Welcome to the new NorthernPros.com
Well, it's been a long time in coming, but we've done it, we've got it, here it is – the new website, the next phase.
When NorthernPros was founded in 1995, developing literary and artistic communities was paramount to the course of our effort. It was a grassroots endeavor – we published the occassional chapbook of literature and shook a lot of hands – the internet was still very young.
In 2001, we adapted what and who we knew into a system of lists that we published online as NorthernPros.com. Over the next couple of years our community grew. Now featuring scores of "communities" and organizations on the Web who promote writing and art as a career or lifelong hobby, NorthernPros.com has reached another step in its goal to continually link good writing to hungry readers.
Our next step was a two-parter, really. First, we required a redesign of our home site. If you've seen the old site, then you know that it did its duty, but it was old and clumsy and it would not assist us in the forging ahead. What you see here is the result of much contemplation, a baseline from which we can grow.
The second-half of our next step was the launch of the forthcoming journal Cadillac Cicatrix in print and online. Cadillac Cicatrix was originally a one-time publication created by students at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University. It has since blossomed into the semi-annual title under which NorthernPros publishes work by emerging and established writers and artists.
With the merging of NorthernPros and Cadillac Cicatrix into a single effort, we expect to: 1) Publish frequently;
2) Offer an ever-growing list of links to artistic communities on the Web; 3) Rinse and repeat.
In the next few months, we will be focusing on the launch of Cadillac Cicatrix.com and its print counterpart. We have been hyping this thing for a long time, and we are very happy to say it's finally here. The galley is being edited, we can taste the salt in the wind.
Come January 1, 2007, we will be making frequent announcements here on the HOME page. Posts by NorthernPros about NorthernPros will go directly to our BLOG page. In addition to frequent posts about what's happening at NorthernPros, we will be featuring daily links to literary news and events of interest.
In the end, we are very happy to give you this new site in an effort to help you grow as an artist and get you published.
– Benjamin Spencer
Senior Editor
