TAMMY is a biannual print journal of poetry and prose

Update

tammyjournal — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:23:47 +0000

Due to time constraints, many editorial moves (physical ones, to other states) and an attempt at funding a third issue too quick in time, we have chosen not to put out an issue this summer/fall. Please do keep in touch with us and know that we are continuing on. We might have some great and rather large news to announce to you soon.

Thanks,

Tammy Editors

News

tammyjournal — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:10:20 +0000

The Editors are currently in the process of making decisions on every submission from this year so if you have work lingering you will hear back by August 1st. Additionally, we may be only publishing one issue this year, size is yet to be determined.

Thank you, Tammy

Tammy’s First Contest

tammyjournal — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:51:18 +0000

Tammy is sponsoring its first contest! We are seeking responses to the dream that concludes George Kalamaras’s “The Dreams of Dreams” published in Tammy Issue I. “The Dreams of Dreams” is an imaginative transcript of a radio broadcast hosted by Robert Desnos wherein Jacques Prevert, Pablo Neruda, and Yannis Ritsos spontaneously compose collaborative responses to the dreams of people who call in to the show. The final dream in the transcript, however, remains uninterpreted.

This is an opportunity for Tammy readers to respond to the final dream. We welcome individual or collaborative work in any genre. Any length is welcome. George Kalamaras, along with the editors of Tammy, will select a number of pieces to be included in a dossier to be published in Tammy Issue III.

Entry fee for the contest is simply the price of issue 1 ($10). We will mail you the issue, and in it you will find the dream. If you already own issue 1, we will mail you issue 2 for your entry fee.

Good luck, happy reading and responding!

Issue Two is here!

tammyjournal — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:40:18 +0000

The long-awaited second installment of our first volume has arrived and will be mailed out to subscribers and contributers this week. We couldn’t be more pleased! Tammy II has excerpts from Alice Notley’s Eurynome’s Sandals, Jena Osman’s Financial District, Danielle Pafunda’s The Desire Spectrum Is Dead to Me, and Jenny Boully’s Not Merely Because of The Unknown That Was Stalking Toward Them. It also features new work from Kiki Petrosino, Joyelle McSweeney, Zach Savich and David Trinidad among others.

One-year subscriptions for $15 and single issues for $10 are available for purchase here.

Quick Note on Reading Period

tammyjournal — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:52:07 +0000

Although there is news below that we may be reading right now we will not be reading until sometime in February, in which we will notify submitters of on this site. We plan on possibly doing one big issue this year. On another note, Issue II is returning from the printer as we speak so please check in to order. We thank you for your patience and look forward to seeing new work.

And More News Soon

tammyjournal — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:53:13 +0000

Greetings,

Issue II should be off to the press in close to little time here. We are happy that it is complete and really excited about the list of contributors:

Rosmarie Waldrop
Thomas Mowe
David Bartone
Kate Garklavs
Sandy Florian
Alice Notley
Maria Damon
Ish Klein
Carter Meland
Tim Dlugos
David Trinidad
Jenny Boully
Sara Flannery Murphy
Joyelle McSweeney
Zach Savich
Jen Tynes
Kristi Maxwell
Kevin O’Rourke
David Schuman
Sarah Fox
B.J. Hollars
Kiki Petrosino
Danielle Pafunda
John Colburn

We will open our reading period for Issue III in November and it will run through February. There will be a special dossier for the third issue that involves a reaction to the imagined dreams presented in the George Kalamaras piece in the first issue. If you have not seen or purchased the first issue, get it here, as there are very few left and we’d love you to own one, as well as for you to consider entering the contest.

Thanks for your patience and skill.

Cheers, Team Tammy

Issue Two and News

tammyjournal — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:53:05 +0000

Hello Readers,

The reading period for Issue II is now over. We received a remarkable amount of high quality writing during this period and very much appreciate those writers who did send and who allowed us to read such great work. Issue II is full of great poetry and prose and is much different than the first issue. We really hope you all enjoy and can spread the word.

Keep your eyes posted for news about Issue III, as we will be running a contest special, in which writers will be encouraged to respond to a piece from Issue I and have their work featured in Issue III’s dossier. Thank you for reading and send people over for ordering information.

Cheers, Tammy

Order Tammy Issue One

tammyjournal — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:38:20 +0000

For those of you just arriving, if interested in ordering please click on the about section at the top of the page where you can purchase copies via paypal. Also, the about section lists our reading periods and guidelines. Pass the word along, submit, and support.

Cheers, The Editors

If You’re in or near Chicago, come to a reading and snag a copy of Tammy

tammyjournal — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:35:23 +0000

On Thursday, April 30th, there will be a release for the Columbia Poetry Review‘s latest issue

Thursday, April 30, 2009, 5:30 p.m.

Sherwood Conservatory Recital Hall

1312 South Michigan Avenue

(1 block south of Roosevelt)

Reception to follow

Contributors to this year’s issue of Columbia Poetry Review, now in its 22nd year as the Columbia College Chicago English Department’s student-edited, nationally distributed poetry magazine, will read their work. Issues will be available for half price.

Readers include: Stevie Curl, Maureen Ewing, Susan Firer, Geoffrey Forsyth, Johannes Göransson, Gregory Kiewiet, Becca Klaver, Dolly Lemke, Tisha Nemeth-Loomis, Catherine Theis, Jen Watman, and Joshua Marie Wilkinson.

The new issue features 100 pages of poetry from a wide array of poets, including Rachel Zucker, Maureen Seaton, Joshua Beckman, Joanne Kyger, Donald Revell, Christian Hawkey, and Timothy Liu to name a thin (but rich) slice!

If you show up to the reading, there will be, fresh from the press, copies of Tammy Issue One as well. So, stop on by, see some great poets read, and buy a copy of both great lit mags.

Issue One: April 2009

tammyjournal — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 06:24:22 +0000

Featuring poetry and prose by:

Kellie Wells
Richard Meier
Jeffrey Little
Ray Gonzalez
Camille Martin
Natania Rosenfeld
Zachary Schomburg
Johannes Goransson
Catherine Meng
Jon Woodward
Lisa Fishman
George Kalamaras
Monica Berlin
Nate Slawson
Beth Marzoni
Nick Twemlow
Sean Francis
Kevin McFadden
Joseph Mains
Ryler Dustin
Francis Raven
Andy Carter
Adam Krause
Mary Kiolbasa
Benjamin Hale
Ander Monson
Aaaron Patrick Flanagan