I'm not sure what this means, but they might appreciate it if you somehow worked 8 into the text or form of your poetry.
Issue #10 is pretty minimalist--eighty black dots on a white background, each dot leading to a different poet, but they aren't independent links. So if you want to look at my recommendations, you'll have to count some dots.
Cynthia Arrieu-King. Column 7, row 5.
Sandra Simonds. Column 3, row 10.
Phil Cordelli. Column 1, row 4.
The number of poems per poet generally ranges from 1 to 4, and some of them are translations from other languages. Although most of the poems appear more "mainstream," I think some people in our class would find that their poetry would fit here.
Technically the magazine accepts submissions all year round, but Octopus Mag only reads submissions in the eighth month of the year:
"We are reading submissions of poetry during the month of August. Please send a friendly number of poems in one MS Word attachment before August 31. Introduce yourself to us in the body of the email and feel free to include a list of previous publications, if any.
Email them at octopusmagazine@gmail.com.
For those of us working on longer projects: Octopus Books accepts submissions for poetry books until April 30th. Check out their cool-looking, mostly sold out books and chapbooks. They only publish two per year, but if you have something really good, you should go ahead and submit. They prefer electronic submissions, but you could also mail your MS to them if you want. There is a $10 reading fee, which is one of the lowest book submission fees I've ever heard of... so go for it!
Octopus Books
1031 SE 21st
Portland, OR 97214
I agree with Crystal about this mag and press--much of our work, from the more conventional to the way out there--would be welcome. The editors are on facebook, as is the press, and people I know and like who've published with them include Genya Turovskaya, Hank Lazer, and Timothy Liu.
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