Spring 2020 and changes in the publishing schedule

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 […]

Digital Residence Fall 2019: A Crop of Sunsets

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 […]

5-2019

Sounds, memories and unknown search terms

The fifth issue of this year contains various encounters between poetry and sound art, probing of everyday technological vocabulary and videopoetry in the landscapes of remembrance. This issue opens with Neljä koetusta pysyä | Four Try-outs in Staying, a work combining Milka Luhtaniemi´s poetry and sound art by W. There are four audio players embedded […]

In Memoriam: Marko Niemi (1974 – 2019)

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 […]