Raven's XLIV Edition Pushcart Prize Nominations

The editors of Raven Chronicles, A Journal of Art, Literature & The Spoken Word, are pleased to announce our nominations for the 2018 Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses series, the prize chosen by Pushcart Press that anthologizes the best of the small presses publishing this year. The editors of Raven Chronicles nominate the following writers for their work published in Vol.26, Last Call, published in fall 2018.

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2018 Raven Chronicles Pushcart Prize Nominations

The editors of Raven Chronicles, A Journal of Art, Literature & The Spoken Word, are pleased to announce our nominations for the 2018 Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses series, the prize chosen by Pushcart Press that anthologizes the best of the small presses publishing this year. The editors of Raven Chronicles nominate the following writers for their work published in Vol. 24 and Vol. 25, in 2017.

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NEWS RELEASE: Raven Chronicles Journal, Vol. 24, HOME, Edited by Kathleen Alcalá, Anna Bálint, Phoebe Bosché, Paul Hunter & Stephanie Lawyer

Raven Chronicles Journal, Vol. 24, HOME, Edited by Kathleen Alcalá, Anna Bálint, Phoebe Bosché, Paul Hunter & Stephanie Lawyer

Raven Chronicles Journal, Vol. 24, HOME, features the work of 14 artists /and 68 writers from 21 states and 3 countries (Canada, India, Nigeria)

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Editor’s Notes: Celebration, Vol. 22

When we chose Celebration as our theme for Vol. 22, we assumed that we would gets lots of submissions that were celebratory, high on life, verbal jumps for joy, even if tinged with what we called “an elegiac time for contemplation.” Surprisingly, we got a hell of a lot of death-funeral-dying, down in the dumps, submissions (at least in the poetry category). Maybe it is the times we live in. With the current U.S. political climate, there isn’t too much to celebrate.

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Obituary: MaryLee Martin (1929-2014)

MaryLee Martin started came into my writing classes beginning in 2006. What I appreciated most about her was her essential seriousness as a writer. I loved her turn to poetry, the intellect and passion she devoted to it. Her presence in class and in our community was ever-gracious and humorous, continuing through a couple years of terminal illness. Her enthusiasm and attention to the work were a gratifying component of every single class she was in. Also, she was a very good writer.

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