Announcing the Re-Launch of PoArtMo Collective!

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On January 25, 2021

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Hello everyone!

Today is a very special day. PoArtMo Collective, the artist collective created in 2019 by Cendrine Marrouat and former member Isabel Nolasco, is back in business!

Formerly known as FPoint Collective, PoArtMo Collective is made up of four artists who work in different fields but share the same love for inspirational and positive art. Our goal is to release several themed projects (ebooks and online exhibitions) that uplift the world every year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkH6ixDiPBw

PoArtMo Collective: Members

Cendrine Marrouat (founder)

Born and raised in Toulouse, France, Cendrine Marrouat lives in Winnipeg, Canada. She specializes in nature, B&W and closeup images. She is also a poet, author and the co-founder of Auroras & Blossoms.
David Ellis

Hailing from Tunbridge Wells, Kent (UK), David Ellis is an award-winning poet, author of poetry, marketing workbooks/journals, humourous fiction and music lyrics, and the co-founder of Auroras & Blossoms.
Azelle Elric

Born in the south of France and living currently in Alsace, Azelle Elric has been passionate about drawing since childhood. She is mostly inspired by Japanese culture, the Mucha style, and Art Nouveau. She enjoys working on black and white drawings, mixing faces and intricate patterns.

Current Project

Our first project of the year is a mini online exhibition titled “Perfect Imperfections.”

Cendrine, David, Hadiya, and Azelle share what the theme means to them through their favorite modes of expression: photography, poetry, digital art, and drawings.

Perfect Imperfections opens today and will run until April 19, 2020. Click the image below to see the exhibition.

What’s Next?

Hadiya, Cendrine, and David are putting the finishing touches to an ebook that pays homage to the early days of photography. We will tell you more about this exciting new project very soon!

In the meantime, feel free to check us out:

We share our work on social networks several times a week. On Twitter, and Facebook, we also highlight our favorite art.

Interested in Joining Our Collective?

We are looking to add a few more members to our collective. PoArtMo Collective offers its members a platform where they can meet and engage with like-minded creatives; challenge themselves; perfect their styles; participate in uplifting projects; and be paid for their work.

Our two types of memberships come with specific perks. Those include the ability to:

  • earn money from the sales of the ebooks and the art in the exhibitions in which you participate;
  • submit to our Auroras & Blossoms Creative Literary Art Magazine and anthologies for free;
  • have your work featured on the cover of one of our issues, projects and/or anthologies;
  • and much more!

Interested in joining us? Click the image below!

Reading Period Has Now Closed for Our Magazine! Submit to Our Anthologies

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On January 21, 2021

In Announcements

Hello folks!

As mentioned several times on the blog, our current reading period for our magazine ended yesterday.

What does it mean? Even though we still accept submissions all year round, what you send us from now on will be reviewed when we re-open submissions.

Our next reading period will start in a couple of months. We will publish an announcement on the blog then. So, if you do not want to miss the news, we recommend that you sign up for our newsletter.

In the meantime, check out our two anthology submission calls going on right now.

The PoArtMo Anthology : 2021 Edition

After our very successful first edition, the PoArtMo Anthology is back! We want your most inspirational art created in 2021.

As always, we accept poetry, poetry-graphy, photography, short stories, six word stories, essays, flash fiction, drawings and paintings.

New this year: A second anthology featuring works dedicated to 13-16 year-old artists!

The No Longer Ignored Anthology

What does social justice mean to you? Send us your most inspirational / postive art and stories that answer this question.

Our New FAQ Page

Many of you have had inquiries regarding Auroras & Blossoms. However, for the last few months, you have asked us the same questions over and over again. Since time is of the essence for us and you, we have decided to create a general FAQ page. It is very thorough and should alleviate any doubts and concerns you have about our submission process at Auroras & Blossoms.

If you are new to our platform, we recommend that you read our FAQ page before visiting the submissions page of your choice.

NB: This is a general FAQ page. For answers relating specifically to the publication you are submitting to at Auroras & Blossoms, please read the FAQ of the relevant submissions page that interests you.

Happy creating!

David & Cendrine

Inspirational Artist Series: Joshua Grant

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On January 18, 2021

In Inspirational Artist Series

The Inspirational Artist Series spotlights some of the artists featured in our issues and anthologies, and/or who have moved us in specific ways.

Today’s guest is Joshua Grant. Josh makes a living teaching and working with kids in various environments, with the occasional novel always in the works. He is also a huge supporter of independent authors, whom he promotes via his website Diabolic Shrimp and his new YouTube show. 

Josh dedicates parts of the proceeds of his book sales to important causes, including ocean exploration, the No Kid Hungry initiative, ALS research, Children’s Hospital, and prevention of youth suicide.

Check out the interview we conducted with him earlier this month during our PoArtMo Show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2Ug4zrjjio

Connect with Joshua Grant:

Have a wonderful week!

Cendrine & David

Inspirational Artist Series: Daniel Lyons

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On January 11, 2021

In Inspirational Artist Series

The Inspirational Artist Series spotlights some of the artists featured in our issues and anthologies, and who have moved us in specific ways.

Today’s guest is Poet Daniel Lyons, whose work has been featured in our magazine.

How does a poem begin for you? Does it start with an image, a form or a particular theme?

My poems always begin with an emotion I can’t quite define. The specific nostalgia of autumn air, for example. Each of my poems is an exploration of that emotion, a definition, as it were.

Are there any forms you haven’t tried yet but would like to?

After several creative writing courses at Western Washington University, I think the only poetry form I haven’t tried yet is epic poetry.

What is your relationship with your speaking voice and your written voice?

My written voice is considerably more articulate and less prone to hyperbole than my spoken voice. As a high-functioning autistic, writing is a more accessible way for me to communicate (most of the time) with other human beings compared to the spoken word.

Have you considered getting other people to read your poetry or is it important for you to be the one to perform your poetry to an audience?

I don’t know if this has ever been an issue for me. It would be strange to hear someone else read my poetry, though I have no fundamental objection to it. Given a choice, I suppose I would prefer to perform my poetry myself, simply because I consider rhythm and pacing to be the soul of poetry.

How important is accessibility of the meaning of your poems? Should we have to work hard to “solve” the poems and discover their deeper meanings?

Poetry is like abstract expressionist painting, or at least my poems are. The point is not what it means but what it makes you feel. Whatever that is, is what it means.

Has your own opinion or idea of what poetry is changed since you first started writing poetry?

I started writing poems when I was in elementary school. It used to be very important to me that poetry rhyme, also that it tell a story. Now I regard it more as a way of painting with words, a way of capturing one moment or state in time, whose past and future are entirely open to interpretation.

Anything else we should know?

Since my father and grandmother passed away in 2020, I have embraced painting as a creative outlet, in addition to working full time and attending online school with Washington State University to pursue a second Bachelor’s, this time in Political Science.

While it is one of my dreams to write about politics and history for a living, I try to keep my personal politics out of my creative work — not out of my themes, but out of my creative content. In this, I draw inspiration from my favorite novel, Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess, whose politics were about as different from my own as it is possible to be, were subtly evident in all of his work, and yet which I am always able to forgive because Burgess filled every page he ever wrote with humor, warmth, wit, and compassion. As we gird ourselves for another round of divisiveness, I hope we can all try to imbibe some of that spirit in our creativity, in our personal relations, and in ourselves.

Changing Seasons - Daniel Lyons


gilded autumn lightfall
glows on leaves golden
as the disappearing summer…
what a wonderful time to be…

the summer remnants fall
on fall leaves glowing
with the light of season’s dying…
what a wonderful time to be…

wintry air blast mocks
the warm colors that blanket
so much hibernating life…
what a wonderful time to be.

Changing Seasons is featured in issue 2 of the Auroras & Blossoms Poetry Journal.

Bio:

Daniel Lyons graduated from Western Washington University in 2016 with a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing. He is a published poet and the self-published author of All-American Aphrodite.

Daniel lives in SeaTac, Washington.

Links:

Daniel, thank you for answering our questions and supporting Auroras & Blossoms!

Cendrine & David

Now Offering Royalty Payments for Publication in Our Magazine and Anthologies!

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On January 7, 2021

In Announcements, New issues

Hello everyone!

If you missed our show on Tuesday, you did not hear the huge news we shared. So, here it is!

The pandemic has hit people hard, especially underrepresented artists. As such, we wanted to support the creatives who work with us in a more meaningful way.

Many magazines cannot afford to pay their contributors. The ones that do pay usually offer a small lump sum. This is especially true in the poetry world. That is the reason why we have decided to offer royalty payments to paying contributors of our issues and anthologies from now on — starting with issue 6 of the Auroras & Blossoms Poetry Journal!

What does it mean?

  • Royalties are paid on an ongoing basis and will be allocated on a ‘per piece basis’ for each piece featured in an issue or anthology.
  • Every time someone purchases a copy of an issue, the featured artists who have opted to receive royalties will earn a percentage of the money made on that sale. Make sure you let family and friends know where you have been published to increase your own earnings potential.
  • Featured artists have the potential to earn royalties for many years to come!
  • Readers have the opportunity to support underrepresented and established artists alike and encourage them to continue creating.

How Do Royalty Payments Work?

Royalty payments and sales reports are handled by Draft2Digital (D2D), our main ebook distributor. To be able to receive royalties as a featured artist, you will have to open your own Draft2Digital account and complete your payment settings and tax interview directly on the Draft2Digital website.

(The process is similar to what you would have to do to publish your books / ebooks on Amazon).

The next step will be to send us the email address you used to sign up for your account with Draft2Digital, so we can let them know that they can finalize the royalty payment process with you.

Please note the following:

  • We cannot set up your D2D account for you.
  • We cannot help with any technical issues you may encounter with the site or accessing your account with D2D. Please contact their support team instead.
  • D2D will handle royalty payments, not us. D2D will also handle sales reports for your publication, which you can access via your D2D account.

At Auroras & Blossoms, we want you to feel part of a big family of inspirational artists whose work and ideas are valued. As such, we believe that royalties are a step in the right direction. And we sincerely hope that you will agree that this is an amazing opportunity for artists going forward to help reward them for their work!

In the meantime…

Continue Submitting to Our Magazine!

Our current reading period ends on January 20th, 2021. Please submit to us before or on this deadline to ensure consideration for publication in an issue at the end of 2021/early 2022.

Kindly note that publication slots are limited. So we advise you to submit as soon as possible.

We are open to submissions all year long and also accept pieces from 13-16 year-old artists.

We look forward to reading you. Happy creating!

David & Cendrine

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