OMG Y'ALL NEED TO READ THIS...
dipity literary magazine is on Substack! woot! woot!
Listen above or read below. P.S. Across each newsletter we’ll give you some wicked cool song recommendations like this one from (@babesincanyon) on Instagram.
“Call Me Over'“ - Babes In Canyon - latest YouTube music video.
WHAT’S UP?!
Hey! It’s Jazz Marie aka Vevna Forrow here from Dipity Literary Magazine! Most of our submitters do not actually heavily leverage social media accounts a ton. So, we would love to stay in touch with all our stellar contributors, friends, and amazing community support network via email newsletters too from around the world. We will share upcoming dipity magazine issue progress news, podcast updates, writing prompts, poet resources, book and project releases from others and even more fun stuff! Eventually, to help sustain dipity we may implement bonus Substack subscription writer tips, short story etc. content for a small fee which we will used to support maintenance costs.
Aside from that, we recently made some exciting 2023 announcements! Below here:
DIPITY’S 2024 BEST OF THE NET NOMINATIONS POETRY
Congrats again to the following writers and artists! You can read these in our online features and publications tank at https://www.dipitylitmag.com/online-features.
wishes in fishes by River (from INGEBAR music ft. Symphonic Challenge)
weeping one, oh soften those eyes by Eartha Davis (@eartha_davis_) Instagram
Uroboros by Krystle Eilen
Sickroom by Michael Igoe
Say Their Names by Taylor Thomas (@taytom13) Instagram
Turned Leg by Lauren Endicott (@laurenelizabethpoet) Instagram
DIPITY’S 2024 BEST OF THE NET NOMINATIONS FICTION
The Voice of a Wildling by Emma Wells (@ewelllswriting) Instagram
My Roommate, the Knight by Josiah Nelson (@josiahhnelson) Twitter
DIPITY’S 2024 BEST OF THE NET NOMINATIONS ART
“fleurs sauvages” pink flower photograph—Cover Art by Kandice (@clairdelunepoetry) Instagram from the digital online version of issue no. 1
WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON?
We will be hiring ASAP for several unpaid volunteer staff positions. Check out what remote international roles are available, read about them and apply through our Submit > Submission Form button to reach the application of interest. Eventually, if we get dipity funded we will one day be able able to have paid staff and hopefully pay contributors for accepted work in the distant future. Here are some of the roles:
Associate Poetry Readers
Visual Design Editorial Assistants / Web Admins
Proofreader
Jr. Podcast Host & Audio Collector
Book & Artist Scout
OTHER ON HOLD roles - means are ones we will eventually fill down the road
Associate Managing Editor
Newsletter / Blog / Short Stories Writer - TBD we still want to know who would be interested
Social Media / Marketing Assistant
Photography Editor & Reviewer
Audio Sub Feedback Poem Examiner
ANYTHING ELSE?
We have the following open at the moment submission opportunity wise and all deadlines will be extended until we reach our caps. We’re projecting the release of issue no. 4 within 1-2 months sooner or a bit later depending upon fam events.
Antique Roadship Poetry Submissions
KING KONG Collage Writing Art Inspo Challenge
Symphonic Challenge
PODCAST NEWS
Recently, we had Sarah Das Gupta share her voice and poetry on episode no. 129 of the Hummingbird Blink: Nectar Poetry podcast. Additionally, INGEBAR music (@ingebar_music) Carrie Ingraham announced the winning poem on the Hummingbird Blink podcast too in episode no. 128. Check those out and previous episodes to hear writers such as Emma Wells (@ewellswriting) and Elizabeth M. Castillo (@emcwritespoetry) on Instagram. Along the way you’ll receive even more music recommendations too.
Our new sister 2023 Spotify + Apple LGBTQ+ podcast Moon Milk here we read poetry discovered across social media, movies, books etc. has almost 40 episodes—give it a listen! We’re incorporating video on some episodes going forwards and will be putting more voices on the podcast as soon as we can!
COMMUNITY BOOK RELEASE NEWS
We want to share book release news of past + recent dipity contributors and keep you in the loop on some really rad poetry collections being published and any other projects of others who have supported dipity absolutely. Each newsletter will be comprised of a list of a few to check out ya! Of course in each dipity print issue we’ll continue provide more recommendations still too! Here are some recently released that you should def dive into:
HOMECOMING by Maggie Bower (@maggie.writes) on Instagram
Bloom by Ally Loyns (@ally_author) on Instagram (available for purchase on Etsy
Don’t Wake the Poets by Yves Hartleigh (@glitter_licker) on Instagram
Not Quite an Ocean by Elizabeth M. Castillo (@emcwritespoetry)
I also have a few book releases out under my pen name, but prefer to focus on the work of others. Purchases of my work also all go towards maintenance fees, expenses supporting us and future community projects. Thanks to anyone who has purchased any issues of dipity or even my poetry collections it means a lot too!
MUSIC RELEASE NEWS
INGEBAR music (@ingebar_music) has a new release coming out soon “Atrophy Wife” be sure to follow on Instagram and Twitter for updates! Whuteversclever (@whuteversclever) Shannon Sitzler and SIX MISSING (@sixmissing) have been working on awesome releases too! Please be sure to check out their YouTube channels and listen to more of their projects across music streaming platforms. There are of course more really rad artists and bands you’ll come cross such as (@leatherandlacerock) and (@rolandtonies) if you pick up an issue of dipity.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST
We are going to be much much slower to respond and snail pace review as we onboard team members and tackle some back to back life events as most of you are aware the recent passing of Toby my editing sidekick and best friend has been tough. Our review times have been updated across the board, but sometimes depending upon the volume it may certainly be much faster or only a few weeks not in fact always months.
We truly appreciate anyone who leaves a review out on dipity out on Amazon or B&N as well. In other news we are in the midst of getting into a few bookstores—we will keep everyone posted on that too! I will eventually be passing off these communication tasks to volunteer staff as well. Just a reminder we can be found on Chill Subs DISCORD chat server and we have our own separate DISCORD chat rooms too (you can find the link to that on our Submittable page and under issue shop updates)! If you haven’t created a Chill Subs profile, then we highly recommend you do as its a great resource for organization, writers, journals, and magazines!
Down the road I would love to update dipity’s website and search archive design for online publications. We are going to be mostly using these newsletters to communicate print release updates, podcast calls, resources, and tips again so be sure to tell your friends in the community to subscribe to. Eventually, these newsletters will have a regular schedule or more consistency when we grow our volunteer staff.
Well, that’s all folks! Have awesome days ahead! Thanks so much for your support!
Sincerely,
Jazz Marie Kaur (Vevna Forrow) - Creator / Founder
Also, we’re in the midst of technical troubleshooting so won’t be on Instagram possibly for a bit that’s why we’re leveraging these newsletters too. One or two, or three more song recs, sorry I really love music as you know :)
LCAW - Hummingbird (Lyrics) ft. Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Eljay - No Pressure
Liam Mockridge - Magic Like This (Official Music Video)
P.S. Our poetry reader Eartha Davis was in this one! Cool video! Great job!
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