American Tanka to Return as an Online Journal Edited by Laura Maffei

Press Release - For Immediate Release - Please post to all appropriate venues

12 October 2010

American Tanka, which was founded in 1996 by Laura Maffei as a perfect-bound print journal with 17 issues published from 1996 - 2007, will return later this year as an ongoing online journal, with Laura as editor. The online version will allow greater and more immediate accessibility worldwide and at the same time keep to the original American Tanka aesthetic of viewing one tanka at a time. Currently inviting submissions. Please send up to 5 of your best, most well-crafted original English-language tanka (not published elsewhere) to laura@lauramaffei.com, in the body of the e-mail (no attachments please), along with a one-line "about the author" (30 words or fewer).

American Tanka, Inc. is still a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation and donations are tax-deductible. They may be sent to Executive Director Tim Younce, 4906 W. State Route 55 , Troy, OH 45373.