Cover by Richard Holt Spineless Wonders will soon release its annual anthology of microliterature. Co-editors, Kirsten Tranter and Linda Godfrey spoke to The Column about how this year’s Out of Place theme came about, what they were looking for from contributors and about some of the pieces they have included. Here’s what they said: Throwing … Read More
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Kirsten Tranter: Flashing the Square
In the first of our interview series with contributors to Flashing the Square, an anthology of microfiction and prose poems, we interview Berkeley-based Australian author, Kirsten Tranter. 1. What inspired you to write the prose poem/microfiction which will appear in Flashing the Square? Turing Test Study Guide was inspired by thinking about the Turing Test, … Read More
Writing to the Edge with Jude Bridge
1. What inspired you to write the prose poem/microfiction which will appear in Writing To The Edge? My story reflects the ubiquity, ridiculousness and dehumanising nature of e-communication. I work with a multi-function device (a machine that used to be called a photocopier before it got a PhD) several days a week and find little … Read More
Writing to the Edge with Stevi-Lee Alver
1. What inspired you to write the prose poem/microfiction which will appear in Writing To The Edge? It was during an experimental writing class that I fell in love with Gertrude Stein. ‘A Pound of History: after Gertrude Stein’, as the name suggests, pays homage to Stein and, in particular, to her prose poem Tender … Read More
joanne burns Award results
From judge, Shady Cosgrove: Maybe great writing happens when readers understand themselves in the global. All of the winning entries were about Australia’s place in the world or the world’s place in Australia. It’s hard to pull off characters that are both personal and universal – but that was the core strength of these three … Read More
Stoned Crow: Peter Lach-Newinsky
1. What inspired you to write the prose poem/microfiction which is published in Stoned Crows & other Australian icons? The three parts of the poem iconostasis were written at different periods and put together under the ‘three doors’ idea for this publication. The last part was written in a café in Katoomba a few years … Read More
Stoned Crow: Dael Allison
1. What inspired you to write the prose poem/microfiction which is published in Stoned Crows & other Australian icons? I did a Masters of Creative Arts at UTS in 2010/11 and my focus was the great traveler and modernist artist Ian Fairweather (1891-1974). I planned to base a volume of poems on aspects of his … Read More
The joanne burns Award
As the only publisher of an annual Australian book of prose poems and microfiction, SPINELESS WONDERS is very excited to announce an award named in honour of renowned experimental poet, joanne burns. About joanne burns joanne burns writes poetry [including prose poems], monologues, and short futurist fictions or farables. She has been writing prose poems … Read More