tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33187750Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:06:54 +0000http://www.biguglyreview.com/news.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Big Ugly Review)Blogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33187750.post-4389722935039918794Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:41:00 +00002008-09-30T18:06:54.747-07:00Thanks 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 http://www.biguglyreview.com/2008/09/first-photos-from-release-party.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Big Ugly Review)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33187750.post-5649867732099286763Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:21:00 +00002008-09-19T14:27:01.235-07:00Please 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 Sinclair Chris Colin Joe Quirk Karen Bjorneby Kristin Kearns Nina Schuyler Samantha Schoech Also: raffle prizes, bizarre poetry made exclusively from Google search queries of users who mistakenly landed at the http://www.biguglyreview.com/2008/09/come-to-issue-7-release-party.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Big Ugly Review)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33187750.post-2958813796399929787Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:27:00 +00002007-12-07T00:50:07.004-08:00Submissions 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 http://www.biguglyreview.com/2007/12/utne-magazine-thinks-were-great.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Big Ugly Review)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33187750.post-3111042922806746904Tue, 07 Aug 2007 01:34:00 +00002007-08-06T18:40:51.029-07:00Come 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 http://www.biguglyreview.com/2007/08/come-support-bur-at-literary-death.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Big Ugly Review)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33187750.post-8485020919868365478Fri, 29 Jun 2007 02:10:00 +00002007-06-28T19:31:01.369-07:00Thanks 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 http://www.biguglyreview.com/2007/06/photos-from-release-party-6.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Big Ugly Review)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33187750.post-517357498907400249Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:54:00 +00002007-06-05T19:09:09.542-07:00Everyone 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 Howardhttp://www.biguglyreview.com/2007/06/release-party-june-18-at-111-minna.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Big Ugly Review)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33187750.post-2936857157435340864Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:55:00 +00002007-05-28T17:07:43.955-07:00Keep 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 http://www.biguglyreview.com/2007/02/issue-6-coming-soon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Big Ugly Review)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33187750.post-116354875960404755Tue, 14 Nov 2006 23:08:00 +00002007-05-28T17:07:08.377-07:00A 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 http://www.biguglyreview.com/2006/11/big-ugly-party-photos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Big Ugly Review)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33187750.post-116354568440541215Tue, 14 Nov 2006 23:02:00 +00002006-11-24T18:05:39.590-08:00Big 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. http://www.biguglyreview.com/2006/11/welcome-evelyn.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Big Ugly Review)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33187750.post-115778511525759270Sat, 09 Sep 2006 06:51:00 +00002006-09-08T23:58:35.263-07:00The 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.http://www.biguglyreview.com/2006/09/check-out-miriams-poem-in-alice-blue.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Big Ugly Review)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33187750.post-115697927598904512Wed, 30 Aug 2006 23:00:00 +00002006-08-30T20:55:30.776-07:00Thanks 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 http://www.biguglyreview.com/2006/08/thanks-to-all-and-another-contest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Big Ugly Review)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33187750.post-115646768710643732Fri, 25 Aug 2006 00:42:00 +00002006-08-24T18:01:27.116-07:00Come 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 Prendergasthttp://www.biguglyreview.com/2006/08/issue-5-release-party-on-tuesday-829.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Big Ugly Review)