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CT River Review Accepting Submissions
Until April 15th
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Connecticut River Review
a national poetry journal...
published by the Connecticut Poetry Society
Connecticut River Review is the official poetry journal of The Connecticut Poetry Society, the only statewide poetry society in Connecticut. CPS was founded in 1975 and is a member of The National Federation of State Poetry Societies (NFSPS). Connecticut River Review solicits poetry for publication in the annual journal during a reading period of January through April each year. The journal also publishes winning poems from several CPS poetry contests.
CPS members as well as non-members are invited to submit poems for consideration. Book reviews are solicited by the editor. The editor is the sole arbiter of which poems to publish. In general, the selection standard is excellence in poetic form. Poems may be on any topic. Poets published in CRR come from all over the country. CRR accepts simultaneous submissions, but asks for notice of acceptance elsewhere.
Submissions should be unpublished original poems, no translations, typed, single-spaced, with complete contact information on each poem. Send 3-5 poems, not to exceed 5 pages. Please include a cover letter.
Enclose a SASE, for notification only; no poems will be returned. Poets whose work is published receive one copy as payment and retain the copyright. CPS members receive one copy as part of their membership benefits. Additional copies can be ordered.
The current editor, Patricia Mottola.was selected by the board of CPS
Reading period: January 1, 2013 to April 15, 2013
Send submissions
(no more than 5 poems or pages) to:
Connecticut River Review
Pat Mottola, Editor
P. O. Box 516
Cheshire, CT 06410
Poets whose work is published receive one copy as payment, and retain copyright. Additional copies or single/sample copy: $12 each (plus $2 postage). Make checks out to The CT Poetry Society and send orders to Pat Mottola, PP Box 516, Cheshire, CT 06410.
CRR is published once annually, in a July/August edition. It is distributed to all Connecticut Poetry Society (CPS) members, as a membership benefit, as well as selected universities, schools, and libraries.
CRR is published once annually, in a July/August edition. It is distributed to all Connecticut Poetry Society (CPS) members, as a membership benefit, as well as selected universities, schools, and libraries.
Send submissions
(no more than 5 poems or pages) to:
Connecticut River Review
Pat Mottola, Editor
P. O. Box 516
Cheshire, CT 06410
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Connecticut Poetry Society
The Connecticut Poetry Society (CPS), an affiliate of the National Federation of Poetry Societies (NFSPS), is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion and enjoyment of poetry. Our group has a long tradition of excellence in publishing the work of poets from Connecticut and around the nation.
Our mission is to support the art form of poetry with chapter meetings, contests, and poetry events. Membership is not limited to Connecticut residents. One does not have to be a poet to join, just a person willing to dedicate time or money in support of the arts.
Chapters usually meet monthly to workshop original poetry and sponsor readings, lectures or programs in their communities. Browse through our site. To get information about CPS, contact Christine Beck at mailto:connpoetry@comcast.net . The Academy of American Poets has published a "Poetry Map" of America that features photos, events, and information relevant to poetry in each state. Take a look at the Connecticut page by clicking here http://www.poets.org/state.php/varState/CT
Long River Run
CPS welcomes submissions from members for Long River Run, a members-only poetry journal. Submit one poem as a Word attachment (40 line limit, any style, any topic), attached to an email to: connpoetry@comcast.net. In the subject line for your email, put your last name and Long River Run. Deadline for submissions: November 30, 2012. No late submissions will be accepted.
The journal will be published in chapbook format for release without charge to those members whose work appears, release expected January 2013. Additional copies will be available for purchase at $5 per copy, plus $3 postage. |
Commack
by Michael Carrino
The Secatogue along Long Island’s
south shore, named Commack
Winnacomac---
pleasant land. Once
a Vanderbilt retreat,
later cabbage fields---
acres worth more
whenever developer’s arrived,
until it was a haven,
far from Brooklyn, Queens,
an ache for the new--
each house exact,
whispering Secatoque voices
curling in a vagrant night wind.
When I was young, bewildered
in a maze of treeless streets, I found
a Commack girl in a summer’s haze, then lost
her except in reverie—
pale hands, a simmering lawn.
One August night I try never to forget,
under dim porch light,
both of us aware of ending,
she shivered, gazed
into the dark, last scrape of pleasant,
faint Secatoque voices
curled in a vagrant wind,
beckoning to anyone searching, anyone
hoping they might not be lost.
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Click Here to see Poems from The Connecticut River Review 2008
Click Here to see Poems from The Connecticut River Review 2007
Click Here to see Poems from Long River Run 2007
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