News
August 26, 2007
& i update often here:
prettyfnmess.blogspot.com
come visit!
July 3, 2007
issue eleven is finished (finally!)
if you click here or on the current link in the menu
on your left you can see who's work graces it's pages
& how you can order one.
contributor copies were mailed out yesterday.
visit what to wear during an orange alert?
for an interview with me.
oh & because i need to buy baby things(soon!):
visit my etsy shop or browse the verve bath press
book section & buy something, please?
or take a look at our gift registry.
now that i feel like a whore,
happy holidays!
May 30, 2007
yes, i know! the issue is late!
the best reason is behind it though...
i'm gonna be a mama!
things are progressing, although sitting in
front of the computer for extended periods
is not really all that comfortable or good
for the circulation, so i've opted to work
in short intervals. plus, it's been soooo
frickin' nice out on the east coast, who
the hell wants to be inside!!!!
if you didn't hear this news through email
that means i didn't have your email address,
which also means i don't have your mailing
address, so send it to me!!!
words dance did a server switch so i lost
some email & parts of the site are still under
construction. be patient!
love, a whole lot of it.
February 1, 2007
phew, it's been awhile.
alright, i have some things to spill.
1. you can find two full reviews online of the VBP chaps
at blowback magazine:
murder the darkness & love notes
they are still available, $8, postage now paid.
2. there is a new 'side in town, check it:
SIMPLY PUT by S.A. GRIFFIN.
3. SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN!
please-please-PLEASE read the guidelines.
4. ummm, thanks for stopping by?
a big thank you for all the support & trust.
i love you, you-yes-you.
November 16, 2006
the chaps are ready for your eyes, yessum!
they aren't ashamed to be standing, naked,
w/ the lights on, nope.
so go on, take a dip in the bath w/ them...
it'll do you both some good, i promise.
look to your left & then click to
test the waters.
November 10, 2006
COMING SOON...two handmade chapbooks by
VERVE BATH PRESS!
Poets TBA!
notice the new link on the left, click it& often.
i have some good individual news to share as well...
rose of sharon press picked up john dorsey & i's joint
chap, dreams that would drown most men!
should be out early next year. a big thanks to
the boys at ROSP, lotsa love. always.
October 30, 2006
the first edition of issue ten is SOLD OUT!
they are in lovely hands!
i spread them around cleveland. oh what a
fuckin' weekend, beauty-beauty, so.much.beauty.
& legends & love.
i came home to a few more orders in my mailbox,
sooo, yep, they are gone!
why the first edition was limited...
thank you, times the stars.
September 26, 2006
issue ten is now available for you to consume.
if you clicky-click on the current button over on
your left here, you will get a sample of the menu
& what you need to do to order.
it tastes way better than chicken, kids.
so just eat it.
up.
also good for your tastebuds, PAST ISSUES!
#7 & #9 are still kickin' here & they're on
the value menu!
half-price!
$3 bucks apiece!
oh & if you have a myspace, join us:
myspace.com/wordsdance
September 6, 2006
submissions are closed.
stay tuned for the goodness
that will follow.
July 23, 2006
submissions are a'flowing in, thank you, much-so.
if you haven't pushed some of your work this way yet...
get to it, this issue is gonna rock!
lotsa love - amanda
July 10, 2006
Submissions are now open for Issue 10.
Guest Editor: The lovely Jessica Mahlstedt.
Please read the Guidelines... all of them.
Thank you lovelies.
April 26, 2006
The Spring issue was shipped out yesterday afternoon.
If you're not in the issue... you should be sorry.
It's packed with poetry from some of the best poets
I know.
If you want to see the lineup & what you have to do
to get yourself a copy, click-click here or visit the
current link on the left.
Enjoy lovers.
March 4, 2006
I am taking submissions for a Spring '06 Issue.
Check the guidelines link to the left.
Also, if anyone is interested in ordering my chap,
Balancing on the Brink, they are still available,
click-click the chapbooks link.
September 24, 2005
Click-click here.
I haven't a clue what is wrong. I am on a mission to fix this. Now.
The issue looks best when viewed from Foxfire, not IE.
This issue was made on a Mac, if you have a Mac, you're good to go. I hope.
September 2, 2005
August 20, 2005
alright, so, as it goes, i am going to put together an online issue.
i've been playing with this idea for a month or so now. i am in cali
but i will have some time to play around with this, having no
job, school (lucky)... so i thought why the fuck not, yanno?
why not use my time wisely while here, squeeze in what i love doing best...
so yeah, this means, as of right now, submissions are OPEN!
From today, 8/20 until 9/15/05, i want you to send me some work:
amanda@wordsdance.com -- subject line containing submission.
!IMPORTANT! there's a theme:
compassion
i want your best unpublished work, nothing less and stick to the
theme. take a peek at the guidelines page if you are uncertain
of anything
keep on and take care, your loving editor --
amanda
July 19, 2005
believe it!?!
and guess what, they are good enough. i’ll spare you
of them though.
well – let’s see. i’ve been busy-busy and truly, just plain,
out and out selfish. i’ve moved back into my parents’ house
for the month of july and then in august i’m off to california
for a little while. i’ll be in the san diego area – so if any
of you want to, ummm, i don’t know, meet-up, have a drink,
have a reading, trade some issues/chaps for issues/chaps,
whatever, you know how to get ahold of me, my email address
is strewn about this site.
you can also peek in on my life here: my journal
i’ve decided to go public, recently, with some of my journal entries.
one of the entries has a list as to where you can find my poetry
online, there are also some photographs – me attempting to be a
photographer that is – heh. i’m gonna to try to keep up with the
journal – i have been for years now – so hopefully, it sticks.
sometimes it’s daily drivel - sometimes i post pieces i write
that day – or links to whatever work turns up online. you can
even comment if you'd like-leave your name though - so i know
who's stalking me. heh. ;p
as far as the zine goes – honesty, i wanted to do an online summer
issue – but it doesn’t look like that is happening. right now---
– submissions are still closed -
and will be until fall. i am thinking a winter-winter-winter issue –
because basically, i am going to be floating about and lucking it
until fall – not really having a home to call my own – but i think,
feeling -- oh.so. at home, at the same time. ;)
oh and i still have issues and chaps available -- so...
EAT THEM UP! i promise they taste--- oh.so.good.
email me about them - and i can tell you where to send the cash.
take care and keep on people.
the small press is the bee’s mother-f-in’ knees.
psst - i threw a few links up on the links page, check 'em out.
if you gots anymore for me, hit me up, we'll trade.
April 8, 2005
All of the contributors' copies, ordered issues and chaps,
are in the mail, finally. I apologize if there are any
errors - but cut me some slack, it's my first time. ;p
I added some links to the links page - check those out.
All info on ordering the spring issue or my chapbook can
be found on the menu to the left. ORDER THEM!
List of poets and artists can be found in current issue
link. Cover photo for the issue will be taken when I get
around to buying batteries.
Submissions are closed, still, until further notice.
They will be open soon enough though. I'm digging this
print stuff.
Happy fuckin' Spring - it's long overdue!
February 28, 2005
I will only be taking submissions from people who have
already contacted me about sending some in. I promise I
am working on getting back to all of you about your
submissions, poetry and art alike.
Lots of love to everyone who submitted words, art and money.
You all are wonderful.
Seriously.
---
Go HERE for more information
on ordering my chap.
rest well hunter
I am now accepting submissions for the Spring Issue – and yes, it will be a print issue, I need to give it a go, wish me luck.
Please R E A D the guidelines page for details – if you have any questions, rants, etc please mail me --- if you fuck it up, it’s not my fault.
I might be emailing some of you requesting work, but don’t hesitate to mail me first.
Oh and if you want, have the time and means -- download:
The Nightcrawlers – African Echo --
an epic song from a local band that I love to see live -- it's an experience, they are wonderful, if you are ever in this neck of the woods -- check them out, you won't be disappointed.
September 29, 2004
I'm hoping that most of our readers that reside in the US are smart enough to vote. This is just a reminder, please vote!
September 22, 2004
Well – Issue #6 is up – enjoy.
I am not accepting submissions yet for the next issue, I will be sending out an email containing news and guidelines, so look for it or check the site every once in awhile.
If you see any mistakes within your pieces, you want to send me love/hate mail, etc: amanda@wordsdance.com
Now go --- read the issue.
June 25, 2004
FALL ISSUE THEME:
The Basic theme will be:
balance, +/- connections
Send me no less than 2 poems, no more than 6.
I want you to balance your submissions.
If you have 2 poems with a negative vibe, send me 2 poems
with a positive vibe, 3 for 3, etcetera, but make sure they
are about a relationship with someone other than yourself,
be it a friend, family member, lover or an acquaintance.
Keep in mind that the positive and negative charged poems
do not have to be about the same person. One more thing, I
know I am a pain in the ass, next to the title of each poem
add a plus or minus (+/-) to make life easier for me :)
I will choose no more or no less than 2 poems.
If you have any questions about this theme,
email me:
amanda@wordsdance.com
June 23, 2004
The Summer issue is now alive and kicking...
June 15, 2004
Submissions are now closed for the Summer issue.
May 23, 2004
POETRY DARE #3 --
Are you up for a challenge? We dare you to...
Take at least 4 of the following words, using any prefix/suffix
that suits, if needed, and use a flower metaphor, write a poem
or a prose piece on whatever you would like to write about.
Prose pieces should be no more than 150 words, poems no more
than 36 lines.
Words:
frenetic
hush
viscous
fresh
paint
velvet
latent
corporate
point
violent
bare
shark
You're not going to pass up a dare are you?
Come on...see what you can come up with, even if it's
complete shit-- we will publish it because it's fun to
see how these words influence each poet...DOOOOOO IT!
May 18, 2004
Alright... So, I figured I would update with a little news.
The issue is coming along great, we have some great work so far, the layout is neat, so I am pleased.
I also updated the links page, check it out.
Heed the theme and send in your best work because you will be beside some of the best.
There will also be a surprise with the next issue... tap-tap-tap.
March 22, 2004
The Spring Issue is online.
Enjoy.
March 2, 2004
Deadline for the Spring Issue is here.
Up until now, WORDs DANCE has been publishing issues without an underlying theme. Our Summer Issue will be a themed issue. Future issues will go back and forth between having a theme and not having a theme.
The theme for the Summer Issue is:
Supreme Extremist
We are looking for poems that might piss off the
authorities. A few topic examples being: politics,
rebellion, the environment, women’s lib, blue-collar,
religion, an alternative philosophy, et cetera, anything
avant-garde. We are looking for liberated pieces of poetry,
be it long, short, prose, whatever. We are seeking poets that
like to spout off in clear-cut imagery, metaphor or confessional
verse while incorporating a subject matter that would earn a haughty
sneer from the average conformist.
We want your realness.
Blissful Writing,
Amanda & Kelsey
January 8, 2004
Thanks to everyone who submitted and also to those whom we solicited to submit! The issue turned out to be a hit, thanks for all your compliments and all that jazzy jazz! It really turned out beautiful, thanks to all of you for your work.
Well...on to other things--
Even though the triteness of Saint Valentine’s Day sometimes makes us retch, we love to love to love soooo--- we are going to host a Special Valentine’s Day Section in the Spring Issue. This section will call together all of your favorite LOVE poems, famous or not, old or new, anything...just so it's not by YOU! This is of course optional but:
Please send in your favorite love poem, along with some of your own poetry or prose, any form, style or subject is acceptable just as long as it is quality work.
We hope all of your Holidays were peaceful.
Amanda & Kelsey
November 15, 2003
We now have an online submissions page! One month left before reading dates are closed for the Winter issue. Please submit before December 15th! Thank you.
WORDs DANCE is a new webzine! We are still trying to get the feel, fall into the groove of where
we want this zine to go. Feel free to look around. Become familiar with the work before submitting and e-mail us with any comments or questions.
Thank you,
Amanda Oaks
Kelsey Jones