SurVision

*SurVision*
Editor	Anatoly Kudryavitsky and Tony Kitt
Categories	Literature
Frequency	biannual
Founder	Anatoly Kudryavitsky
Founded	2017
Country	Ireland
Based in	Dublin
Language	English
Website	www.survisionmagazine

SurVisionis an international English-languagesurrealistpoetry project, comprising an onlinemagazineand a book-publishing outlet.SurVisionmagazine, founded in March 2017 by poetAnatoly Kudryavitsky,is a platform forsurrealistpoetry from Ireland and the world. SurVision Books, the book imprint, started up the following year.

SurVision Magazine[edit]

SurVision publishes a biannualmagazineof the same name, containingsurrealist poetry,includingtranslationsfrom other languages. The magazine has been noted for the range of its contributors, who have included both established and new writers from Ireland and other parts of the world. TheDublin Review of Bookshas called it "currently the only international magazine devoted exclusively to surrealist poetry."^[1]

TheMunich-basedGerman-languageSignaturen Magazineannounced that they will be publishing German translations of the best poems fromSurVision.^[2]In an interview withSignaturen,Anatoly Kudryavitsky described the magazine's editorial policy:

AtSurVision,we appreciate rich language and honed poetic skills. We have a soft spot for poetic experiments, but we believe that such an experiment has to be successful in order to beget publishable texts. The reader will probably notice that we prefer poems that create distinct visual images to abstract Surrealist poems.^[2]

In 2018,John W. Sexton's poem "The Snails" which appeared inSurVisionmagazine was shortlisted forAn Post's Irish Poem of the Year.^[3]

The James Tate International Poetry Prize[edit]

Since 2018, SurVision has awarded the annual James Tate International Poetry prize for the most favoured collection of surrealist poems. So far, the prize has always been shared between two or more poets. The prize was named in honour of the writer and poetJames Tate.^[4]

Year	Winners of 1st Prize
2018	Christopher Prewitt	Anton Yakovlev
2019	John Thomas Allen	John Bradley
2020	Alan Elyshevitz	Henry Finch
2021	Charles Borkhuis	Stuart Ross
2022	Noah FalckandMatt McBride	Michael Zeferino Spring
2023	Don Berger	Robert Miltner	Jeffrey Cyphers Wright

SurVision Books[edit]

SurVision started publishing books in April 2018. The first two titles in the New Poetics series were 34-page chapbooks byNoelle Kocot^[5]and the Irish surrealist poetCiaran O'Driscoll.^[6]More books followed, including a chapbook by the US Surrealist poetElin O'Hara Slavick,two full-size collections by the US Surrealist poetGeorge Kalamaras,andSelected Poemsby the German poetAnton G. Leitner;in 2019, chapbooks by English experimental poetHelen Ivory^[7]and Irish poetsJohn W. Sexton,^[8]Afric McGlinchey, Tony Kitt,^[9]and Tim Murphy;^[10]and in 2020, chapbooks by Irish poets Matthew Geden andTony Bailie.^[11]Anthologies of contemporary Surrealist poetry from Ireland and Russia were also published in 2020, followed by an anthology of Ukrainian poetry about the war edited by Tony Kitt and published in April 2022. In May 2022, SurVision announced on their website that Tony Kitt joined their editorial team.

In his detailed review inPoetry Ireland Trumpetof three collections of work by Irish poets, Michael S. Begnal has written that "SurVision is a press that brings energy and excitement to Irish poetry."^[12]

According to a MEAS report containing a statistical analysis of Irish poetry publications, SurVision Books was the joint-second most prolific poetry press on the island ofIrelandin 2018.^[13]

Notable contributors[edit]

Publications[edit]

Collections of poetry[edit]

George Kalamaras,That Moment of WeptISBN 978-1-9995903-7-6,andThrough the Silk-Heavy RainsISBN 978-1-912963-28-7
Anton G. Leitner,Selected Poems 1981-2015.Translated from German.ISBN 978-1-9995903-8-3

Anthologies[edit]

Seeds of Gravity: An Anthology of Contemporary Surrealist Poetry from Ireland,ed. by Anatoly Kudryavitsky (2020)ISBN 978-1-912963-18-8
MESSAGE-DOOR: An Anthology of Contemporary Surrealist Poetry from Russia,ed. by Anatoly Kudryavitsky, bilingual English/Russian (2020)ISBN 978-1-912963-17-1
Invasion: Ukrainian Poems about the War,ed. by Tony Kitt (2022)ISBN 978-1-912963-32-4
Contemporary Tangential Surrealist Poetry: An Anthology,ed. by Tony Kitt (2023)ISBN 978-1-912963-44-7

Chapbook series (highlights)[edit]

Noelle Kocot,Humanity.ISBN 978-1-9995903-0-7
Ciaran O'Driscoll,The Speaking Trees.ISBN 978-1-9995903-1-4
Elin O'Hara Slavick,Cameramouth.ISBN 978-1-9995903-4-5
Anatoly Kudryavitsky,Stowaway.ISBN 978-1-9995903-2-1
Helen Ivory,Maps of the Abandoned City.ISBN 978-1-912963-04-1
John W. Sexton,Inverted Night.ISBN 978-1-912963-05-8
Alison Dunhill,As Pure as Coal Dust.ISBN 978-1-912963-23-2

References[edit]

^Tim Murphy,On the Waves of the Surreal,Dublin Review of Books,1 April 2019.
^^a ^bKühn, Kristian E."Interview Anatoly Kudryavitsky engl. - Signaturen".signaturen-magazin.de.Retrieved2 February2018.
^Shortlist unveiled for the An Post Irish Book Awards 2018,An Post,25 October 2018.
^James Tate Prize,SurVision.
^Matthew Paul. Let's Get MetaphysicalSphinx Reviews,2020
^Poem of the week: Kiss,The Irish Times,27 July 2019.
^Rosie Jackson,Maps of the Abandoned City by Helen Ivory,London Grip Poetry Review,19 July 2019
^Wakey, Wakey by Colin O'Sullivan,Dublin Review of Books,1 September 2020
^Heidi Beck,Twinkling mischief,Sphinx Reviews,2019.
^Helena Nelson,An art gallery of poems,Sphinx Reviews,2020.
^Co Down writer and Irish News journalist wins international poetry prize,The Irish News,5 February 2020.
^Michael S. Begnal. "Fusion Fission: Surrealism now".Poetry Ireland Trumpet#8, July 2019, p. 9
^Dr Kenneth Keating and Dr Ailbhe McDaid,Gender in Poetry Publishing in Ireland,MEAS, Measuring Equality in the Arts Sector: Literature in Ireland, 2018.

External links[edit]

[Murphy-1] Tim Murphy,On the Waves of the Surreal,Dublin Review of Books,1 April 2019.

[auto-2] Kühn, Kristian E."Interview Anatoly Kudryavitsky engl. - Signaturen".signaturen-magazin.de.Retrieved2 February2018.

[3] Shortlist unveiled for the An Post Irish Book Awards 2018,An Post,25 October 2018.

[4] James Tate Prize,SurVision.

[5] Matthew Paul. Let's Get MetaphysicalSphinx Reviews,2020

[6] Poem of the week: Kiss,The Irish Times,27 July 2019.

[7] Rosie Jackson,Maps of the Abandoned City by Helen Ivory,London Grip Poetry Review,19 July 2019

[8] Wakey, Wakey by Colin O'Sullivan,Dublin Review of Books,1 September 2020

[9] Heidi Beck,Twinkling mischief,Sphinx Reviews,2019.

[10] Helena Nelson,An art gallery of poems,Sphinx Reviews,2020.

[11] Co Down writer and Irish News journalist wins international poetry prize,The Irish News,5 February 2020.

[12] Michael S. Begnal. "Fusion Fission: Surrealism now".Poetry Ireland Trumpet#8, July 2019, p. 9

[13] Dr Kenneth Keating and Dr Ailbhe McDaid,Gender in Poetry Publishing in Ireland,MEAS, Measuring Equality in the Arts Sector: Literature in Ireland, 2018.

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