THE VOLTA is a multimedia project of poetry, criticism, poetics, video, conversation (audio), and interview (text).
General queries may be sent to:
thevoltaeditors |at| gmail |dot| com
As of January 1, 2012, THE VOLTA is home to the following:
ARROYO CHICO is a weekly column of writers reading from their work in the Arroyo Chico Wash in Tucson, Arizona.
THE CONVERSANT is an organ of conversation and interview edited by Andy Fitch & Christopher Schmidt.
Inspired by a piece of Ian Hamilton Finlay's, EVENING WILL COME is a journal of prose writing, often by poets on the how, what, and why of their writing. Founded in 2010, new issues appear on the first day of each month. You may visit the site here, and queries about submissions may be sent to:
eveningwillcome |at| gmail |dot| com
In Review presents new reviews of poetry each month. More information about In Review can be found here. You can also contact our head In Review editor, Noah Eli Gordon, at:
noaheligordon |at| hotmail |dot| com
HEIR APPARENT is a monthly column featuring a single long poem or poems in series by one poet.
MEDIUM is our video column and journal, where new videos of writers appear each Friday. For inquiries or suggestions, please write to the editors at
thevoltamedium |at| gmail |dot| com
For more information, please go here.
If you have NEWS items of interest (e.g., new books, chapbooks, journals, reading tours, etc.), please write to:
thevoltanews |at| gmail |dot| com
for consideration. Our poetry-related news items are updated daily and can be found here.
THE PLEISTOCENE is a monthly journal of audio conversations with writers, recorded live in Tucson, AZ.
Also inspired by a piece of Ian Hamilton Finlay's, THEY WILL SEW THE BLUE SAIL is a monthly journal of poetry, featuring a single poem by each of three poets per issue. New issues appear on the first of each month, and more information about submissions is available here. The poetry editors may be contacted at:
theywillsewthebluesail |at| gmail |dot| com
Tremolo features a single interview with a poet, with new issues also appearing on the first day of each month. More information can be found here. Queries related to interviews may be sent to the interview editors at:
thevoltatremolo |at| gmail |dot| com
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THE VOLTA was founded in Tucson, Arizona on December 11, 2011 by Sara Renee Marshall and Joshua Marie Wilkinson. It went live on Sunday January 1st, 2012.
The site was designed by JMW with help from ZulaufDesign.
If you are interested in contributing in some way to THE VOLTA, you may contact us at:
thevoltaeditors |at| gmail |dot| com
Thank you for your visit.
Submitting Reviews for Consideration:
The Volta is open to considering reviews. Please note that we take an active role as editors. Reviews should run from 500 to 3,000 words. As we plan our features well in advance, please query our head reviews editor here:
noaheligordon |at| hotmail |dot| com
And please CC:
thevoltareviews |at| gmail |dot| com