Every now and again I come across an ezine that just blows me away. It doesn't have to be the looks or the layout that grabs my undivided attention, not that those attributes don't help keep me focused, but it is the content, the "meat" in the centre of the sandwich so to speak, that makes me want to bite deeper and deeper into the zine until there is nothing left to feast upon, and you are left with that deep feeling of satisfaction, of having been somewhere that really mattered. The Melic Review is this type of zine. It has depth. Layers and layers that unfold before you, grabbing your attention and holding it right through to the last word. The Melic Review is a DiVinci in a room full of paint by numbers. Not only does it have the content but it has the looks to go with it. Crisp, clean and classy, the Melic Review is a top drawer zine.
Submissions:
The Melic Review has an excellent page outlining their submissions guidelines. You can view these at: http://www.melicreview.com/about/submit....
From the Editors:
The Melic Review was born in the Spring of 1998. Almost four years later it's still going strong, with over 15,000 visitors per month (though these figures are falsely inflated by the fact that 80% of said visitors log on to our poetry and discussion workshops rather than the magazine itself; yet we consider our workshops an important part of the magazine). We have no banners because we refused to censor our material to suit prospective advertisers.
We are supported by donations. Staff is made up of unpaid volunteers save the webmaster, who is paid less than he deserves. In other words, Melic is a labor of love.
Our goal all along has been to put out a literary e-zine equal to some of the vaunted print journals. In December we plan to release our first anthology in print: The Melic Review: Three Years Online. We hope it will prove the equal of other literary journals normally found in bookstores.
The Editor's philosophy can be easily accessed in Melic's archives through the critical essays he has written specifically for the magazine (many of these have been re-published elsewhere).
Melic, in Greek, means "to be sung," but we have also created an acronym from the word:
Meaning
Economy
Lyricism
Innovation
Clarity
These are the qualities we prize in poetry, essays, and fiction. We do not pay contributors except by exposure.
The Editors, Melic Review
About the Editor's Work:
C.E. Chaffin edits The Melic Review ( http://www.melicreview.com ), from which he also teaches an intensive one-on-one online poetry tutorial for a fee. Much free help is also available at the very popular Melic
