Slow News Day

So I thought I didn’t have anything to share today, but as I was cleaning out my e-mail, I found the following message from Gretl van der Merwe, who’s apparently…

So I thought I didn't have anything to share today, but as I was cleaning out my e-mail, I found the following message from Gretl van der Merwe, who's apparently starting up a bimonthly magazine called Melisma.

Here's the official notice:

TheVerbForI will be publishing the first issue of "melisma," it's bimonthly magazine on the 1st of October 2008. We are inviting poets to submit works on the following theme: "The Immediate."

Format: Construct a poetic form consisting of stanzas with an odd line length (3 lines, 5 lines, etc.) where each line in a stanza has a consistent number of words (not syllables or stresses).

No fancy layout. Left justified with initial capitals. Minimal punctuation. Submit in word or pdf format to editor@theverbfori.co.uk.

Robert Lee Brewer is Senior Editor of Writer's Digest, which includes managing the content on WritersDigest.com and programming virtual conferences. He's the author of 40 Plot Twist Prompts for Writers: Writing Ideas for Bending Stories in New Directions, The Complete Guide of Poetic Forms: 100+ Poetic Form Definitions and Examples for Poets, Poem-a-Day: 365 Poetry Writing Prompts for a Year of Poeming, and more. Also, he's the editor of Writer's Market, Poet's Market, and Guide to Literary Agents. Follow him on Twitter @robertleebrewer.