Snow*Vigate

ONLINE WRITING: THE BEST OF THE FIRST TEN YEARS TO BE OUT IN PRINTED BOOK FORM BY JANUARY 2009

2008-09-20T12:04:00.000-05:00

Edited by Doug Martin and Kim Chinquee, with an introduction by Brian Evenson
Snowvigate Press (forthcoming in January 2009)
ISBN-13: 978-0-9820840-0-7
ISBN-10: 0-9820840-0-5

We have selected all of the writers who will appear in our forthcoming printed anthology of online writing, although we do still have to put the final touches on layout and work toward non-profit status, etc.

Here are the 112 writers who will be included:

Megan R. Anderson-Ham, Arlene Ang, Robyn Art , Sefi Atta , David Baratier, Christopher Barnes, Sandra Beasley, Brian Beatty, Matt Bell, Aimee Bender, Jon Bonomo, Eric Bosse, John Bradley, Matthew Brennan, Brigitte Byrd, Tania Casselle, Jennifer Chapis, Kim Chinquee, Dave Clapper, Brian Clements, Peter Conners, Joshua Corey, Bruce Covey, Darla Crist, Steve Davenport, Sean Thomas Dougherty, Jamey Dunham, Tom Dvorske, Jessica Dyer, Suzanne Edison, Christy Effinger, Rebecca Eggleston, Pia Ehrhardt, Cooper Esteban, Brian Evenson, Kathy Fish, Geoffrey Gatza, Angela Genusa, Victor Gischler, Noah Eli Gordon, Daniel Grandbois, Arielle Greenberg, Blaine Greteman, Matt Hart, Kyley Hedges, Susan Henderson, Lily Hoang, Jill Hoffman, Carrie Hoffman-Spell, Joanna Howard, Barbara Jacksha, Liesl Jobson, Ariana-Sophia Kartsonis, Sean Kilpatrick, Richard S. King, Ron Klassnik, Christine Boyka Kluge, Jeff Landon, Darby Larson, Norman Lock, Alexander Long, Sarah Long, George Looney, Robert Lopez, Ben Marcus, Peter Markus, Doug Martin, Michael Martone, Nicola Mason, Joyelle McSweeney, Pamela Miller, Suchoon Mo, Ander Monson, Dinty W. Moore, Sheila Murphy, Darlin’ Neal, Jessica Newman, Phoebe North, Carol Novack, Brian Ownbey, Anne Panning, Ethan Paquin, Aimee Parkison, Ted Pelton, Erin Pringle, Kevin Sampsell, Jaya Savige, Davis Schneiderman, Lisa Kahn Schnell, Daryl Scroggins, Peter Jay Shippy, Gail Louise Siegel, Chad Simpson, Claudia Smith, Rusty W. Spell, Michael Stewart, Holly Tavel, Anthony Tognazzini, MikeTopp, Lowell Torres, Girija Tropp, Mark Tursi, Jane Unrue, Arisa White, Derek White, Dara Wier, Diane Williams, Max Winter, Theodore Worozbyt, Mark Yakich, Mike Young, Corey Zeller

Here are the 55 online journals where the work first appeared:

Action, Yes, eds. Johannes Göransson, Joyelle McSweeney,
and John Dermot Woods.
Adirondack Review, ed. Diane Goettel.
Big Toe Review, ed. Joshua Michael Stewart.
Blackbird,eds. Gregory Donovan and Mary Flinn.
Blue Fifth Review, ed. Sam Rasnake.
BREVITY, ed. Dinty W. Moore.
Caffeine Destiny, ed. Susan Denning.
Coconut, ed. Bruce Covey.
Dark Sky Magazine, eds. Adrienne Antonson , Kevin Murphy,
and Boo Gilder.
The Del Sol Review, ed. Michael Neff.
DIAGRAM, ed. Ander Monson.
Double Room, eds. Peter Connors and Mark Tursi.
Exquisite Corpse, ed. Andrei Codrescu.
Eleven Bulls, eds. Peter Nelson and Jenny Campbell.
elimae, eds. Deron Bauman and Cooper Renner.
failbetter, ed. Thom Didato.
5_trope, eds. Gunnar Benediktsson and Joel Chace.
FRiGG, ed. Ellen Parker.
GH O TI, ed. CL Bledsoe.
Hot Metal Bridge, eds. Kelly Ramsey and Ashleigh Pedersen.
In Posse Review, ed. Tatyana Mishel.
Jacket, ed. John Tranter.
kaleidowhirl, ed. Cynthia Reynolds.
La Petite Zine, eds. Jeffrey Salane and Danielle Pafunda.
Literary Mama, eds. Amy Hudock and Caroline Grant.
McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, eds. John Warner
and Christopher Monks.
Mad Hatters’ Review, ed. Carol Novack.
MiPOesias, eds. Didi Menendez and Amy King.
MississippiReview.com, ed. Frederick Barthelme.
Painted Bride Quarterly, eds. Kathleen Volk Miller
and Marion Wrenn.
Perihelion, ed. Joan Houlihan.
Pindeldyboz, ed. Whitney Pastorek.
Poetryetc, ed. John Kinsella.
Potion Magazine, ed. Susan Lantz.
The Potomac, eds. Nathan Leslie and Michael Neff.
RealPoetik, ed. Ana Bozicevic.
Salome Magazine, eds. Jessica Taylor and Dahlia Lithwick.
The Salt River Review, eds. Lynda Schor and James Cervantes.
Shampoo, ed. Del Ray Cross.
Slope, ed. Ethan Paquin.
SmokeLong Quarterly, ed. Dave Clapper.
Snow*Vigate, eds. Doug Martin and John Colvin.
Softblow, eds. Christopher Ujine Ong and Jason Wee.
Stickman Review, ed. Anthony Brown.
storySouth, eds. Jason Sanford and Jake Adam York.
Tarpaulin Sky, ed. Christian Peet.
Thieves Jargon, ed. Matt DiGangi.
Unlikely 2.0, eds. Jonathan Penton and David Chislett.
Unpleasant Event Schedule, ed. Daniel Nester.
Web Conjunctions, ed. Bradford Morrow.
Wicked Alice, ed. Kristy Bowen.
Word Riot, ed. Jackie Corley.
Words on Walls, eds. Ariana-Sophia M. Kartsonis
and Katherine L. Wright.
Yankee Pot Roast, eds. Josh Abraham, Geoff Wolinetz,
and Nick Jezarian.
zafusy, ed. Jody Porter.

The book should be out by early January 2009.

Indy Star Does Flash Fiction Article Just In Time For the 500

2006-05-06T17:34:00.000-05:00

I want to thank Abe at the Indy Star for interviewing me and running a story on the current flash fiction movement in international circles.

Though I wish he would have included a few more sentences outlining my positive take on flash fiction and prose poetry than he did, I still think it's great to see large newspapers picking up on this exciting genre.

Click here for the whole story: Don't Blink or You'll Miss It.

Doug Martin Gets a Trim While CW Students Write "Trim Fiction"

2006-04-19T08:37:00.000-05:00

Minneapolis Brian Beatty in the Middle with Microphone Love and Laughter

2006-03-15T11:04:00.000-06:00

Blueberry Muffin Hat Girls All The Way!

2006-02-12T14:23:00.000-06:00

Kim Chinquee's students at Central Michigan University have joined in the "Build a Poem--Build a House" Project.

And thanks to Caitlin Martin, Mark Wright's classes--currently being instructed by ISU's own Lindsey Miller--at South Vermillion High School are penning poetry for the Habitat board, as well.

You go girls and boys!

"Will You Verb with Me?" Foxtrot Kicks off Snowvigate/Arion "Build a Poem--Build a House" Project a Week Early

2006-02-08T16:34:00.000-06:00

Mel Blumenthal, a professional ballroom dancer from Arizona, led 30 Creative Writing students, faulty, staff, and guests through an hour of foxtrotting to Nat King Cole in Italian and lectures on syntax and rhythm today in Root Hall on the campus of Indiana State University, kicking off the Snowvigate/Arion "Build a Poem--Build a House" Project to raise money for Habitat for Humanity a week early.

After the performance, Arion--the ISU Student Creative Writing Association--hosted a bake sale to collect money for their annual publication, the Tonic. Eaters also wrote original lines of poetry and prose on an 8 ft. piece of wood to be used to build the Habitat house, with all donations from the signing going directly to the poem-house building project.

Later in the day, Ashley Hood, Lowell Torres--President of Arion--and Jessica Dyer--Vice President of Arion and an editor at Snowvigate--appeared on ISU TV to discuss the Tonic, Snowvigate, keeping warm during snow, and the donations to Habitat for Humanity.

Build a Poem--Build a House Project

2006-02-05T05:32:00.000-06:00

Snowvigate journal, Arion, and the Indiana State University Creative Writing Committee have joined forces with Habitat for Humanity, the ISU Center for Public Service and Community Engagement, and writers around the world for its "Build a Poem--Build a House" Project. This event will begin before Eamonn Wall's reading on Wed. February 15 at 4:00 pm in the Cunningham Memorial Library's first floor reading space.

An 8 ft. piece of wood will be on display in the English Department's Root Hall Student Lounge starting Feb.16th for those who would like to write three lines of original poetry or prose on the board. Each writer is being asked to donate a minimum of $1.00 for their composition. This money and the piece of wood will go toward building a house for a homeless Terre Haute female and her three children.

Writers from Ireland, South Africa, Denmark, Australia, and the United States contributing work to Snowvigate and the "Build a Poem--Build a House" Project are Eamonn Wall, Kim Chinquee, Brian Evenson, Gary Lutz, Cooper Esteban, J.L. Jacobs, Girija Tropp, Daphne Buter, Brian Beatty, Claudia Smith, Jill Hoffman, Brian Ownbey, Liesl Jobson, Tom Dvorske, Arisa White, Anne Panning, and many others.

If you would like to help build a REAL house of words, see Mary Ann Duncan in Room A-264, Root Hall, or email Doug Martin at dmartin21@isugw.indstate.edu. A special thank you goes out to Leslia for helping brainstorm this event.

Kyley Hedges' "Big Brother in Vegas, 2005" Indiana State University

2006-01-23T11:25:00.000-06:00

Doug Martin's Class Material Has Walked Over to

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http://snowvigating.blogspot.com

New Year's Reading Draws Breaking Crowds

2006-01-03T16:40:00.000-06:00

Skeeter Boatman backstage

New Year's night climaxed in an unprecedented turnout of 563 people in the Universal, Indiana townhall. Reading from his new collection entitled Mushroom Sonnets Shakespeare Forgot, town poet Skeeter Boatman (known around the Midwest for his circus juggling of traditional forms) wooed the audience for over six and a half hours. In fact, roads in and out of the metropolis were closed down during the event, due to drunk drivers and massive congestion. After the stellar reading, Boatman--dressed in a suit designed by New Yorker Ali Sandstone--signed autographs and passed out free bowls of lettuce to the VIPs.

If you haven't discovered his brilliant work, order Skeeter's new collection from Stand-Up Comedy for Dogs in Paris, or through Amazon.com and hip bookstores near you.

Our Two Daughters, My How They've Grown!

2006-01-03T10:57:00.000-06:00

Doug Martin en Oficina

2006-01-03T09:40:00.000-06:00

Unpublished Letter to the Daily Clintonian, Date Unknown

2006-01-02T22:06:00.000-06:00

Dear Editor:

Walt Whitman, the poet, once said: "I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained." Unfortunately, some citizens in Clinton, Indiana do not feel the same. The story in June 23rd’s Daily Clintonian ("Deer wanders into city, and has to be destroyed by police") is appalling. Was the deer out to kidnap children? Was the deer out to splash mud over governmental officials? I think not.

I eat meat and am not a PETA screamer. I do, however, believe that someone should have called a moment of spiritual silence when supposedly the deer was seen outside of the baseball diamonds at Sportland Park during a game (at least the deer was not in the grandstands knocking over toddlers to retrieve a foul ball).

Why the DNR officers were "out of the area," or "out in left field" remains a mystery, but if people were so upset with the deer’s existence, the police should have tranquillized and carried it back into the woods, where, of course, eventually someone else would have shot it.

Frankly, I’ve seen worse things in Clinton, Indiana. A few deer might make the city a better place. In his poem "Annual Report," James Tate best sums it up: "And there were five Deer Complaints (Well pardon us for existing.)."

Sincerely,

Doug Martin
Universal, Indiana

A Fax for Susan Neville Circa 2004 with Slight Textual Emendations

2006-01-02T21:02:00.000-06:00

To: Heidi Buchanan, ISU Bookstore
From Dr. Doug Martin, [ISU] English Department

Dear Heidi Buchanan:

I phoned you a few days ago concerning the bookstore ordering books for an upcoming reading by Susan Neville sponsored by the English Department’s Creative Writing Program and the Friends of the Cunningham Memorial Library. The reading will take place in the browsing room of the library on Wednesday April, 27th at 3:30p.m.

You told me it was no problem to order a few copies of Susan Neville’s books for the reading, and that I should fax you the necessary information on the specific books she has published.

Thus, here is the following information:

BOOKS BY SUSAN NEVILLE

1. Title: The Invention of Flight: Stories
(Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction)*
Press: Univ. of Georgia Press
Date of Publication: May 1st, 1984
ISBN: 0820307068

2. Title: Indiana Winter
Press: Indiana University Press
Date of Publication: August 1st, 1994
ISBN: 0253208793

3. In the House of Blue Lights
(Richard Sullivan Prize in Short Fiction)
Press: University of Notre Dame Press
Date of Publication: May 1st, 1998
ISBN: 0268011842

4. Title: Twilight in Arcadia: Tobacco Farming in Indiana
Press: Indiana Historical Society
Date of Publication: May 1st 2000
ISBN: 0871951444

5. Title: Fabrication:
Essays on Making Things and Making Meaning
Press: Macadam/Cage Publishing
Date of Publication: February 1, 2001
ISBN: 1878448080

6. Title: Iconography: A Writer’s Meditation
Press: Indiana Univ. Press
Date of Publication: August 1st, 2003
ISBN: 0253216141

Thank you so much for your help and time. If there is anything you need to ask concerning this list of books, please contact me.

Sincerely,

Doug Martin
Office Phone: Ex. 3153
**Email: dougmartin832@yahoo.com

* Textual Note: This line in the original text appears on the same space as the previous line. Due to marginal changes in this fasimile, it was essential for the editors to make this slight textual modification.

**The author of this letter originally had placed his home phone number in a line between the "Office Phone" and "Email" entries. After careful consideration and hours of committee meetings, we have decided to delete the original personal phone number for reasons solely of security.

Recipe for Canadian Francis Bacon

2006-01-02T19:43:00.000-06:00

This is an old recipe originating with Juliet Childs (is that her name?) first presented at the Breadloaf Writers' Conference when the famous chef was a scholar and passed down from generation to generation of writers and the curious.

Tools

1. 1 Budson burner
2. 1 skillet
3. 1 palmreacher for tossing

The Scoop

Let leap 6 slices of Canadian Francis Bacon into clean skillet; add 2 couplets of butter (preferrably rhymed); intellectualize in a dash of Derrida; let simmer until crispy. After cooling, dip slices in antique Pepper Martin baseball helmet filled with powdered sugar and snow.

Amendments

* Serves best under purple neon lights, monk chantings in surround-sound, and with lemon.

* Serves Brian Evenson and 3 Rhode Island snowmonkeys.

French blizzard

2006-01-02T16:25:00.000-06:00

Ma femme aux aisselles de martre et de fenes

Andre Breton

snowlinks

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elimae

ISU Student Creative Writing Association

Oklahoma Music Guide

webdelsol.com

AAA Independent Publishing Directory