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New WONK Event in the WONK

WONK has good news! Jessica Hiemstra-van der Horst is coming to read in Wetaskiwin on October 26 at the Pipestone Food Co. Things will get rolling around 7:30.

 

Who: Jessica Hiemstra-van der Horst (go to this link to see some artwork www.hiemstra-vanderhorst.com)

What: Visual artist and writer Jessica Hiemstra-van der Horst will be reading from her brilliant “Apologetic for Joy”.

Where: Pipestone Food Co. 4911-51 street, Wetaskiwin, AB T9A – 2A4

When: Oct. 26, 2011 – 7:30 pm

Why: Because it will be awesome!

 

 

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Call for Submissions for WONK8 (and beyond)

Momentum is an funny thing. In strictly physical terms, it is simply a measurement of the velocity of an object multiplied by its mass. Applying this definition to WONK of late makes us realize that, because of how rapidly we lost our momentum, we are neither very heavy or very fast. We hope to change all of this with our upcoming issue (W8), aiming to, once again, gather a mass and velocity that is representative of the great artists and writers that have graced our publication thus far.

The only way we know how to do this is to put out another great issue, and the only way to do that is to get great stories, poems, and pictures from you. Right now we are flirting with a handwritten issue. This would see all of the poems and prose written in the authors own hand. Of course, and as usual, we don’t expect you (or us) to be hemmed in by themes: if you have a great submission that is typed, please send it in and we will fold it in our arms with as much love as a themed submission.

If you are a writer and are interested in submitting to Wonk, please see the submissions page for details. Happy writing!

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we’re sorry. we make no apologies

despite what may seem an elaborate literary scheme, we have not embezzled your dollars and gone on a fancy summer vacation. (disclaimer- we did go to bashaw.) we have simply been enjoying our summer and sadly it has been at the expense of your reading pleasure. (we are secretly hoping that you take a summer reading hiatus like we do.)

we are sorry. however, we are back at it and hope to be caught up on all our correspondence soon. we owe issues to contributors and readers alike. we assure you that those who paid for 12 issues will receive 12 issues. it won’t be within the previous 1 year timeline (we realize now that was a bit ambitious for procrastinators like us) but there will be 12.

with that said, we are working on issue 6. our dream is to have it out by the 10th of september. why?

wetaskiwin is having it’s first arts and agriculture festival on the 11th and we at WONK would like to have a new issue to distribute. we are hoping to snag some local readers and writers. in turn, the rest of our loyal followers will finally receive the much anticipated next issue. it’s a win/win situation!

if you don’t want to wait for issue 6 to show up in your mailbox (be it the one on your house or the one in your computer) then we we cordially invite you down to wetaskiwin on september 11th. we will be there with your personal copy and an anxious smile. maybe even a t-shirt… oh the promises… we foresee so many more apologies…

isn’t this fun?!

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Who, What, Where, When, Wonk.

Why no why? When it comes to Wonk, there is no why – only great submissions and loyal readers. Of course having more of both would never hurt. So, those of you who have yet to read Wonk4 (or W3, W2, or W1), please take the time to do so now. And, those of you who have yet to submit for Wonk5, there is still time and a bit of space left for your original piece, so send it in! (but only if you want to – I don’t want the exclamation point to force you into anything).

The other thing, beside submissions and readers, that we Wonk-ers think we need more of, is online presence. It seems unfair to keep engaging in literary/artistic one-night-stands with so many talented poets, writers, photographers and artists. What can we say? We’re needy, we want to cuddle a little. Actually, forget that metaphor, it’s a bit creepy, but we really do want to take the opportunity to get to know our fantastic contributors a little better and this blog is one of the ways we are going to try to do it. No details now (only because we don’t know what they are yet) but watch for some more activity here at yourwonk.com to coincide with the release of Wonk5 – which, by the way, is getting close to press (but not so close that we won’t seriously consider your submission).

So, the way we see it at the Wonk, is that you only have three choices remaining: 1. read the Wonk (including all back issues) 2. submit your work to the Wonk (it feels really good to do so) 3. Do nothing and completely live up to your 9th grade science teacher’s expectations of you as a procrastinating, underachieving delinquent. It’s up to you and it might be the only way, short of re-learning the unit on eco-systems, of redeeming yourself.

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The wait is over. WONK 4 out.

January 18, 2010. The rumours are true. Every last one of them. Even the ones spelled without a ‘u’. Especially the one about WONK 4 being out. That one’s spot on actually.

It features an amazing cast of contributers, including: David Helwig, Glen Sorestad, Marguerite Pigeon, Jessica Hiemstra-van der Horst, Andreas Blixt, Williams Nichols, Malora Kirk, derek beaulieu and Patricia MacQuarrie.

Yes. Indeed.

Remember, there are at least four ways to get WONK. You can:

  1. Pick them up for free at various places in Wetaskiwin (including the library, and Caelin Artworks) and Camrose (Merchants Tea House);
  2. Get them from a friend who has a copy of WONK who is either not looking or is finished reading, his mind sufficiently blown;
  3. Subscribe for free to the electronic version. Which has the same content but not same awesome layout and/or smell.
  4. Subscribe for a a small fee. Have your own personal copy of each WONK (there will be 12) delivered right to your mailbox in all its paper and black and white glory. Included in the envelope will be a) a few extra copies to do whatever it is you kids do with extra WONKS, b) a personal hand written letter from the editors or someone they have met and convinced to write a letter and c) any back issues that you don’t already have.

It’s official: WONK is now officially accepting submissions for WONK 5. Send them here.

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under the wire (WONK 3)

"53 minutes" Colleen McGinnis

It was almost late. But it wasn’t. It’s here.

Come and get it.

The rumors were true. WONK 3 has (awesome, awesome) work from Kimmy Beach,Chantelle Olson, Catherine Owen, Paul Saturley, Catherine Graham, Fred D. Hollands and Colleen McGinnis.

It’s all very exciting. Or, maybe it’s not. You tell us.

Onto WONK 4.

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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 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 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.