Contributor Sandy Longhorn Wins Jacar Press Book Contest!
Former contributor Sandy Longhorn, whose poem "Prophecy" appeared in Conte 7.2, recently won the 2013 Jacar Press Full Length Poetry Book Contest for her second collection, The Girlhood Book of Prairie...
View ArticleConte 9.1 is here!
We’re very proud to announce the release of our nineteenth issue, available here. A huge heaping of thank-yous go out to all our amazing contributors, and to everyone who sent their work our way. We...
View Article2013 Best of the Net Nominations
We are pleased to nominate these five writers for the 2013 Best of the Net Anthology: Corey Campbell for "Introduction to Airborne Radar" from Conte 8.1 Lauren Almeida for "Abandonment of the Flint"...
View ArticleContributor Bruce Bond Wins The Allen Tate Poetry Prize!
Congratulations are in order, as former poetry contributor Bruce Bond has just won The Allen Tate Poetry Prize from The Sewanee Review! We recently nominated his poem "Via Negativa" from Conte 8.2 for...
View ArticleNew Book By Contributor Karen Skolfield Now Available
Former poetry contributor Karen Skolfield’s new book, Frost in the Low Areas, is now available for pre-order with free shipping! Her collection won the Zone 3 Press First Book Award for Poetry and...
View ArticleThe Four Gentlemen and their Footman by Roger Weingarten
Pre-Posthumous 6-word Memoiresque in the Key of W Picture: daydream rowing backwards into reeds. Remember: moonlit frost on cracked windowpane. Eyeball: short sleeve, snapped bra strap. Portray:...
View ArticleSubmission Deadline Nearing for Winter Issue
This is a friendly reminder that the submission deadline for Conte 9.2, our winter issue, is December 1st. You can review our guidelines here and create or check a submission here. We look forward to...
View ArticleNew Poetry by Former Contributor Thorpe Moeckel
Former poetry contributor Thorpe Moeckel, whose poem "From the Bow and Stern" appeared in Conte 8.1, recently had an excerpt from his long poem "Milk in a Pail" published by our lovely friends at the...
View ArticleNew Interview with Former Contributor Bruce Bond
Poetry editor Adam Tavel has an interview with former poetry contributor Bruce Bond in the Fall 2013 issue of The Puritan, which you can read here. Bond’s poem "Via Negativa" published in Conte 8.2.
View ArticlePushcart Prize Nominations
We are pleased to announce our nominees for this year’s prestigious Pushcart Prize: –Mark Cox for his poem "Four Coasts" –Alexandra Teague for her poem "Many a Goat" –Lawrence Wray for his poem "Last...
View Article“Beyond Folly”- in stores and on Conte!
Conte pal and contributor to issue 6.1 Emil DeAndreis has recently had his first novel released by Blue Cubicle press. Titled Beyond Folly, it’s a witty and relentlessly unpredictable chain of short...
View ArticleNew Book by Contributor Sally Rosen Kindred Now Available
Congratulations are in order for Sally Rosen Kindred, whose poem "His Clarinet" appeared in Conte 6.1, since her second poetry collection Book of Asters was recently published by Mayapple Press. Kudos,...
View ArticleTwo Conte Poets Named Finalists for 2013′s Best of the Net Anthology!
We are thrilled to announce that Stephen Lackaye’s poem "Beyond the Hall of Music" and Bruce Bond’s poem "Via Negativa" (both published in Conte 8.2) were recently named finalists for the 2013 Best of...
View ArticleRoger Weingarten’s “The Four Gentlemen and Their Footman” Now an E-Chapbook!
Last October we were thrilled to publish Roger Weingarten’s poetic sequence "The Four Gentlemen and Their Footman" as part of our ongoing series, Conte Presents. While you can still view the poem’s...
View ArticleConte 9.2 Delayed Until Early May
We apologize that our latest issue, Conte 9.2, will be delayed from winter to spring on account of some lingering technical concerns. Look for it to publish in early May. Until then, we appreciate...
View ArticleOur Nominees for the 2014 Best New Poets Anthology
We are pleased to announce our nominees for this year’s prestigious Best New Poets anthology: –Claudia M. Stanek for her poem "14th St., Buffalo, NY" –Gabriel Arquilevich for his poem "To the Summer...
View ArticleContributor Karen Skolfield Wins PEN New England Award in Poetry!
Congratulations are due to contributor Karen Skolfield, who has won the 2014 PEN New England Award in Poetry for her debut collection Frost in the Low Areas. Her poem “Sturm ind Drang” originally...
View ArticleConte 9.2 Is Live.
The final issue of Conte, volume 9, issue 2, is available now here. We would like to offer our sincere gratitude to all of our contributors and to everyone who’s been reading with us these past nine...
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