liberty head
local poets
featured poem
poetry readings
open mikes
poetry news & reviews
poetry workshops
favorite poetry links
poetry contests
poetry organizations
local publications
local bookstores
poetry of terra
politics & poetry
about madpoetry

Local Publications & Media

Send updates and information about any we're missing to arachne@madpoetry.org

forevertron

Wisconsin Print Magazines

Arbor Vitae
A bimonthly “broadzine” from Cedar Lake, Wisconsin. Looking for compelling, accessible poems of twenty lines or less. Saddle up your paint and mosey on over to www.desperadopress.com for more information.
e-mail editor@desperadopress.com
Editor: B.J. Best.

Beauty/Truth: A Journal of Ekphrastic Poetry
A new journal based in Delafield, Wisconsin, between the Milwaukee Metro area and Madison. First issue out in September 2006. Beauty/Truth is a digest-sized, saddle-bound publication that will appear twice yearly, in March and September.  More information can be found at www.BeautyTruthPoetry.com, or e-mail the editor directly at JamesGapinski@BeautyTruthPoetry.com.

Cannot Exist
$4 at local bookstores or send check, or via credit card on blogsite. First issue is out (Feb. 2008)
Editor:
Andy Gricevich, cantexist@gmail.com
3417 Stevens St.
Madison, WI 53705
http://cannotexist.blogspot.com/

Cup of Poems (and a Side of Prose)
Free at local coffee shops.
(608) 235-2377
Poetry Editors:
John Lehman & Andrea Musher

The Deronda Review
A continuation of The Neovictorian Cochlea, mainly poetry. Expository blank verse especially welcome. See pointandcircumference.com/deronda/ for detailed explanation. Mindy Aber Barad, Co-editor for Israel. Publication intended as a bridge between Israel and the West.
Editor: Esther Cameron
P.O. Box 55164, Madison, WI 53705.

Free Verse
Features poetry, a monthly poetry contest, reviews, and a listing of poetry readings in Wisconsin.  Guidelines: Submit up to 5 poems, free verse or traditional. Mail or e-mail. Include a 3-sentence biographical sketch for publication. Reports in 2 months or less. Payment: 2 copies.
M233 Marsh Road, Marshfield, WI 54449
marshrivereditions.com e-mail: wordzoo@dwave.net
Editor: Linda Aschbrenner

The Madison Review
Published by the University of Wisconsin—Madison Creative Writing program.
The Madison Review, University of Wisconsin, Department of English, Helen C. White Hall, 600 N. Park Street, Madison, WI 53706
mendota.english.wisc.edu/~MadRev/main.html
Editor: undergraduates

M0bius: The Journal of Social Change
Fiction and poetry dealing with themes of social change.
1250 E. Dayton St. #3, Madison, WI 53703
mobiusmagazine.com e-mail: fmschep@home.com
Poetry Editor: F.J. Bergmann

Premiere Generation Ink
Cutting-edge cross-cultural poetry from local and national poets. Publication currently suspended.
P.O. Box 2056, Madison, WI 53701-2056
www.pgink.com e-mail poetry@premieregeneration.com
Editor: Yogesh Chawla

Rosebud
Quarterly; contemporary fiction and poetry with rotating themes.
P.O. Box 459, Cambridge, WI 53523
www.rsbd.net
Poetry Editor: R. Virgil Ellis

The Styles
Defunct, alas.

Sun-Optikos
Sporadic; poetry and art 'zine focused on sending positive energy to a world in need.
402 Durtschi Drive, Mount Horeb, WI 53572
Editor: Dayz In Passion

Ugly Accent
A "literary archive from the Midwest, newly fledged. Get in on the ground floor; e-mail info@uglyaccent.com.
http://uglyaccent.com/

Wisconsin People & Ideas (formerly Wi. Academy Review)
Quarterly; Wisconsonian articles, artists and authors; traditional or experimental poetry.
1922 University Ave. Madison, WI 53705

www.wisc.edu/wisacad/ e-mail: review@wisconsinacadamy.org
Poetry Editor: John Lehman

Wisconsin Review
Thrice yearly; mostly free verse.
800 Algoma Blvd. University of Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI 54901
(920) 424-2267

Women in REDzine
UW-Madison's first Multicultural Women's Art and Literature Magazine: art in all media, poems, stories, essays, music/concert/gallery/book reviews, interviews,etc. Foreign-language (with English translations) or multi-lingual submissions are strongly encouraged. In addition, Women in REDzine embraces all art forms: also looking for musicians, dancers, video artists, performance artists, dance troupes, spoken-word artists and the like to submit videos and audio files for our website. No restrictions to who can submit as long as you are a part of the UW-Madison community. Grads, undergrads, faculty, men, alumni, women, non-students, etc. Everyone is welcome!
campuswomenscenter.rso.wisc.edu/with%20feeling/home.htm

Yahara Journal
Annual; poems, short stories and artwork by MATC students.
Madison Area Technical College, 1330 Anderson St. Madison, WI 53703
www.matcmadison.edu/studentlife/yaharajournal/
For info: 246-6576
or dkirchberg@matcmadison.edu


Presses

Desperado Press
Currently run by a sect of fourteenth-century Trappist monks. In the off hours when they aren’t printing the best of American poetry, they are crafting exquisite Belgian beers.
P.O. Box 285, Slinger, WI 53086
desperadopress.comeditor@desperadopress.com
Editor: B.J. Best.

ghost pony press
Independent small publisher of contemporary American poetry.
P.O. Box 260113, Madison, WI 53726-0113
www.geocities.com/Paris/4614 e-mail irmarkha@students.wisc.edu
Editor: Ingrid Swanberg.

Goblin Fern Press
Resource for authors seeking affordable, high-quality publishing services.
6401 Odana Road • Suite B (Barkley Building) • Madison WI, 53705
goblinfernpress.com • (608) 442-0212 • e-mail info@goblinfernpress.com
Editor: Kira Henschel.

Parallel Press
Publisher of poetry chapbooks since 1998; part of the General Library System at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
parallelpress.library.wisc.edu

Silver Buckle Press
A working museum of letterpress printing, part of the General Library System at the University of Wisconsin; publishes exhibition books and broadsides.
236 Memorial Library, 728 State Street, Madison, WI
53706
www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/SBP/ e-mail sbp@library.wisc.edu

Director: Tracy L. Honn


Radio & Audio

Blunt Factory Records
Produces spoken word tapes by Sobriety and other local poets.

e-mail: sobrietynop@hotmail.com

Mind's Eye Radio
Literary arts radio show aired on WORT
, 89.9 FM, the second Monday of each month at 1 pm; audio recordings for sale; written and produced by local poets and essayists.
609 E. Washington Ave.,
Madison, WI 53703
www.mindseyeaudio.com e-mail: kelly@mindseyeaudio.com

Poetry Buzz: a local poet read every Monday on WORT during 2001. Winter Poets, Spring Poets, Summer Poets, and Fall Poets; quarterly recording of these performances, are available from WORT for $10.00 each, $16.00 for two, $21.00 for three, 0r $25.00 for all four tapes or a 2-CD set.

Radio Literature
Literary radio show produced by a collective on WORT
, 89.9 FM, Tuesdays 7-7:30 pm; local writers, women writers, writers for cildren, and more.

Call WORT at 256-2001

Sparkle Dog
Wendy Schneider has been involved in the field of audio production for the past 18 years and has owned her own recording studio in Madison since 1995. She is also a record producer and song writer, making records for numerous independent artists in the Midwest. Recently she started the Sparkle Dog record label to release children's stories and poetry in an audio format. She records dialog and produces soundscapes to bring stories to life. She is looking for submissions to the label to be considered for its first release.

Call Wendy at 226-0908 or e-mail btype35@aol.com


Web

madpoetry.org
You are, in fact, within it.

Founder: F.J. Bergmann