Side Stream 19

Well, well, looky here, Side Stream has found itself a blog. This could be dangerous.

Issue 19 of your favourite, independent, pocket-sized zine came home from the NEW printers on Thursday looking all beautiful in its lavendar coat. We have a new printer because the old printers bailed on the project; being the big corporate that they are, Warehouse Stationary got itself a new manager who pulled their support by revoking our discount. For a while there we didn't know if we'd find another print shop who would offer the same discount. But lo and behold Rachael's local printers at the Dominion Road shops agreed to support the project and things are all back on track.

I am stoked with this latest issue. We'll be releasing it on May 12th at Poetry Live in Auckland, and then sending them off around the rest of the country and the world. We've now published 88 different poets since we started out in Feb 2007.

Submissions for Issue 20 close on June 15th. See www.myspace.com/sidestreampoetry for submission guidelines and more information. There's also a Side Stream facebook group as well - see http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=29140599067

Issue 19 Contributors List
May, 2009

Stasia Balkarey – Cover art

Vincent O’Sullivan - Witness 217
Rachael Naomi Heimann - Magical
Aidan-B. Howard - The Single Malt
Jodie Butler - I Met a Girl
Carl Palmer - Dad’s Hands
Scott Owens - Spring and All
Hannah May Thompson - Full-Time Writer
Aleksandra Lane - Fishmonger’s Wife
Michael Botur - excerpts from Niche Pandemics
Murray Lee - Pure Evil 5
Duncan - Autistic School-Weekend Report
Jason Morales - circles on water
Colin Munn - Cockscrew

Keep those submissions coming.

Cheers for now.

Miriam Barr
Side Stream editor

Issue 20 seeks submissions of cover art and poetry

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Side Stream issue 20 is now open for submissions. So pop along and refresh yourself with the submission guidelines. The main criteria, aside from being fabulous, is that each poem you submit be less than 50 lines long (but remembering that poems of 25 lines or less get preference). The deadline for Issue 20 (July) submissions is June 15th.

On the news side of things, the corporate world jumped up and bit us last month when Warehouse Stationary got a new manager who decided to withdraw the discount that was making our print run possible. Luckily we have found somewhere else that will match the deal we were getting - more on them later, the angels. Now if we could only find a different paper source that was as cheap as Warehouse Stationary, we could start boycotting them altogether. Suggestions anyone??? In NZ of course.

The contributors to the latest issue are now up on the Contributor's List blog on the Side Stream Myspace (www.myspace.com/sidestrea

mpoetry). I can't wait for you all to read it, 'tis a wicked little collection. The issue will be printed and constructed in the next couple of weeks - ready to be launched, just one month late, on May 14th. This may mean we only do 5 issues this year, or bring one issue out a month early. Time will tell.

Keep an eye out for the next fundraiser too, which I imagine will take place some time in June.