Everybody go to Pilcrow

Posted at April 30, 2008 by Jackie Corley

The Pilcrow Lit Fest takes over Chicago from May 22 - May 25. I haven’t been this excited for a lit festival since the 215 Festival, circa 2003.

I think Amy Guth is some sorta marketing genius (in addition to being a fantastic writer). The list of attendees is a who’s-who of the small press world. Pilcrow is probably going to grow up into some mega festival in years to come, so I decided I have to be there when it all goes down in ‘08. (I’m going to be on a couple panels at Pilcrow, so drop by if you’re in Chicago.)

There are so many writers and publishers I can’t wait to meet. A lot of us know each other through email, Facebook, web sites or whatever but haven’t gotten a chance to meet face to face yet. I’m really looking forward to that.

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While in Chicago, I’m going to be doing a reading with Kevin Sampsell (Future Tense Publishing) and James Stegall (So New Publishing) at Quimby’s. Check it out.

Sampsell, Stegall & Corley Read at Quimby’s
We’re not just publishers. We actually write stuff too.
Date: Saturday, May 24, 2008
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Quimby’s Bookstore
Street: 1854 W. North Ave.
City/Town: Chicago, IL

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storySouth Million Writers Award

Posted at by Jackie Corley

Word Riot has four stories shortlisted in this year’s storySouth Million Writers Award:

The Million Writers Award is probably the best-known online writing award out there. I got to be one of the judges for the second year in a row. Rockin.

The list of notable stories will be whittled down to 10 and then go up for a poll vote.

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But can I get a coffee mug?

Posted at April 22, 2008 by Jackie Corley

Columbia College Chicago has this pretty impressive Publishing Lab to help their students get a feel for fiction and poetry markets, both print and online.

Students research the lit mags and write up market sheets rating them. If you’re new to the writing/publishing game, it’s an invaluable resource.

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Book cover

Posted at April 8, 2008 by Jackie Corley

The Suburban Swindle

Summer 2008

So New Media

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New blurb

Posted at April 2, 2008 by Jackie Corley

Ian Spiegelman gave me an awesome blurb for my forthcoming short story collection, The Suburban Swindle (So New Media):

“Finally a 20-something author who is neither precious nor coddled. Finally a young writer who writes about life as it actually is instead of some trust fund prick’s fantasy of America. Jackie Corley is almost completely alone among the new set of writers in that she is actually telling stories about real humans. And she is telling them well, with the kind of immediacy that most young writers have had beaten out of them in MFA factories. Corley is original and unforgiving. I cannot say enough about Jackie Corley. She doesn’t flinch. Read this book.”
-Ian Spiegelman, author Welcome to Yesterday and Everyone’s Burning

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