Submissions are closed to all features until further notice.
Submissions are closed to Feature Four: Self Portrait
Feature Four: Self Portrait, a capture of a moment of your life
Magnapoets announces a special feature for the upcoming January 2012 issue. The theme is “Self Portrait”. We're asking poets/artists to send in either photos, art, essays, poetry, or short stories that somehow describe themselves, or a moment of their lives, either in symbolic terms or as specifically as they choose . We're not looking for entire life stories, just small snippets or self portraits, if you will. Work can be as loosely or as closely interpreted as each individual poet/artist chooses. Poets and artists can submit to both the special feature, and the regular portion of the magazine. Just be sure to mark your special feature submisison as "Self Portrait", and your regular submission as "Magnapoets" in the subject line.
Feature Three: Poet-Speak, the art of the self-interview - by invitation only
Magnapoets announces the return of Poet- Speak, arguably our most popular feature from our early blogging days. This time, we bring it back with a twist:Poets will be asked to do a self-interview of sorts, in article form. The first half should be biographical information as way of introduction, and the second half should be about any topic relevant to poetry from the author’s point of view. Poets will be asked to think of five questions to ask themselves, without revealing what those questions are. Then they will be asked to answer those questions, in essay form. Word limit 500-1500 words. This feature is by invitation only.
Feature One: The Proust Questionnaire - now closed
Take the Proust Questionnaire
If you’d like to take part in the Magnapoets’ Proust Questionnaire feature, simply answer the questions at the end of this section, and send them to Magnapoets AT Gmail DOT com. Be sure to include a short bio (no more than three-sentences), along with a photo (the latter is optional). Magnapoets will assemble a supplementary booklet to be sent with the July 2011 issue of as many responses as we can reasonably include. Submissions open now til February 1st, 2011.
1.) What is your idea of perfect happiness?
2.) What is your greatest fear?
3.) Which historical figure do you most identify with?
4.) Which living person do you most admire?
5.) What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
6.) What is the trait you most deplore in others?
7.) What is your greatest extravagance?
8.) On what occasion do you lie?
9.) What do you dislike most about your appearance?
10.) When and where were you happiest?
11.) If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
12.) If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?
13.) What do you consider your greatest achievement?
14.) Who is your favourite artist, and who is your favourite composer?
15.) What is your most treasured possession?
16.) What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
17.) Who are your heroes in real life?
18.) What is it that you most dislike?
19.) How would you like to die?
20.) What is your motto?
Feature Two: A Bilingual French/English section in our January 2011 issue now closed
A Special Bilingual Anniversary Edition Feature Magnapoets vous propose de soumettre vos textes en vue de la publication d'un numéro spécial anniversaire (Janvier 2011) qui comprendra une section bilingue anglais/français. Le comité de lecture sera composé de Damien Gabriels, Walter Ruhlmann et Mike Montreuil. Les poèmes doivent être écrits en français. Envoyez dix haïkus ou senryus à l'adresse de Damien Gabriels damien.gabriels @orange.fr. Vous pouvez envoyer jusqu'à trois poèmes en vers libres à Walter Ruhlmann wruhlmann@gmail.com. Mike Montreuil lira quant à lui vos tankas, cinq par auteur, à mikemontreuil@sympatico.ca. Deux poèmes au plus seront sélectionnés par auteur. Vous pouvez envoyer vos textes jusqu'au 31 octobre 2010 dernière limite. Pensez à mettre "proposition à Magnapoets" en objet de votre mail et une courte bio (trois phrases maximum) dans le corps de votre mail.
Magnapoets is publishing a special bilingual feature to commemorate our special anniversary issue. This feature will be published in conjunction with our regular issue, which is open to all writers. Damien Gabriels will be editing haiku and senryu, Walter Ruhlmann will be editing free verse and form, and Mike Montreuil will be editing tanka. Send up to ten haiku/senryu to Damien at Damien.Gabriels AT orange DOT fr, up to three free verse or formal poems to Walter at wruhlmann AT Gmail DOT com, and up to five tanka to Mike at mikemontreuil AT sympatico DOT ca. Submissions to this special feature close on October 31, 2010, with the exception of the tanka section, which closes July 31, 2010. Again, please note, this special feature is one feature within our regularly published magazine. We will still be accepting English-only poetry, as usual, at Magnapoets AT Gmail DOT com.
