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Gean Tree Press is pleased to announce our new blog Haiku Matters.

http://www.geantreepress.com/apps/blog/

We plan to have a guest blogger each month to discuss a variety of haiku related topics and generally shoot the breeze, chew the fat and stimulate some healthy debate as part of our mission to "hear your voices speak".

Gean Tree Press may not necessarily agree with any of the views expounded therein but with Haiku Matters our hope is to give a platform for people from all schools of thought within haiku to express themselves freely.

If you would like to be a guest blogger for a month please contact
Colin Stewart Jones geaneditor

• gmail[.]com with a brief proposal.
  
  Susan Shand, England, will be our first guest blogger throughout the month of January, 2013.
  Johannes S. H. Bjerg, Denmark, will be our guest for February, 2013.
  Violette Rose-Jones, Australia, will be our guest for March, 2013.
  
  Stella Pierides, Germany, will be our guest for May, 2013.
  
  thank you
  
  Colin Stewart Jones
  

Notes from the Gean is up

you can view our first issue as a monthly here:

go to www.geantreepress.com and click on current issue image


Colin Stewart Jones
Editor, Notes from the Gean: monthly haiku journal

http://www.geantreepress.com/apps/blog/

Gean Tree Press is pleased to announce our new blog Haiku Matters.

We plan to have a guest blogger each month to discuss a variety of haiku related topics and generally shoot the breeze, chew the fat and stimulate some healthy debate as part of our mission to "hear your voices speak".

Gean Tree Press may not necessarily agree with any of the views expounded herein but with Haiku Matters our hope is to give a platform for people from all schools of thought within haiku to express themselves freely.

If you would like to be a guest blogger for a month please contact
Colin Stewart Jones with a brief proposal.


Susan Shand, England, will be our first guest blogger throughout the month of January, 2013.
Johannes S. H. Bjerg, Denmark, will be our guest for February, 2013.
Violette Rose-Jones, Australia, will be our guest for March, 2013.


col :)

Notes from the Gean: Monthly Haiku Journal

Call for Submissions:
28 days left to submit for the December issue;
subs close Dec 1st and on the 1st of every following month
publication on the 15th of each month

you can follow Notes from the Gean: Haiku Monthly on Twitter
colin stewart jones @GeanNotes

and use this link to submit: http://notesfromthegean.com/nftg-submissions.html

Dear poet and friend

After a brief hiatus from haiku Notes from the Gean: haiku journal
will be back on the cyber-stands on December 15th.
All submissions for all genres: haiku, tanka, haiga, haibun, linked forms & resources (essays, reviews etc);
should now be sent to Colin Stewart Jones at geaneditor[at]gmail[dot]com
and be in hand for December 1st to be considered for the December issue.

I will be solely responsible for editing Notes from the Gean: haiku journal.
Many poetry journals have only one or two editors, even within the haiku world this is the case.
As many of you know politics does have an enormous impact within publishing communities
and this seems more heightened within haiku circles: strange considering it is the worlds shortest form
and should traditionally contains no part of the self.
I want no part of cliques or groups or this or that school of thought
Notes from the Gean will accept any of the short forms provided the writing is of quality.

I have the analytics from our previous issues and it was obvious from the data,
even given the propensity for folk to jump to their own work and that of their friends,
that Notes from the Gean was getting too fat: We have a loyal readership
but it is clear from the data that even the most loyal read more from the front
of Notes from the Gean than from the back.
With this in mind Notes from the Gean will be a much slimmer volume from now on
a Leaner, Meaner Gean, if you will.

The decision to revive Notes from the Gean: haiku journal does fill a gap in the market
there are few multi-genre haiku magazines,
as far as I know Notes from the Gean is the only ELH journal that uses a page flipping format
We also allow our readers the option to print or save the PDF.
And our readers should look for further developments as we continue to embrace new technologies.

As I have said Notes from the Gean: haiku journal will be edited and typeset solely by myself
and I will be responsible for any mistakes and or failure but I stress this
My decision to do this by myself is in no way a reflection on the merit of any of the former editorial team.

Thank you for your submissions and continued support.

Colin Stewart Jones: Editor
Notes from the Gean

www.notesfromthegean.com

gean is back folks

but will be a considerably smaller mag

same guidelines as before
but all subs all genres to

geaneditor@gmail.com

subs close december 1

http://en.calameo.com/books/0015253703a8a8c57e97c

Gean Tree Press likes to do things a little differently so we are making this book available to read for free.
We do have a suggested price and hope that if you enjoy the book you will make a donation.

http://notesfromthegean.com/nftg/support-us.html

All proceeds go to keeping Notes from the Gean and other Gean Tree Press projects.
It is our hope to produce quality haiku books in prints and electronic formats

Colin Stewart Jones
Gean Tree Press

you can view the mag via our usual address now

www.notesfromthegean.com

and we have embedded a new library widget in our archives

cheers

col :D

Haiku / Renga Weekend in Winchester

Sat 4th and Sun 5th of August


There is going to be a haiku / renga weekend at the
University of Winchester on Sat 4th and Sun 5th of August,

Sponsored by the University  and hosted by Mark Rutter, lecturer in Creative Writing and the poets of Notes From the Gean "On the Road" Alan Summers, Alison Williams, Colin Stewart Jones, and Andy Pomphrey.

There will be haiga and linked verse workshops and a ginko in the Winchester Watermeadows, where Keats wrote 'To Autumn.'

All events except the ginko will be held in Stripe Studio 2, in the Stripe Building, University of Winchester.

•   Saturday August 4th: 10am: We will meet in Stripe Studio 2, followed by a ginko in the Winchester water meadows (bring camera as well as writing pad, pen, etc and dress for the weather).

•   Sunday August 5th: Stripe Studio 2: morning: haiga workshop; afternoon: renga workshop.


All events are free and all are welcome!

Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 4:12 pm    Post subject: Whoot whoot check out her figure

Hi all

as you know we have tried several e-readers for our flip format
to try and give you the best reader experience possible

some offer different options than others
and for the moment Calameo offers most options
and caters to i-Pad and Android too

if a better alternative comes onto the market
we will not hesitate in using that option

anyway now for our first quarter figures as a flip magazine

NFTG 3:3

Yudu: 1168

Issuu: 1552

Myebook: 3392

Calameo: 846

total: 6958

and counting as our NFTG 3:3 is still attracting new readers

thank you all for your loyal support

Colin Stewart Jones
Editor-in-Chief
Notes from the Gean

NftG 3:4 is on the stands

http://notesfromthegean.com/





There are too many great works to mention individually
but thank you all for your contributions and support

The new flip format works on all browsers and platforms and devices
We have an interactive table of contents and full search facility
Readers also have the option to print, download, or add annotations

Enjoy!

Colin Stewart Jones
Editor-in-Chief
Notes from the Gean

hi all for those who don't need them please ignore
but this may prove handy for some

please share widely for those in need




cheers all

col :)

Dear Readers,

I have been working with a mystery webguy, who wants to remain nameless for the time being, with a view to simplifying the NFTG site. It is a complete joy that I have found someone who can translate my ideas into reality.

The graphic below shows how the new entry page will look. Readers will now have the option to click on one of the cherries to go to either the current issue or the other cherry which will take you to the static information pages.

The magazine part will still be in a flip format: we will be using Calemeo from now on as they support all platforms and devices, including i-Pad and Android.

Thanks for your continued support
Colin Stewart Jones
Editor-in-Chief
NFTG




col :)

Dear Readers,

We have so far had over 1000 hits in 5 days and I believe this signifies that the majority of you are enjoying our new flip format. We are, however, using a basic version of yudu software to facilitate our new format and it is not without its problems. I am aware Flash presents a problem for i-pad and i-phone users and we do not wish to lose our readers who use these devices and have, therefore, been looking into viable alternatives which are cross-platform.

you can view it here

http://issuu.com/nftg/docs/nftg.3.3

I have managed to find a reasonably priced option which will work on pc, mac and i-pad and have secured a 14 day trial. I am testing this at the moment and will embed the current issue of NFTG into our website later tonight when I am fully satisfied. However, the Gean coffers are not limitless and once the 14 days are up we may have to revert to the basic option.

I am pleased the Haiku Foundation has managed to secure its funding . . . we need a lot less to keep us going. If a small percentage of our 1000 plus readers would consider donating a few dollars (which is no more than the cover price of a standard magazine) you could help us to remain cross-platform. An apple a day . . . as they say!

Details of how to donate can be found here:

http://www.notesfromthegean.com/support.html

Thank you in advance

Colin Stewart Jones
Editor-in-Chief
NFTG

Dear Readers,

Notes from the Gean, volume 3, Issue 3 is now online.

You can view our new and exciting page turning "flip" format by clicking on the following link.

http://www.notesfromthegean.com/currentissue.html

There are full instructions on how to navigate the flip format on the Yudu, Carbon Neutral page.

Thank you and enjoy!

Colin Stewart Jones
Editor-in-Chief
Notes from the Gean

Dear readers and friends,

I have set up a google group to act as a mailing list (outbox only)
for Notes from the Gean, haiku journal, to provide our readers
with the latest information and updates on NFTG.

If you would like to sign up then please visit our welcome page
and add your email address in the google groups box
and click on subscribe.

[url]www.notesfromthegean.com/url]

Please share this message widely.

Thank you.

Colin Stewart Jones
editor-in-chief
Notes from the Gean


FYO,
though we have set up a google group, we are using it as a means of collecting an email list so as to provide basic info and updates to our readers. we have no intention of using it as a discussion group. We have an outbox only, no-one will be able to send mail or see your email address, except me and you DO NOT need a gmail account to subscribe.

thx

col :)

Notes from the Gean: press release

Dear Readers and Subscribers,

Our submissions page contains all the relevant information on how to submit.
To be considered for any particular issue submissions must be in hand one month before the listed publication dates.

The next issue is due out December 1st
but we have extended the submission period for an extra week to November 7th for our December 1st issue only.

Please also check our Gean News tab for any updates.

If you are experiencing any problems with the new web forms
them please simply send your submissions by email to the relevant editors:

Haiku:           a.williams@notesfromthegean.com

Tanka:      m.mcclintock@notesfromthegean.com

Haiga:      a.pomphrey@notesfromthegean.com

Haibun:      r.krawiec@notesfromthegean.com

Linked forms:   a.summers@notesfromthegean.com

Resources:           c.s.jones@notesfromthegean.com


thank you

Colin Stewart Jones :)
Editor-in-Chief
NFTG

FYO...we are in the process of making the site crawler friendly as NTFG will be regularly archived by the British Library and I hope you'll agree that this will be a great asset to future haijin as all of your work will now be kept for posterity.

This will be a bumper issue with several new features which align us more closely with our mission statement to educate and "hear" your voices speak.

btw try typing in "haiku journal" in google ;)

thank you for your patience

col :)

Gean Tree Press News:

Submissions Policy Change


Dear Readers

In our mission statement Notes from the Gean encourages experimentation and because of this it is incumbent upon us that we must also be forward thinking and keep up with modern methods of communication. Therefore, we have changed our submissions policy to reflect this.

At Notes from the Gean we believe that there is much poetry posted on social networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter etc, that is worthy of publishing. Including such works, that could easily be missed or lost due to the volume of posts on such sites, in a specialist magazine setting ensures that they are properly presented and kept for posterity.

As poetry on social networks and blogs is not representative of an editor's selection we, therefore, deem such works as unpublished. Though we now consider such works to be unpublished we still ask that they not be under consideration elsewhere and that you also bear in mind that each work will still have to undergo the same rigorous selection process, by our editors, as any other submission would.



Submissions for the September issue, close on September 14th

We apologise for our first time being late but
Volume3, issue 2 will be out on the 28th of September

follow this link for details:

http://www.notesfromthegean.com/indexeditorial.html


Richard Krawiec, USA  will be accepting submissions for Haibun from September 15th 

for a sneak preview of our new look and philosophy please follow this link to our Facebook page :

http://www.facebook.com/groups/182461010541/


Also as part of our commitment to furthering the understanding of haiku at a grass roots level NFTG will be conducting a Ginko in Aberdeen, Scotland, September 17th


http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=271687592857151




Notes from the Gean Ginko
Samurai Gala Day, Aberdeen, Scotland, 17th September 2011

As part of Aberdeen's celebrations for Thomas Blake Glover; "The Scottish Samurai" Notes from the Gean will lead a Ginko (haiku nature walk), which will be free and open to the public, from St Machar Cathedral through Seaton Park along the Don River and on to the Brig O' Balgownie past Glover's old home and then proceed through the Nature Reserve to the Murchar (Don Estuary).

This should take around 2-2.5 hours, but we will cater to all ages and abilities

People should bring a notepad and pen to take down notes of images from the ginko

Wear good shoes/boots and dress for the weather

We will then hold a session (in a venue TBA)
here the walkers will work on images gathered from the Ginko
and Alan Summers and Colin Stewart Jones help to produce these into Haiku

Alan will then lead a Renga/Renku session and there will be an opportunity to perform the finished work

Notes From the Gean will run a special feature on the event which will be published
along with selected haiku and renga from the ginko  in the next issue of the NFTG

www.notesfromthegean.com



Notes from the Gean
Editor-in-Chief/Resources Editor

Colin Stewart Jones, Scotland :)

I am pleased to announce that Richard Krawiec, USA
will be the new haibun editor at Notes from the Gean

As some of you may already know, Richard is widely published,
he has a degree in creative writing and teaches an advanced fiction course
and will bring his own aesthetic to haibun and to NFTG

NFTG's site is currently undergoing redevelopment and Richard's details will be up very soon
and he will be accepting submissions for our December issue
as soon as the new look NTFG makes her debut on the web

I will still be acting as haibun editor for the September issue
and will be happy to accept submissions until September 14th
In particular I am keen to read more longer works, serial haibun and collaboration haibun

ALL NTFG submissions will close on September 14th
which will enable us to get NFTG out to our subscribers by late September

I apologise for us being late with this issue
but there has to be a first time for everything! 

Colin Stewart Jones :)
Notes from the Gean
Editor-in-Chief