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| Iota magazine |
Early in 2009 Templar Poetry took on 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. 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 Issue 87 was launched at the Awards Event for the 2009 Iota International Poetry Competition at the University of Gloucestershire in Cheltenham. The Judge, Tim Turnbull, announced the winners and read his work along with the winning poets. Iota 87 contains a timely overview of the poetry pamphlet and its importance in contemporary poetry, written by Paul Maddern in the new Issue section of the magazine covering current issues in poetry today. 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. 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 plan to have articles on craft and poetics; articles on creative process and articles where upcoming and the Issue section offers an opportunity to raise important issues related to contemporary poetry. We are conscious of the fact that Iota has been a respected poetry journal and since its foundation in 1987 by David Holliday it has consistently published a wide variety of contemporary poetry from both UK and international voices and has always had a commitment to giving new writers a chance. The new editorial team intend to uphold the tradition and ethos of Iota. Iota is now around one hundred or more pages,the same size as Poetry Review and Ambit, and is 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. |
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