Thank you to everyone who has submitted work to BCR this year. I hope you’ve found our submission manager useful, and I thank you for your patience as we fixed the bugs. Our reading period for issue six is now over. Our next reading period will begin on the first of June; all submissions we receive in the intervening months will be held for consideration during our next reading period.
We’re really excited about issue six, which will hit the streets in spring 2010. Keep your eyes peeled, or even better, subscribe so we can send it your way immediately!
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We hope you’re finding the online submission manager convenient. So far we’ve had a few bugs with the “withdraw” function, which are now fixed (we hope). If you were unable to withdraw your own submissions, please try again or contact us with further questions. Thanks again for your patience!
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Dear Bat Citizens,
As of June 1, we are delighted to announce that we will accept submissions exclusively through our online submission manager, which you may navigate to here. We will no longer accept unsolicited submissions via post or e-mail. If you submitted your work between November and June through e-mail or snail mail, it will still be considered, but all submissions sent on or after June 1 must utilize the submission manager. We’re excited to use a more environmentally responsible means to consider your work and thank you for your patience during this transition.
Best,
S.E. Smith
Managing Editor, Bat City Review
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We’re celebrating the release of a brand new Bat City Review. ISSUE FIVE. This one includes fiction from Pushcart Prize winner Nami Mun, an interview with award-winning novelists Mark Richard and Michael Parker, and poetry from Dara Wier, Joshua Beckman, Mathias Svalina and SO many others. We’re also thrilled to be featuring previously unpublished artwork by a young (zoo-obsessed) E.E. Cummings.
We’ll be welcoming this well-bound book into the world on SATURDAY, APRIL 25th at Whalefall Studios in East Austin. DJ Stephanie Rosen (of BCR 4 Release Party fame) will be spinning, and there will be a live performance by dance/rock band, the FM Campers. Beverages and such will be available for free, and we’ll also have copies of Bat City available at discounted prices.
See you there!
BCR 5 Release Party
Whalefall Studios
2511 E. 6th St. Austin, Texas
SATURDAY, April 25, 2009
7-10pm
Featuring DJ Stephanie Rosen & a live performance by FM Campers
FREE
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Bat City Review is teaming up with American Short Fiction and Dalton Publishing to host a lively evening of reading and music this Friday, March 6th, at Cafe Caffeine in Austin. The program includes ASF contributors Smith Henderson and Amelia Gray, Dalton’s Ric Williams, and BCR contributors Josh Morison and Elyse Fenton. All that AND music from Jenny and the Corn Ponies AND Southpaw Jones.
Where is Cafe Caffeine again?
909 W. Mary, in the heart of South Austin.
When is it?
7pm. This Friday, March 6th.
See you there!
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Bat City Review is teaming up with the Austin Bat Cave, a local non-profit writing center, to host a literary journal-making workshop for sixth to eighth graders. The workshop will take place on Saturday, April 18th, from 1-4pm, at the Austin Bat Cave. Be sure to call ahead and reserve a place — 512.524.1489. You can also visit www.austinbatcave.org for more information.
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Mark your calendars! On Thursday, February 12th, BCR will join forces with the Black Warrior Review and Mare Nostrum to feature contributors from our respective magazines. Matthew Zapruder, John Gallaher, Hadara Bar-Nadav, Betsy Wheeler, Elisabeth Benjamin, Jamey Bradbury, Rebecca Hoogs, Brandon Krieg, Zach Savich, and Adam Atkinson will read in this cavalcade of awesomeness. Join us at the Hopleaf (5148 North Clark Street) at 6:00 PM for cash bar and conversation; the reading will begin at 6:30. We look forward to seeing you there! If by chance you can’t make it, don’t hesitate to stop by our table at the book fair.
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In a recent blog entry for the Poetry Foundation’s website, D.A. Powell has the following to say about Bat City: “Edited by graduate students from the UT Austin program, the magazine features beautiful artwork and high-quality fiction. But the reason I bought it, and the reason I recommend it, is the outstanding quality of the poetry.” Aw shucks. We hope our next issue will continue to please, and thanks to exciting new work from Dara Weir, Mathias Svalina, Caroline Bird, Brandon Shimoda, and many others, we think it will.
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BCR is excited to announce that Kiersten Essenpreis will be painting the cover of our fifth issue. The Chicago-born painter now lives in Brooklyn and has exhibited work in New York, Los Angeles, Austin, and the Philippines. Her clients include New York Times Magazine, Wired, Nylon, Maverick Records, and Bitch. Check out the “killing field” on her website you fail.
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In anticipation of the publication of our fifth issue, we are launching a brand new website, designed by House Mouses. Take a look around. Our site is now equipped with online submission capabilities, a full database of contributors, and a brand new blog updated by our editors here at Bat City. Enjoy!
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