BALLOONS Lit. Journal

BALLOONS Lit. Journal

Cover of BLJ Issue 6 (Sept 2017)
Categories	Literary magazine
Frequency	Biannual
Format	Electronic/print
Founder	Ho-cheung Lee
Founded	2014
Based in	Hong Kong
Language	English
Website	BALLOONS Lit. Journal
ISSN	2520-3169  (print) 2520-0372  (web)

BALLOONS Lit. Journal (BLJ) is a free Hong-Kong-based electronic literary journal of English poetry, prose and artwork. It was founded in 2014 ^[1] by Ho-cheung Lee with Ricci Fong as the editorial advisor. Its current advisory board includes scholars Gary Harfitt, Ricci Fong, Lancy Tam Suk-yin and Simon Tham.

BLJ publishes works internationally for readers aged 12 and above. ^{[2] [3]}

Notable contributors to the journal include Polish photographer Izabela Urbaniak, American writer Jacqueline Jules, British poets John Foster and Paul Cookson, Brazilian street artist Fredone Fone, and Irish painter and playwright Sam McCready.

The journal also features audio clips of selected prose and poetry work from each issue on its website. These are usually recorded by original authors/poets, young people with speech and drama awards, English teachers and professional actors. Among the actors who have contributed their voices to BLJ are Hong Kong artiste Flora Chan and British speech examiner/adjudicator Mary Ann Tear.

In April 2016, BLJ was selected by Hong Kong Teachers Dream Fund ^[4] as one of 17 funded projects chosen from 300+ applications. ^[5] With the funding, print copies have been produced since Issue 3 for contributors and associates of the journal for complimentary and promotional purposes.

Sam McCready describes the journal as "An invaluable resource for innovative teachers of English Literature, Speech and Drama". ^[6] BLJ is listed by several websites as a resource for reading and writing such as Poets & Writers, ^[7] New Pages, ^[8] New Hampshire Writers' Project, ^[9] South Washington County Schools, ^[10] and The Winged Pen. ^[11]

BLJ is currently catalogued in Tin Ka Ping Education Library of The University of Hong Kong.

See also

• List of literary magazines
• Literary magazine

References

1. "BALLOONS Lit. Journal Launched for Youngsters - Alumni Stories - HKU Alumni - The University of Hong Kong" . Retrieved 2017-10-02.
2. "BALLOONS Lit. Journal - Literary Magazines". Literary Magazines. 2017-09-24. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
3. "Duotrope - BALLOONS Lit. Journal". duotrope.com. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
4. ovabig. "首頁 - 香港教師夢想基金". www.teachersdreamfund.hk (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2017-10-02.
5. 麥, 家羲 (3 May 2016). "夢想啟航19教師獲資助圓夢" (PDF). 教聯報. No. 83. 香港教育工作者聯會. p. 4. Retrieved 28 Jan 2018.
6. Lee, H C (Winter 2017). Collinson, Lynne (ed.). "BALLOONS Lit. Journal: An Emerging Force of Language Arts in Teaching Literature". Word Matters. The Society of Teachers of Speech and Drama. 67: 17–19.
7. "BALLOONS Lit. Journal". Poets & Writers. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
8. Staff03. "Young Authors Guide" . Retrieved 2017-10-03.
9. "Great Leads for January 2015 | New Hampshire Writers' Project". www.nhwritersproject.org. Archived from the original on 2015-01-28. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
10. "Creative Writing | South Washington County Schools". www.sowashco.org. Archived from the original on 2018-01-15. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
11. "Star in MG / YA Magazines". The Winged Pen. 2017-02-10. Retrieved 2017-10-03.

External links

• BALLOONS Lit. Journal official site