(please use links in email below to contact Ascent Aspirations, thank you, Donna)
Ascent Aspirations News
Ascent Aspirations Magazine February 2007 Issue
The February Issue is now up and running. You will find 14 pieces of short fiction, 27 poets and 5 artists represented for this issue. Also there are 3 essays and 6 reviews. Among the reviews you will find the work of Patrick Carrington, editor of Manniquin Envy, Don Cox, Don Schaeffer, Terry Brooks, Martina Newberry and Bam Dev Sharma. The DVD GV6 The Odyssey, Poets, Passion and Poetry, a must-see video, is also reviewed. www.ascentaspirations.ca
Borderlines Contest
The Borderlines contest featuring both poetry and flash fiction is still open for submissions. For guidelines see
http://www.ascentaspirations.ca/borderlines.htm
WordStorm
Wordstorm, Nanaimo’s newest spoken word reading event was a huge success on January 25th. This month the event will be on February 22nd. Check out the details and the pictures from our launch at http://www.ascentaspirations.ca/WordStorm.htm
Ascent Aspirations Magazine May Issue
Submissions for the May Issue are still open. Submit to ascentaspirations@shaw.ca
Guidelines at http://www.ascentaspirations.ca/guidelines.htm
What’s New
Our what’s new page is always being up-dated, so check back frequently throughout the quarter. There is a lot of new stuff on there now.
http://www.ascentaspirations.ca/whatsnew.htm
Print Anthologies
Print Anthologies One, Two and Three are still available in limited quantities. Subscriptions can be obtained also.
http://www.ascentaspirations.ca/subscriptions.htm
http://www.ascentaspirations.ca/aapublishing.htm
On-line Contributors
Our on-line contributor bios pages have been up-dated and pictures where available have been added. If you have been a contributor, you may wish to check out your bio, send us a renewed bio along with a jpg picture. We want to personalize our contributors’ page in order to put faces and identities on our writer. In addition we are in the process of standardizing our literary pages. As we have grown over the last ten years, different formats have been used and these are gradually changing and being updated in our archives. Take a look for time to time at our up-dated archives.
Print Anthology Contributors Page
We have added the pictures of the writers in our print anthologies along with their bios. Check them out at
http://www.ascentaspirations.ca/anthologycontributorsone.htm
Magazine Links, Writer’s Resources, and Writers Sites are always being updated. Check these out as well.
http://www.ascentaspirations.ca/magazinelinks.htm
http://www.ascentaspirations.ca/writersresources.html
http://www.ascentaspirations.ca/writerssites.html
Patricia Carroll’s Cards and Prints
http://www.ascentaspirations.ca/cards.htm
http://www.ascentaspirations.ca/patsprints.htm
Enjoy the February issue and thank you for your support in helping us provide a venue for established and emerging writers and artists.
Ascent Aspirations Publishing
www.ascentaspirations.ca
ascentaspirations@shaw.ca
ascent@bcsupernet.com
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http://www.bcwriters.com/
Member of WAVE Publications Cooperative
http://www.wavecoop.com/
Member of the Canadian Poetry Association
http://www.canadianpoetryassoc.com/
Member of the Canadian Federation of Poets
http://www.federationofpoets.com/
