Sonnetist

15/03/2025

SONNET, a journal of poetry, is the official Journal of the Stanford World Poetry Alliance

SONNET, Volume One, The Early Italian Sonnet, is back in print and arriving in August 2025. To all those amazing poets and writers who contributed to this first volume, we extend our heartfelt thanks and congratulations. We thank particularly:
Ruth Asch, Raymond Clarke, Roman James Hoffman, Clinton Inman, Charlotte Kennedy, Joan Klaus, Kelly McGowan, Cate Millican, Catherine Shilka, Carole Sanderson Streeter, and Jennifer Visick.

Please contact me, Dr. Barbara L. Prescott, at [email protected] or through FB messages, with any questions regarding subscriptions, submissions, comments, or to make sure we have your current mailing address, particularly if you are a contributor to this edition of SONNET.

We extend our heartfelt appreciation to everyone who helped us toward the realization of this first volume of SONNET, which is now in its second printing, 2025.

26/02/2024

Good News for our poetry and sonnet enthusiasts! Our first issue of SONNET 2018 titled, The Early Italian Sonnet, has been approved for publication as an open access journal. Stay tuned for the link which should be available by the summer of 2024, as we translate the journal for online access. Thanks,everyone, for your support and encouragement in making SONNET accessible to a larger readership.

11/02/2024

Clearest image ever taken of Pluto.

07/09/2023

Donne's "Holy Sonnets" demonstrate poetic structure's ability to build tension and release. Some scientists believe that this structure enables a rush of dopamine as we consume poetry.

—Alisha Isherwood, September guest editor for . https://bit.ly/3YUomOQ"

23/04/2023

Happy Birthday Shakespeare 🎉🎉🎉

(You don't look a day over 459!) 😉

It's the big man's birthday! Here are (some of) the ways you can join in William Shakespeare's birthday party.

25/08/2022

Sonnetists are such rebels.

https://daily.jstor.org/the-heretical-origins-of-the-sonnet/?fbclid=IwAR3GJm8C5Dh-zEIhWIRugZuwpsXTKT0eJG3-RZvslrU9XevPKjEBDDOIq8U

The lyrical poetic form’s origins can be traced back earlier than Petrarch.

03/08/2020

I used to find the work of contemporary poets intimidating and inaccessible. Now it makes up 20% of my reading. Here's how that happened.

25/07/2020

Mnemosyne: Sonnets of Lost Time is complete. I just wrote the final sonnet in this collection and will try to resist the temptation to change their order or to revise. Usually, one’s first decision is the best (well, usually). Inscribed and dedicated to my godmother, Emily Ryll, who loved all things classical. I am happy. Will celebrate tonight. 🥂

24/06/2020

Dante was a Medieval Italian poet and philosopher whose poetic trilogy, 'The Divine Comedy,' made an indelible impression on both literature and theology.

25/11/2019

25/11/2019

25/11/2019

Greetings, Everyone! I've had several questions about the publication date of SONNET, Volume II. The journal's editorial board has voted to change the journal from annual to biennial, meaning that the second volume will come out in 2020 and, afterward, the journal will be published every second year: 2020, 2022, 2024, and so on.

We've taken this action for a variety of reasons, but primarily due to time constraints in the publication schedule. We simply need more time to write and publish this excellent journal. The good news is that we are extending the submission deadline to June 30, 2020 in order to accept poetry, short stories, book & article reviews, research, and personal response pieces. We've had several requests for deadline extension and now are happy to announce that we can do so.

Volume II of SONNET is titled, "The Sonnets of Dante" and all Dante-themed work and reviews are welcome. So be of good cheer, poetry friends. The journal will come out in 2020 (a very unique year) for your reading pleasure. The work submitted thus far is of wonderful quality, and we extend a further invitation to join the journal family with your own submissions and poetry!
Best,
Barb & the Editorial Board of SONNET