2015 Rhysling Award nominations close in two hours!
My poem called "Queen of Cups" has been nominated in the Short Poem category; for a poem that was written two years ago and then took a year to find a home, this is not a shoddy achievement to say the...
View ArticleOn reading, restaurants, & road work
My new job is treating me well, but, for these first few weeks, that hasn't always been the case with my commute. Tuesday, yesterday, and today are the first three days I've managed to make my...
View ArticlePoetry sale!
I'm pleased to say a brand-new poem, "Bone-House," will be appearing in an upcoming issue of Liminality. I have previously had a poem in this publication, and I have been enjoying its contents so far...
View ArticlePlease join the staff of Strange Horizons magazine...
...in welcoming our new poetry editors, Li Chua and MJ Cunniff!
View ArticleI have been interviewed over at Poetry Has Value:
Wherein I talk about Strange Horizons, (hopefully) paying poets what their work is worth, editing poetry, and other related issues.
View ArticleDecember Blogging Meme Topic #18:
What are your favorite words, and why?—@sarapolskyarc, astonishing, audacity, colophon, constellation, depiction, diptych, dreamless, electrum, epilogue, fragility, fossil, ghost, heliotrope, hyacinth,...
View ArticleAnother recent interview, with S.C. Flynn at Scy-Fy:
Interview with A.J. Odasso (of Strange Horizons)
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Patreon update & poems to look out for:
* I'm at $387/month on Patreon, and my goal by August is to reach $500/month. As promised, I have been posting poem drafts as they become available; these are viewable by Patrons only. I will no longer...
View ArticleMore poetry errata:
* My new poem, "Bone-House," is now live in Liminality, Issue 4.* I have sold my latest poems ("Red Wire,""Monsters," and "Slipknot") to an as-yet-untitled anthology that's being edited by David...
View ArticleMy Readercon 2015 Schedule:
Friday, July 1111:00 AM G Drift-Compatibile Fictional Characters. Amal El-Mohtar, Victoria Janssen, Nicole Kornher-Stace (leader), A. J. Odasso, Navah Wolfe. The film Pacific Rim created the idea of...
View ArticleConcern re: 2015 Elgin Award nomination & voting procedures
As a first-time Elgin Award nominee this year, I decided in late June to email all currently nominated individuals in both the Chapbook and Full-Length Book categories in order to obtain PDF copies for...
View ArticleNine Worlds 2015 & Elgin Awards Voting Reminder
* I'm going to be at Nine Worlds from Thursday through Sunday this week. Hope to see you there! Tight turn-around on this trip, yikes.* This is where you vote for the 2015 Elgin Awards. Votes are due...
View ArticleThis went live last night, and I'm very grateful to WU:
Wellesley Writes It: An Interview With Poet / Editor A.J. Odasso '05
View ArticleLetters from the front-lines of MFA Land
As many of you know via my Patreon page, I'm currently a Teaching Fellow and MFA (Creative Writing: Poetry) Candidate at Boston University. I had meant to start blogging more faithfully here once...
View ArticleBelated October / Commence November
The three new poems I'd mentioned are now live in SWAMP Issue #17, along with work from a colleague of mine, Matthew Porto. Please do support this fantastic Australia-based MFA journal!I'm well aware...
View ArticleStrange Horizons Poetry Acceptances Oct. 1st - Nov. 30th:
"Death by Three Senses," by Lev Mirov"Minions," by Bryan Thao Worra"Neither/Nor," by Alleliah Nuguid"Lady Agnes," by Carlene Kucharczyk"Agadez Love Stories," by Annette Frost"Little Red Cap," by...
View ArticleMy 2016 Rhysling-Eligible Poems (Pub. in 2015):
"Bone-House," Liminality #4, Summer 2015 (LINK TO POEM)Poem Trilogy: "Red Wire," "Monsters," and "Slipknot"; SWAMP #17, September 2015 (LINK TO POEMS)"Transition Metal," My Dear Watson: The Very...
View ArticleRecent Publications & Forthcoming Stuff:
"Red Wire,""Monsters," and "Slipknot" (reprint); Tiny Moments, ed. David Pring-Mill, March 2016"Outbound,""Oblivious," and "The Calm Before"; Belmont Story Review(forthcoming)"Jellyfish" and "Out of...
View ArticleFingernail-Hold On Reality
I've updated my previous post with links to the pieces that were previously forthcoming. There's new poetry to be had now, in link form. Two are books (anthologies) that you can buy!I'm two weeks...
View ArticleStrange Horizons Queer Planet Poetry Acceptances:
"Duck Dance, Two-Step," by Halee Kirkwood"eve (and adam)," by Safiya Correia"Interview With a 22nd-Century Sex Worker," by Darren Lipman"Odessa," by Marina Berlin"A Mergirl Speaks of Travels," by...
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