Autumn Leaves
An Online Poetry Journal – now twice monthly!
ISSN 1547-156X
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- Publisher's Note
In 2008, we are going to change things a little. We are going to start publishing smaller issues, but more frequently. We will publish Autumn Leaves twice a month (on approximately the first and the fifteenth of each month). Each issue will be about a quarter the size of the current issues. Poets that normally appear in each issue will now appear only about once every two months (which, really, is just as often as now), but not in every issue.
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Current Issue
The Web Projects of Sondra Ball and Mario Cavallini
Welcome from Editor/Publisher Sondra Ball
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A fair part of Autumn Leaves is my own poetry, of course. Hey, why else would I start an online poetry journal? But I also publish other peoples' poetry. So feel free to e-mail me your poems.
I am not even going to try to figure out which poems are the most technically wonderful, or will be studied in literature books a thousand years from now. I will post the works of others based on how much I personally like their poems, how much space I have on my web site, how much time I have to work on the poems, etc.
All other things being equal, preference will be given to poems written by Native Americans. So if you are submitting a poem, and you are a Native, tell me about it. Let me know your tribe or nation, and what your current relationship to that nation is.
However, this does not mean I publish only poems by natives. Some of the poems I have published in the past have been by non-natives. So don't let being non-native keep you from sending me your poem.
If I decide I want to publish your poem, I will let you know. I will be assuming only the right to publish your poem in my online journal. All other publication rights will remain in your hands. If I decide not to post your poem, you will probably never hear from me. Also, don't expect instant responses from me, even if I do decide to post your poem in my magazine. It might take me weeks to make a decision. After all, like everyone else in the universe, I have a million other things to do, and many of those things take priority over my web page.
I also am interested in posting poems by children or young adults. If you are a child or a young adult, include your age with your poem.
At this point, I have published all poems I received from children. Obviously, if I get overwhelmed by submissions, I will have to stop doing that, so I'm not making it an absolute policy. But as long as it's possible, I will publish all kids' poetry, as long as they include their age with the poem, and as long as it's appropriate for a magazine that might be read by eight year olds.
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Brags
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Our friends to the North
have honored us again. Prix Poesie has selected Autumn
Leaves as co-recipient (along with Peter Zanette of Ottawa,
Ontario) of its 2003 Grand
Prize, "for its outstanding contributions to international poetry
and poets from around the world." We blush, and resolve to do better.
Autumn Leaves has received the Canadian Prix Poesie’s laissez-faire Award for August 2002. Autumn Leaves is only the second international poetry site to recieve this honor.
Autumn
Leaves was selected as a "WebSideStory World
1000 Pick of the Week" for the week of 26 October 1998. The
reviewer had this to say: "It's fall again, and as I was checking out the
seasonal sites in the World 1000 "Arts" category, I found this one dedicated
mainly to Native American poetry. You'll find all sorts of poets, but
preference in publication is given to Native Americans. The author of the site,
Sondra Ball, displays a good deal of her original works. I think you'll like
the natural simplicity and honest tone of her poetry."
October was obviously a good
month for Autumn Leaves. On 29 October 1998, we
were listed among the People's Choice WebSite
500, thus earning the "CyberTeddy's Top 500 WebSite" award.
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