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Lieb — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:36:27 +0000

For reasons too technical and stupid to recount here, we had a spot of downtime last week. We’re back now, and hopefully no one was too terribly inconvenienced.

If pressed, we’ve decided to claim that the site was up for 6 years straight and we just wanted to see how the other half lived. (And have subsequently decided that we like it better with the lights on, as it were.)

2010 Best of the Net Nominees

Tavel — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:55:28 +0000

We are pleased to announce our nominees for the 2010 Best of the Net anthology:

from Conte 5.1:

"Riding the Bench" by Jim Daniels
"Girl and Bird" by Stacy Heiney
"Martin Points" by William Hathaway
"Anarchy in the OK" by Kenneth Womack
"What Is Missing" by W. Bryan Smith

from Conte 5.2:

"Last Night in Evansville" by Corinna McClanahan Schroeder
"Traver K Sutton Will Write Letters to His Wife" by Molly Sutton Kiefer
"Vacancies at Mt. Zion" by Erica Stisser

We congratulate all of our nominees–we’re keeping our fingers crossed for you!

Conte Contributor Selected for Best New Poets 2010!

Tavel — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:47:17 +0000

We’re thrilled to announce that Adam Houle, who contributed his poem "The Rocks We’ve Named" to Conte 5.1, has been selected for the Best New Poets 2010 anthology! Congratulations, Adam!

New audio goodness

Lieb — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:10:54 +0000

An addition to the audio section of our latest issue – "Smoke," read by the author, John Riley. Could there be a few more of these that trickle in over the next few days? Signs point to yes. Stay tuned.

I like to say "stay tuned" because in 50 years nobody will remember where that bizarre idiom came from.

Conte On Facebook!

Tavel — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:35:03 +0000

To celebrate Conte 6.1, our thirteenth issue, we’ve joined Facebook to help spread the word!

Conte 6.1

Lieb — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 18:02:40 +0000

Adam, Ashley, and I are proud to announce the sixth volume of Conte. In an effort to keep things a little bit fresh around here, we’ve thrown in some new features with the gracious support of our writers. For one, you might notice the readings that several of our poetry authors gave, available via a link on each poem’s respective page. It’s distinctly possible that some additional recordings will be unearthed later in the week, but we didn’t talk about this and I’m not here.

Duotrope Interview

Tavel — Thu, 27 May 2010 14:36:33 +0000

For those of you who don’t use Duotrope, we here at Conte are big fans since it truly is the best online resource for writers. One of their latest features allows editors to share their thoughts about the submissions process, and we’re pleased to announce that you can now read what we had to say in a recent interview.

A May Update

Tavel — Tue, 25 May 2010 15:41:29 +0000

We hope spring has found you, wherever you are. We wanted to remind all potential submitters that the deadline for our summer issue is June 1st. Also, if you have already submitted work for Conte 6.1, you can expect to hear from us in the coming weeks. Feel free to query us if you submitted this winter (December-February) and have yet to receive a decision, as we’re doing our best to respond within 8-12 weeks.

Our Barbaric YAWP

Tavel — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:09:21 +0000

April is National Poetry Month, so in the immortal words of Walt Whitman, all of us here at Conte would like to sound our barbaric YAWP over the roofs of the world! For those of you on the Delmarva Peninsula, I’d like to share two upcoming readings at Wor-Wic Community College that are part of our month-long celebration:

William Hathaway, Monday April 12th, 7 p.m., GH 101
Stanley Plumly, Thursday April 22nd, 7 p.m., GH 101

Both events are free and open to the public; just click either link above for the college’s official press release and more information. If you’re in the area, we’ll hope to see you there!

One More Joins the Congregation

Tavel — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:34:19 +0000

It is with great excitement that we announce the addition of Ashley Seitz Kramer to our rowdy staff as a Contributing Poetry Editor for Conte 6.1, our upcoming summer issue. You can read more about Ashley and her work in our Who Is Conte? section.