Thank You

About Us New Issues Poetry & Prose was established in 1996 by poet Herbert S. Scott.   Fall 2012 The Right Place to Jump  by Peter Covino  The Frame Called Ruin  by Hadara Bar-Nadav  A Penance  by CJ Evans  Spring 2013 Phantom Camera by Jaswinder Bolina Pinwheel by Marni Ludwig The Most Natural Thing by David Keplinger Large White House Speaking by Mark Irwin  Fall 2013 Ain't No Grave by T.J. Jarrett Slip by Cullen Bailey Burns

Dear Friends, Thank you all so very much for helping us sustain the legacy created by Herb Scott. Our event last Sunday was extraordinary. Thank you to our readers Nancy Eimers, Diane Seuss, Traci Brimhall, Phillip Sterling, Lisa Fishman, Gail Martin, Susan Ramsey, Elizabeth Kerlikowske, Deborah Gang, and Elizabyth Hiscox for sharing their poems. Thank you to Whiskey Before Breakfast for providing their celebratory Celtic soundtrack. We are so grateful to Francois Moyet, Becky Capman, Meg Tang, West Michigan Glass Arts Center, Seamus Cooney of Celery City Books, and Shirley Clay Scott for their generous donations of art and books for our silent auction. With such unfailing support from you, our community,  New Issues will continue to bring important and striking work to fruition.

Herbert Scott Legacy Fund

New Issues Poetry & Prose

August 2012

About Us New Issues Poetry & Prose was established in 1996 by poet Herbert S. Scott.   Fall 2012 The Right Place to Jump  by Peter Covino  The Frame Called Ruin  by Hadara Bar-Nadav  A Penance  by CJ Evans  Spring 2013 Phantom Camera by Jaswinder Bolina Pinwheel by Marni Ludwig The Most Natural Thing by David Keplinger Large White House Speaking by Mark Irwin  Fall 2013 Ain't No Grave by T.J. Jarrett Slip by Cullen Bailey Burns

Dear Friends, New Issues Poetry & Prose is happy to announce the creation of The Herbert Scott Legacy Fund. Please join us to commemorate and celebrate! Bell's Eccentric Café 355 E. Kalamazoo Ave. Sunday, August 26 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. $10 donation ($5 for students) is suggested at the door. Silent auction featuring rare books by Herbert Scott Readings by * Nancy Eimers * Diane Seuss * Traci Brimhall * Phillip Sterling * Lisa Fishman * Gail Martin * Susan Ramsey * Elizabeth Kerlikowske * Deborah Gang * Elizabyth Hiscox Music by Whiskey Before Breakfast Please visit our events page for details: www.wmich.edu/newissues/events Our titles are available online through Amazon.com and spdbooks.org.

New Issues Poetry Prize

New Issues Poetry & Prose

April 2012

About Us New Issues Poetry & Prose was established in 1996 by poet Herbert S. Scott.   Fall 2012 The Right Place to Jump  by Peter Covino  The Frame Called Ruin  by Hadara Bar-Nadav  A Penance  by CJ Evans  Spring 2013 Phantom Camera by Jaswinder Bolina Pinwheel by Marni Ludwig The Most Natural Thing by David Keplinger Fall 2013 Ain't No Grave by T.J. Jarrett Large White House Speaking by Mark Irwin Slip by Cullen Bailey Burns

Dear Friends,    We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2012 New Issues Poetry Prize: Marni Ludwig for her manuscript Pinwheel.  Ludwig wins a $2,000 award and publication of her manuscript in the spring of 2013.   Marni Ludwig    Marni Ludwig holds degrees from Sarah Lawrence College, Columbia University and Washington University in St. Louis.  Her poems have appeared in Boulevard, FIELD, Gulf Coast, High Chair, JERRY, Western Humanities Review and other journals. Her chapbook, Little Box of Cotton and Lightning, was selected by Susan Howe for a 2011 Poetry Society of America Chapbook Fellowship. She lives in St. Louis and Brooklyn. "Marni Ludwig has a vast and original mind and spirit, which along with her quiet, sometimes sharp humor, and her tenderness, implicate everyone.  Her skill is like a good horse, who becomes one with the rider and with her wild, unheard of travels.  Here is the real thing."        -Jean Valentine, from the judge's citation   Also accepted for publication: Ain't No Grave by T.J. Jarrett  to appear in the fall of 2013    The New Issues Poetry Prize is awarded annually for a full-length debut collection of poetry. The judge for the 2013 New Issues Poetry Prize is David St. John. Guidelines are available on our website.  Congratulations, Susanna Childress!   Entering the House of Awe Susanna Childress won the Society of Midland Authors Award for Poetry for her collection Entering the House of Awe. Congratulations, Kevin Fenton!   Merit Badges Kevin Fenton won the Friends of American Writers Literary Award for Fiction for his novel Merit Badges. Congratulations, Khaled Mattawa!   Tocqueville Khaled Mattawa won the Poetry Center Book Award for his collection Tocqueville.   Our titles are available online through Amazon.com and spdbooks.org.

New Issues Poetry & Prose

April 2012 

About Us New Issues Poetry & Prose was established in 1996 by poet Herbert S. Scott.

Dear Friends,    We're happy to announce the release of our spring titles. Corey Marks' Radio Tree, Andrew Allport's the body | of space | in the shape of the human, and Shara Lessley's Two-Headed Nightingale are all available to order. Kevin Fenton's Merit Badges has just won the Friends of American Writers Award and is currently a finalist for the Minnesota Book Awards. Khaled Mattawa's Tocqueville recently won the 2012 Poetry Center Book Award.  Rachel Eliza Griffiths' Mule & Pear was the first book of poetry to ever be awarded the Black Caucus of the American Library Association's Literary Award. Jeff Hoffman's Journal of American Foreign Policy received an honorable mention from the Drake Emerging Writer Prize, and is currently a finalist for the California Book Awards. Mandy Keifetz's Flea Circus also received an honorable mention from the Grub Street Prize. Congratulations New Issues authors! Kimberly Kolbe  Managing Editor  Spring 2012 Two-Headed Nightingale the body | of space | in the shape of the human The Radio Tree Congratulations, Kevin Fenton! Winner, Friends of American Writers Literary Award Our titles are available online through Amazon.com and spdbooks.org.

New Issues Poetry & Prose

February 2012
-UPDATE

About Us New Issues was established in 1996 by poet Herbert S. Scott.   Congratulations, Rachel Eliza Griffiths! Mule & Pear winner of The Black Caucus of the American Library Association's Literary Award

Dear Friends,   We've added two new signings to our schedule--Andrew Allport and Jim Daniels, and also included some helpful links. Here's the AWP conference website & program. There's an impressive list of events, and many New Issues authors are participating in panel discussions.      Hope you can join us at Booth 717!  Kimberly Kolbe  Managing Editor      THURSDAY:  Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, 2:00 P.M. Jim Daniels, 3:00 P.M.  FRIDAY:  Mandy Keifetz reading 1:30 P.M. AWP Award Series     Room PDR 2, 3rd Floor  Mary Ann Samyn & Linda Nemec Foster, 3:00 P.M.  Jeff Hoffman & Susanna Childress, 4:00 P.M.  SATURDAY:  Phillip Sterling, 10:00 A.M.  Mandy Keifetz & Jon Pineda, 11:00 A.M.  Maxine Scates & Elaine Sexton, 12:00 P.M.  Seth Abramson & Corey Marks, 1:00 P.M.  Rachel Eliza Griffiths & Judy Halebsky, 2:00 P.M.  Andrew Allport, 3:00 P.M. Our titles are available online through Amazon.com and spdbooks.org.

New Issues Poetry & Prose

February 2012

About Us New Issues was established in 1996 by poet Herbert S. Scott.   Congratulations, Rachel Eliza Griffiths! Mule & Pear winner of The Black Caucus of the American Library Association's Literary Award

Dear Friends, The AWP conference will be held Thursday, March 1 through Saturday, March 3rd at the Hilton Hotel & Conference Center in Chicago.   Come visit us at Booth 717; we'll have books available at 40-50% off the retail price. Many of the New Issues authors will be available to sign their books. See below for details.    Hope you can join us! Kimberly Kolbe Managing Editor   THURSDAY:  Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, 2:00 P.M. Jim Daniels, 3:00 P.M. FRIDAY:  Mandy Keifetz reading 1:30 P.M.AWP Award Series     Room PDR 2, 3rd Floor  Mary Ann Samyn & Linda Nemec Foster, 3:00 P.M.  Jeff Hoffman & Susanna Childress, 4:00 P.M.  SATURDAY:  Phillip Sterling, 10:00 A.M.  Mandy Keifetz & Jon Pineda, 11:00 A.M.  Maxine Scates & Elaine Sexton, 12:00 P.M.  Seth Abramson & Corey Marks, 1:00 P.M.  Rachel Eliza Griffiths & Judy Halebsky, 2:00 P.M.  Andrew Allport, 3:00 P.M. Our titles are available online through Amazon.com and spdbooks.org.

Frostic Reading, Thursday February 2nd

January 2012

About Us New Issues  Poetry & Prose  was established in 1996 by poet Herbert S. Scott.   Congratulations, Khaled Mattawa! Tocqueville winner of The Poetry Center Book Award The Arab American Book Award Academy of American Poets Fellowship   Spring 2012 the body | of space| in the shape of the human by Andrew Allport The Radio Tree by Corey Marks Two-Headed Nightingale by Shara Lessley Fall 2012 The Right Place to Jump by Peter Covino The Frame Called Ruin by Hadara Bar-Nadav A Penance by CJ Evans

We would be honored if you would join us for the Gwen Frostic Reading Series. The first reading of the series features novelist Kevin Fenton and poet Rachel Eliza Griffiths. It will be held Thursday, February 2nd at 8:00 p.m. in WMU's Bernhard Center, rooms 157 & 159. This reading series usually draws a large crowd, so we encourage you to arrive early. The reading is free, and last approximately 45 minutes. Books will be available to purchase, and the authors will be happy to sign their works.   Hope you can join us!   Kevin Fenton's first novel, Merit Badges (New Issues), won the AWP Prize for the Novel. Publishers Weekly writes,  "An impressive vitality, droll wit, and affecting nostalgia lift Fenton's first novel." His fiction has appeared in the Northwest Review, the Laurel Review, and the Emprise Review. His writing on graphic design has been anthologized in Looking Closer 2 and Emigre No. 70: The Look Back Issue. He holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Minnesota and a J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School. He lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota and works as an advertising writer and creative director.   www.meritbadgesthenovel.com   Rachel Eliza Griffiths is the author of Mule & Pear (New Issues), Miracle Arrhythmia (Willow Books) and The Requited Distance (Sheep Meadow Press).  Reviewer Roxane Gay (The Rumpus) writes, "Griffiths tackled sex(uality), slavery, the strength of women, the mark of history, and the power of language, in fierce poems that were so memorable I return to them over and over." A Cave Canem Fellow, she is the recipient of fellowships from Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, Vermont Studio Center, New York State Summer Writers Institute, the Cave Canem Foundation and others. A photographer and painter, her visual work has been published widely in both national and international magazines and journals. She teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and lives in New York.  www.rachelelizagriffiths.com February Art Hop at Fire, featuring Rachel Eliza Griffiths  Mule & Pear   Griffiths will also read her poetry on Friday, February 3rd at Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative, 1249 Portage Rd., where her artwork will be on display as part of Kalamazoo's February Art Hop.  www.thisisfire.com     Our titles are available online through Amazon.com and spdbooks.org.