What do you do when your retire from teaching poetry at Marshall University? If you're John McKernan, you start a literary press for poetry, and offer ABZ A Poetry Magazine.
The reading period for the jounral began Septemeber 1st and will continue until December 1st. Expact a response time of two weeks to six months (stand fare among journals). Please include SASE with correct postage (forever stamps!). Currently ABZ does not accept email submissions. Mailing address for submissions is:
ABZ POEMS
Attn: John McKernan
Marshall University
Huntington, WV 25755
Look also for the ABZ Poetry Prize for a first full-length book of poems. ABZ is a yearly publication, and having met it's creator, I can tell you its a labor of love. McKernan told me, over a dinner one evening at the West Virginia Writers Inc. Conference, that he started the prize to help new poets start their careers. He once gave a reading in his home state of Nebraska, and was approached by a publisher about putting out his first book. the book really helped him to launch his career, and now he has created ABZ to do the same.
Poets that have appeared in ABZ include Angela Ball, James Harms, Jeff Mann, and many others.
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