Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Free Exchange Fundraiser!
Free Exchange Conference!
Live Music by the Ogden Owls
DJs Chris B & Arlen
Saturday February 13th @ 8pm
Hillhurst Sunnyside Community Centre
1320 5th Avenue NW
Walking distance from Sunnyside Train Station
$4.00 Beer & Wine
donations welcome at the door
Join the Facebook event & help us spread the word:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=281549791777&ref=ts
Free Exchange is an annual graduate student conference organized entirely
by graduate students at the University of Calgary Department of English.
Founded more than fifteen years ago, it has grown to attract participants
from across Canada, the United States, and elsewhere in the world. Due to
the current economic climate, it has become the responsibility of students
to raise much of the funds necessary for hosting Free Exchange. If you are
interested in supporting this conference, but are unable to attend our
fundraiser party, please feel free to contact conference organizers Carmen
Derkson and Colin Martin at freeex@ucalgary.ca. Visit
http://english.ucalgary.ca/FreeExchange for more details.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Harper's Penis Tastes Salty
We don't meet these criteria. And we apparently don't publish enough work about beef insemination. Too bad for us. Follow the link, read the article, shit on your Conservative MP's porch.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
call for work
Call for open submissions
Issue 11 / Fall 2009
Deadline: Oct 31
E-mail: nodmagazine@gmail.com
mail: NōD Magazine
c/o Dep’t of English
University of Calgary
2500 University Dr NW, T2T 1N4
NōD, creative writing publication of the University of Calgary undergraduates, is looking for innovative works of poetry prose or visual art for its eleventh issue. Works from undergraduate students and also the community are eligible for publication.
New this year: NōD magazine is looking for submissions of 50-100 words for a feature on NUTV (UofC's on campus television). Eligible entries are selected monthly from the open submissions and will show regularly during the chosen month. Eligible entries are also featured in the Magazine.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
fS Call!
filling Station Magazine, now in its 14th year of publishing, is a Calgary-based, nationally-distributed literary and arts magazine. A non-profit, it is completely run by volunteers from the community invested in bringing great writing and art from Calgary and area into the national spotlight.
Both emerging and established artists are invited to submit images of their art, or articles, statements, rants and manifestos about art accompanied by images, to our Fine Arts Editor for consideration in upcoming issues of filling Station. Submissions can include visual art, photography, documentation of artworks and events, photo essays about arts events, happenings and more.
Successful contributors receive:
1) a one year (3 issue) subscription to filling Station Magazine
2) two complimentary copies of the issue in which you submission appears
3) exposure to readers across Canada
4) a new line on your CV
5) our everlasting good will
filling Station receives First North American Serial Rights, meaning it appears in our magazine before any other publication. The artist retains all other rights.
How to Submit:
Images may be sent in low (email-able) resolution to Debbie.lee Miszaniec at finearts.fs@gmail.com If selected for publication, the editor will arrange with you to receive high resolution files of images in 300 dpi or higher. Images appearing within filling Station’s pages would be black and white, but colour versions can be made available on our new website at www.fillingstation.ca Also, images selected to appear on covers would be published in colour.
Please include with your submission a short bio or artist’s statement, your mailing address, and your email address in the body of your email.
filling Station publishes 3 issues per year; therefore, please allow up 0-4 months for reply.
About the Fine Arts Editor:
Debbie.lee Miszaniec is an artist living and working in Calgary, Alberta Canada. In 2008 she completed her BFA in painting with distinction at the Alberta College of Art + Design. Further information about her work can be found at www.debbieleemiszaniec.com
Saturday, August 08, 2009
Student Unemployment
Never, under the current administration.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
For Roy Everett Martin
there are two versions...
1
my grandpa’s watch stopped years ago
new batteries startled it into motion
but when it recalled the time it said nono
that’s all wrong
the watch changed dates
accorded a martial keeping,
awakened me at strange moments,
bit the hairs from my arm
with jumpy little twitchings
we synchronized our complaints
and proceeded
with our mission
2
my Grandfather’s watch
stopped years ago
new batteries startled
into motion but when it
recollected the time said
nono. that’s all wrong
the time is wrong
the watch changes dates
reminisces about the war
and awakens me at
strange moments to insist
something
its bracelet pinches and bites
the hairs from my arms
makes its complaints
my own, over time
i always vow to wear the watch
when i visit
so sometimes i just wear it
around the house and stuff
god bless you, grandpa. rest in peace.
