Omnivoracious

I know Amazon is supposed to be the evil empire of the book world, but we are really enjoying their blog Omnivoracious. Lots of interesting news is posted there, and the product placement is easy to ignore.   Also, when … Continue reading →

Bookslut has   a nice interview of forthcoming PANK contributor Shane Jones. We’ll be discussing his book Light Boxes here next week. Mark your calendars.

What is PANK?

Editorial assistant Ashley is not only industrious as the mistress of all things Facebook, she is curious and today she’s going to tell us all about what PANK means. The Many Definitions of PANK, At Least According To Urban Dictionary. … Continue reading →

Literary Kindle Offerings

There are a number of literary blogs now available on the Kindle (which is a really great device, in my opinion. The PANKBlog is not one of these, but still, if you’re interested, click here.

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I read a lot this week because I was trying to cope with the debacle that was the season finale of One Tree Hill. It was very very upsetting to me, so I used great writing to make myself feel … Continue reading →

Barry Graham Wants You to Have Free Books

Details are here.

Recommended Reading

There’s a really interesting piece of writing up at Abjective this week by JodiAnn Stevenson. David Erlewine has a very short story in this month’s elimae. There’s a new issue of flash fiction up at DOGZPLOT, all of it good. … Continue reading →

It’s All a Crapshoot

Joshua Mohr writes over at The Rumpus about what it takes to get your novel published. Its bleak yet… hopeful.

How to be Professional

While we have our opinions on cover letters, Vince Gotera, editor of the North American Review also has some thoughts on submissions, all of them good.

We believe.

The new Believer is in. Interviews with Deb Olin Unferth and Bob Odenkirk. What’s better than that? Nuthin’. Or is there something… Well not better. Different. Close on it’s heals, what should show up in my mailbox? Why, the newest … Continue reading →

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This weekend I read Keyhole 5, the Handwritten Issue, and NOO Journal issues 8 & 9. I write boring reviews. I apologize in advance. One of the things I really enjoy about literary magazines is that you don’t have to … Continue reading →

The Things They Leave Behind

Sometimes, the least appropriate stories you read are the ones that stay with you the longest. One of the most interesting things about the slushpile is that you can track current events via the subject matter of the writing we … Continue reading →

This, That, The Other

PANK contributor Ravi Mangla has a new blog called Recommended Reading. It is good. Ted Genoways has some thoughts on the future of university presses and journals. The StorySouth Million Writers Award finalists have been announced and we can now … Continue reading →

Madonna Essay Anthology Seeks Submissions From Women Writers

Laura Barcella is   currently looking for smart, thoughtful women-authored nonfiction essay submissions. It’s for a new anthology all about our favorite freaky feminist singer/artist/’Sex’-er/mother/material girl: Madonna. She’s been such a powerful, iconic cultural figure for the past 26 years … Continue reading →

Book Review Contest

The Rumpus is holding a book review competition for undergraduate and graduate students. Publication and a small cash prize are involved. If you win, let us know!

May PANK is served

This month we have writing from Katarina Boudreaux, John Bruce, Anne Champion, Catherine Daly, Kelly Davio, Richard Fellinger, Laurie Junkins (with an audio treat), Jan LaPerle, Chloe Leisure, D. Lifland, Anthony Madrid, Ravi Mangla, Mike Meginnis, Devin Murphy, Michael Strickland … Continue reading →

So Hard to Say Goodbye

Harper’s always engaging forum Sentences is ceasing publication. The archives, however, are still there. Lots of good stuff worth reading there.

We Like Creative People

PANK No.3   contributor Molly Gaudry has put together something very interesting and moving and strange.

Looky Looky

We noticed a very high, very interesting hipster quotient at AWP. This site isn’t literary but it reminds us, fondly, of AWP. Can’t wait til Denver!

You Are Here or Why We Love Cover Letters

We receive all manner of cover letters. Some are very business like. The writer simply lists a brief selection of their publications, nothing more, nothing less. Other letters don’t list any publications and instead thank us for taking the time … Continue reading →

Call for Submissions: Best New Poets

Best New  Poets, an annual anthology of 50 emerging writers, is now accepting submissions  for its open competition.   See  www.bestnewpoets.org  for details.   Submission deadline is midnight,  June 1, 2009.     Entering poets cannot have published a book-length … Continue reading →

No Thesis Necessary

We have been tossing around the idea of sharing some highlights from the work we’re passing on that clearly demonstrates submitters who a. have not read our guidelines and/or b. have not read an issue of PANK, which is somewhat … Continue reading →

NEW LETTERS LITERARY AWARDS

$4,500 IN TOTAL PRIZES, PLUS PUBLICATION, IN THE  NEW LETTERS  LITERARY AWARDS Call for Entries for fiction, poetry, and the essay, by  May 18, 2009 Dear Writer, I want to make sure that you know about the chance to compete … Continue reading →

Good Writing, Everywhere

There’s so much good writing going on that I need to talk about it. A new story is up at Necessary Fiction—The Moon is a Star, by Peter Markus. I’m not going to describe it lest I detract from the … Continue reading →

Four random things

Well then… the geniuses at Merck decided to publish a fake scientific journal that discussed their products in a favorable light. Sad. Very sad. The DOGZPLOT FLASH FICTION ANTHOLOGY 2009 stories have been selected. Buy a copy of the book. … Continue reading →

In the spirit of short story month, its worth noting that One Story has a project wherein they are trying to Save the Short Story. The thing is, every so often, the death of something grand is declared. In the … Continue reading →

May is for Short Stories

Over at Emerging Writers Network, they’ve delcared May Short Story Month and why not? There’s lots of interesting stuff worth reading over there, so check it out!

Is there such a thing as an Internet Writer?

Blake Butler and Shane Jones (past and forthcoming PANK contributors) discuss.