Publications
I am thrilled to have been named a finalist in The Tishman Review's 2016 Edna St. Vincent Millay Poetry Prize...and to also have the chance to contribute to the new issue with my first published "Golden Shovel" poem.
My poems (and whole review) can be read online in the TTR 3.1 issue.
8-West Press aims to give space to those who find a sense of belonging in writing. I am happy to announce that my prose poem "Modern Love Story" is Poem of the Day over at 8-West Press!
https://8-westpress.com/2016/12/16/artwork-by-stephen-mead-modern-love-story-by-adrian-potter/
Opossum is a new literary magazine animated by music. Big thanks to Opossum for including my poem "The Gospel According to James Brown" in the inaugural issue and on the accompanying record. It is awesome to hear myself on vinyl!
Subprimal Poetry Art was founded in 2013 to provide a community for quality thought provoking poetry and other art.
Big thanks to Subprimal Poetry Art for featuring my prose poem “Sanctuary” (with audio!) in their Issue 7.
https://subprimal.com/issues/issue7/sanctuary-by-adrian-s-potter
Big thanks to The Tishman Review for including my poem "Postlude" amongst their nominees for the Best of the Net Anthology, a project of Sundress Publications.
Check out the full list of nominees and read their words: www.thetishmanreview.com
A portmanteau is a word formed by the merging of sounds and meanings of two different words. Switched-on-Gutenberg has published my poem dedicated to these faux words - “Reporting Live from Portmanteaupia” – in its Issue 23.
Switched-on Gutenberg: A Global Poetry Journal has been e-publishing the best poetry it can find since 1995. This is the fourth time they’ve published my work, and I definitely appreciate the chance to contribute again…but those who know me know this is all a ploy to get something legitimately published with the word “incognegro” in it…
Panopoly is an online literary zine that features “a wide-ranging and impressive array of writing.”
My piece “It Is What It Is” is among the works included in Issue 4. If you have a chance, check out this poem/rant that was inspired by an old school rapper…
Birch Gang Review is an online literary magazine of poetry, fiction and photography/artwork that features new and established writers and artists of all backgrounds.
I’m excited to announce that my prose poem titled “An Algorithm for Grieving” has been published online in Birch Gang Review. Check it out if you get a chance…
http://www.birchgang.org/issue-1-2/an-algorithm-for-grieving/
A Quiet Courage is an online literary journal that publishes compelling, poignant, memorable, and well-written microfiction and poetry in 100 words or less. I am happy to announce that three of my microfiction pieces – Cabin Fever, Migrations, and Hopeless – have been published online in A Quiet Courage. Check them out if you get the chance.
https://aquietcourage.wordpress.com/2016/05/14/cabin-fever/
Volume 2, Issue 2 of the literary journal The Tishman Review is available for purchase. Among the works included in this issue is my poem “Postlude.”
I appreciate the opportunity to contribute to The TIshman Review and I am looking forward to reading this edition from cover to cover.
I just received my copy of Obsidian 41.1 & 41.2 and it looks like it will be a great read.
Obsidian is a premier peer reviewed journal of African and African Diasporic arts and letters published at the Illinois State University Publications Unit.
Thanks to Obsidian Magazine for including my poem “For the Tattooed Woman at Lefty’s Tap” in this issue. Appreciate the support and chance to contribute.
I’m happy to announce that I have two poems included in the Issue #2 of Portage Magazine, an online literary journal run and edited by undergraduate students of Carroll University.
Portage publishes literary writing, art, music, film, and cultural commentary from the upper Midwest. Thanks to the editorial staff for the chance to contribute.
If you get a chance, check out “Is This Heaven?” and “Cabin Fever” at: https://portagemagazine.org/adrian-potter/
I took a little time off to retool and refine things on this website. Hope you like the upgrades.
But I didn’t completely stop blogging. Head over to the North American Review’s blog to see my guest post there. You’ll get a chance to check out my poem “How to Keep It Real When Everything Has Gone Wrong” that appeared in Issue 301.1 of NAR, as well as read notes on the development of that poem and about my creative process in general.
The Winter 2016 issue of the North American Review is now out.
North American Review (NAR) is the oldest and one of the most culturally significant literary magazines in the United States. Past contributors include important nineteenth-century American writers and thinkers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, Edith Wharton, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman; and twentieth-century writers like William Carlos Williams, John Steinbeck, Thomas Wolfe, William Saroyan, and Flannery O’Connor.
And now add to the list…little old insignificant me. My poem “How to Keep It Real When Everything Has Gone Wrong” appears in the Winter 2016 issue. This issue features a host of excellent poets and writers such as Patricia Spears Jones, Traci Brimhall, Zakia Henderson Brown, and many others. The visual art in the issue is impressive as well.
I can’t deny it – it feels cool to have work in the first American literary magazine. A big thanks goes to guest editor Metta Sáma who deemed my poem worthy of being in NAR. Much appreciated.
Volume 2, Issue 3 of the literary journal Hartskill Review is available for purchase. Hartskill Review is dedicated to publishing contemporary poetry crafted with thoughtfulness and care. It also contains reviews of poetry collections and chapbooks.
Among the works included in this issue are my poems “Craigslist” and “Entry from an Insomniac’s Dream Book.” I really appreciate the chance to contribute. Thanks to editor Joshua Hjalmer Lind for deeming my work worthy of publication.
If you get a chance, please check out “An Incomplete Understanding of Love, With Footnotes” and “About This Poem” at: http://www.jetfuelreview.com/adrian-potter-fall-2015.html
Volume 13 of the literary journal Kansas City Voices is available for purchase. Kansas City Voices’ mission is to support artists and inspire new voices to contribute to the growing cultural conversation. They publish an annual eclectic mix of fiction, essays, interviews, articles, poetry, and art.
Among the works included in Volume 13 is my prose poem “No Black People Were Harmed in the Making of this Poem,” a poem touching on past and present day atrocities that America has inflicted on African-Americans. This is my second appearance in this journal, and I appreciate the chance to contribute. Thanks to editor Jessica Conoley and the staff at Kansas City Voices for deeming my work worthy of publication.
I just found out that Issue 22 of Switched-on-Gutenberg is now on-line at http://www.switched-ongutenberg.org. The issue features poems on the theme of “Excuses.”
My prose poem “A Partial Inventory of Personal Excuses” has been included in this issue, along with awesome work from a plethora of talented writers. Check it out.
I wanted to mention that my poem "On the Occasion of My Untimely Demise" has been published in this year’s volume of The Talking Stick. I was also blessed that this piece won first prize in the poetry category this year. Many thanks to the staff of The Talking Stick and also to judge Laura Hansen for this treasured opportunity.
Published by The Jackpine Writers’ Bloc, The Talking Stick is a Minnesotan collaboration of poetry, creative nonfiction and fiction and awards a cash prize in each category. It is written and entirely produced by writers who at least have close ties to Minnesota.
Also included in this volume of The Talking Stick is my short story called "Brandy and Merlot." I'm proud of this piece because it's a big departure from what I usually do in fiction. The story is primarily dialogue driven and is much quirkier than my usual...especially since it features a talking pet as a major character.
I had the wonderful opportunity to attend The Talking Stick 24 book release party on September 19, 2015 near Park Rapids, MN. I enjoyed the energy of the sixty or so people there and the chance to read my prizewinning poem, as well as listen to all the great work of the diverse contributors to the journal.
It doesn’t look like Volume 24 is available yet for purchase online, but it will likely be soon. If you are looking for a good read, it would be worth checking out.
This is something of interest for writers of all genres who are looking for venues for publication. Check out this informative essay on the future of university based quarterly lit mags on the Inside Higher Ed site. Warning - this is not the most uplifting take on this subject.
https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2015/02/16/essay-future-university-based-literary-quarterlies