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Voices
Israel Anthology News
Beginning May,
Miriam Stanley, senior editor of RogueScholars.com, was visiting
Israel from New York. We hosted her here in Metulla and got
together a group of 6 other poets and some spouses. Twelve of us
all together. Everyone brought something to eat - home baked
quiches, home baked bourekas, home baked granola cookies, home
made olives, salads, etc. etc. - it was a deliciously
stimulating morning/afternoon a total of 5 hours and no one
looked at the clock! - we read poetry around and around, then
took a lunch break and continued. Participating were Tom Berman,
former Editor-in-Chief of Voices Israel Anthology,
Rochelle Mass, Tirzah Ben-David, Lila Julius, Egonne (whose last
name I do not know), Miriam Stanley and myself (Johnmichael was
visiting his 3 sons who live in London and Ireland). All amazing
poets... My dream is to get together a regular monthly poetry
reading in this Upper Galilee region as has existed in Haifa,
Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem for many years.
Our Voices
Israel annual Anthology, Vol. 33, of which I am
Editor-in-Chief, is ready. I am proud to say that this year it
is over 200 pages, the largest Anthology ever, more than double
the previous years. And the poems are wonderful! We have poets
from all over the world - Canada, USA, Spain, Sri Lanka, more...
Please do submit to next year's Anthology - 1 June to 31 October
- I am accepting only email submissions this year unless you
have absolutely no access to a computer - instructions for
submitting and ordering this year's Anthology are below:
Please note: My address has changed from last year. WE PREFER
EMAIL SUBMISSIONS as opposed to the 7 hard copies previously
required. Please follow the instructions below as to contact
information, etc.
You may send monetary contributions to Mel Millman rather than
to me if you are submitting via email. We would love to accept
Paypal payments but they do not deal with banks in Israel,
though they are most apologetic about this. So cheque or
moneyorder it is.
Voices
Israel Annual Anthology
The Voices Israel
Group of Poets in English annually publishes an Anthology of
poetry.
We are currently accepting submissions for Volume 34 of the
Voices Israel Annual Anthology that will appear
towards the end of this year (2007). Anyone, anywhere, is
welcome to submit a maximum of 4 poems to the Anthology. Poems
must be in English but may be on any topic and in any style.
Poems preferably should not exceed 40 lines and should be
without tricky graphic effects.
Email submissions
are recommended this year, from June until end October. Poems
should be emailed either as a WORD attachment or in the body of
the email. Each poem should have the poet's contact information
on the upper right hand side: NAME, ADDRESS, TELEPHONE NUMBER(S),
EMAIL ADDRESS. This year we request A SHORT BIO (RESUME) of no
more than 7 lines to be included, from both previous submitters
and new participants.
However, those
poets who have no access to a computer may mail their
submissions--each page with poet details as above, and one
biography-in 7 copies to:
Helen Bar-Lev
P.O. Box 21
Metulla 10292
ISRAEL
Anthology
Submission Rules
Submission: Poems
must be in English and sent email or regular mail to the
editor-in-chief, Helen Bar-Lev:
email: voicespoetry@gmail.com
Members: No Fee, no more than 4 poems/yr.
For Non-members of Voices: A contribution to help cover
expenses of US$10.00 for up to four poems is requested but not
mandatory. This has no effect on acceptance or rejection of
poems.
This year we ask that you submit your poems via email where at
all possible. If you have no access to email we will accept
poems via regular mail - 7 copies of each poem to:
Helen Bar-Lev,
P.O. Box 21,
Metulla 10292, ISRAEL.
In either case
your complete contact information must appear in the upper right
hand side: name, address, telephone number(s) and email address.
If you are emailing your submissions and wish to make a
contribution to Voices, please send this to Mel Millman, address
below.
We do not guarantee publication of any poem. In poems that we
publish we reserve the right to correct obviously unintentional
errors in spelling, punctuation, etc. Upon publication we return
copyright to the poets but we retain re-publication rights
ourselves and in any other re-publications we ask that Voices
Israel be acknowledged. Please inform us if a submitted poem
has been published previously or if you do not own full rights
for publication. If you submit a translation, please attach a
copy of the original poem.
Please be sure to give your return mail and e-mail addresses.
Deadline for submissions: October 31st, 2007.
NOTICE from the editor: As of end October 2007, all submissions
received will be considered for the 2008 issue.
Purchasing the Voices Anthology
One copy of the Voices Anthology is provided free to
paid-up members. (See Membership for cost.
As a non-profit organization, the cost of the anthology is
minimal, i.e., to cover postage and printing fees. Thus, copies
of the Voices Anthology are available for a low cost to
members and non-members alike. Non-members pay a nominal
surcharge. Back issues, if available, can also be ordered.
Purchase Price:
2005/ 2004 Editions (in Israel): NIS 30 from members for
additional copies; NIS 40 from non-members
US $15 (airmail) members and US$20 to non-members
Back Issues (in Israel): NIS 20 members and non-members
Back Issues (Overseas): US$15.00 members and US$20 for
non-members
Sample copies will be supplied to libraries and universities
upon request. Please supply the appropriate documentation when
requesting free copies.
To purchase a copy of the Voices Anthology, membership or
contributions, send a check or money-order to:
Mel Millman
Treasurer, Voices Israel
15 Shachar St.
Beit HaKerem
96263 Jerusalem
Israel
e-mail:
millmanm@smile.net.il
If the year is not
specified, the most current Annual anthology will be sent. For
back issues, be sure to specify which anthology you want and
ALWAYS provide your mailing address!
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