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Rock & Sling

A Journal of Literature, Art and Faith

P. O. Box 30865
Spokane, WA 99223
Fax: (509) 276-2971
E-mail: editors@rockandsling.org
Web: www.rockandsling.org
Simultaneous submissions: yes Email submissions: no (unless international) Reading period: year-round Response time: 6 weeks Payment: copies Contests: yes (see website) ISSN: 1552-5929 Founded: 2004 Issues per year: 2 Average pages: 150 Sample price (postpaid): $10 Cover price: $10 Subscription (individuals): $18 (US and Cdn), $22 (foreign) Subscription (institutions): $18

Publisher’s description: Ardent, edgy and forward-thinking, Rock & Sling showcases work that voices “vibrant explorations of faith and experience” (Leslie Leyland Fields, MFA faculty, SPU).

A handsomely designed biannual journal, R&S nudges up against Judeo-Christian faith, offering a forum rather than indoctrination, a journal of the arts “full of surprises and great writing” (Don Brady, New Pages).

Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, artwork and reviews embrace, rather than proscribe the spiritual experience, embodying faith’s tensions as well as its joys. “I’m pleased to be included,” writes Floating Bridge editor, Peter Pereira, commending the “excellent production values: gorgeous, engaging, glossy color cover; clean and easy to read typography and layout; no typos.”

Welcoming those with doubts as well as the exultant and hopeful, Rock & Sling seeks to broaden the faith conversation. “[B]eautifully done,” concludes James Grabill (An Indigo Scent After the Rain), “. . . a thought-provoking collection [with] deep feeling and resonance.”

 

Current issue:
Spring/Summer 2007

The lens with which to look through this issue is the question of light—and our imperfect vehicles of incandescence. Don’t mistake this for happiness; it probably feels more like a question, questions, the rhetorical question that occasionally feels like hope. Once again, we like the greasiness of meaning and all that slip-slides beneath the surface. Enjoy work by Christopher Howell, Susanna Childress, Joseph Powell, Rodney Nelsetuen, M.B. Powell, and several reviews, notably one by Chuck DeGroat. The artwork by Erica Grimm-Vance reveals the agony and grace of human condition like no other.

Recent issue:
Fall/Winter 2006  

The lens with which to look through this issue is naming—words themselves. Oh, we love the greasiness of meaning and all that slip-slides beneath the surface. Naming stitches impossible things together. Enjoy an interview with Bret Lott, and work by Tim Bascom, Lawrence Dorr, Barbara Crooker, Dane Cervine, Kevin Simmonds, Luci Shaw and more. Artwork by James Michael Starr is outstanding.