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Awards, Vol3, Issue1 - Spring/Summer 2010
Congratulations, Ben Chadwick!
04.02.10 | Permalink | 3 Comments

Ben Chadwick’s story from our Fall/Winter 2009 issue, “The Power of Fiction” was selected as a Notable Story from storySouth Million Writers Award Notable Stories of 2009. Congratulations, Ben… you deserve it!
Editor's Notes, Vol3, Issue1 - Spring/Summer 2010
Editor’s Note
03.31.10 | Permalink | 1 Comment

How fitting this issue’s cover art features an egg beater! This spring, we here at Rough Copy have decided it’s time to mix things up a bit. In addition to the same quality poetry, fiction and essays you’ve come to expect, we’re also publishing our very first flash fiction, a breathtaking piece by Kim Chinquee […]
Editor's Notes, Vol2, Issue2 - Fall/Winter 2009
Editor’s Note
11.24.09 | Permalink | Comment?

It’s that time again, and I couldn’t be more excited to announce our latest issue. In it, Royce Clay Slape recounts a harrowing episode from his memoir Are You My Son? and Sandy Tanaka has penned a spellbinding story that’ll have you racing end to start to find out what happens (you’ll see what I […]
Interviews, Vol2, Issue2 - Fall/Winter 2009
An Interview with Deema Bayrakdar
11.24.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Deema Bayrakdar is a mixed media artist and textile/surface designer living in Brooklyn. Her work finds inspiration in both urban and natural landscapes, and Bayrakdar’s keen interest in energy and movement is reflected in her playful collages, prints and textile designs.
JF: First, I’d like to say thanks, Deema, for agreeing to this interview! Your images […]
Editor's Notes, Vol2, Issue1 - Spring/Summer 2009
Editor’s Note
05.15.09 | Permalink | Comment?

With all the doom and gloom in the forecast—and on the ground—we here at Rough Copy thought there was never a better time for a touch of whimsy. From Zoe Francesca’s dream poems to Elizabeth McKenzie’s talking cat, there’s something in this issue to tickle everyone’s fancy. But in between the laughter, be sure to […]
Interviews, Vol2, Issue1 - Spring/Summer 2009
An Interview with Jesse Reno
05.15.09 | Permalink | Comment?

Jesse Reno is a self-taught artist living in Portland, Oregon. His mixed-media paintings are a delightful mix of shamanic figures, totemic imagery, forest sprites and creatures of the sea–guideposts for navigating a man-made world increasingly at odds with its natural environment.
Recently, I caught up with Jesse at Opposable Thumb here in Portland, where talk about […]
Editor's Notes, Vol1, Issue2 - Fall/Winter 2008
We’re back!
11.09.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Thanks for all the positive feedback on our first issue! I’m thrilled to announce that our second has lifted the bar even higher. Be the first to read two new poems from Jason Gray’s forthcoming collection, Photographing Eden. And in her interview with RC editor Laura Horsley, artist Dana Ellyn talks politics and beyond, revealing a vision for how […]
Interviews, Vol1, Issue1 - Spring/Summer 2008
An Interview with Matt Sesow
04.21.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Matt Sesow is an independent and self-taught artist living in Washington, DC. Since starting his career in 1993, he has sold thousands of paintings all over the world. A self-described ‘social anthropologist,’ his art documents the times in which we live while simultaneously skewering our perceptions about everything from world politics to personal trauma.
As […]