Official SOUNDZINE Issue 5 launch!


That's right, Soundzine returns after a much-needed hiatus. We've scrubbed the floors, bleached the carpets, and straightened the furniture from the blast that was issue 4 and we're ready to roll again. Not that we'll have much of a rest, as issue 5 promises to be just as explosive! Read on for more details about the best thing in aural entertainment since the transistor radio. Lend us your ears, we promise we'll get them back by midnight.


PRESENTING: SOUNDZINE ISSUE 5


For those not in the know, Soundzine is an online magazine produced by members of the deviantART community that features poetry, prose, music, and plays being read aloud. We believe that stories should be heard, as well as seen! After all, there's nothing quite like being read a quality piece of writing. For those that haven't been introduced to us previously, here are the links to our first year's-worth of issues in one place so you can have a gander:

ISSUE 1: APRIL 2007

ISSUE 2: JULY 2007

ISSUE 3: OCTOBER 2007

ISSUE 4: JANUARY 2008

Feel free to wander through and let your ears guide you, we're sure there's something there for everyone!


THIS ISSUE:


Issue 5 is no slouch when it comes to quality. We've got some prose that shouldn't be *Negated, and we're not ~withoutspace for some great poetry. So put on your *tightwhitepants and brace yourselves for a sonic spectacular!


LITERATURE


dA Writers in Issue 5:




PLUS: Norman Ball, R. A. Dusenberry, Alex Gabriel, Juleigh Howard-Hobson, Rose Kelleher, Nancy Williams Lazar, Carla Martin-Wood, Charles McCauley, Nancy Phillips, Ryan Schipper, Nic Sebastian, Lynne Shapiro, Laura Valeri, and Shirla White.

This month's feature was on 'beat' poetry, so keep an ear out for the sounds of spontaneity, the hustle of the underground, and the drone of wheel on tarmac!


ARTISTS:


It's a known fact that words go really well with pictures, and here at Soundzine we're not about to let these words go out into the wild without a colourful chaperone! We've got a broad range of delightful art to go with each piece, so you can treat your eyes along with your ears and mind. Our humble thanks to the following artists that have spruced up our pages with their amazing contributions:


-- our Featured Artist
















NEXT ISSUE:


Our theme for this issue was "Beat Poetry." For Issue #6, due out October 15th, the theme will be "Wide Open." That's right. Anything goes. Send us the kitchen sink and all the plumbing; forms, rhyme, free verse, prose poems, narrative poetry, experimental gadgetry; we want to sample the whole caboodle. If it's well-written, and lends itself well to voice interpretation, we'd like to read/hear it. Check out our submission guidelines for details on getting published with Soundzine.

Starting from next issue we're moving to a different schedule for release. Soundzine has grown a lot in the past year and to accommodate all the great stuff we're packing into it, we'll be releasing three times a year, rather than four. Don't worry, all this means is that we'll have even more features, contests, and fun for you to get involved with in each issue! Make sure you keep your ears to the ground for the next opening for submissions, we'd love to hear from each and every one of you.


OUR STAFF

Soundzine 5 consists of the following earwigs:

Salli Shepherd - Executive Editor (on sabbatical)
Charles Musser - Managing Editor
Gene Auprey - Poetry Editor
R A Dusenberry - Art Editor
Phillip English - Prose Editor

In-House Readers:
James O'Dwyer
Mark Adkins
Todd Keisling
Katy Beasley
Darian L.
William Henshaw
Mary Meriam
Zachary W Roberts
Megan Thompson
Jonathan Lu
Sarah Stanton
Lawrence Michael Perrin
Nic Sebastian
Carla Martin-Wood
Kate Conover

AND Laura Valeri's Computer.


Thankyou again, and we hope you enjoy this issue as much as we enjoyed putting it together!