Patricia Smith joins the Great Weather for Media family

We are pleased to announce that we will have an interview and poem by the lovely Patricia Smith in are forthcoming anthology, "The Understanding between Foxes and Light."  I had a great time interviewing her, talking about her process and we talked about her new short story anthology, "Staten Island Noir."  This is a great mystery book filled with scandal and death and laughter and bad accents and rebirth on the forgotten borough.  Patricia just won the 2013 Robert L. Fish Memorial Award for her story in the book, "When They Are Done With Us."  We talk about that amazing story in the interview but if you want to check out her new book of short stories go to Akashic Books.  We are excited to have Patricia be a part of this great new anthology that will be out in September.  And for the rest of the contributors in the book we are so excited for this anthology.  We think it's our best and boldest one yet.  You made that possible.  Believe.

great weather for MEDIA Pushcart Prize Nominations

great weather for MEDIA is delighted to announce the following nominations for the 2014 Pushcart Prize - Best of the Small Presses Series   

From It's Animal but Merciful: 

Hala Alyan - Poppy Seeds   

Priscilla Atkins - Marmalade

Billy Cancel - soft glitter cosmos needs a pig war

Janet Hamill - Wanderer. 1

Lynette Reini-Grandell - Radio Girls

David Winter - Parole

Want a taster? Here are the first few lines...

You will bring me / firewater  / the way the Romans / brought alms  (Poppy Seeds)

Look—there's a tree  (Marmalade)

soft glitter cosmos needs a pig war flaming / speeds good claret reversible surfaces cold  (soft glitter cosmos needs a pig war)

Because I cast myself off as a brave heart built of the straw of a sparrow's / nest  (Wanderer. 1)

Radio Girls want to fall asleep with someone singing in their ears  (Radio Girls)

The Correctors have allowed you / to try living in your name again  (Parole)

Congratulations and good luck!

It’s Animal but Merciful, great weather for MEDIA 2012

ISBN: 978-0-9857317-0-0

$15.00

7.5" x 9.25"

162 pages.

sunlight washes upon the face like the wind

Hello friends, I know it has been a rough week for all and we wish nothing but light and hope for you.  We know these are pressing times we just wanted to remind you of 2 things.....our open mic now at the Jujo on Sundays is from 4pm to 6pm.  Please keep that in mind.  We have 2 great features for you this week, Ryan Bynak and Hala Alyan.  Next our submission period opened on November 1st......so please check our website for submission deadlines and criteria.  that is all for now from us, but again, we hope that you make it through these trying times and sunlight washes upon your face like the wind.  

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