Friday, April 5, 2013

My First Publication in the UK

Lots of good news this week! Just finished a new short story, and my poem "Piso" got accepted in Poetry Cornwall, a magazine edited by Les Merton. The poem will be available in print this July 2013.

About Poetry Cornwall:
Poetry Cornwall/Bardhonyeth Kernow publishes around 70 poets per issue.

This includes a blend of well known names and encouraged newcomers,
with a range of themes, poetic forms and styles.

Every issue features poets from around the world.

Poets from the following countries have been included:
Australia, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, England, Finland, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy,
Kernow, Malta, Man, New Zealand, Wales, Scotland, Spain, USA and Zambia,

The language and translation pages have poems published
in the author's original language with English translation.
Languages featured include:
Basque, Bemba/Zambian, Chilean, French, Irish Gaelic, Italian,
Kernewek, Mandarin, Manx Gaelic, Maori, Spanish and Welsh.

(The Scottish Poetry Library congratulated Poetry Cornwall/Bardhonyeth Kernow
on its coverage of minority languages especially Celtic ones
and also for including European poetry in translation)

Another popular feature is dialect poetry this has included:
Black Country, Cardiff, Cornish, Devonish, Norfolk,
Jamaican, Shankill Road and Yorkshire dialects.
Yahoo!

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