tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331877502009-09-10T14:46:10.982-07:00The Big Ugly Reviewnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33187750.post-19699257451381593132009-08-14T15:52:00.000-07:002009-09-10T14:46:07.557-07:00

Looking for a critique of your work? Visit EBC Books and get comprehensive manuscript feedback and detailed line editing on your short story, novel, memoir, narrative nonfiction or screenplay from Big Ugly Review editor Elizabeth Bernstein.No matter where you are in the writing process, EBC Books can help you tell your story.

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The Stolen Issue is coming. Really. We are restructuring the Big Ugly format and it's slowing us down just a bit. Sign up to the mailing list, and we'll send you a note as soon as the issue is posted.

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Thanks to everyone who submitted stories, poems, photos, songs, and films. We are poring over every submission and will be responding to contributors soon. In the meantime, you must all go check out TheRumpus.net, the most fabulous new magazine created in the last five centuries. With the cacophony of media clamoring for attention these days, believe us, we wouldn't add anything to your list of

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People have been asking us what we mean by the theme for Issue #8, "The Stolen Issue." That's for you to tell us. Send us submissions about stolen kisses, stolen oil, stolen cars, stolen elections, stolen hearts, stolen years, stolen money, stolen girlfriends, stolen office supplies, stolen identity, stolen glory. The deadline is just around the corner (Feb. 15). We want your stories, essays,

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Missed the fabulous party at the Deluxe? Here are some photos that will make you feel as if you were there.....April Sinclair mesmerizes the crowd.Chris Colin takes advantage of the mood lighting.Zyzzyva Founding Editor Howard Junker and Managing Editor Kristin Kearns.Memoirist Suzanne Ginsburg and dance critic/memoirist/novelist Rachel Howard enjoy the night.Happy listeners Julie and Craig.Big

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Thanks to all who came out for the Issue #7 Release Party at the Deluxe. The readers were great and the crowd was warm and responsive. Dublit.com came and recorded it, so we'll soon be uploading audio files of many of our stories. Howard Junker, editor of ZYZZYVA magazine, took some photos at the event and has posted them to his blog; you can see them here. We'll add more photos, too, in a

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Please join us at the "Fight or Flight" issue release party on Sunday, September 28 at the Club Deluxe in San Francisco from 6-9 pm. Readings include fiction and nonfiction by:April SinclairChris ColinJoe QuirkKaren BjornebyKristin KearnsNina SchuylerSamantha SchoechAlso: raffle prizes, bizarre poetry made exclusively from Google search queries of users who mistakenly landed at the magazine, and

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Submissions have closed for Issue #7, "Fight or Flight," and we are nestling down with the stacks of stories and CDs and DVDs that have come in from near and far.In the meantime, take a look at this article in the Utne Reader, in which The Big Ugly Review is determined to be a "great literary journal."And then check out the NewPages online blog, which calls Kia Simon's film "The Dive" (in this

The Big Ugly Reviewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33187750.post-31110429228067469042007-08-06T18:34:00.000-07:002007-08-06T18:40:51.029-07:00

Come cheer for Big Ugly Review contributor Andy Raskin as he defends the reputation of BUR in the second monthly Literary Death Match, sponsored by Opium Magazine. The show on Tuesday, August 21 will feature readers from Instant City, edifice WRECKED and another magazine TBD, vying for the velvet crown, satin sash and shiny medal of honor. The judges: Oscar Villalon (Book Review Editor, SF

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Thanks to everyone who came out to 111 Minna Gallery for the release party of Issue #6. Here is a glimpse of it for those who weren't there, or those who want to relive all the joy.Andy Raskin regales the crowd with his quest to decode the mysteries of the intestinal tract.The regaled crowd.Laura Barcella relates her personal nightmare with an itchy foe.Wendy VanLandingham came up from LA to

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Everyone is warmly invited to the Issue #6 Release Party on Monday, June 18 at 111 Minna Gallery from 6-9 pm in San Francisco. Come for an evening of great readings, music and film from the issue. Readings by: Mary Kolesnikova, Sabrina Tom, Derek Patton Pearcy, Laura Barcella, Andy Raskin, Amanda Field, Wendy VanLandingham and Angela Marino.Music by: Sez Giulian, Diablo's Dust, Audrey

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Keep your eyes peeled for Issue #6, coming soon! We hope to have the new issue up by mid- to late-May. We think you will be flabbergasted and agog with our beautiful redesign, courtesy of sezg design (www.sezg.com). A note to submitters: We are going through all submissions now, and hope to get back to you all with responses in about 4 weeks. We have a lot of great stories to read -- about

The Big Ugly Reviewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33187750.post-1163548759604047552006-11-14T15:08:00.000-08:002007-05-28T17:07:08.377-07:00

A thousand years later, we are finally posting some photos from our fabulous release party held on August 29 at Varnish Fine Art Gallery in SF. Here is a small sampling, all taken by Tom Erikson (www.tomerikson.com). Thanks, Tom!Click on the image to see it bigger. Click the "back" arrow on your browser to go back.Here is the crowd at Varnish.And some artful guests.Laura Fraser from the

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Big love and welcome to the newest addition to the Big Ugly family, beautiful Evelyn Wills Callaghan, born on Monday, November 13, 2006 in Boston. Congratulations to her parents, Big Ugly Review Poetry Editor Miriam Pirone and her husband, James Callaghan.

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The Big Ugly Review's Poetry Editor, Miriam Pirone, has a wonderful new poem in the current issue of the online journal Alice Blue Review, written in collaboration with Ed Smallfield. You can read it here.

The Big Ugly Reviewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33187750.post-1156979275989045122006-08-30T16:00:00.000-07:002006-08-30T20:55:30.776-07:00

Thanks to everyone who came out last night and made the Contest Issue release party a success! We'll post photos from the party soon.And if you just can't get enough contests, check out our cover artist Timothy Buckwalter's website here. He has a weekly contest with prizes of fabulous art from his weekly online exhibitions. The contest and the prize change every week. This week... the

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Come one, come all to the Big Ugly Review Issue #5 Release Party this Tuesday, August 29 at Varnish Gallery in San Francisco. The evening will celebrate winners of The Contest Issue and will include screenings of the winning short films, readings, and live music. Readings by Colleen Morton Busch, Heather McDonald, Alethea Hannemann, Aneesha Capur and Anne Trumbore; films by Lev, Scott Prendergast

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