I had a lot of fun poking around, looking for science fiction poetry journals. Most of the stuff I've written this semester leans more toward the speculative genre, even though it's not outright science fiction. Speculative fiction (and poetry) encompasses all kinds of imaginative niches of writing, from SF to high fantasy to urban fantasy and many more.
Source 1: Strange Horizons
I think I'm going to submit my poetry to this journal. Strange Horizons publishes speculative fiction, poetry, reviews, and artwork, along with regular columns. I really enjoyed some of the poetry I read on this site, particularly Some Random Hero by Marcie Lynn Tentchoff. The play on traditional fairy tale elements really appeals to me; I played with this in one of my poems this semester.
Source 2: The Mythic Delerium
One thing that really fascinates me about this online journal is that each featured poem is accompanied by an audio file of the author reading her or his poem. There's something incredibly evocative about hearing the words as the author intended them to be read instead of just reading words on a page. The Mythic Delerium is a print journal, and you can subscribe on the website.
Source 3: The Pedestal Magazine
This is my second choice for submission. The poetry on this site isn't as specifically speculative as it is in Strange Horizons, but the works published here are beautiful, and many of them possess a dreamlike quality that ties them together.
Source 4: Electric Velocipede
This site is a science fiction 'zine that accepts prose fiction as well as poetry. The submission requirements are rather stringent, but the quality of the work published is excellent.
Source 5: Aberrant Dreams
This is a really cool 'zine built with Flash. If you have a slow internet connection or an older browser/computer, it's probably not the easiest thing to navigate, but the animations are fun. The animations actually remind me of the X-Files crossed with Scooby Doo. The poetry and fiction archived here has a definite spec fic bend.
Source 6: Locus Online
This is the online version of Locus Magazine, one of the best-known speculative fiction publications. The online version includes features such as reviews and articles as well as an exhaustive list of other spec fic websites and journals. This is where I went to find the other sources listed in this post.
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4 comments:
Sounds like you had a blast. I will definetly like to check out the site that offers an audio with the poems. It's amazing to me how much poetry has grown through the years. E-poetry amazes me each timew that I look at one because they are all so different.
I must admit I an interesting time doing my search as well.
Excellent posts all the way through, even with the surgeries!
You might want to check out the Science Fiction Poetry Association; the sf poets are getting more and more organized!
My goodness, your blog is well-written! I feel so sloppy now. The old ragged sweatshirt I'm wearing doesn't help either.
Good luck with your poetry!
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