Volume 16 Released

Volume 16 hit the bookstore shelves on January 15th, 2009. Pick up a copy at your local book seller or order one on our order page.

Poetry Reading with The Other Voice

The Other Voice, a Davis poetry group, is hosting five Yolo Crow poets at its
May reading. Come hear poetry by Chris Campbell, Peter Goblen, Ronald Edwin
Lane, Allegra Silberstein, and Susan Wolbarst, and then stick around for the open
mike afterwards. May 2nd, 7:30 pm, at the Unitarian Universalist Church of
Davis at 27074 Patwin Road. See you there!

Natural Poetry in Natural Choices

Davis Food Co-op members will get a nice surprise in their April edition of the co-op newsletter, Natural Choices. In honor of National Poetry Month, the Co-op has published a nice selection of poetry written by co-op members. Look for Crow poets Allegra Jostad Silberstein and Shannon DeArmond nestled in the pages. The Crow staff also recommends "10-Year Anniversary" by Nancy Bodily in the same feature - a lovely little poem.

Also in the April Natural Choices is a feature by Rae Gouirand on the various ways to get involved in our local writing community. Thank you, Rae for always keeping us well-informed.

Big Blue Meanies

The Yolo Crow is now 7 volumes old and growing. We've seen a progressive increase number of submissions we receive every quarter, which is great. We've also seen a large increase in submissions that do not follow our submission guidelines -- not so great. In response to this increase, we've had to become more strict in our submission policies.

Henceforth, if a submission arrives without a SASE (self-addressed stamped envelope), the author will not be informed of the submission's acceptance status. If a submission arrives without a signed submission form, or without the required four copies of the piece in the proper format, the submission will be discarded without consideration for publication and without notification. We at The Crow apologize for being big blue meanies on this subject. You are welcome to resubmit pieces following the complete, proper guidelines at any time.