Hello!
We are accepting offers of content for the third issue of our Journal of Renga & Renku, which is now listed with the Bibliography of Asian Studies and the MLA International Bibliography. The journal will be:
1. published early 2013
2. available in hardcopy only
3. available for secure online purchase using Paypal
We’re looking for a variety of content along the lines of:
1. Academic/polemic articles on any aspects of the genre
2. Translations of old renga and renku
3. News of renku groups and happenings
4. Book articles/reviews
5. Letters responding to the content of previous issues, or on any relevant topic
6. and of course, a showcase of current examples of the genre:
a) in English
b) in any other language, accompanied by an English translation
c) previously published or not (just let us have details of prior publication so we can acknowledge properly)
d) simultaneous offers are fine too, again provided you advise us immediately of acceptance, for purposes of acknowledgement
e) in any of the standard forms: kasen, triparshva, nijûin, jûnichô, shisan, rokku, hyakuin, imachi, yotsumono, etc.
f) in any explorations of the above forms in terms of experimentation with one-line, zip, 5/7/5 or other fixed counts, and even rhyme
g) solo and group work
h) with (preferably) or without notes/reflections on the poem/process from sabaki or renju or both
i) Please include the following text in all poetry submissions: “I hereby confirm that I have obtained consent from all of the participating poets to offer this poem for publication by JRR”
7. We are also holding a contest, the winning poem to appear in JRR3; see http://darlingtonrichards.com/contest for details
8. We’re open to discussing content ideas we’ve not covered above, so please write
9. All communications will be acknowledged within two weeks
10. Closing date for sending content: October 1, 2012
11. We are regretfully unable to pay contributors for content at this stage
To gain an idea of the sort of content that interests the editors, leaf through the previews of our previous issues (or, better still, buy them) at http://www.darlingtonrichards.com/jrr
Please send all contributions and other communications to RengaRenku@gmail.com (RengaRenku AT gmail DOT com).
We look forward to hearing from you.
Norman Darlington
Moira Richards
Journal of Renga & Renku
