Crab Creek Review Reading at the Centrum Writers' Conference (July 23, 2010) in Port Townsend, WA
Join us on July 23rd at 7:30 p.m. as we celebrate the release of our 2010 Vol.I issue at Fort Worden (Port Townsend) in a joint reading with Willow Springs Literary Magazine. Our featured readers will be poets, Molly Tenenbaum and Peter Munro (both of whom have poems featured in 2010 Vol.I). Special thanks to the Centrum Writers' Conference for hosting us.

The editors from Crab Creek Review will be participating in a panel about publishing on July 21st from 2-3:30 p.m. at the Centrum Writers' Conference:
Panel Discussion Room D “How to Run a Literary Journal”
Featuring the editors of the Crab Creek Review (Kelli Russell Agodon, Lana Hechtman Ayers, Jen Betterley, and Annette Spaulding-Convy); The Meadow (Lindsay Wilson); and Willow Springs (Sam Ligon); this discussion will center, from an editor’s perspective, on how to successfully curate the most vital and essential sector of the world’s literary venues: the literary journal.

 Crab Creek Review 2010 Vol.I--Now Available!

With its release at the conclusion of National Poetry Month, CCR 2010 Vol.I is a must read. Look for new work from David Guterson, David Wagoner, Rachel Contreni Flynn, Molly Tenenbaum, Sharon Hashimoto, Natasha Kochicheril Moni, Peter Munro, Jordan Hartt, Erin Coughlin Hollowell, Kate Lebo, Cati Porter, Wendy Wisner as well as poetry and fiction from some strong emerging writers.
2010 Vol.I features the artwork of Rowland Salley (Roly Salley), bass guitarist and vocalist with Chris Isaak's band Silvertone and a Grammy Award winner for his song, Killing the Blues.
And, an interview with David Guterson (Snow Falling on Cedars), discussing his writing life and his poetry.
If you don't already have a subscription to Crab Creek Review, please visit our subscriptions page and subscribe!

Crab Creek Review Announces Fiction Contest Winner
Congratulations to Robert Kostuck for his short story, Fifteen Minutes, chosen by the distinguished writer, Kathleen Alcala, as the winner of our 2009 Fiction Contest. We also congratulate Natalie Haney Tilghman, whose short story, Tea at the Winter Palace, was the runner-up. Both fiction pieces are featured in our 2010 Vol.I Issue. Special thanks to Kathleen Alcala for judging our contest.

Ekphrastic Poetry (2010 Vol. II issue)
Guest Editor: Susan Rich

We begin with the visual. Ekphrastic poetry is a response in words to a painting, photograph, dance, building, sculpture, Ikea catalogue, child’s drawing, or bumper sticker. An ekphrastic poem begins with inspiration from another piece of art and with the intuitive understanding that art begets art. In a sense, the art object becomes the rough draft of the poem.

Look for the Ekphrastic Poetry section in the upcoming 2010 Vol.II issue of Crab Creek Review  along with a special editor's note from Susan Rich.

Susan Rich is on the Crab Creek Review Advisory Board and is the award winning author of The Cartographer's Tongue: Poems of the World (White Pine Press, 2000), Cures Include Travel (White Pine Press, 2006) and The Alchemist's Kitchen (White Pine Press, 2010). To learn more about Susan and her work, please visit her website: http://www.susanrich.net

Crab Creek Review Will Now Feature Book Reviews (beginning in 2010 Vol. I)
We are excited to announce that we will be featuring mini reviews in our journal. We invite poets and writers (or your publishers) to mail us a copy of your book. Our editorial staff will be reading all of the books we receive and choosing our favorites for review and for inclusion in our new "Editors' Choice" section. We are interested in poetry, short story collections, and creative non-fiction.

It's not a guarantee that your book will be reviewed, but whether it's chosen or not, your book will be listed under "Publications Received" in our journal. If we don't have room for a print review, we hope to feature some of these books on our blog.

Please send us a review copy or have your publisher do so! Please mail your book to:

Crab Creek Review
PO Box 1524
Kingston, WA 98346

2 Poems from Crab Creek Review featured on Verse Daily
Crab Creek Review congratulates 2 poets from our Summer '09 issue, whose poems appeared on Verse Daily:
Lisa Allen Ortiz: The Tortoise Survives the Fire
Kascha Semonovitch: Wonder

New Submission Period
Crab Creek Review is now accepting all submissions (poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction) from September 1st through March 31st. Please read our complete submission guidelines here.

Crab Creek Review is now accepting Creative Non-Fiction submissions. Submit now for our 2010 Vol.I issue. Please visit our submissions page for complete guidelines.

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