'Zines/Journals
*Recommended* Arts Pneumonia, a small not-for-profit arts journal made in the spirit of Dada, DIY Culture, Punk Rock and the Cool of Sixties Design.
*Recommended* I.R.P or 'Impulsive Random Platform' a humble little magazine set up by Kala Newman and Alex Bates as a means for everybody to share their art and ideas.
*Recommended* Mimesis is a new international illustrated poetry journal edited by former deviantart gallery director James Midgley.
*Recommended* Pomegranate is a cracking poetry magazine for under 30s, edited by several Foyle Young Poets of the Year. Their guidelines alone are worth a gander.
*Recommended* Qarrtsiluni is an online journal with themed issues, combining contributions of poetry with stunning photographs.
*Recommended* Soundzine features audio recordings of poets reading out the published poems. It also features music and song, spoken word and an annual One-Act playwriting contest.
*Recommended* Sphinx is a behind-the-scenes look at poetry publishing. As their website says: "Through Sphinx you can keep up to date with what’s going on in independent poetry publishing. It’s a must for anyone interested in getting their work into print or depressed about the alleged crisis in poetry publishing. Sphinx is part of the story of poetry and the people who make it happen."
*Recommended* Stop Sharpening Your Knives is a regular anthology run by the Norwich-based poetry collective of the same name.
Taiga is a brand spanking new print-based poetry journal. Coming in July 2008.
*Recommended* Toad in Mud is a Glasgow-based online publishing venture showcasing new writers and contemporary literature for prose, poetry and all other literary forms, with a neat feedback feature, regular events and 'pondcasts'.
*Recommended* Umbrella is, as it says on the front page, a superbly readable journal.
*Recommended* Zafusy is a contemporary poetry journal, edited by Jody Porter.
Organisations
*Recommended* The Forest is an Edinburgh-based collective. As well as seeing to a mainly volunteer-run cafe which serves delicious vegetarian food and plays host to numerous creative events - the launch for FuseLit: Nude being one - the Forest give regular grants to artistic endeavours, publish books and CDs.
Publishers
*Recommended* Bluechrome are an independent publisher of poetry and literary or experimental fiction.
*Recommended* Eggbox are a Norfolk-based publisher of exciting new poetry.