Three haiku markets

DailyHaiku is now reading for their Spring/Summer 2012 cycle. Submit 10 unpublished haiku by email, no later then February 28th. Contributors will receive a copy of the annual DailyHaiku anthology, a nicely-printed book that includes haiku from all of the cycles for that year.

Adventum, a print and online magazine that publishes a lot of creative nonfiction, is now open to submissions.  They don't publish poetry -- except for haiku.  You can submit up to 10 haiku (simultaneous submissions are okay) but there is no payment for accepted pieces.  The submission deadline is May 15th.

Roadrunner is now accepting submissions for issue 12.1.  Submit 5-25 poems (unpublished, not being submitted elsewhere) before April 1st.  Roadrunner is also a non-paying market, but it is a great magazine to be a part of.

Also, if anyone is part of a reading group or book club, you can request free copies of the April 2012 issue of Poetry Magazine for everyone in your group (details here).  You just have to request them by March 23rd.

Delirium Books opens to submissions

Yup, you read that right. Delirium Books (which hasn't been open to unsolicited submissions in seven years) is now reading for its HorrorWired series. Submit only unpublished horror stories, short story length (5000 words) to novella length (20,000 words). Payment is five cents per word, and they won't read simultaneous submissions. Get your stories in by December 15th.

New issues of Roadrunner and The Heron's Nest are both up, so check them out when you're in the mood for some good haiku. (Horror fans will enjoy Lenard D. Moore's haiku on page 7 of The Heron's Nest.)

Stuff to read

If you're looking for stuff to read, there's plenty to choose from this month.

The May issue of Roadrunner is up now, including two new haiku by Issa, with commentary and translations.

OG's Speculative Fiction #18 just went on sale. It's a special double issue, including a story by Bruce Golden and poetry by G.O. Clark. Download it for only 99 cents, or buy the paper copy for only $6.50.

The new issue of SP Quill just went out in the mail. It's the first issue since the magazine changed format -- now it's a perfect-bound paperback, full of the same great poetry, including cinquain by Deborah P. Kolodji and J.E. Stanley.

If you were considering buying David Dunwoody's zombie novel Empire, but didn't want to pay full price, now you can get a copy for only $8.20 from Amazon (45% off). It's a great book -- you can read my review of it here.

Just as a side note, the winners of the Balticon 43 Poetry Contest were recently announced. You can see the list of winners here, but I just thought it interesting that a haiku took an Honorable Mention.