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A new ezine was launched today and I was fortunate enough to be asked to write an article for it. So I'd like to call your attention to the article (on online poetry workshops) but more I'd like for you to see all the net resources I was able to find during my research. The publication is Perihelion, associated with the Web Del Sol group, and do check out the places I found that are very helpful to poets. Check both the online workshops and the list of resources (I mentioned this group too, of course). Below is part of the "press" release for Perihelion. (The editor, BTW, is a dream to work.) And if this post isn't appropriate, I do hope the administrator will gently thwack my knuckles. I think you'll like what they've put together at Perihelion. Pam Casto [log in to unmask] Flash Fiction Writing Workshop http://home.att.net/~p.casto ___________________________________________________ PERIHELION AS CORPUS CALLOSUM Is the paper age of poetry publishing dying? Will Web-based poetry free millions of trees to soak up carbon dioxide instead of ink, or does paper-publishing bravely insulate us against the Web-tide of "Wayne's World - and oh, yeah, my poems, too!" sites? Are e-zines the last refuge of the unpublishable poem? Or are those paperbound academics just scared to share the gatekeepers' keys? As paper and cyber media clash and meld, so too, will offline and online poetry publishing adjust to each other's strengths and eccentricities. The Premiere Issue of Perihelion is now on-line at Web Del Sol - http://www.webdelsol.com/Perihelion/ Developed specifically to serve the needs of the online poetry community and build much needed bridges between the off and online hemispheres of our collective poetry "brain," Perihelion will do much more than showcase poets of unique talent. Provocative round table discussions, internet relevant critical theory, focused fact finding articles designed to steer writers towards the myriad opportunities the net offers - this is just our opening charter. Jennifer Ley, Editor %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%