Koi Pond: A Bi-Weekly List of Links
When we first launched web issues of Eleven Eleven in 2008, we had a page called links, as was customary. A page to show all the other cool and shiny journals we liked and that we hoped would link back to us. And for four years that section stayed blank, not because we didn’t like or want to link to other journals, but because of the nature of how our site was built made updating a links page challenging. If you notice however, clicking on the links of various links pages at other sites, that there’s often a number of dead links, or broken links. IE someone must have set up the links page and never got around to the often tedious task of updating all those pesky links.
So when we decided to re-do our website, we thought a lot about what to do with our never used links page. We decided we wanted a page of links that would update regularly, that would highlight new journals, new issues, art and other stuff we find interesting and want to pass along to our readers. Every other week or so, we’ll post eleven links, with perhaps a bit of commentary on our choices.
Why call it Koi Pond? Well, if you come and visit us at 195 De Haro St. in San Francisco, you can come and see for yourself!
Koi Pond #6
As we are in the process of building our summer print issue I have been reminded of why I fell in love with Eleven Eleven in the first place. I am a fan of all arts whether it be written, painted, photographed and so on. It is always a delight to mix medias in a [...]
Koi Pond #5
1- Ballyhoo Stories: Print journal that focuses on the skill and imagination of the writer. Each issue explores a theme which invites the reader on a new adventure every time. I love the freshness of it. http://www.ballyhoostories.com/ 2- Blackbird: Electronic journal whose that focuses on the style of writing and how it was crafted. I [...]
Koi Pond #4
With the recent rise in reading applications and tablets, many writers have found their voices through the use of electronic publication. The works of these writers take many forms, ranging from blogs to ebooks. The flash fiction genre is a particular form of writing that has seen a surge in popularity in the advent of [...]
Koi Pond #3
Eleven Eleven prides itself on publishing an eclectic mix of writing. It would only make sense to link to journals that do the same, in one way or another, and since we are currently working on our online winter issue, I thought it’d be a great idea to highlight a list of other online literary journals. [...]
Koi Pond #2
So you ask, “Eleven Eleven is such a fantastic magazine! Could there possibly be others like you out there?” For this Koi Pond, I decided to choose print journals that, like us, regularly publish innovative content from both established and emergent writers. Up and coming poets and writers should consider submitting work to any/all of [...]
Koi Pond #1
As someone who is deeply interested in packaging and aesthetics, I always admire websites that are able to merge great content with great design in such a way that neither one takes away from the other. The layouts are usually simple and clean, featuring navigation that is intuitive but still brings style and flair to [...]
Koi Pond #6
As we are in the process of building our summer print issue I have been reminded of why I fell in love with Eleven Eleven in the first place. I am a fan of all arts whether it be written, painted, photographed and so on. It is always a delight to mix medias in a [...]
Koi Pond #5
1- Ballyhoo Stories: Print journal that focuses on the skill and imagination of the writer. Each issue explores a theme which invites the reader on a new adventure every time. I love the freshness of it. http://www.ballyhoostories.com/ 2- Blackbird: Electronic journal whose that focuses on the style of writing and how it was crafted. I [...]
Koi Pond #4
With the recent rise in reading applications and tablets, many writers have found their voices through the use of electronic publication. The works of these writers take many forms, ranging from blogs to ebooks. The flash fiction genre is a particular form of writing that has seen a surge in popularity in the advent of [...]
Koi Pond #3
Eleven Eleven prides itself on publishing an eclectic mix of writing. It would only make sense to link to journals that do the same, in one way or another, and since we are currently working on our online winter issue, I thought it’d be a great idea to highlight a list of other online literary journals. [...]
Koi Pond #2
So you ask, “Eleven Eleven is such a fantastic magazine! Could there possibly be others like you out there?” For this Koi Pond, I decided to choose print journals that, like us, regularly publish innovative content from both established and emergent writers. Up and coming poets and writers should consider submitting work to any/all of [...]
Koi Pond #1
As someone who is deeply interested in packaging and aesthetics, I always admire websites that are able to merge great content with great design in such a way that neither one takes away from the other. The layouts are usually simple and clean, featuring navigation that is intuitive but still brings style and flair to [...]