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Synchronized Chaos Magazine Interdisciplinary art, literature, science, culture, travel journal. Online museum curating the of the times. Published monthly since 2008.

Our title comes from the mathematical concept of chaos theory - the study of whether we can find order in systems which seem to be random at first glance, whether anything in nature can be proved to be truly random or whether some systems just seem that way because we don't know enough about the initial conditions. This is a social experiment and a fun way to stay coherent without limiting our con

tributors' creativity or having to turn away excellent work because it isn't a fit. This is a way to help the aspiring artists we constantly meet to get their names out there and spotlight some excellent work which should have an audience but the artists don't have time or enough of a network to go through the publication process. And to give people committed to worthwhile causes a way to speak out or to use their personal experiences to educate others. We're about relationship and shared brainstorming here at Synchronized Chaos, and we seek to build continuing, collaborative relationships between our editors and contributors and among the contributors themselves. It's about building a committed group of people working together to promote and enhance beauty, inclusion, and the broadening of our horizons - to enrich all of our experiences and encourage creative solutions to challenges facing modern society. Everyone's invited to submit (and everything has been and will be accepted, unless it's obscene or hateful with no redeeming artistic value. To quote a professor at Stanford University...we must not shut any speech down. Even bad speech can be better conquered with more and better speech). If you are interested please send a submission via email anytime to [email protected] with "Synchronized Chaos" in the subject line and it will appear in the next issue along with your artist's statement or anything else you would like to say. Also, we provide a spotlight/interview every issue with a person or group who's doing some interesting work that makes a difference. Any creative new approach to business (i.e. the Virunga Artisans), to science, to community service, to art/media, to social justice and the environment, or anything else. We're planning to spotlight indie movie projects, innovative community groups, artistic cooperatives, etc so please let us know if you have a group we should cover. Thanks for all your help and love and patience with us during the creative journey :)

Synchronized Chaos' second July issue is out: "Like a Flowing River."
17/07/2024

Synchronized Chaos' second July issue is out: "Like a Flowing River."

Image c/o Petr Kratochvil Our regular contributor, prose writer Jim Meirose, invites Synchronized Chaos readers to review his two upcoming books. He will send PDFs to people who will provide at least 50-75 word blurbs in their blogs or on Amazon/Goodreads. About his books: Audio Bookies (Being publi...

Synchronized Chaos' second June issue is out, "Life, Love, and Death!" https://synchchaos.com/synchronized-chaos-second-...
15/06/2024

Synchronized Chaos' second June issue is out, "Life, Love, and Death!" https://synchchaos.com/synchronized-chaos-second-june-issue-2024-tba/

Wishing an amazing Father's Day to so many great Dads out there! We see you and love you.

Image c/o Chris Webber We wish a very happy Father's Day to everyone who will celebrate this month! Creativity is an act of fathering, of providing, protecting, nurturing, and raising, as much as birthing works. Also, at the request of many contributors, we are sharing ways writers and artists can l...

Synchronized Chaos' first June issue is out: "Remember Who You Are."
01/06/2024

Synchronized Chaos' first June issue is out: "Remember Who You Are."

First, we at Synchronized Chaos lament the loss of life and cultural institutions in Gaza. Image c/o George Hodan Our contributor Michael Lukas has suggested some literary books by both Jewish and Palestinian authors people can read to better understand the region and the conflict. How to Love Your....

29/05/2024

Ways literary folks can possibly help civilians in Gaza:

Librarians With Palestine has the Matloub (Wanted) project where people from anywhere in the world can choose books off of a website and donate to have them shipped to libraries in the region.

We Are Not Numbers matches up writing mentors who live outside Gaza with Gazan youth who want to tell their stories. They are also looking for venues to repost and reshare the stories.

The Gaza Book Project is an initiative to replace the books in a bookstore that was recently destroyed in the war. They invite people from around the world to donate used books from their personal collections with a letter included about why the book is meaningful to them, with the goal of sparking international connections over literature.

Freelancers in Gaza, founded by a woman from the region, seeks to provide Gazan youths with career mentorship and connections. They're looking for more mentors from around the world to virtually mentor Gazans who share their career paths.

Our new early May issue is out, "Motherhood/Bringing To Life."
02/05/2024

Our new early May issue is out, "Motherhood/Bringing To Life."

Image c/o Vera Kratochvil Happy Mother's Day! This issue celebrates motherhood, parenthood, nurturance, and love. Orzogul Gofurova offers up a sweet poem as a tribute to their mother, while Gulsanam Qurbonova's essay highlights the true dignity of the complex homemaking and family-building work her....

The Hayward Lit Hop has released its full schedule!
20/04/2024

The Hayward Lit Hop has released its full schedule!

Listen to performances by the East Bay Symphonic Band, Mayor Salinas announces Hayward's new poet laureates, followed by poetry from poet laureate candidates.

16/04/2024

Anyone know of someone who'd be good for these panels?

Panel Suggestions from Mugabi Byenkya (virtual panels)

A number of panels at AWP24 started with calls for solidarity towards Palestine, Sudan, Congo, and the Ukraine but I didn't see any Congolese or Sudanese panelists in the panels that I watched. I'd like to propose a panel with Sudanese and Congolese writers. These are countries that were given lip service during AWP 2024 but weren't centered in the same way that Ukrainian voices were.

I'd like to propose a second panel that addresses the disparities of being a writer from the Global South (vs. the Global North), particularly how a lot of writers from the Global South are rendered ineligible for fellowships, residences, or grants that would further our careers due to citizenship. I'd also like to interrogate residences in general and how they privilege wealthy white writers, who can afford to pay for them, while PoC who don't have enough income (like myself) have to compete for competitive fellowship slots that are few and far between and require an extensive list of credentials and accomplishments to get in. I think that an analysis of the literary eco systems that support writers in the Global North - both public and private - vs. in the Global South could make for an interesting panel. We could also include writers in the diaspora who left the Global South for the Global North in search of brighter futures, which is very common, and those who stayed in the Global South to develop their literary eco systems.

Our new mid-April issue is out, "Ebb and Flow."
16/04/2024

Our new mid-April issue is out, "Ebb and Flow."

We encourage everyone in the California area to attend the third annual Hayward Lit Hop on Saturday, April 27th. This is a public festival with different readings from different groups throughout downtown Hayward coinciding with Hayward's choosing a new adult poet laureate, culminating in an afterpa...

The latest issue of THE ASHEVILLE POETRY REVIEW (2023) is now available in time to celebrate National Poetry Month. With...
08/04/2024

The latest issue of THE ASHEVILLE POETRY REVIEW (2023) is now available in time to celebrate National Poetry Month. With POETRY by Paul Allen, Rebecca Baggett, Tina Barr, Joseph Bathanti, Emma Bolden, Bruce Bond, David Bottoms, Bill Brown, Fred Chappell, Wyn Cooper, Rachel Dillon, Richard Harris, Stephen Haven, David Havird, Mike James, Margaret M. Kelly, Stella Vinitchi Radulescu, Doug Ramspeck, Diane Seuss, Robert West, Walt Whitman, Martha Zweig, and many others. SPECIAL FEATURES on David Bottoms by Ernest Suarez, A. E. Stallings by J. W. Bonner, Talisma Nasrin by Keith Kopka, Ross Gay by Bruce Spang. 2023 William Matthews Poetry Prizewinners: Kate DeLay, Rodney Gomez, and Jeanne Wagner. With REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS by George Looney, Michael Simms, Jennifer Franklin, Richard Tillinghast, Michael McFee, Jonathan Minton, Katherine Soniat, Linda Parsons, Kenneth Chamlee, Ed Madden, Mary Makofske, and Sam Barbee, plus much, much more.
To receive your personal copy, please send $15, check or money order, to: Asheville Poetry Review, PO Box 7086, Asheville, NC 28802.

Synchronized Chaos Magazine's new issue is out: "Change of Seasons."
01/04/2024

Synchronized Chaos Magazine's new issue is out: "Change of Seasons."

Image c/o Peter Griffin We are hosting our Metamorphosis gathering again! This is a chance for people to share music, art, and writing and to dialogue across different generations (hence the name, the concept of ideas morphing and changing over the years). This event is also a benefit for the grassr...

Synchronized Chaos' second March issue is out: "One Wild and Precious Life."
15/03/2024

Synchronized Chaos' second March issue is out: "One Wild and Precious Life."

Photo c/o Karen Arnold We are hosting our Metamorphosis gathering again! This is a chance for people to share music, art, and writing and to dialogue across different generations (hence the name, the concept of ideas morphing and changing over the years). This event is also a benefit for the grassro...

Synchronized Chaos' first March 2024 issue is out, "Literary Devices."
02/03/2024

Synchronized Chaos' first March 2024 issue is out, "Literary Devices."

We continue to express sorrow over what's happening in so many different parts of the world and encourage our readers to support people and the planet. Also, we are hosting our Metamorphosis gathering again! This is a chance for people to share music, art, and writing and to dialogue across differen...

Hi all, I've just ordered this book: https://www.ivpress.com/the-other-side-of-the-wall The progressive church I attende...
19/02/2024

Hi all, I've just ordered this book: https://www.ivpress.com/the-other-side-of-the-wall The progressive church I attended in the Bay Area is reading and discussing it as part of having empathy for all people involved in the region and to read a voice from the marginalized Palestinian community who lives in the Middle East. This was published in 2020 so it's not directly about what's going on in Gaza but does address the issues involved.

Has anyone else read this? Does anyone else here want to read it along with me and discuss?

Christians have lived in Palestine since the earliest days of the Jesus movement, yet they are often unheard and ignored in the midst of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. With both lament and hope, Palestinian pastor Munther Isaac offers a theology of the land and a vision for a shared land that bel...

29/01/2024

We've been receiving a lot of submissions to Synchronized Chaos Magazine from students and emerging writers, which is great! Would any experienced (published) writers from anywhere in the world be interested in mentoring, editing, or coaching one or more of them?

The details of this mentoring relationship would be up to you. We'd simply connect you to a person, exchange emails, and invite you to let them know your background and how you can help. You could collaborate by making suggestions (copy or developmental editing) on a piece or two or develop a more long-term relationship that goes beyond the two weeks between issues (Synchronized Chaos Magazine is semi-monthly).

Depends on how much time you have, and you can let the prospective mentee know that at the beginning. Of course it's up to your prospective mentee whether they want to work with you and/or take your suggestions for a piece.

Please feel welcome to comment if you're interested in mentoring emerging authors. Also, please let us know what sort of writing you do, where you're published, and what topics or themes interest you.

Come out to one of our six AWP readings!
24/01/2024

Come out to one of our six AWP readings!

Synchronized Chaos' new issue is out, "Holding Up Our Corners of Sky."
15/01/2024

Synchronized Chaos' new issue is out, "Holding Up Our Corners of Sky."

Welcome, readers, to mid-January's issue of Synchronized Chaos Magazine! We recognize various observances this month: American civil rights leader Martin Luther King's birthday, Holocaust Memorial Day, Clean Energy Month and World Braille Day and strive to make our publication as inclusive and welco...

https://synchchaos.com/synchronized-chaos-january-2024-tba/
01/01/2024

https://synchchaos.com/synchronized-chaos-january-2024-tba/

Image c/o Freddy Dendoktoor Welcome, readers, to a new year! This time, Synchronized Chaos Magazine focuses on time's passing, whether that represents new growth and fresh possibilities or the sobering reality of grief and loss. Regular contributor Channie Greenberg has a new book out, Subrogation,....

Enjoy Synchronized Chaos' new issue, "Within and Without."
18/12/2023

Enjoy Synchronized Chaos' new issue, "Within and Without."

We continue to express sorrow over what's happening in so many different parts of the world and encourage our readers to support people and the planet. Also, we are hosting our Metamorphosis gathering again! This is a chance for people to share music, art, and writing and to dialogue across differen...

Synchronized Chaos' mid-November issue: "The World that Dwarfs and Outlasts Us."
17/11/2023

Synchronized Chaos' mid-November issue: "The World that Dwarfs and Outlasts Us."

We continue to express sorrow over what's happening in so many different parts of the world and encourage our readers to support people and the planet. Also, we are hosting our Metamorphosis gathering again! This is a chance for people to share music, art, and writing and to dialogue across differen...

13/11/2023
08/11/2023

Hi all, we're bringing Metamorphosis back! This is an art and literary and social justice show and gathering with an intergenerational theme that will take place in Davis, CA on Sunday, Dec 31st (2-4 pm).

Who's interested and up for coming out and sharing their work?

Please let me know if you'd like to perform or speak so we can add you to the lineup and create social media pages. This event is about gathering people of different generations together to have conversations and appreciate each other's talents. We're inviting everyone to come back again to share music or poetry or art, participate in casual intergenerational dialogue, and learn from each other while having a good time.

And we invite attendees to contribute to organizations working towards inclusion and social justice.

The organization we supported last year, the Revolutionary Association of Women in Afghanistan, could use the support more than ever since there's been a terrible earthquake there. (donations were optional and anonymous, we just shared the link). Not sure what happened to Sacramento Women Take Back the Night but I will reach out to them as well.

We've got the same space (Davis Lutheran Church auditorium, space for 40-50 people) and the same time (2-4 pm on New Year's Eve) available.

I'm planning to make flyers in Canva with a different design and post them around the city and online next month.

Please let me know, and thanks!

Synchronized Chaos' first November issue is out, "Participants and Spectators."
06/11/2023

Synchronized Chaos' first November issue is out, "Participants and Spectators."

Once again, Synchronized Chaos Magazine expresses sympathy for all the people affected by the recent violence in the Middle East and shares the hope for a peaceful and just resolution and for justice and equality for the region's many groups of people. In the spirit of what we do here, we are sharin...

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Our title comes from the mathematical concept of chaos theory - the study of whether we can find order in systems which seem to be random at first glance, whether anything in nature can be proved to be truly random or whether some systems just seem that way because we don't know enough about the initial conditions. This is a social experiment and a fun way to stay coherent without limiting our contributors' creativity or having to turn away excellent work because it isn't a fit. This is a way to help the aspiring artists we constantly meet to get their names out there and spotlight some excellent work which should have an audience but the artists don't have time or enough of a network to go through the publication process. And to give people committed to worthwhile causes a way to speak out or to use their personal experiences to educate others. We're about relationship and shared brainstorming here at Synchronized Chaos, and we seek to build continuing, collaborative relationships between our editors and contributors and among the contributors themselves. It's about building a committed group of people working together to promote and enhance beauty, inclusion, and the broadening of our horizons - to enrich all of our experiences and encourage creative solutions to challenges facing modern society. Everyone's invited to submit (and everything has been and will be accepted, unless it's obscene or hateful with no redeeming artistic value. To quote a professor at Stanford University...we must not shut any speech down. Even bad speech can be better conquered with more and better speech). If you are interested please send a submission via email anytime to [email protected] with "Synchronized Chaos" in the subject line and it will appear in the next issue along with your artist's statement or anything else you would like to say. Also, we provide a spotlight/interview every issue with a person or group who's doing some interesting work that makes a difference. Any creative new approach to business (i.e. the Virunga Artisans), to science, to community service, to art/media, to social justice and the environment, or anything else. We're planning to spotlight indie movie projects, innovative community groups, artistic cooperatives, etc so please let us know if you have a group we should cover. Thanks for all your help and love and patience with us during the creative journey :)