tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228628052009-06-15T11:50:26.353-07:00PERIGEE'S OFFICIAL WEBLOG <br><a href="http://www.perigee-art.com">WWW.PERIGEE-ART.COM</a> <br><br> Commend, discuss, complain, rant ... whatever; comments are encouraged!Robert Woerheidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12666859350300979981noreply@blogger.comBlogger180125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22862805.post-37664935327146209972009-06-15T11:40:00.000-07:002009-06-15T11:49:44.557-07:00

Perigee is pleased to announce the winners of our 2009 Fiction Contest. Fiction Editor Duff Brenna, and our finalist judge James Brown, have selected three winners and two honorable mentions from a selection of 10 finalists.First Place ($300):  "Auscultating in the Fourth Dimension," by Jacob M. Appel.Second Place ($200):  "It Happened to River," by Rachel Allyson Stone.Third Place ($100):  "

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Perigee would like to extend a special thanks to our 2009 Fiction Contest guest judge James Brown, who was not only a pleasure to work with, but also brought a marvelous insight to our contest and the deliberation process, and a sensitivity to the craft of story telling which speaks to his talents as a writer.Our Fiction Editor Duff Brenna recently wrote this about James Brown's powerful memoir,

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Perigee has sponsored the development of a new, powerful online resource: Support Literature dot com. This new web site will drive donations directly to Perigee, in support of our non-profit mission. Thanks to an all volunteer staff, 95% of the donation money contributed to SupportLiterature.com goes directly to the cause, a percentage very few charities can match. Donations are also

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Gordon Weaver's "Stalking John Updike," which appears in our 24th issue, was selected as one of the best articles, essays, and interviews by Web Del Sol.If you haven't already read this excellent work, you'll want to do so now. Congratulations to Gordon Weaver!

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The submission period for Perigee's 25th issue, due out this July 15th, closes on May 31st. If you have writing to submit you'll want to do so soon. You can submit online through our re-designed web site.The newest member of our editorial staff, multiple award-winning poet Steve Kowit, wants to read your sharpest poems. Novelist Duff Brenna, our fiction editor, is seeking memorable fiction. And

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Perigee's 2009 Poetry Contest opens today! Steve Kowit and finalist judge Suzanne Lummis are seeking your most finely crafted, memorable poems. Here are the important details you'll want to know:Deadline: August 31st, 2009.Prizes: $600 in cash ($300/$200/$100 for top three poems).Reading fee: Times are tough and budgets are tight, so we've reduced our reading fee by 50%, to only $5, but we

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Don't miss the chance to compete for $600 in cash prizes, a Pushcart nomination by the editors, and publication in our special 25th issue. Perigee's fiction contest closes tonight so you'll want to hurry over to our web site, read the guidelines, and submit directly online.This year's guest judge is author James Brown.Hurry, the contest closes in the wee hours of the morning, May 1st.

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Perigee is pleased and excited to announce that award winning poet Steve Kowit has joined our editorial team as Poetry Editor.Native New Yorker Steve Kowit was born in Brooklyn in 1938 and moved to San Diego over twenty-five years ago, where he teaches at Southwestern College and regularly tours with his popular poetry workshops. Kowit earned his B.A. from Brooklyn College, his M.A. from San

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Perigee's 24th issue was released late in the evening of April 14th. The 6th anniversary issue is the first to use Perigee's totally re-designed web site, and so far the comments coming in have been very favorable.The new web site includes features for sharing favorite poems and fiction or non-fiction pieces, as well as a comment feature which allows readers to post their thoughts or respond to

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Anticipation is running high for the release of Perigee's completely re-designed web site, built on a new framework using updated architecture. The design features a new engine for submissions, a faster loading interface, and smoother integration of the writing into the issue itself. Perigee's new site also supports popular sharing options for Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and Digg (plus many more)

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Perigee is excited to be releasing its 6th anniversary issue this April 15th. The issue will be launched on a completely rebuilt web platform, and will include work from many noted and award winning writers including Perigee's newest contributing editors Walter Cummins and Thomas E. Kennedy. The 24th issue will present a special non-fiction section devoted to essays about, and an interview of,

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The upcoming 6th anniversary issue of Perigee, due out April 15th, will be released in a completely redesigned web site. We've changed things from the ground up and we're very excited about the new look, feel, and functioning of Perigee. The current site has been well loved, and lasted more than four years. We're confident the total redesign will be equally effective in serving our mission.We are

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On March 2nd, Perigee began accepting submissions to our 25th issue. We are reading general submissions in poetry, short fiction, and non-fiction (query for book reviews and interviews, please).Click here to read guidelines and submit through our web site.Writers are also invited to participate in Perigee's 2009 Fiction Contest, which closes on April 30. This year's guest judge is James Brown,

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Perigee has been named one of the top 50 literary magazines in the world, sharing space with the Paris Review and other leading publications. We are thrilled and proud, and thankful for all the great writing sent our way over these past six years, and all the loyal readers who continue to make Perigee a hot spot for literature on the web. Click here to read the listing.

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R.A. Rycraft has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize for her story "Komunyakaa Days," which won the Best Short Stories Editor's Prize in the 2008 issue of Best New Writing: Eric Hoffer Award for Books and Prose (Hopewell Publications). Congratulations R.A.!

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Perigee's founding editor, and his wife, welcomed their first child on Valentine's Day at 9:15 pm. She came early--at 33 weeks--but is a good weight (5 lbs 13 oz) and breathing on her own. They are excited and hopeful that, before too long, they'll be able to take her home.

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Perigee's newest contributing editor, Thomas E. Kennedy, reflects on John Updike's philosophy, his generous nature, and the distant friendship they began to foster in 2000."I had met him once before, at a conference in the Netherlands, but doubted that he would remember me. I sidled up, cradling my glass of red wine close to my chest to avoid mishaps, in the hope of getting close enough to make

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Dear Readers,We hope you've had a chance to enjoy our 23rd issue, released earlier this month. You may have noticed that we've recently welcomed a new Non-Fiction Editor to our organization. R.A. Rycraft (who previously assisted us as Reader) joined our team on January 11th, 2009, and we are very pleased to have her on board.R.A. Rycraft has published stories, essays, reviews, and poetry in a

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Anton Mueller of Bloomsbury USA is pleased to announce the acquisition of In the Company of Angels by Thomas E. Kennedy, one of four books comprising Kennedy's Copenhagen Quartet. Although Kennedy's novels are internationally acclaimed, his work has gone unnoticed by major US publishers until now. In the Company of Angels was a 2007 winner of the Eric Hoffer Award for books from independent

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Perigee's 23rd issue went live last night, at 10:00 Central Time (US). There has been a flurry of activity since then and it's easy to see why. The new issue contains nine short stories by Pushcart winners and nominees, contest champions, and skilled wordsmiths. We're also presenting an interview with poet Jack Marshall, two book reviews, five memoirs, and six meticulously crafted and carefully

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All writers whose work is to appear in our upcoming, 23rd issue, should have received an e-mail with a link to their work online.These proofs are sent out to make sure your work appears in the form you would like, and that we didn't make any HTML errors during the conversion and publishing process.If your work is scheduled to appear and you haven't received an e-mail from submissions[at]

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Perigee is pleased to feature the watercolors of Derek McCrea in our upcoming 23rd issue.Derek is a US Army Infantry Combat Soldier with two tours in Iraq with the 3rd Infantry Division, and painting is his form of stress relief—allowing him to express emotions on paper.Derek paints in a whimsical impressionistic style in plein air settings. He was born in Albany, Georgia in February of 1969, and

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Perigee is pleased to announce the work which will appear in our upcoming 23rd issue, due out January 15th. It's going to be another watershed issue for us, with an extra large fiction section (9 stories), a handful of meticulously chosen poems (6, from about 300), three reviews, an interview, and 5 memoirs which will haunt and inspire you.Issue 23 also features the watercolor paintings of Derek

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We are excited to announce that our 2009 Fiction Contest is now accepting submissions. $600 in cash prizes is up for grabs, along with a Pushcart nomination by the editors, and publication in our highly anticipated, commemorative 25th issue.This year we're proud to have James Brown serve as our guest judge. Brown is the author of The Los Angeles Diaries: A Memoir (HarperCollins), which was chosen

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Perigee has launched its own RSS feed to keep readers, writers, and subscribers up-to-date with the latest Perigee news.Click here to subscribe to our RSS feed and never miss an important announcement. Whether it's the release of a new issue, the start of a contest, or a new submission period, you'll always know what's happening at Perigee even when you don't have a chance to visit our web

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