Light's List The first place to stop in your search for new markets.  With over 1200 markets worldwide to chose from this should be on all writer's, artists and  poets essential reading list. 14th year of publication. John Light, The Light House,  37 The Meadows, Berwick-upon- Tweed, Northumberland.  TD15 1NY. UK

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Ursula Kiernan  Fish That Sing is the latest Anthology of poetry from Ursula published by the  national Poetry Foundation and containing 33 of her poems, some previously published in Voayge magazine. Ursula abandoned a successful career as an advertising copywriter in midlife. As a mature student she then took a Honours Degree in Clinical Psychology at Surrey University, before going on to train as a psychotherapist. Retirement allows her to devote considerable time and energy to an old love - poetry.. Her first poem was published when she was seven and she was recentlyshort listed for the Rosemary Arthur award. Ursula is founder member of Arun Poetry club. Once divorced, once widowed she now shares her home with a Boston terrier and a Bengal kitten.  If you would like to see more of her previously unpublished poems, she has four due in the next 2 issues of Voyage magazine.

Geoff Stevens has launched a new poetry magazine called autocue. Britain's most published poet Geoff is also editor of Purple Patch magazine which has been a mainstay of the small press for the last twenty years.  Auto Cue proposes to initiate a magazine of autobiography and poetry, with bibliographic details of establishement poets (past & present) and small press poets and poems about poets.  Write to: Geoff Stevens 25 Griffiths Road, West Bromwich B71 2EH

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