Year in Review

We are pleased to have published the work of sixty poets and writers in our 3 issues of The Fox Chase Review  presented during 2011. Established and emerging artists fill the pages from various disciplines in the worlds of poetry and prose without geographic limitations. Five have been nominated for a Puschart Prize. The Winter/Spring 2012 edition will be released in January of 2012.

    The Fox Chase Reading Series sponsored eleven events in 2011 featuring twenty five poets and numerous open mic readers in Fox Chase at Ryerss Museum and Library, our two outdoor summer events and the book launch of  Images of Being by our poetry editor, Diane Sahms-Guarnieri. The Featured Poet Series moved to Ryerss in February 2011 and we are grateful to the support of the staff of Ryerss.

We look forward to 2012 anticipating the publishing of three editions of The Fox Chase Review and featuring sixteen poets at our reading series at Ryerss. The continued increase in readership of the review and attendance at our reading series continues to inspire us to bring you quality poetry and prose. We hope you continue to enjoy the review and come out to the reading series.

Please join us when we kick off the 2012 reading series: Cohen-Buccino on January 29th

All the best in the New Year

The Editors

2011 Puschart Nominations

2011 Pushcart Nominations:

True Flies by Amy Burns – Winter/Spring 2011 Edition of The Fox Chase Review

Diurnal by Lisa Lewis – Winter/Spring 2011 Edition of The Fox Chase Review

Apple Girl by J. V. Forester- Summer 2011 Edition of The Fox Chase Review

Mexico by Robert Hambing Davis – Summer 2011 Edition of The Fox Chase Review

The Children’s Magical Garden by Amy Bergen- Autumn/Winter 2011 Edition of The Fox Chase Review

Plight/Tulip by Kirsten Kaschock – Autumn/Winter 2011 Edition of The Fox Chase Review

You can find links to these poems and stories in the achieves of The Fox Chase Review at this link: Past Issues

2010 in Review

THE FOX CHASE REVIEW

The FCR continues to expand its readership and the grade of excellence of its published poets and writers. We have been faithful to our mission in providing our readers with a mixture of poetic voices under the guidance of our Poetry Editor, Diane Sahms-Guarnieri.  In 2010, we published three editions and remain committed to releasing three editions a year.  Our expanded fiction section has been well received and we will continue to expand under the guidance of our Fiction Editor, O.L. Barnes. 

The FCR focuses on the literary promotion of our published poets and writers.  Our Web Designer, SR Moser, has developed a sleek format to facilitate this endeavor by taking our readers straight to our writers’ work, without the bells and whistles that distract from the literary content.   January 2011 will mark the release of our ninth edition. 

This is the third year that The FCR has nominated poets/writers for The Pushcart.  We hope to crack this ceiling with an award sometime in the future. In addition, we are researching other avenues to promote the poets and writers that we publish. This year has marked a change in our submission policy.  Poets and writers can query The FCR and request an invitation to submit.  We look forward to 2011.

THE FOX CHASE READING SERIES includes the following venues:

1. Featured Poets Series: This series has completed its third season at 3 Sisters Corner Café, 7950 Oxford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA. This intimate cafe has a great vibe.  Our two featured poets per month came from our city and from across the United States. The featured poets are follwed by an open mic.  The café changed ownership during 2010; however, the new owners remain committed to the reading series. So if you can, come out and support the venue and the poets who read here.
2. 2^nd Tuesdays Poetry Open Mic: This series entered its second season in 2010. Tough economic times forced the closing of our venue and after finding a temporary home, we decided to go on hiatus in the spring of 2010. We are pleased to announce that in December of 2010, this popular series returned to The Hop Angel Brauhaus, 7980 Oxford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA. The quality of established and emerging poets who read in this series is simply amazing. Depending on the crowd size, each poet is permitted ten minutes to read their poetry.  We thank The Hop Angel for bringing us back onboard and for their commitment to the arts in Fox Chase.  The Brauhaus has a great menu and drink selection. We are looking forward to an outstanding season in 2011.
3. Poets in the Park: 2010 marked our first outdoor poetry reading in Lions Park, 7900 Oxford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA.  The reading was held July 31^st , a warm summer evening. The five poets who read provided this well attended event with excellent poetry.   Special thanks to The Northeast Lions and The Rockledge/Fox Chase Business Association who maintain this beautiful park in the heart of Fox Chase.  Poets in the Park will return on July 16, 2011.  Six poets will read from the gazebo in the park.
4. Poets on the Porch: 2010 also marked our first reading on the porch of The Historic Ryerss Museum and Library, 7370 Central Avenue, Philadelphia, PA.   The reading was held on August 20^th with an electric atmosphere. The seven poets who read were well received and a great time was had by all. Special thanks to the staff of Ryerss Museum and Library for the use of their beautiful outdoor facility. Poets on the Porch will return on August 20, 2011, with seven poets reading on the porch.

You can find out who is reading at our venues by visiting the ninth edition of The Fox Chase Review that will be released in January 2011 and by visiting our blog at this link: Fox Chase Reading Series 2011 Schedule

THE BLOG

The Fox Chase Reading Series Blog was originally created to compliment The Fox Chase Review and The Fox Chase Reading Series. In 2010 we were able to expand to book reviews by our staff, Diane Sahms- Guarnieri, Rodger Lowenthal, Alfred Hayes and Charles Loudon. In addition, we promote books that come to our attention by poets/writers who are published in FCR and highlight literary links of interest.  2010 marked the departure of Charles Loudon who moved on to other adventures.  If you have a review you believe the FCRS blog would have an interest in please submit it to foxchasereadingseries@yahoo.com for consideration.

ON THE HOME FRONT

g emil reutter had his eighth release, Carvings, published in November 2010 and we have created a blog in support of the release. For information on Carvings please visit: http://gereutter.wordpress.com/

Diane Sahms-Guarnieri , our poetry editor, will release Images of Being, a full-length poetry collection in October 2011. We will keep you updated.

SR Moser continues to write, garden in the pacific northwest while exploring her art of photography.

Rodger Lowenthal continues to publish book reviews and poetry in the small press. Rodger is looking forward to finding a home for his manuscript in 2011.

Alfred Hayes has fled the winter months in Burholme and is traveling throughout the southwest on his Harley, where he will visit with Charles Loudon in New Mexico. We look forward to his return, unless Charles keeps him out west!

CONCLUSION

Ron Silliman has named us The Fox Chase Collective. Truly, that is what we are. A collective dedicated to the promotion of the written word on- line and the spoken word in performance.  The road has been bumpy and full of surprises. We wish the venues that support our reading series great success in 2011.  We hope our readers of The Fox Chase Review continue to enjoy the poets and writers that we bring to them.   Special thanks to Frank Wilson – The Books Inq. Blog; Ron Silliman; Anthony Buccino – The New Jersey Poetry Blog;  Nathalie Anderson –promoter of  literary events in Southeastern Pennsylvania;  local newspapers and various websites for including a number of FCR and  FCRS events on their blogs and announcements.

We have grown over the last three years and look forward to continued growth in 2011. 

The Fox Chase Collective 

2011 Pushcart Nominations- The Fox Chase Review

We are pleased to announce our nominations for The Pushcart Prize. Nominees were selected from the 3 editions of The Fox Chase Review published in 2010.

NOMINATIONS:

POETRY:

Burning House by Ocean Vuong published in the Summer 2010 edition and can be read at this link: 2010 SU 

Blaze by D.B. Cox published in the Summer 2010 edition and can be read at this link: 2010 SU 

Tempted by April Lindner published the Autumn/Winter 2010 edition and can be read at this link: 2010 AW 

Second Hand Unicorns by John Dorsey published in the Summer 2010 edition and can be read at this link: 2010 SU   

 FICTION: 

Just a Job by Alice Wootson published in the Winter/Spring 2010 edition and can be read at this link:  2010 WS     

I am Joy by A. Igoni Barrett published in the Autumn/Winter 2010 edition and can be read at this link:  2010 AW   

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The Editors

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Fox Chase Review Nominees for the Pushcart Prize

The Fox Chase Review is pleased to announce the following nominations for the Pushcart Prize. 

Sin by Louis McKee – http://www.foxchasereview.org/09AW/05-LMcKee.html

Urban Frost by Mike Cohen – http://www.foxchasereview.org/09AW/13-MCohen.html

The She-Bat by Lynn Levin – http://www.foxchasereview.org/09AW/01-LLevin.html

40th Birthday Poem by A.D. Winans – http://www.foxchasereview.org/09WS/11-ADWinans.html

For Etheridge Knight (1931- March, 1991) by Jeffrey Ethan Lee – http://www.foxchasereview.org/09AW/06-JELee.html

Empty Chairs by Maria Lisella – http://www.foxchasereview.org/09AW/27-MLisella.html

 

Fox Chase Review Nominates Poets For Pushcart Prize

The Fox Chase Review has nominated the following Poets for the Pushcart Prize :

1. Diane Sahms-Guarnieri  

- “Hunger”

2 Vincent Quatroche            

 - “Henry, Robinson and Prufrock”

3. Justin Vitiello

- “To the Huichol Nation”

4. Louis McKee 

 - “Crying Out”

5.  Amy King

- “The White of Sacre Coeur Against a Blue Parisian Sky”

6. J.C. Todd         

- “In Absentia”

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