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WONK5 Seeks Roommate Who Likes to Read

WONK5, after an arduous journey from the contributors’ pens to the eager hands of WONK editors, is now only one step away  from its new home. Some of the WONK5 progeny now sit in the Wetaskiwin library and others are being prepared (with a bonus addition) for mailing to subscribers and contributors. The only remaining step required to completely fulfill WONK5’s destiny is for you to go pick one up (or, for subscribers, to just sit and check the mail every couple of days to see if it’s there yet).

And, while you are sitting either waiting for the mail or basking in the after-glow of having just read WONK5, you might just think about picking up your own pen and finishing off that poem/story/drawing/moustache on your cat – that has been nagging at you – and sending it to us for WONK6. In fact, for this instalment, you don’t even need to type your submission (one less thing, right?). One of the themes that is gaining headway for WONK6 focuses on handwritten originals (scanned and emailed or real-mailed). With that in mind, it might just be time to brush off your pen to see if it still works. Other themes that are trailing, but only slightly, are letters (any type you can think of: correspondence, abcd, etc) and children’s literature. Of course, themes can only take you/us so far, so don’t feel too hemmed in by ours.

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Wonk-web gaining momentum and Wonk-ink5 nearly-almost ready.

March 28, 2010 – It’s official, wonk-web is going to be featuring an interview with the talented Edmontonian poet, Marita Dachsel.  In addition to the interview, wonkers can look forward to some provocative excerpts from her poetry as well as select previews from Wonk5.

On the analog/print end of things, we have several very talented people confirmed: poetry from Camille Martin, Rachael Sylvia Lee and Marita Dachsel; short prose from Thomas Trofimuk and Emily Rush; and artwork from Andrew Topel and Ian Pierce.  The print version of Wonk5 is shaping up to be released sometime in the next few days or so, with wonkweb coming shortly after – don’t worry though, we will let you know all about it when it happens.

Oh yeah, we also have a theme that is absolutely sure to bring deep meaning to all that you read in Wonk5. Unless, of course, it doesn’t. Then it will probably hinder your reading and make you wonder why we’ve imposed such a horrible thing on you. In case of the latter, or either, actually, feel free to disregard the theme altogether and just read the great stuff inside Wonk5. Here’s the theme:  family / connections / relationships, if it helps.

If you’ve forgotten where you can pick up a copy of wonk5, please see Lucas’ thorough yet non-authoritarian directions below.

  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 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 (and maybe some colour) 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.

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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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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 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.