OU Poets the Magazines

 

The following is a list of past magazines:

Comments on individual Magazines are the opinion of the Webdesk only.

 

Mag No

Date

Editor

Pages

Poems

Poets

Notes & Features

1

Jan 81

Sherley Bell

10

24

11

Welcome to The Society, all Mags Self Published.
2 Apr 81 Nick Godwin 10 27 23 Guidelines laid out.
3 Jun 81 Les Bingham 9 22 20 Mimeographed; Members List & 1st Crits.

4

Aug 81

Duncan Watt

20

27

27

Typeset; 1 Mag every 2 Months, 6 per yr.
5 Oct 81 Shiela Leslie 24 31 25 Photocopied; Each Ed uses own Print Methods.
6 Dec 81 Pat Millican 36 33 23 Provisional Constitution in Mag 7.
7 Feb 82 Bob Price 25 23 14 Profile, Pam Bridgeman.
8 Apr 82 David Orme 17 47 33 62 Members
9 Aug 82 Jim Lindop 38 46 28 Soc name debate? 1st AGM
10 Oct 82 Moira Andrews 45 40 33 Mag form becomes organic
11 Dec 82 John McCutchon 40 36 33 All Pink Pages? 5 Mags this year.
Attention Please Selected  Vernon Scannell 22 23 20 1st Proper Anthology Of Past Years Work.
12 Jan 83 Rodney Wood 28 36 33 12 Biographies, 45 Members
13 Mar 83 Ted Griffin 21 38 35 Whimsical format? 6 Mags this year.
14 May 83 Simon Laycock 30 32 28 Question, is not this mere Vanity Publishing?
15 Jul  83 Duncan Watt 39 30 23 Article by Peter Mortimer.
16 Sep 83 Buff Monck 33 34 31 OUSA Printing From Mag 15.
17 Nov 83 Pam Joll 32 31 23 Photos of Lumb Bank Weekend
Openings Selected  James Sale 20 20 20 Second Annual Anthology
18 Jan 84 Tony Charles 45 26 26 2 Page Bio of Christine Michael
18.5 Jan 84 Tony Charles 24 34 33 Anthology in style, Sent with Mag 18.
19 May 84 Tony Charles 21 28 28 War of Egos, TC take over, maybe?
19.5 May 84 Tony Charles 20

25

 25 Anthology Style, sent with 19, Grave Concern.
20 Jul  84 Bridgette Coales 36 33 32 Debate on Mag Design, no real decisions taken.
21 Aug 84 E King & H Gravenall 38 33 26 Design & Print Quality Questioned
22 Nov 84 Jim Lindop 64 54 30 How To Get Published or Not?
Openings 3 Selected  Peter Mortimer 20 19 17 Attention Please counted as Anthology 1.
23 Jan 85 John Starbuck 53 40 29 Nice Cover by Rose Nellins
24 Apr 85 Andy Kinnaird 47 48 35 Rose has now done 8 covers.
25 Jun 85 Ted Griffin 51 54 30 83 Members
26 Aug 85 John Starbuck 53 41 33 Illustrations, Beardsley, Nellins, SM Chaplin?
27 Oct 85 Sue McNair Chaplin 63 57 33 1st Farewell Issue
28 Dec 85 Rodney Wood 45 41 27 Prose Included; Poetry Defined??
Openings 4 Selected  John Cotton 22 19 16 Anthology of Past Years Work, 1985
29 Jan 86 Daphne Cowley 58 50 36 Bill Kerr condemns the Cosy Clique, p41.
30 Apr 86 Hilary Mellon 62 48 37 Poetry; Takes life by the throat?
31 Jun 86 Richard Dillon 57 48 30 Editorial plea for better Critiques?
32 Aug 86 Pam Joll 48 18 18 Keith Thompson defends Bill Kerr, p38.
33 Nov 86 Ian Prior 46 34 24 Workshop is no excuse for Sloppiness?
Openings 5   Popular Vote 22 23 23 Anthology from the 1986 Magazines
34 Jan 87 Buff Monck 32 46 18 More fantasy in science than in art? p2.
35 Mar 87 Ted Griffin 50 44 24 Vanishing point, proving it truthful. p11.
36 Jun 87 Sue McNair Chaplin 58 45 37 Ted drops a clanger in his mag, p52.
37 Aug 87 Mary Shiells 65 67 42 Shafi’s crit on meaning & metaphor. p48.
38 Nov 87 Al Campbell 67 82 38 A Brilliant first? First what?
Openings 6   Popular Vote 25 24 24 Anthology from the 1987 Magazines 
39 Jan 88 Hilary Mellon 58 52 37 How We Get It Out, The Mag That Is?
40 Mar 88 Buff Monck 48 40 28 Poems Are Like the 1st Swallows of Summer.
41 Jun 88 Daphne Cowley 65 47 38 New Chairman, KT; Poetry Definitions, p50.
42 Aug 88 Ted Griffin 86 60 28 11 pages from the Editor, Far too much?
43 Nov 88 Pippa Deacon 84 64 48 Christmas Special; Membership, 90.
Openings 7   Popular Vote 22 19 19 1988 Anthology Selected from 1988 Mags.
44 Jan 89 Hilary Mellon 78 63 43 Guidelines for Editors, p1; Lots of Rules.
45 Mar 89 Merryn Williams 59 47 27 Big advance, Mags now have 2 Staples.
46 Jun 89 Sue McNair Chaplin 80

61

 56 Proper Card Covers Standard, Another First.
47 Aug 89 Al Campbell 69 89 38 Twinkle, Twinkle little star, Explained?
48 Nov 89 Christine Michael 65 47 47 Membership, 117.
Openings 8   Popular Vote 28 25 25 1990 Anthology Selected from 1989 Mags.
49 Jan 90 Eddie McGrory 81 72 40 Cover, an amazing mess, content generally good.
50 Mar 90 Derek Fawell 48 39 22 Why Is The 1st Page Always The Last Written?
51 Jun 90 Mark Bones 106 84 48 The Sci-Fi Issue, Scary?
52 Aug 90 Joyce Knowles 79 77 44 Some Kind of Landmark Set.
53 Nov 90 Tracey Evans 67 50 38 Am I Twenty-Five or Sixty?
Openings 9   Popular Vote 38 32 32 1991 Anthology Selected from 1990 Mags.
54 Jan 91 Bernard Towler 84 65 34 Ed calls job a mix of Terror, Power & Joy
55 Mar 91 Ann Stone 100 93 48 A Bell Wether Issue; Blank Verse.
56 Jun 91 Al Campbell 75 100 36 A Literary Triumph? With Past Issues Index.
57 Aug 91 Phil Cradock 73 72 32 How To Write Good? A Primer. p63.
58 Nov 91 Caroline Lord 86 75 40 Friends Romans Countrymen & Earplugs?
59 Jan 92 Barbara Cumbers 94 97 37 Gnomic Verse, Explained & Shown.
60 Mar 92 Lorraine Kelly 72 61 37 Membership Standing at, 112.
61 Jun 92 Mary Shiells 92 89 39 Down With Democracy, Polemic. P69.
62 Aug 92 Rodney Wood 56 37 36 My Way, With No Regrets, Perhaps?
63 Nov 92 Phil Cradock 82 95 44 Rimbaud & The Center Parc “Renga.”
Openings 10   Popular Vote 60 71 49 Double Anthology, as Last Years Was Missed. 
64 Jan 93 Diana Nicholson 100 90 38 Hating The M4, p57; God Bless the EC.
65 Mar 93 Maria Gulinello 78 89 45 A Lost Magazine, p74; Non-Member Ed.
66 Jul  93 Al Campbell 78 92 48 Mag 3 Mos Late; The Buff Monck Issue.
67 Aug 93 Mark Hodson 83 79 37 1st Ever European Community Production?
68 Nov 93 Sally James 83 103 48 Some Content Very Good, but Lacks Tautness.
Openings 11   Popular Vote 44 36 36 1994 Anthology Selected from 1993 Mags.
69 Jan 94 John Parr 92 109 54 Issue brings much controversy, Editor resigns.
70 Mar 94 Tracey Evans 72 139 52 1st Horizontal Issue? Price of Eggs Issue?
71 Jul  94 Bronte Midellton 85 114 55 Very Professional Production Standard.
72 Aug 94 Pippa Deacon 93 125 53 Calleva is in England, Issue, A Pippa Special.
73 Nov 94 Bernard Towler 94 129 68 Keywords; Patina, Seagull, Shards. But Why?
Openings 12   Popular Vote 44 45 45 1995 Anthology Selected from 1994 Mags.
74 Jan 95 Anna Beint 105 139 66 Editorial Questioning the Value of Comments?
75 Mar 95 Ted Griffin 93 99 51 Ted Nominates self Best Poet in Society? p3.
76 Jun 95 Merryn Williams 85 71 69 OU Poets Publications are Worthy; Editor, p3.
77 Aug 95 Jenny Hamlett 93 96 73 Cover design by a 7 yr old, better than some.
78 Nov 95 Al Campbell 85 168 89 The Power of Poetry to Corrupt. Plato Republic.
Openings 13   Popular Vote 36 40 38 1996 Anthology Selected from 1995 Mags.
79 Jan 96 Barbara Cumbers 88 119 83 Poetry as Nuts & Bolts or The Cats Choice. p2.
80 Apr 96 Bernard Towler 105 117 76 Plea Restraint in the use of Vendetta in Comments.
81 Jun 96 Graham Knapman 86 118 54 False Prophets Issue; Membership 164.
82 Aug 96 Tracey Evans 85 149 74 1st Colour Cover; Seagulls & Shards Again?
83 Nov 96 Richard Dillon 85 115 77 Paul Verlaine Issue, p76;Also Poems & Image p2
Openings 14   Popular Vote 51 42 42 1997 Anthology Selected from 1996 Mags.
84 Jan 97 Hazel W-Cornish 88 141 68 2 Little Words Vital to Editing, Good & Bad. P2.
85 Apr 97 Ted Griffin 120 104 72 1st Two Part Mag, Not a Success, Costs excessive?
86 Jun 97 Jim Lindop 96 107 73 Again the Two Part Mag.
87 Aug 97 Mark Hodson 75 105 75 Poets count up by 11 counting extracts; p67-68.
88 Nov97 Ruth Turk 106 127 73 Two Part Mag, 2 pp Feature on Tal Stenner.
Openings 15   Popular Vote 48 48 48 1998 Anthology Selected from 1997 Mags.
89 Jan 98 Al Campbell 86 139 71 1 Part Mag; Includes Terry Sweetman Profile.
90 Apr 98 Steve Horsfall 144 168 78 The Final 2 Parter; The Curate’s Egg.
91 Jun 98 Pat McGuigan 92 133 67 No Frills, Hack n Patch Edition, A Fine Brake.
92 Aug 98 Mary Shiells 90 111 66 Angel Of The North Special; Pix of G-Kids.
93 Nov 98 Mark Bones 112 161 71 TLA, Three Letter Acronym Issue?
Openings 16   Popular Vote 61 49 49 1999 Anthology Selected from 1998 Mags.
94 Jan 99 Jason A Lusted 99 119 66 Smooth Mix Of Gravity and Levity.
95 Apr 99 Graham Knapman 84 104 63 Chaucer Meets Si-fi, Meets OU Poets.
96 Jun 99 Sally James 81 132 63 So Many Poems Humble Me, More in spirit…
97 Aug 99 Adrian Green 82 109 74 Light August Stand in Edition.
98 Nov 99 Jim Lindop 89 117 69 Not unlike past Issues from Jim.
Openings 17   Popular Vote 60 49 49 2000 Anthology Selected from 1999 Mags.
99 Jan 00 Tracey Evans 107 126 53 Brighton Episode; Kalevala Themes; In 2 Parts.
100 Apr 00 Al Campbell 79 131 64 Richard Dillon Profile; Genealogy Set Theme.
101 Jun 00 Barbara Cumbers 70 114 61 Anonymous Issue, Names Removed; hummm??
102 Aug 00 Julius Smit 68 99 62 Very Modernist Issue; Poems Less So.
103 Nov 00 Steve Horsfall 64 102 56 The Good, Bad & Distinctly Weird; Or the Usual
Openings 18   Popular Vote 68 33 33 2001 Anthology Selected from 2000 Mags. 
104 Jan 01 Linda Dobinson 98 110 55 Scattered Quotes the Great & Good Poets.
105 Apr 01 Hazel Warburton 76 94 50 Almost the Glossy Magazine Issue.
106 Jun 01 Alice Harrison 84 116 53 Good Editing, but still the John Homes Issue.
107 Aug 01 Jenny Hamlett 86 114 60 From the Far West; Nature & New Names.
108 Nov 01 Al Campbell 68 99 56 11 Sep 01, & the Future; Digital Media, Query?
Openings 19   Popular Vote 60 38 38 2002 Anthology Selected from 2001 Mags. 
109 Jan 02 Nick Southgate 75 98 49 Back to the Past Issues? A New Era?
110 Apr 02 Graham Knapman 67 89 49 Was Themed Rhyming But Got Abandoned.
111 Jun 02 Linda Dobinson 90 107 51 A Holiday Issue. Success In Poetry & Comments.
112 Aug 02 Steve Horsefall 96 128 61 Light Verse Issue; Plus Others.
113 Nov 02 Barbara Cumbers 73 136 60 Give Me Your Hand, p65; A Curious Unsigned Poem
Openings 20   Popular Vote 64 41 41 2003 Anthology Selected from 2002 Mags. 
114 Jan 03 Julius Smit 78 140 65 Themed on Experimental Poetry
115 Apr 03 Al Campbell 70 123 67 Music Issue, The One Man Band
116 Jun 03 Nick Baker 74 163 65 Apropos of - er - 'Mondagreens'?
117 Aug 03 Rodney Wood 76 111 66 Cool words flow across Computer Screens
118 Nov 03 Jim Lindop 82 132 66 The Colours of Autumn
Openings 21   Popular Vote 52 32 32 2004 Anthology Selected from 2003 Mags. 
119 Jan 04 Graham Knapman 66 95 56 Themed on Visceral Poetry
120 Apr 04 Al Campbell 82 210 100 Bumper Issue Themed on the Prose Poem
121 Jun 04 Steve Horsfall 71 107 47 The All in One Poetical Package?
122 Aug 04 Nick Baker 70 117 56 Roving Sweep, Neatly Seen, Poetic Landscapes
123 Nov 04 Sally James 65 111 51 Death, Loss, Religion and the Natural World
Openings 22   Popular Vote 44 34 34 2005 Anthology Selected from 2004 Mags.
124 Jan 05 Adrian Green 70 141 54  The Weymouth and Watery Edition!
125 Mar 05 Nina Mattar 70 128 58 A first Time Endeavour for the Editor
126 Jun 05 Graham Knapman 60 96 51 The Japanese Poetry Issue
127 Aug 05 Al Campbell 48 110 49 A Recipe Issue leaves a good after taste
128 Nov 05 Steve Horsfall 70 101 42 Intelligent Preceptors in Classical Institutions?
Openings 23   Popular Vote 52 39 39 2006 Anthology Selected from 2005 Mags.
129 Jan 06 Jim Lindop 79 139 54 Words of Love & 25th Anniversary Issue
130 Mar 06 Colin Blundell 62 121 50 The great OULIPO exercise, from J Starbuck
131 Jun 06 Alice Harrison 67 123 51 Marilyn Monroe cover by Peter Godfrey
132 Aug 06 Rosina Thomas 64 116 50 Themed on Holidays & Far Away places
133 Nov 06 Brian Turnbull 78 117 47 No set theme but structured by majority first
Openings 24 Popular Vote 46 36 36 2007 Anthology Selected from 2006 Mags.
134 Jan 07 Al Campbell 52 124 54 Themed on The Self, Cover by Magritte
135 Mar 07 Nina Mattar 72 127 49 A Gentle Spring Gathering, as a gentle spring rain
136 May 07 Helen Harvey

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 111 45 Themed Music, and how Poetry makes its own Music
137 Aug 07 Sally James 66 119 48 Poems as babies, to be nursed and nurtured
138 Nov 07 Peter Godfrey 58 120 43 Misc Memories and Biographical
Openings 25   Popular Vote       2008 Anthology Selected from 2007 Mags.
139 Jan 08 Lem Ibbotson 69 170 52 Pleasures and Pains of Childhood and the Muse
140 Mar 08 Rosa Thomas 61 99 45 Getting in the mood of Spring, despite the Rain
141 Jun 08 DJ Haines 51 96 44 A fond farewell to an effective first time editor.
142 Aug 08 Eleanor Broaders 64 108 48  
143 Nov 08 Tony French 52 127 53 Themed Trust, pretty tricky but interesting.
Openings 26   Late spring 09       2009 Anthology Selected from 2008 Mags.
144 Jan 09 Lem Ibbotson       Themed Humour
145 Mar 09 Adrian Green        
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             

Mag No

Date

Editor

Pages

Poems

Poets

Notes & Features

 

In the early days Anthologies were produced on the whim of individual editors, there was no official policy on how poems were selected or how often an Anthology was produced. By the end of 1982 Daphne Cowley put forward a proposal to adopt the Chester Poets rules they had developed over time, which was to select poems once annually from the previous years magazines. This was accepted and has become the Society standard ever since.