It's coming...

Issue II is coming!

The second issue of the LSLR is at the printer, and I have scheduled the reception for Monday, February 1st @ Atlas Cafe, in Logan Square.

All are invited to come commiserate, enjoy the fine food and drink Atlas Cafe has to offer, and pick-up a copy of the journal!

Atlas Cafe is at 3028 W Armitage Ave., Chicago, IL

The reception will be from 8 to 10 pm, come say hi!

Issue II will be available through this site and on store shelves shortly. Stay tuned!

This is the End!

Happy New Year, everyone! May 2010 be exponentially more creative and fruitful than 2009. The submission deadline for the winter issue has passed, and now the deadline for the spring issue has been set at March 21. This deadline is a little further away, so there's plenty of time to get your work in!

Issue 2: Winter 2010 will be available by the end of January. Stay tuned for news about the release reception.

We are still selling at the four locations listed below, and you can still find the journal on facebook. Come, let's be friends!


You can purchase the journal at:

Wolfbait & B-girls

G-mart Comics

Quimby's Books

Myopic Books

Press!

I just wanted to announce that The LSLR is now on Facebook. Let's be friends!

Also, there has been a post about the journal on the Logan-Square-oriented blog Peopling Places.

Thanks Lynn for giving the journal its first piece of press!

The submissions are looking great, and even though there's plenty of time until the January 1st submission deadline for the winter issue, why hesitate?

Submit!



Now, off!
Write with vigor!

Submit!

Issue 1 Now Available at Four Retail Locations

Submissions are still trickling in, keep them coming! There's still plenty of time left until the January 1st deadline, but don't hesitate, submit your work!

Issue 1 is now available for sale at four north-side retail locations. Please give them your business and undying love! Issue 1 would make a great stocking-stuffer...

Myopic Books
1564 N Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL 60622-2008
(773) 862-4882

Quimby's Books
1854 W North Ave
Chicago, IL 60622
(773) 342-0910

Wolfbait & B-girls Boutique
3131 W Logan Blvd
Chicago, IL‎ 60647
(312) 698-8685‎

G-Mart Comics
2641 N. Kedzie Ave
Chicago, IL 60647
(773) 384-0400


Thanks again to all those who have submitted, and those who are about to submit. The pieces I've received so far has been great, keep up the good work!


Now, Off!
Write With Vigor!

one weekend and counting

The Inaugural Issue of The Logan Square Literary Review is Now Available!

Issue 1 is available through paypal on this site, or you can find it on the shelves at Gmart Comics and Wolfbait & B-girls in Logan Square.

We will continue to pursue avenues of distribution, more on that to come.

Our reception was a fine success, thanks to the hospitality of New Wave Coffee. Our thanks to Otter and the staff there.

Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate the inaugural issue, keep checking back for updates of LSLR related activites as they develop.

Issue 1 is here!

The inaugural issue of The Logan Square Literary Review is now available!

Our 30 page baby is for sale for $5, plus shipping, on this site, or come visit at the reception this friday to skip shipping costs!

The reception is this friday, November 13, from 8 to 10 pm at New Wave Coffee, 2557 N Milwaukee Ave, in Logan Square.

Also available for sale are two splendid little buttons to wear on your jacket, backpack, through your septum, wherever! Our thanks to Alex, Eric and the staff at Busy Beaver Button co. for these little beauties. Both feature drawings of the journal's logo, drawn by artist Aaron Miller




The circle is selling for $1, and the square, for $2.

You can order through paypal on this site, or send your order and a 5"x7" or larger self adressed stamped envelope to:

The Logan Square Literary Review
3220 W Armitage Ave. apt. 303
Chicago, IL 60647

Once again, 100% of the funds raised from issue and button sales are going back into the production fund for the winter issue.

I've extended the submission deadline for the winter issue to January 1st. Please keep the submissions coming!

Feel free to come to the reception even if you're just curious about the publication and want to know how you can get involved.

I'm still in talks with a few Logan Square businesses whom are willing to carry the journal, more information about them will be posted as decisions are made.

I'm excited and proud of the work I and the contributors have done and it is my hope that this neighborhood enjoys reading this project as much as I have producing it.


Now, Off!
Write with vigor!

So, close, and yet...

Greetings fellow word enthusiasts!

We are in the final stages of pre-production here, all the artwork has been collected, a printer and binder has been secured, and we've even began talks with our friends at the Busy Beaver Button company to produce a slew of promotional buttons for the journal.

Needless to say, things are shaping up nicely, but we'll need more time. I know that everyone is anxiously awaiting the first issue, but, to rush is to falter. So we have had to reset our release date, and I am giving a solemn promise that the first issue will be out no later than the second saturday in November, the 14th. Please stay true. And patient.

Please continue to submit work, and information about where the journal will be available and where the release party will be will be posted shortly.

Now, Off!
Write With Vigor!