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Another issue is upon us and it seems as if we only just put out the last. As much as the process is the same each time, every issue develops its own personality as it’s being put together, and each one is always a little different from the last. You get little inklings as the submissions start coming in, but you never really know what sort of issue it will be until it all comes together. Looking back through previous issues, we’re always very quick to tell you how exciting each one is - and each one is. Partly for the process, partly for the work inside, partly just that sense of relief and accomplishment of getting the damn thing into the world with its hair neat, clothes clean and smudges wiped off its face and hoping to God it doesn’t say something horribly offensive to the first person it meets (or if it does, it’s at least very clever about it).
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So, World, allow me to introduce you to #9. We’re quite proud of this little fellow, World. #9, don’t be shy. Come say hello to the World. Nine has some striking experimental poetry from Jessica Malitoris and Gina Jackson to show you. Both Lauren Hoyt and Lucy Elizabeth Foster explore different aspects of parenthood in their respective stories, “Happy Land Daycare” and “Baby Brown”. But don’t think Nine only has one trick up its sleeve - oh, no. There’s also the captivating and detailed “Lost in the Read” by Daisy Milburn, an interesting collaboration on the theme of “seen/unseen” out of Newcastle University, and Charlotte Kell’s very intriguing “Bodies”. Plenty for the two of you to dive into during these ever colder December nights. Meanwhile, we’ve stayed quite busy at HQ, because simply putting out a magazine four times a year is never enough for us. We’ve been invited along to a number of events hosted by local groups such as Radikal Words, Fiction Burn, Apples and Snakes. You can see exactly how much fun we’ve been having with all of that in the reviews and interviews that have been popping up on our webpage. As much as we love Newcastle events, though, we’d love to share what’s happening in other parts of the world, as well, so if you have an event in your area you want to review, send it along to editor@alliteratimagazine.com to be considered for publication on our website. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, and keep tabs with our website. We’re looking for submissions for Issue 10 now; literature goes to submissions@alliteratimagazine.com and art can be sent along to art@alliteratimagazine. com (please do have a look at the submission guidelines and follow them, thanks). The deadline to be included in #10 is 10th of February. In the meantime, keep yourselves warm, kids, and enjoy whatever celebrations the winter months bring you.
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