I have now finished responding to all submissions received prior to June 1, 2006. If you submitted poetry to Astropoetica before that time and have not heard from me, chances are that emails (yours, mine) have gone astray. Please feel free to query, and I will try to get back to you as soon as possible.

I am pretty well stocked for the next several issues, so Astropoetica will be temporarily closing to submissions from July 1st to October 1st. I will be happy to consider submissions sent before and after that time.

The Spring Issue of Astropoetica is now up, featuring:

• Off-Topic, by Barton Paul Levenson
• Early Astronomy, by Meg Smith
• Luminaries, by Bruce Boston
• Elephant Trunks in the Eagle’s Heart, by Greg Beatty
• HD179949 (for Mother’s Day), by Greg Beatty
• 1987A, by Tim Jones
• Laloon, by Eric Gadzinski
• Maria Goes to Bed, by John Grey
• Eclipse, by Kevin C. Little, Jr.
• Galactic Intolerant, by Greg Beatty
• West on the 148, by Amal El-Mohtar
• On NASA’s Discovery of Interstellar Chocolate‘, by Danny Adams
• Brown Dwarf, by Katie Sweet
• Somewhere Beyond Boötes, by Jay Arr Henderson
• First Man Everywhere, by John Grey
• Jupiter, by Meg Smith
• a Pluto scifaiku, by Deborah P Kolodji
• The Final Fling, by John Charles Mannone
• Astral Identity, by Lucian Boboc
• Milky Way, by Dan Mitrut
• The Essential Integral, by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe
• Astropoetic Tribute to Dr. Harald Alexandrescu, by SARM
• Star Language, by Zigmund Tauberg

While you’re waiting for the next issue of Astropoetica to makes its much belated appearance, might I suggest that you pick up Deborah P. Kolodji’s latest poetry chapbook, Symphony of the Universe from Sam’s Dot Publishing? Sexy and sharp, these poems sashay and waltz in Kolodji’s deft cosmic choreography. Take a look.

Symphony of the Universe can be ordered through ProjectPulp.

I’ve just finished sending out e-proofs for Astropoetica’s spring issue — it’s still spring, right? For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere anyway, tropical storms and hurricane season notwithstanding…

If the power stays on, you may just see the next issue yet.

Want to know what it’s like to work on a NASA Centennial Challenge? The Space Elevator Blog’s Ted Semon has posted an interview with Matthew Abrams, project leader of the StarClimber Space Elevator Team. Fascinating, informative stuff. Have a listen.