As one of Stephen Matthews's [formerly Canberra, now Adelaide] Ginninderra Press
poets, he has emailed me this.

It seems OK to forward to the list.

Max in Melbourne

Permanent Waves: an opportunity for Ginninderra Press poets and friends

The purpose of Permanent Waves is to bring poetry into private reflection in the
time that becomes available while waiting in public settings – specifically, in
the first instance, hairdressers’ waiting rooms. Bringing poetry into such
moments provides an opportunity for the public to explore poetry in individual
ways, perhaps for the first time.

Readers will have the opportunity to be touched by a range of emotional,
conceptual, philosophical and narrative themes. In order to make this possible,
each edition of Permanent Waves will be compiled to provide emotional balance
and variety.

Poems selected will be brief (no more than 20 lines, maximum 45 characters per
line), accessible to a range of readers and capable of bringing refreshing
insights and perspectives into daily life and its moments of transcendence.

Permanent Waves is not a conventional literary journal. The two-sided A4 tri-
folded format, produced quarterly, imposes editorial constraints as well as
providing an opportunity for poets to respond to the challenges of limited time
for initial reading in busy yet impersonal public spaces. The initial impact
will determine whether or not readers choose to take away the free Permanent
Waves folder.

Permanent Waves has the potential to stimulate public interest in revisiting
poetry and, in order for this to happen, the blend of poems will be carefully
considered by the editors. This process also ensures that submissions that meet
the brief will be considered more than once.

A special feature of Permanent Waves is that it has the potential to provide
poets and poems with wide exposure. Permanent Waves is a non-profit publication
and the benefits come from exposure of poets’ work rather than payment.

Although circulation will be limited to selected areas of suburban Adelaide in
the initial phase, the intention is to expand into other locations and into
waiting rooms of other kinds.

Submissions, selection and copyright

Poems will be selected by Ann Nadge, Joan Fenney, Brenda Eldridge and Shelda
Rathmann. Tim Metcalf will be advisory editor.

The first issue of Permanent Waves will be published in March 2010. The deadline
for submissions is 31 December. Please submit poems (no longer than 20 lines,
maximum 45 characters per line) to [log in to unmask]

Copyright will remain with the author. The editors are especially happy to re-
publish previously published work. Sources will be acknowledged and readers who
wish to buy books mentioned will be referred to the GP website and/or to East
Avenue Books (1/53 East Avenue, Clarence Park, SA). If copyright rules permit,
work that has been submitted elsewhere will also be considered.

The editors acknowledge guidance provided by the Poems in the Waiting Room
project in the UK.

Stephen Matthews
Ginninderra Press
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www.ginninderrapress.com.au
PO Box 3461 Port Adelaide SA 5015
ABN 42 447 290 724





 



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