The Paumanok Review and Critique Announce 2001 Pushcart Nominees

After much consideration, the following nominations were made for the 2001 Pushcart Prize on behalf of The Paumanok Review:

Critique is represented by Gaither Stewart's feature on Paul Bowles, "Stranger in a Strange Land."
    Congratulations to the nominees, as well as to all of the contributors featured in the magazines over the course of the past year; the consistent level of quality made the selection process extremely difficult. And there's nothing TPR likes better than a challenge.

Contributors Re-noted

Mark Halperin (1.4, "Love in Other Languages") is looking forward to the spring publication of a new book of poetry, Time as Distance, from New Issues' "Green Rose" series, a product of Western Michigan University.

Gaither Stewart (Current Issue) is pleased to announce the publication of the novella The Russian Flask from Southern Cross Review E-books.

Shameless Self-promotion

Issue 4 of Critique, the consummate review of books, magazines, media, and the like, is now online with a feature on David Gascoyne and more insightful, in-depth reviews of contemporary and classic literature including Off Keck Road, The Bridegroom, and The Ukranians. Critique is available in HTML and PDF (subscriber only) formats and may be accessed free of charge at http://www.etext.org/Zines/Critique.

TPR Internet's #1 Literary Magazine

June 26, 2000-- Users of PilotSearch.com have ranked The Paumanok Review the Internet's foremost lit-mag. The magazines, which include WORD and Atlantic Unbound, are ranked on a scale of one to ten in terms of overall quality. Pilot Search consists of more than 11,000 links to websites of literary interest including zines, MFA programs, and research tools.

Special Edition Announced

April 15, 2000--The Paumanok Review is pleased to announce a call for submissions to its first special edition, "A Collection of Years." The edition, due for publication in late fall or early winter, will feature essays and stories concerning significant historical events of the fading century. The mission of this edition is to preserve in electronic format first-person narratives of people who shaped and shielded the world. This includes, but is not limited to, military or government service, political movements, major industrial changes, domestic transformations, and interesting or unusual occupations or anecdotes. Essays, nonfiction articles, art and photographs will be considered. If demand is sufficient, a post office box will be opened to meet the needs of those unable to access a computer. If you feel you have a story to tell, please do not hesitate to contact the editor with questions or comments. If you do not have a contribution but would like to help this cause, please encourage your friends, family members, and community veterans to participate. Too often we look for the stories which fascinate, only to find that the storytellers are gone. Breath fades. But thanks to technology pioneered by some of the people we seek to honor, the voices can can be kept alive for generations to come.

TPR wins award for content and design

April 16, 2000--The Paumanok Review has been designated a "Silver Award" (four star) site by Banner Program Guide. The award is issued to sites which excel in content and presentation. The award can be viewed here.

TPR Branded 'Militant and Extremist'

March 20, 2000--Websense, Inc., U.S.-based Internet security company, has branded The Paumanok Review "Militant and Extremist." According to their definition, the label is consistent with a site which contains "information on militia operations, terrorist activity, war, riots, rebellion groups . . ." or which "advocates violence to overthrow government." When questioned regarding the rating, Websense declined to comment. The company, formerly Netpartners Internet Solutions, calls itself "The Global Leader in Internet Filtering" and has over 5,000 corporate users including Hershey Foods Corporation, General Motors, IBM and Compaq Computer. Websense says it is involved with 40 percent of Fortune 500 companies. The Paumanok Review is hosted by The Etext Archives, a free speech publications server with ties to the University of Michigan. In addition to literary magazines, Etext also contains personal zines, religious and political papers, and stories and plays uploaded by users. Etext is likewise classified as "Militant and Extremist." There has been no word on whether Websense is willing to index Geocities, Xoom or Tripod in a similar manner based on information contained on user pages.

UPDATE: As of April 25, 2000 Websense has removed the Militant/Extreme designation and replaced it with "Arts & Humanities."

TPR #2 Literary E-zine

April 9, 2000--Users of infojump.com, a national newspaper and publications database, have ranked The Paumanok Review second out of a field of 364 online literary magazines. The publications, which include such heavyweights as Ploughshares and PIF, are rated between one and five in terms of overall quality. Thusfar, TPR has yielded an average score of 4.12. The Paumanok Review has been as high as number 13 on the "Users Top 100", a list of the highest rated magazines of the more than 4,000 publications in 40 categories which infojump contains. Infojump also offers review and subscription services. Visit the site to rate your favorite--or not-so-favorite--publications.

Promotional Movie Planned

A Quicktime movie highlighting some of TPR's contributors and accomplishments is planned for release with the Autumn, 2000 edition. This one to two minute "commercial" will contain pictures and video of contributors and readers and voice files of contributors reading from their works. The effort will be part of a larger multimedia press kit used to promote TPR on the Internet, as well as a backdoor to the site. Your help is needed to make sure this project meets TPR's standard of quality. If you are passionate about the magazine or the work of one of its contributors, of if you would like your work or image featured, please send your short excerpt to the editor. Especally needed are voice recordings of your thoughts about the magazine. Make sure your contribution is in a Macintosh-readable or Internet standard (MP3, MPEG, .WAV, JPEG, Quicktime, etc.) format and is digitally alterable. As always, contributors will receive "galleys" of the project before it is released to the public in order that they may make corrections and suggest changes.

 
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