Issue 20 seeks submissions of cover art and poetry

Sidestream !


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.