Knockout Literary Magazine


Better late than never. Originally scheduled for a late September release, KNOCKOUT #1, was released Spring of 2008. We printed 1000 copies. The first issue, all poetry, includes work by a number of well-known writers, including Marvin Bell, Thomas Lux, Todd Boss, Aaron Smith, Carl Phillips, Carol Guess, Larissa Szporluk, Laurie Blauner, Lynn Levin, Timothy Liu, Jonathan Williams, Thomas Meyer, Jim Elledge, Christopher Hennessy, Ronald H. Bayes, CAConrad, Gerard Wozek, Jeff Mann, Michael Montlack, Jeffery Beam, Robert Bly, Ger Killeen, Denver Butson, Dan Pinkerton, Charles Jensen, Brent Goodman, Theodore Enslin, Alberto Rios, David Mason, Billy Collins, Mabel Yu, Kim Lambright and Joseph Massey, among others. The 2nd issue is due out soon; stay tuned for a complete line-up.

The 2009 International Reginald Shepherd Memorial Poetry Prize ($300)

The 2009 International Reginald Shepherd Memorial Poetry Prize is a new poetry contest in honor of poet Reginald Shepherd, who left us on September 10, 2008. For more information on Reginald Shepherd's work, visit his blog at reginaldshepherd.blogspot.com. One of Shepherd's previously unpublished poems will appear in Knockout's second issue, due out November 2008. The contest will be judged by Carl Phillips. The entry fee is $12 and all entrants will receive a copy of Knockout with their entrance fee. The first-place winner will receive (1) a $300 gift certificate to Powell's Books, (2) publication in a forthcoming issue of Knockout, and (3) five copies of the issue in which their poem appears. The second-place winner will receive (1) a $50 gift certificate to Powell's Books, (2) publication in a forthcoming issue of Knockout, and (3) two copies of the issue in which their poem appears. The third-place winner will receive (1) a $25 gift certificate to Powell's Books, (2) publication in a forthcoming issue of Knockout, and (3) two copies of the issue in which their poem appears. Submissions to the contest will be accepted beginning Wednesday, October 15, 2008, and ending Saturday, August 1, 2009. Winners will be announced on Knockout's website (knockoutlit.org) by Wednesday, September 30, 2009. For full contest details, see www.knockoutlit.org/rsprize.htm

Deadline:8/1/2009