The Switcheroo - Unveiled!

Dear Vectors and Friends of Broadsided,

Happy May Day. We celebrate with a bouquet of words and images: the results of our 10th annual Switcheroo. We had an AMAZING crop of entries this year. The decision was difficult, and we hope that all who sent in poems and short prose enjoyed being inspired along a different avenue.

Mark your calendars: if you're in/near Salem, Massachusetts THIS WEEKEND, we'll be at the annual poetry festival there. We'll have a table at the book fair and at 1:00 - 2:00pm on Sunday, May 5, we'll be talking about public art. It would be wonderful to see you there.

With Thanks,
The Broadsided Editorial Team

THE POST-A-THON:

It's been pretty great to see the entries roll in the past couple of weeks. We're sorting, mulling, and the winners will be posted soon. Thanks for playing! We hope there were giggles, sneaky and subversive thoughts about placement of x Broadsided beside x community landmark, and literary hijinks galore.

May 1, 2013 Collaborations
"Matthew" and "Mixed Media"
Poems by Catherine R. Cryan and Laura Lee Washburn and Art by Kara Searcy and Gabriel Travis

Collaborators' Q&A:
I liked the things in the picture that didn't make sense to me. I felt like I wanted to see a bigger and bigger version to figure out what I was seeing. Is that an ice cube? A trash-compacted white tiger, wolf, machine, element, dream? Should I take my glasses off or put them back on?...

—Visit www.broadsidedpress.org to get the full broadsides and read the writers' and artists' full responses.

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The Switcheroo - Unveiled!