Archive for March, 2009

Where Have We Been?

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

I know it has been several weeks since I updated the blog and I wanted to give a brief explanation to our readers.  My son had surgery on March 9th and has been in and out of the hospital since then.  He is home now and recovering, but a few more interruptions in blog service wouldn’t come as a big surprise to me at this point.  I will be updating as able until life returns to normal. 

The latest issue of The Externalist is live, but I haven’t had an opportunity to finish the .pdf version.  The contributor links are also not up-to-date on the main site.  I am planning to fix that within the next two weeks.

Submissions in all genres are currently backlogged.  If you are waiting to hear from us, please accept our apologies and bear with us.  I anticipate catching up with prose submissions by the end of April.  Poets who haven’t heard regarding submissions sent more than 3 months ago should send a status inquiry email to the appropriate editor.

Thanks so much for your patience and understanding.

Larina

Issue 11 is Live

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

The February issue of The Externalist is live!  Read poetry from Annie Bien, Alex Cigale, Raina León, and many more, nonfiction from Claire Dietrich and Externalist regular KJ Hannah Greenberg, and fiction from Tai Dong Huai, Gavin Tierney, and Roland Goity.  This issue takes on themes like family, society, and presidential decision-making, with a mix of environmentalism for good measure. 

We’re also pleased to announce that we’ve received word that one of our Best of the Net 2008 was chosen by the judges, giving us representation there two years in a row.  We’ll issue a formal announcement congratulating the winner as soon as the announcement is up on the Best of the Net web site.