Touch: The Journal of Healing Blog

What we owe each other by Risa Denenberg accepted by The Lives You Touch Publications

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 23:05:57 -0400

The Lives You Touch Publications is pleased to announce the acceptance of the manuscript, “What we owe each other” by Risa Denenberg to our 2012 Chapbook Publication Schedule.

Autumn 2012
What we owe each other by Risa Denenberg

O.P.W. Fredericks, Editor

O.P.W. Fredericks, Editor
Daniel Milbo, Assistant Editor

January 2012 issue now online & in print

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:00:47 -0500

The January 2012 issue of Touch: The Journal of Healing is now published online. Print copies are also available for ordering.

Read the words of Risa Denenberg, Julie Ebin, Tim Falkenberg, Jordan Grumet, Joyce E. Hicks, Fred Longworth, Donal Mahoney, and Eira Needham.

We are grateful to our contributors for their invaluable contributions to our mission and to our readers for sharing in the Touch of humanity.

O.P.W. Fredericks, Editor

2011 Pushcart Prize Nominations from The Lives You Touch Publications

Fri, 2 Dec 2011 15:31:39 -0500

The Lives You Touch Publications is pleased to announce the following as our nominations for the 2011 Pushcart Prize in literature.

“Giving Into Grief,” poem by Diana Cole from Touch: The Journal of Healing, January 2011.

“Next to the UAB Hospital Townhouse in front of Tracy’s Café,” poem by K.B. Kincer from Touch: The Journal of Healing, May 2011.

“Coventina,” poem by Christine Klocek-Lim from Touch: The Journal of Healing, September 2011,.

“Dying,” poem by Stephen Bunch from his chapbook, Preparing to Leave, April 2011 and Touch: The Journal of Healing, May 2009.

“The Widower’s Lament,” poem by Maria Basile from her chapbook, Minimally Invasive: poems on a life in surgery, September 2011.

“Lost Voices,” poem by Jan Duncan-O’Neal from her chapbook,
Voices: Lost and Found, November 2011.

O.P.W. Fredericks, Editor

Voices: Lost and Found by Jan Duncan-O’Neal

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:00:52 -0500

The Lives You Touch Publications is pleased to announce the release of
Voices: Lost and Found by Jan Duncan-O’Neal. The first chapbook in our 2011 - 2012 Chapbook Publication Series has gone to press.

The collection includes 20 poems and is available for purchase. Please visit the chapbook webpage at Voices: Lost and Found or our publishing site at The Lives You Touch Publications for details, information, and sample poems.

The book will be available on Amazon.com in the near future for folks who wish to order by credit card.

O.P.W. Fredericks, Editor

Minimally Invasive: poems on a life in surgery by Maria Basile

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:00:54 -0400

The Lives You Touch Publications is pleased to announce the release of
Minimally Invasive: poems on a life in surgery by Maria Basile, M.D. The eigth chapbook in our 2010 - 2011 Chapbook Publication Series has gone to press.

The collection includes 22 poems and is available for purchase. Please visit the chapbook webpage at Minimally Invasive: poems on a life in surgery or our publishing site at The Lives You Touch Publications for details, information, and sample poems.

The book will be available on Amazon.com in the future for folks who wish to order by credit card.

O.P.W. Fredericks, Editor

UPDATE - The Lives You Touch Publications 2011 - 2012 Chapbook Publication Schedule

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 12:25:12 -0400

The Lives You Touch Publications is pleased to announce the next chapbook in our Chapbook Publication Schedule for 2011-2012.

Spring 2012
The Wayfarer by Gary Charles Wilkens

O.P.W. Fredericks, Editor

O.P.W. Fredericks, Editor
Daniel Milbo, Assistant Editor

September 2011 issue now online & in print

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:00:14 -0400

The September 2011 issue of Touch: The Journal of Healing is now published online & in print.

Read the words of DeMisty D. Bellinger, Ed Bennett, Nina Bennett, Stacey Dye, Tina Hacker, Kevin Heaton, Karen Kelsay, Christine Klocek-Lim, Eira Needham, Kaveri Patel, Marjorie Robertson, Howard Rosenberg, and Alarie Tennille.

We are grateful to our contributors for their invaluable contributions to our mission and to our readers for sharing in the Touch of humanity.

O.P.W. Fredericks, Editor

May 2011 issue now in print

Mon, 6 Jun 2011 09:19:37 -0400

Touch: The Journal of Healing - Issue 7 is now in print.

Read the words of Jan Duncan-O'Neal, Clarissa Jakobsons, Stephen Maurer, Paul David Adkins, Laura Levesque, Jodi L. Hottel, K.B. Kincer, Janet Buttenwieser, and Sharon Erby.

Order a copy for your library today!

We are grateful to you, our contributors for your invaluable contributions to our mission and to you, our readers for sharing in the Touch of humanity.

O.P.W. Fredericks, Editor

Now Open to Chapbook Manuscript Submissions YEAR-ROUND

Sat, 4 Jun 2011 17:26:38 -0400

For the convenience of poets and authors, and to ease the review process for us, The Lives You Touch Publications is now open to receive poetry & prose chapbook manuscript submissions on a year-round basis. Please expect an acceptance or declination decision on your manuscript no sooner than 3 months after we have confirmed its receipt via email.

Manuscripts are only accepted in print via US mail.

Please ensure you have included an active email address (one that you check regularly) on the title page of your printed manuscript and on your printed cover letter so we can contact you with a confirmation of receipt of your manuscript.

Please visit our Manuscript Submission Guidelines for complete manuscript submission information.

Please also visit our Publishing Agreement page for details.

O.P.W. Fredericks, Editor
Daniel Milbo, Assistant Editor

Our New 2011 Chapbook Publication Schedule

Sat, 4 Jun 2011 17:02:25 -0400

The Lives You Touch Publications is pleased to announce our new
2011 Chapbook Publication Schedule.

O.P.W. Fredericks, Editor
Daniel Milbo, Assistant Editor

May 2011 issue now online

Tue, 24 May 2011 23:18:13 -0400

Touch: The Journal of Healing - Issue 7 is now published online.

Read the words of Jan Duncan-O'Neal, Clarissa Jakobsons, Stephen Maurer, Paul David Adkins, Laura Levesque, Jodi L. Hottel, K.B. Kincer, Janet Buttenwieser, and Sharon Erby.

We are grateful to you, our contributors for your invaluable contributions to our mission and to you, our readers for sharing in the Touch of humanity.

O.P.W. Fredericks, Editor

Preparing to Leave by Stephen Bunch

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 12:40:08 -0400

The Lives You Touch Publications is pleased to announce Preparing to Leave
by Stephen Bunch, the seventh chapbook in our 2010 - 2011 Chapbook Publication Series has gone to press.

The collection includes 22 poems and is available for purchase. Please visit the chapbook webpage at Preparing to Leave or our publishing site at The Lives You Touch Publications for details, information, and sample poems.

The book will be available on Amazon.com in the future for folks who wish to order by credit card.

O.P.W. Fredericks, Editor

Strong Voices 2011 issue now in print

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 11:15:32 -0400

Strong Voices ~ a Year of Touch: The Journal of Healing is now in print. Contributor & subscriber copies have been shipped.

Order a copy for your library today!

Read and view the words and works of Stephen Bunch, Judith Bader Jones, Michael T. Milbocker, Nancy Calhoun, Diana Cole, Scot Siegel, Risa Denenberg, Larina Warnock, Stacey Dye, Christine Klocek-Lim, Kristin Roedell, Maria Basile, Arlene L. Mandell, Luke Evans, Deborah Kroman, and Alarie Tennille.

Thank you to all our contributors for your invaluable contributions to our mission.

O.P.W. Fredericks, Editor

The Lives You Touch Publications 2011 - 2012 Chapbook Series Manuscript Submission Extension

Sun, 3 Apr 2011 15:57:11 -0400

Call for Manuscripts

We’ve received several emails from poets stating they had just missed our deadline. As a result:

The Lives You Touch Publications 2011 - 2012 Chapbook Series manuscript submissions period has been extended until Midnight EDT, Sunday, April 17, 2011.

Please visit our Manuscript Submission Guidelines for complete manuscript submission information.

Please also visit our Publishing Agreement page for details.

O.P.W. Fredericks, Editor
Daniel Milbo, Assistant Editor

A Transit of Venus by Ed Bennett

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 02:33:33 -0400

The Lives You Touch Publications is pleased to announce A Transit of Venus, by Ed Bennett, the sixth chapbook in our 2010 - 2011 Chapbook Publication Series has gone to press.

The collection includes 18 poems and is available for purchase. Please visit the chapbook webpage at A Tranist of Venus or our publishing site at The Lives You Touch Publications for details, information, and sample poems.

The book will be available on Amazon.com in April for folks who wish to order by credit card.

O.P.W. Fredericks, Editor