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towards WONK 3 (updated)

yes i know we’re horrible and haven’t sent out the electronic version of, well, anything yet. the paper version of the first two WONKS are out. to mostly positive reviews no less (big thanks to both Alex Boyd and Thomas Trofimuk).

our team is now hard at work on WONK 3 which seems to be theming towards travel. it might features work from Kimmy Beach, Chantelle Olson, Catherine Owen, Paul Saturley, Catherine Graham, Fred D. Hollands and Colleen McGinnis! but let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves. you know. cats and bags and whatnot.

if you have something for the next issue, it’s true, we want it. if you don’t have anything. make something up.

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WONK 2: don’t (not) believe the hype

"Untitled" by Michelle Hay (featured in WONK 2)

WONK 2 is out the door.

Issue 2 features contributions of Thomas Trofimuk, Erica Marshall, rob mclennan, Frans Erickson, Ron Asp, Dixie Warren, Michelle Hay and Margot Soltice.

For the fonts we went with Gentium Book Basic for the text because it’s beautiful. We tried to get around that and almost went with Sovereign but couldn’t justify the $300 versus free. We did take advantage of a good deal and selected FF Dagny Thin for the headlines. It felt Scandinavian. It felt right.

You can pick up copies of WONK throughout Wetaskiwin — Pipestone Food Company and the Wetaskiwin Public Library and, if you’re in Camrose (heaven forbid), stop by Merchants Tea & Coffee House.

Or, if you’re lazy and have $13 burning a hole in your pocket, you can get them delivered personally by Canada Post here. Even better, if you’re lazy and don’t have $13 (burning or not), you can get WONK for free to your inbox here. Actually, it’s the same link for both heres, but there are two options on the page.

Electronic copies haven’t been sent out yet. We’re experimenting with the formating a little bit to make them more readable and printable in the end (the WONKs we print are on 12 x 18 paper folded in half; the e-versions will be optimized for letter sized paper).

Some people want to know what we want to feature next month. The best answer so far has something to do with beggar not being choosers. If it’s good, we’ll run it. Unless it’s too good. Then you should probably send it somewhere else.

/ Submit to WONK.

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WONK 2: almost but not yet

WONK 2 has had a few minor delays. You’ve probably noticed that. Or you haven’t. Either way, things are looking up and we should see the print issue out for the upcoming weekend.

Issue 2 features the immense talents of Thomas Trofimuk, Erica Marshall, rob mclennan, Frans Erickson, Ron Asp, Dixie Warren, Michelle Hay and Margot Soltice.

Remember, you can pick up copies of WONK throughout Wetaskiwin — Pipestone Food Company and the Wetaskiwin Public Library. Or, even better, you can get them delivered to your mailbox (real or virtual) here.

As always, we’re still looking for submissions for future issues. Themes tend to develop as we sort through what we have but if you need something to get your, er, juice flowing, think: LETTERS.

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WONK 2 theme: FALL

To the surprise of absolutely nobody, the theme for the October issue of WONK (WONK 2) will be: FALL.

"Waking Up To Change" by seanmcgrath

That means, well, anything. It could be the FALL, the FALL, a (water) FALL, FALL(ing), FALL(en), FALL(acy), FALL(ow) or any other clever or not so clever derevition slash interpretation.

As usual, we prefer electronic submissions (text: .doc, .rtf, .odt; graphics: .jpg, .gif, .tiff, .eps) sent HERE. If you prefer, however, you can mail copies (no originals, please) of your work to:

WONK
4610-53 Street
Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada
T9A OY5

WONK 2 deadline is October 6. WONK 2 will be released on October 15. We’re amazing.

You have been warned.

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WONK 1 is out and about

from "Mother & Child" by Britanny NelsonWONK 1 is out. It was out on time. One day early actually. Which is amazing. Updating the website, however, was a little late. Which can be expected from time-to-time.

WONK 1 features poems from Michael Gravel, Jonathan Ball, Alex Boyd and Paul Pearson as well as photography by Robbyn Erickson and a drawing by Brittany Nelson (right). There are also two fantastic pieces by some initialed submitters: AK and AW.

For this issue we chose Gentium Book Basic as our (sole) font of choice. It looked good.

We’ve been dropping off issues in various places around Wetaskiwin and trying to get them into Edmonton at places like Grant MacEwan and Swizzlesticks (soon to be Dandy). If you’d like to receive a copy by mail, please just drop us a line and we’ll try to work something out. We’re still trying to figure out the best way to manage subscriptions (mostly just the cost of mail). If you have any suggestions, we’d love to hear from you.

The theme for WONK 1 was birth (no one ever accused us of being subtle). We weren’t sure about doing theme issues but it seemed to help both with potential contributors and with the final layout. So, we’re going to try and work on a list of upcoming themes to help encourage submissions and to give us some focus. In the end, if we just happen to have a bunch of really good but unrelated content, that’s what we’ll run. No love lost.

AW journal selection from WONK 1

A big (big) thanks to all our contributors. It was overwhelming. Which seems like an overstatement until you realize that it’s not. There was absolutely no reason for anyone to contribute and actually quite a few reasons not to, so it was really cool to see some very well respected names take a chance and throw their hats into the ring. Again, thank you.

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WONK 1 nears

First issue of WONK (um, WONK 1) is shaping up and will feature poems from Michael Gravel, Jonathan Ball, Alex Boyd and Paul Pearson. Who, I just realized are all men. But that’s ok, because there’s going to be some other stuff in there too. By women. On just two pages? You know it. Even a picture or two.

You can pick up your copy of WONK in Blurb’s bookstore in Wetaskiwin or send an email here to have one mailed to you. If there’s enough interest, we might think about setting up some sort of subscription option. But let’s see how the first issue goes.

Either way, we’re excited. I think.

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WONK is go

Wetaskiwin’s only literary arts sheet is now accepting submissions.

There will be 12 issues. One each month.

We are currently accepting short-fiction, long-fiction, very-long-fiction, extremely-short-fiction, creative non-fiction (any length), poetry, doodles, sketches and photographs. Preferably good. Preferably previously unpublished (please let us know).

Until we get a mailbox setup, WONK can only accept electronic submissions (text: .doc, .rtf, .odt; graphics: .jpg, .gif, .tiff, .eps). In some circumstances (eg. you are submitting an animal or child) we can arrange to pick up the submission at your home.

– Submit To WONK –

We will not pay you for your submission but we will respond to each submission and, if selected, we will make sure that you get enough copies to make you feel good about yourself. There also may or may not be muffins involved (depending on the prevailing economic climate).

Deadlines for each issue are at the end of the previous month. For example, the cut-off for the September issue is the end of August.

Look for our inaugural issue after September 15 throughout the city.

If you don’t live in Wetaskiwin and would like to subscribe to WONK, or have any other questions, please let us know.

We remain,

The Editors of WONK.