Release dates and submission deadlines for Nokturno in Spring 2020 are as follows:   Nokturno 1-2020. In memory of Marko Niemi March 2020. Deadline for submissions 15th of February. Nokturno 2-2020 June 2020. Deadline for submissions 15th of May.   Due to the current corona virus situation and its effects on our field this Spring […]

Sunset Cento by our Fall 2019 poet-in-digital-residence Kathryn Hummel is now released! Hummel´s collaborative work comprises of textual and visual fragments sent by participant all over the world. What do people think and feel when watching a sunset? Are all sunsets the same? How does our digital culture affect the ways we experience an analogue […]

Our poet-in-Digital Residence in Fall 2019 is Kathryn Hummel, Australian writer and researcher with a background in Social Sciences. Her works often address themes of gender, postcolonialism, urban spaces and travel. Nokturno now welcomes Kathryn and her project Sunset Cento in the Digital Residence! Sunset Cento begins with an open call for poetry in diverse […]

Poet, translator, and long-time editor of literature portal Nokturno, Marko Niemi, passed away on Wednesday, 18 September of a seizure. Marko was one of the founders of Nokturno in 2005 and edited the website from 2006-2014. The site’s international standing and significance to the Finnish literary world as a cumulative resource for digital poetry is […]

Poetry magazine Tuli & Savu announces an open call for mail art exhibition. Received works will also be published at Nokturno in a virtual exhibition. Deadline for submissions is at the end of August 16.9.2019. Mail art, developed in the 1950´s and 1960´s, mixes collage, visual poetry and other combinations of image and text, but […]