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In Our Current Issue
"Here's Johnny" by Kathy Elrick
also featuring work by. . .
Kevin McKenzie/Christine Andrelczyk
Welcome
Euphemism is edited by undergraduate and graduate students at Illinois State University. We accept innovative poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, visual art, spoken word, experimental sound and video projects and original music from ISU students and from any and all writers/singers/musicians/artists/directors who send submissions. We welcome all lovers of words, sounds, ideas, images, and creativity.
Announcements
Our Submission period is closed for the 2008-2009 academic year. We will begin accepting submissions for the Fall 2009 issue in August 2009.
It is our pleasure to announce the winners of the first annual Poetry Radio/Euphemism contest! Please click on the poems titles to read the work and see blurbs from contest judge C.S. Giscombe. Click on Poetry Radio to hear them read their work and learn more about Poetry Radio.
1st Prive -- Josh Fisher for The Me Ran Away From I
2nd Prize-- Jeff Hyde for Words Waiting for a Place
2st Prize -- Kevin McKenzie for 12:15 and Anonymity Perishes
Thanks to WGLT Poetry Radio program editors Kirstin Hotelling Zona and Bill Morgan and program producer Bruce Bergethon for their support of the contest.
If you are interested in joining the Euphemism staff, please contact us at euphemism@ilstu.edu.
Euphemism Campus Box 5555 Illinois State University Normal, IL 61790