SPR: Issue 3 is out; 2011 Poetry Contest; Paris in April, Montreal and NYC in June

SPR’s third issue, with a record number of contributors (59) and 280 pages, is out. Look for your subscription in the mail by the end of the month. Unsolicited submissions for the 2011 issue will be accepted September 1, 2010 – January 15, 2011. SPR only accepts unsolicited submissions through its electronic submissions manager accessible through www.stpetersburgreview.com. Our “submissions” webpage will continue to have the most current submission information.

Poetry contest 2011: St. Petersburg Review is again holding its poetry contest with a January 15, 2011 postmark deadline. The winning writer receives a prize of $1000. As with last year’s contest, the editors will consider all entries for publication (9% of the writers in SPR 3 were contest entrants). See our “contest” webpage for complete contest guidelines.

Recent past events: This spring was busy for St. Petersburg Review culminating on June 23 with the launch of its third issue in Montreal in coordination with the Summer Literary Seminars program. The launch, at the Irish Embassy Pub and Grill, followed a panel on publication with Catherine Tice (New York Review of Books), Deborah Treisman (New Yorker), and Jeremy Kiehns (The Walrus). As one attendee wrote: “the reception…caused quite a buzz amongst writers and participants. People were talking about the journal…much excitement…so refreshing to read work that explodes the very definition of writing! Such originality, which comes from publishing diverse and international voices. Truly inspiring.” Also in June, SPR participated in the CLMP Magathon at the New York Public Library and in its Housing Works benefit the next day.
On April 26, contributors Parselelo Kantai and Mukoma Wa Ngugi read for SPR at Shakespeare and Co., Paris, in the second international reading series coordinated by the journal and the bookstore (Aleksandr Skidan and Arkadii Dragomoshchenko read for SPR in 2009). Again we received kudos: “I was so impressed with Parselelo and Mukoma and cannot wait to read what other talents your review will include.”

Upcoming events: Please join SPR at the Brooklyn Book Fair on September 12, 2010! Go to http://brooklynbookfestival.presslift.com/brooklynbookfestival for complete festival details.
Looking ahead, mark your calendars for November and December with the following dates. Tentatively on November 9, SPR is sponsoring a reading at the New York Center for Independent Publishing, 20 West 44th Street, NYC with writers Heather Hartley and Dylan Landis. On November 28, SPR is participating in an intercultural poetry reading with Interpoezia at the Cornelia Street Cafe, 29 Cornelia Street, NYC, and on December 22, SPR is participating in the Perfect Sense reading series at the café.