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| Iota magazine |
Early in 2009 Templar Poetry assumed responsibility for publishing Iota Magazine in partnership with an Editorial team lead by Nigel McLoughlin at the University of Gloucestershire in Cheltenham. Three issues each year are dedicated to new poetry and a fourth issue publishes short fiction, prose and reviews. The inaugural double issue 83/84 published by Templar introduced a new format for the magazine with generous space for several poems from each contributing author, along with interviews with poets and a wide selection of reviews. Iota is now around one hundred or more pages, similar in size to Poetry Review and Ambit, and designed and published by the Templar Poetry design team. We welcome new subscriptions and you can find out how to subscribe on our subscriptions page. Single issues are also available post free along with a complimentary pamphlet if you would like to sample Iota by clicking here A brief taste of the new poetry issues is available here on their pages: Poetry Issue 83/84: Spring 2009 Poetry Issue 85: Summer 2009 Fiction Issue 86: Winter 2009 Poetry Issue 87: Spring 2010 Poetry Issue 88: Winter 2010 Poetry Issue 89: Spring 2011 Over the last twenty-two years many established poets have featured in the pages of Iota, still more poets who are carving out excellent reputations had early work published there. It has been a fertile proving ground for many and has frequently offered the first opportunity for publication to upcoming poets. We hope that mix will continue; we hope that alongside the best poets writing today, the reader will find many poets to watch out for in the future. There will be familiar names; but also international poets being introduced to a new audience. Iota welcomes submissions of new work throughout the year. We apply an anonymous selection process because we feel strongly that inclusion should be based entirely on the poems rather than on the poet's reputation. We don’t want to be swayed by names we recognise; we want to be delighted by poems standing in the world alone. We also want each poet to be represented by more than one poem, and we consider each piece of work on its merits. Each issue features the very best in exciting new poetry alongside reviews of new collections and features on new and established contemporary poets. We also carry articles on craft and poetics through interviews with individual poets and occasional articles on important issues related to contemporary poetry. |
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