APPORTIONING THE LIGHT

BY ALASKAN POET KAREN TSCHANNEN

Poems so compressed the page itself trembles. So brave, in dark places, the reader clutches the poet’s sure hand. Apportioning the Light shines. It shines.

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Sandra Kleven & Michael Burwell, CIRQUE

Publishers

“A life lived to its fullest, a craft perfected so that it seems seamless, the highest compliment I can give to any writer. I read it from its beginning to its end without putting it down. Kudos to Cirque for publishing Apportioning the Light.”

– TOM SEXTON, ALASKA POET LAUREATE

Karen Tschannen has been published in AlaskaQuarterlyReview,Ice-Floe,PNWPoetsandArtists Calendar(s),NorthofEden (Loose Affiliation Press), TheSky’sOwnLight (Minotaur Press), Crosscurrents North,Cirque, and other publications. Tschannen was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2016. Her perceptive verse is notable for the care taken with language in both the sound of a phrase and the appearance on the page.

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How To Submit To Cirque

Cirque, published in Anchorage, Alaska, is a regional journal created to share the best writing in the region with the rest of the world. Cirque submissions are not restricted to a “regional” theme or setting.

Cirque invites emerging and established writers living in the North Pacific Rim— Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Hawaii, Yukon Territory, Alberta, British Columbia and Chukotka—to submit short stories, poems, creative nonfiction, translations, plays, reviews of first books, interviews, photographs, and artwork for Cirque’s next issue.

Issue #26—Submission Period September 22, 2023 to March 21, 2023

Submission Guidelines

-- Poems: 5 poems MAX

-- Fiction, Nonfiction, Plays: 12 pages MAX (double spaced).

-- Artwork and Photography: 10 images MAX accepted in JPEG or TIFF format, sent as email attachments. Please send images in the highest resolution possible; images will likely be between 2 and 10mb each. If you do not submit full-size photo files at time of submission, we will respond with an email reminder. No undersize images or thumbnails will be eligible for publication.

-- Bio: 100 words MAX.

-- Contact Info: Make sure to keep your contact email current and be sure that it is one that you check regularly. If your contact information changes, make sure to inform us at Cirque. To ensure that replies from Cirque bypass your spam filter and go to your inbox, add Cirque to your address book.

-- Submit to https://Cirque .submittable.com

-- Replies average two to three months after deadlines, and we don’t mind you checking with us about your submissions.

-- Cirque requires no payment or submission fees. However, Cirque is published by an independent press staffed by volunteers. Your donations keep Cirque Press going. You will find donation buttons on Submittable and you can also support us via Paypal to Cirque journal@gmail.com.

Thanks for your poetry, prose, images and financial support.