Light’s List of Literary Magazines
(Light's
List of Literary
Magazines lists markets but is not itself a
market for writers or artists).
The most
recent edition of Light's List of Literary Magazines was for
2007. It was published by Bluechrome and I believe that it is now
out of print but have so far been unable to get confirmation of this
from Bluechrome. A 2008 edition was planned by Bluechrome but never
commissioned. Whether I shall resume publication myself I have not yet
decided. If I do it will be announced here and in various independent
press magazines.
If you do wish to try to obtain a copy of the 2007 edition, the details
are below, following those for the 2006 edition which is still
available.
The 2006
edition is still available from Photon Press direct and through book
shops.
(see Previous
Editions)
Contains the names, addresses, price,
frequency, page
count and a brief note of interests (e.g. "Traditional: poems to 30
lines, fiction to 2500 words, reviews, artwork") of over 1500 UK, US,
Canadian, Australasian, European, African and Asian small press
magazines publishing creative writing and artwork in English.
Typical entries;
Orbis
(6,£4,4,84) Poetry [prizes],
prose to 1kW [prizes], art, reviews, features Carole Baldock, 17
Greenhow Ave, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 5EL, UK
<carolebaldock@hotmail.com>
Tears in the Fence
(6,£6/$US7,3,144) Poetry, fiction, articles, reviews,
interviews [See also under Australia, France, USA] David Caddy, 38 Hod View,
Stourpaine, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 8TN, UK
<david@davidcaddy.wanadoo.co.uk> <www.tearsinthefence.co.uk>
Kokako
(6,$25,2,68) Haiku, tanka
& short poems Owen Bullock, POB 12, Waihi Beach, Bay of
Plenty, New Zealand & Patricia Prime, 42 Flanshaw Rd, Te Atatu
South, Auckland 8, New Zealand <pprime@ihug.co.nz>
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Light's
List of Literary Magazines 2007
was published
by
Bluechrome Publishing, POB 109,
Portishead,
Bristol, BS20 7ZJ, UK
(perfect bound)
22nd annual edition
ISBN 1-904781-61-6
£7.99 inclusive of 2nd class postage
It was
available through most bookshops.
I have recently heard it is out of print,
but have had no confirmation of this from the publisher.
WARNING:
I have recently heard that Bluechrome has ceased trading but have been
unable to confirm or refute this.
(It is
not available from Photon Press)