tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38753993339564519752012-02-16T10:26:43.347-08:00An annual collection of poetry &amp; drawings - representing a diversity of writersErika Jo Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03836606825962043982noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875399333956451975.post-87157013186263754912011-03-06T08:11:00.000-08:002011-03-06T09:29:21.793-08:00We've done it again!<div><br /></div><div>SPV3 is our most beautiful issue yet. Designed by Andrea Kohashi, laid-out by <a href="http://furtheradventurespress.blogspot.com/">BJ Love</a>, with cover art by <a href="http://book.grad.uiowa.edu/people/students/jill-kambs">Jill Kambs</a>, it features a smorgasbord of diverse poetry from writers all over the country, and some illustrations.</div><div><br /></div><div>With contributions by:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://rawaan.carbonmade.com/">Rawaan Alkhatib</a></div><div><a href="http://www.bendibarrett.com/">Bendi Barrett</a></div><div>Micah Bateman</div><div>Jeremy Behreandt</div><div><a href="http://www.belz.net/">Aaron Belz</a></div><div>Jordan Bokor-Warner</div><div>Molly Boyle</div><div>Thea Brown</div><div>Scott Butterfield</div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lust-Lydia-Cortes/dp/1930330065">Lydia Cortes</a></div><div>Barry Denny</div><div><a href="http://noahgrossman.tumblr.com/">Noah Grossman</a></div><div>Patrick Haas</div><div>Annette Hakiel</div><div>Ally Harris</div><div>Elaine Kahn</div><div>Adam Katz</div><div><a href="http://flimforum.com/flim%20forum.html">Matthew Klane</a></div><div>Sash Kosovic</div><div><a href="http://marspoetica.net/">Drew Krewer</a></div><div><a href="http://picklebus.com/">Jake Levine</a></div><div>Rachel Livingston</div><div><a href="http://didntheramble.blogspot.com/">BJ Love</a></div><div>Sheila Maldonado</div><div>Jonathan Papas</div><div>David Pemberton</div><div>Daniel Poppick</div><div><a href="http://www.h-ngm-n.com/nate-pritts/">Nate Pritts</a></div><div>Montreux Rotholtz</div><div><a href="http://www.thereviewreview.net/about/reviewers/gail-tuch">Gail Tuch</a></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Breakup-My-First-Marriage-Poetry/dp/0977155099">Bruce Weber</a></div><div>Bakar Wilson</div><div><a href="http://livemagnyc.com/">Jeffrey Cyphers Wright</a></div><div><br /></div><div>A magazine release party is set for New York, on Sunday, March 13, 6:30-9:30, at <a href="http://www.lucaloungenyc.com/lldefault.html">Luca Lounge</a> on Ave. B between 14th &amp; 13th. </div><div><br /></div><div>An Iowa City release party is to be announced. </div><div><br /></div><div>If you can't make either, buy online! </div><div><br /></div><div>In an act of shameless self-promotion, my chapbook, <a href="http://furtheradventurespress.blogspot.com/2011_02_01_archive.html">"What a Lark!"</a> is available with an order, for a discount. Yeep!</div><div><br /></div><div><div><form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"></form></div><div><input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick"></div><div><input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="4BD4PXUCNBDBG"></div><div><div></div><div></div><table><tbody><tr><td><input type="hidden" name="on0" value="Options">Options</td></tr><tr><td><select name="os0"> <option value="SPV3">SPV3 $12.00</option> <option value="SPV3 w/What a Lark!">SPV3 w/What a Lark! $17.00</option></select> </td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"></div><div><input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!"></div><div><img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1" /></div><div></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3875399333956451975-8715701318626375491?l=stretchingpanties.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erika Jo Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03836606825962043982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875399333956451975.post-9621572161179009472010-03-16T17:01:00.000-07:002010-03-16T17:02:23.718-07:00Homeslices, we're at it again.<br /><br />Please considering submitting to Stretching Panties Volume 3. SPV3 is an annual collection of drawing, design and poetry, with a focus on humor and high-energy innovation.<br /><br />Send around 3 poems to the editorial board at <a href="mailto:stretchingpanties@gmail.com">stretchingpanties@gmail.com</a> by Thursday, April 1.<br /><br />Get a peak at last year's issue at: <a href="http://magcloud.com/browse/Magazine/21446">http://magcloud.com/browse/Magazine/21446</a>.<br /><br />Magazine are sold throughout downtown New York, some outerboroughs, and I guess now the midwest, so there will be two release parties this spring.<br /><br />This year's edition will feature hotter graphic design and a cover illustration by Rawaan Alkhatib.<br /><br />Kisses!<br />Erika Jo Brown<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3875399333956451975-962157216117900947?l=stretchingpanties.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erika Jo Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03836606825962043982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875399333956451975.post-28918755679432033132009-02-19T06:32:00.000-08:002009-02-19T06:35:26.295-08:00Due to the overwhelming success of the debut of Stretching Panties, we are now accepting submissions for SP Vol 2, due out this spring!<br /><br />Submit to <a href="mailto:stretchingpanties@gmail.com">stretchingpanties@gmail.com</a> by the vernal equinox, Friday March 20, which is a strict deadline because we are relying on gravitational forces of the moon.<br /><br />Go forth and multiply this message to any deserving friend. Stretching Panties's focus is on writing, design, drawings or some combination thereof.<br /><br />No photos and no erotica. Spanks.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3875399333956451975-2891875567943203313?l=stretchingpanties.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erika Jo Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03836606825962043982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875399333956451975.post-64776944258258555412008-10-20T08:08:00.000-07:002008-10-20T08:14:07.625-07:00We had a glorious release party at the "sexy and intimate, yet spacious" <a href="http://www.nightingalelounge.com/">Nightingale Lounge</a> on May 28, 2008 to celebrate the first volume of the magazine! And there was much rejoicing.<br /><br />Featured readers:<br /><br />William Owen<br />Jeffrey Cyphers Wright<br />Barry Denny<br />Rachel Livingston<br />Laura Hinton<br />Ilka Scobie<br />Noah Grossman<br />Bakar Wilson<br />Sheila Maldonado<br />moi<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3875399333956451975-6477694425825855541?l=stretchingpanties.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Erika Jo Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03836606825962043982noreply@blogger.com