Tuesday, January 28, 2014

SMILE, HON seeks submissions!


BALTIMORE, Md. – Winter weather forced you to draw lots?  Well, with your belly full and your roommate gone, now is the perfect time to while away those winter blues by submitting your Mobtown-related/inspired stories, essays, poetry, photography and other artwork to long-running lit zine Smile, Hon, You’re in Baltimore!.

Robert Carlyle in RAVENOUS (1999). Directed by Antonia Bird.
Creative non-fiction is preferred, though all submissions will be considered.  Articles (100 – 2,000 words) should be submitted via e-mail (wpt@eightstonepress.com) as attached Word documents.  Image files should be high-resolution, approximately 5” x 7”, 300+ dpi (.JPG or .TIF format).  All contributors will received a byline/artist credit for their work as well as two (2) complimentary copies of the issue when published.  The deadline for submissions is Friday, February 14, 2014.

From the harbor to the hills, Smile, Hon, You’re in Baltimore! collects the tales of those on whom Mobtown has left her indelible mark.  Polished, professional essays, barroom sermons delivered from the sanctity of a favorite stool; the poet’s fleeting sentiment, captured in both word and snapshot – Smile, Hon offers a slice of Baltimore as told by Baltimore, presented with the time-honored DIY accessibility of a limited-run, handcrafted zine.  A two-time Utne Independent Press Award Nominee, Smile, Hon has also been dubbed “Best Zine” by Baltimore Magazine (2008) and Baltimore City Paper (2004).  Special theme issues have tackled such subjects as work, alleyways, sex, rats, and tattoos.

An Eight-Stone Press production, Smile, Hon, You’re in Baltimore! is available for purchase at Atomic Books (Baltimore, MD); City Lights Books (San Francisco, CA); Cyclops Books & Music (Baltimore, MD); Microcosm Distribution; Quimby’s (Chicago, IL); Red Emma’s Bookstore Coffeehouse (Baltimore, MD); and Ukazoo Books (Towson, MD).  For more information, contact:

William P. Tandy, Editor
Eight-Stone Press
P.O. Box 11064
Baltimore, Maryland 21212

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Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Poe House seeks volunteers!

Attention, Smile, Hon contributors and fans of Edgar Allan Poe!

The following is a message from Benn Ray, co-owner of AtomicBooks, on behalf of Baltimore’s Poe House:

This weekend, as part of Poe's Birthday Celebration, the Poe House is going to be open to visitors and we're looking to have volunteers read some of Poe's poems in shifts.  I was hoping to put the call out to the Smile, Hon folks to see if anyone would be interested.

Here are the dates/time slots when we are looking to have readings:

SATURDAY, JANUARY 18
10:00 am - 11:00 am
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

SUNDAY, JANUARY 19
10:00 am - 11:00 am
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

I've broken them into hour time slots - but if you can do more than an hour, please feel free to sign up for several slots. And if you know of anyone else interested, please feel free to forward this to them as well.

To sign up, or for more information, email benn@atomicbooks.com.


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