"Medulla"
is the Latin word for "marrow" --- the middle part of a structure.
Bone marrow. Plant marrow. The spinal cord. It's also the name of a
record album released in 2004 by Icelandic singer Björk, an album
stripped of all instruments other than the human voice.
The Medulla Review is
a literary journal that caters to experimental and surreal writing, a place in the hindbrain where breathing, swallowing, and circulation
are done through words, a venue for those who believe in creating
reality. We want to hear your voices. What jars you? What makes you dance
on the staircase of your mind? It's about the core of things, getting
down to the essence: that soft center of being and experience where you
are free.
Updates!
I'M CURRENTLY SEEKING VOLUNTEER POETRY JUDGES for an offspring journal, The Synapse Sling! I need five underground (non-academic judges) and five academic judges (either MFA candidates or degree holders). Send a message here if you are interested: synapsesling(AT)gmail(DOT)com
The Synapse Sling will be a publication dedicated to bridging the gap between academic and underground poetry writers. There will be an entry fee with guaranteed online publishing. The catch? You must identify yourself as an academic or an underground writer and be willing to put your poem in head-to-head competition with a poem from the opposite "genre." The poems will be judged by ten people (five underground writers and five academic writers), and the judges' comments will be posted. One vote from the other camp changes everything, doesn't it? The winning poems will be published in a print anthology and contributors will receive two copies.
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SUBMISSIONS are closed for Volume 3, Issue #2, which will be an all women contributors issue published on March 1, 2012 and guest poetry edited by Mary Stone Dockery. Please, submissions from women only! ***CLICK the current issue link TO READ Volume 3, Issue #1!
Submissions for Volume 3, Issue #3 will open on March 1, 2012, and for the first time, I will be open to submissions of MUSIC and ART!
CONGRATULATIONS TO FRANCIS X. ALTOMARE!!! He won first place in Medulla's OBLONGATA CONTEST for his absolutely brilliant short story, "City of Lost Things." His web-page is coming soon! Congratulations also to Peggy Aylsworth (2nd Place) and Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingde' (3rd Place), who both submitted outstanding poems. Read works here: OBLONGATA WINNERS
Submissions open now until May 20!
Payment, publication, and other awards!
RECENTLY PUBLISHED: Kristine Ong Muslim's Insomnia.
Donate $1.00 to The Medulla Review. I'm working on buying ISBNs for Hugh Fox's posthumous poetry book Last Leaves, and two anthologies, one focused on spiritual evolution and another one focused on the writings of former/current prison inmates. Every little bit helps!
***VOLUME 2 PRINT ANTHOLOGY OF THE MEDULLA REVIEW IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR SALE!
Other Chapbooks Recently Published:
I Am Not Sydney Carton by CEEPoetic Anthropologies by Alexandra Isacson
Check out the Medulla Publishing page for full listing of books for sale!***
Donate to The Medulla Review. Any amount is greatly appreciated!
2011 Pushcart Prize Nominations:
Peggy Aylsworth:
No Want For An Answer
J.P. Dancing
Bear: Island
Ruth Ellen Kocher: When You Say Grotesque
Gerardo Mena: The Killhole
Ken Poyner: Disemployment at the Side-Show
Roheeni Saxena: My Jasmine Tea
Resources for writers: Check out the resources page for information on excellent books, services, and other sites of interest to writers and creative folk. If you would like to have your book, website, service, contest, etc. listed on the Resources page, the price is $5.00 per month or $25 per year for your own link template (design free of charge). For more information, please eMail the editor-in-chief at themedullareview (AT) gmail (DOT) com.
