VOLUME 2 - 2007-2008

ABOUT US

Saw Palm is published once yearly by the M.F.A. Creative Writing program at the University of South Florida. We publish work by Florida writers and artists, and by those outside the state whose work concerns itself with Florida. We're interested in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art, photography, interviews, reviews of books and films and other things, as well as pieces for our two occasional series, Places to Stand in Florida and Insane Anecdotes from Florida History. Our reading period is August 1 to October 15 each year; work received outside those dates will not be read. We prefer to receive submissions by email. Please send text files in the body of your email and include a brief bio. Art and photography submissions may be attached as jpg files.

Poetry: Please send no more than five poems per reading period.
Fiction: No page limit, though we prefer work under 6000 words. Send only one story per reading period unless you have several related short-shorts.
Creative Nonfiction: No page limit, though we prefer work under 6000 words.
Art/Photography: Please send file attachments (jpg) or links to a portfolio on your website.
Interviews: We're especially interested in interviews of Florida writers and artists, though we're open to almost any Florida-related subject. Please query us first.
Reviews: We are open to all kinds of reviews. No page limit, though we prefer reviews under 6000 words. Please query us first.
Places to Stand in Florida: This series will begin with our third issue in the fall of 2008. Tell us what it's like to stand at a particular place in Florida at a particular time of day. While we prefer the unusual, locations should be public and accessible. Pieces should be approximately 500 words. Please include GPS coordinates.
Insane Anecdotes from Florida History: This series will begin with our third issue in the fall of 2008. Please disturb our readers with Florida historical anecdotes that are creepy, violent, unjust, corrupt, tragic, or ironic, preferably in a uniquely Florida way. Pieces should be approximately 500 words and written for a general, non-academic audience.

Send submissions and all correspondence to sawpalm@cas.usf.edu. Response time varies from 1-4 months.

Send regular mail submissions to
Saw Palm
c/o Jay Hopler
Department of English CPR 107
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Ave.
Tampa, FL 33620

Our staff changes yearly. Here is the 2007 staff:

Editor:
Daniele Pantano is a poet, translator, and editor. He was born in Langenthal, Switzerland, of Sicilian and German parentage. His individual poems, essays, and reviews, as well as his translations from the German by Friedrich Dürrenmatt and Georg Trakl, have appeared or are forthcoming in numerous journals and anthologies in Europe, Asia, and the United States, including Absinthe: New European Writing, The Adirondack Review, ARCH, The Baltimore Review, The Book of Hopes and Dreams (Bluechrome 2006), Gradiva: International Journal of Italian Poetry, Italian Americana, The Mailer Review, Poetry International, 32 Poems Magazine, Poetic Voices Without Borders (Gival Press 2005), and Style. Pantano is also the editor of Saw Palm: Florida Literature and Art and the Co-Editor of Härter, a prominent German literary magazine. His next book, The Possible is Monstrous: Selected Poems by Friedrich Dürrenmatt (Black Lawrence Press) will be published in 2008. Pantano currently divides his time between Switzerland and the United States, where he teaches Creative Writing at the University of South Florida and, as the Visiting Poet-in-Residence, at Florida Southern College; however, as the newly appointed Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Edge Hill University, England, Pantano will return permanently to Europe in 2008.

Poetry Editor:
Daniel Purificato teaches Composition at the University of South Florida. His poetry has won the Karen Pelz Memorial Award. He is currently seeking an M.F.A. degree at the University of South Florida.

Fiction Editor:
Josef Benson is a Ph.D. literature student at the University of South Florida. He holds creative writing degrees from Missouri state and USF.

Nonfiction Editor:
Danita Berg is a Professor of Creative Writing and Rhetoric at Eckerd College and is finishing her doctoral work at USF. Her fiction has appeared in Redivider, Florida English, and Invisible Insurrection, among other journals. She is the recipient of The Joseph Bentley Teaching Fellowship for excellence in writing instruction and the Florida Suncoast Writers Conference Award for Fiction. She is currently at work on a novel.
Kimberly Jones graduated with honors from the Boston University School of Law and the University of Florida. She is a graduate certificate student at USF. Her poetry was selected as the winner of the 2007 Prints and Poems event. She has worked on numerous newspapers and literary magazines, and hopes to one day open a rare book store on her own private island.

Editorial Staff:
Jason J. Campbell is a Ph.D. candidate majoring in philosophy. His research interests include genocide, the problem of evil, violence, gender and sexuality, Afro-Caribbean studies, and topics on globalization. He is married with two children.

Book Review and Web Editor:
Deborah McLeod is a Ph.D. student at the University of South Florida, studying literature and film. She has a review currently appearing in The CEA Forum (Winter/Spring 2007).

Assistant Web Editor:
Liz Kicak received her bachelor's degree in creative writing from USF in 2005. She will begin her M.F.A. in poetry this fall.

Advisory Editor:
Jay Hopler