Eborakon

24/04/2019

Fresh from the printers! Thank you to all our lovely contributors. Will be available in our shop shortly.

25/03/2019

We’ve gone to the printers! New issue out soon

17/01/2019

A moving tribute to Michael O'Neill, written by our former editor Anna Mercer.

A Tribute to Michael O'Neill by Anna Mercer Michael O’Neill (1953-2018) passed away on Friday 21 December last year. It is with great sadness that we have received this news. Michael was a prolific and inspiring scholar, a hugely talented poet, and a very kind and caring man. Our thoughts are with...

30/11/2018

New and exciting blog post by our former (and founding) editor Karl O’Hanlon

‘Not Revie but/ Reverdy’: Martin Bell’s Gregory Fellowship in “The City of Dreadful Something” A book launch of Martin Bell Translates Robert Desnos will take place on 6 December in the Alumni Room of the School of English at the University of Leeds. In anticipation of the launch, Karl O.....

27/11/2018

‘Cthulhu and I are friends now. We’re loose again, and ravening for delight.’

Very exciting new poem and blog post by Bethan Roberts.

Year’s End My dreams now seem more real Than my real life, which is divided Between pre-dawn, post-dusk, And the bright, bland light of the department store, Whereas I have always dreamed in technicolour. I still hope there’s something more than the mundane That lives inside this frame of pallid...

17/07/2018

Greetings! We've been down a reading hole and are glad to say we will soon be emerging 🐚🌻☀️ A million thanks for your patience, all who submitted, and we promise we will be in touch very soon

30/05/2018

Submission dealine is TOMORROW (31st May) - follow the instructions here before then for a chance to be included in Eborakon Issue 4 https://www.eborakon.com/submissions/

We are delighted to announce that we are now open for submissions for Issue 4, which will go to press in the autumn. The best way to discover if your work is a fit for our magazine is to buy a copy or become a subscriber. The deadline for all submissions is 31 May 2018. Poems: Please send up to six....

30/05/2018

ATTENTION POETS - you have one more day to send us your words
Dealine 31st May

10/05/2018

Submission period extended until the 31st of May so send us your work. We’re also looking for translations of poetry (preferably modern and contemporary but not only) from any language into English.

11/04/2018

We've digitised our archive! You can now get the latest print issue plus digital access to all previous issues on our online store: https://www.eborakon.com/shop/

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14/03/2018

New issue fresh from the printers! You can order your copy from our online shop, and now we also offer the option of buying a digital copy in PDF format.
Check out our shop: https://www.eborakon.com/shop/
And some more exciting news: submissions for Issue 5 are now open!
For submission guidelines, see https://www.eborakon.com/submissions/

14/03/2018

Issue four has landed! Many thanks to all the contributing poets, reviewers, and artists for sharing their work with us, and to the editorial team for their efforts in pulling it all together! You'll be able to purchase the issue online shortly, so check out our website www.eborakon.com, or join us tonight from 6.30 in Walmgate Alehouse to celebrate

13/03/2018

More new online content: Bean Keatinge's poem & essay on Balkan vultures, ahead of the launch TOMORROW night of a new issue! Come along to find out about submissions opening for next issue at 6.30pm, Wednesday 14th, Walmgate Ale House

These hills history has made A clean, repletive ossuary, It stirs with corpses laid, Ranged: prone and propiatory. We watch and wait on a crest, The ravens are mocking our vigil, Trespassing over Tikveš Like bored renegades. The still Day’s cumulus begins to move, Fresh, hoped-for and soft, They ...

12/03/2018

Ahead of issue four's launch on Wednesday, we've got two new poems (and essays) to whet your appetites: Martin Potter is at 'Cezanne's Studio' https://www.eborakon.com/blog/martin-potter-a-poem-and-essay/, while Ben Keatinge is 'Watching Vultures at Vitachevo' https://www.eborakon.com/blog/ben-keatinge-a-poem-and-essay/

Up the hill and overlooking Aix Without seeing it branch shadows Cross and re-cross on the sand yellow Leaves shade out distractions back The terrace heaven green while carefully Calibrated grey shines gloom inside From painted walls and dedicate a sacred Factory and still suggesting real Presences....