memorial Prize for Fiction. Mr. Knowles agreed to be interviewed by Harpur Palate intern, Claire. When and how did you first get started writing fiction?I wrote my first story in high school, another couple in college, and called myself a writer all through my twenties despite the fact that I didn’t really write anything other thanhttp://harpurpalate.blogspot.com/2011/11/interview-with-clark-knowles.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Harpur Palate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523215445960540400.post-5008535475267969003Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:12:00 +00002013-03-08T15:31:38.367-05:00announcementA Mid-Autumn Night of Literature was a great success! Thank you everyone for coming out to hear our excellent readers, Jim Capozzi, Adam Fitzgerald, and Andrei Guruianu. Harpur Palate has a new website. There you will find information about submissions and subscriptions. You can now order subscriptions and individual issues via a PayPal account (and through the mail, as always). The website is: http://harpurpalate.blogspot.com/2011/11/updates-event-website.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Harpur Palate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523215445960540400.post-3602139332284401690Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:38:00 +00002013-03-08T15:30:27.108-05:0011.1Learn more about the cover design for 11.1 at www.zakjensen.com/blogWe hope you like the new look!http://harpurpalate.blogspot.com/2011/11/111-design.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Harpur Palate)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523215445960540400.post-5948512116401934153Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:11:00 +00002013-03-08T15:30:14.467-05:00interviewKirby Wright's creative non-fiction story, "The Ethel Merman Show" appears in issue 11.1. Wright was born in Hawaii, and is best known for his two novels, Punahou Blues and Moloka'i Nui Ahina. Harpur Palate intern, Claire, interviewed Mr. Wright in conjunction with the release of our latest issue.When and how did you get started as a writer? What is your writingprocess typically like? KW: This http://harpurpalate.blogspot.com/2011/11/interview-with-kirby-wright.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Harpur Palate)0