Announcement

aois21 media partners with Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts

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Alliance of local lawyers supports DC-area artists with classes and pro bono work

MOUNT VERNON, VA – aois21 media, LLC announced today a partnership with Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts, which will provide the company with legal guidance and support as well as law experts for aois21 podcasts and events.

From their website, waladc.com:

Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts began in 1983 as a unique collaboration of lawyers and artists to fulfill a mission to serve artists in need of legal knowledge and assistance. Since then, WALA has supported artistic expression and creative innovation serving the legal needs of the arts and cultural communities in Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia.

As our company has grown and expanded into new markets, we have had reason to need legal advice. Additionally, there are many topics we have had interest in covering on our various podcast series that would benefit from the legal subject matter experts who are part of the WALA alliance. As aois21 maps out the coming months, having the legal guidance of WALA will help make sure the staff and Creatives get the support they need.

"It is always amazing to me that we can find exactly what we’re looking for exactly when we need it,” said Keith F. Shovlin, aois21’s publisher. "We met Executive Director John C. Good at the DC Author Fest and were eager to sign up, not only for the good of our company, but also for our Creatives and those who will benefit from the information we will help them share."

aois21 media taking podcast to internet radio

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BlogTalkRadio will make aois21 podcasts available daily with new “aois21 presents”

MOUNT VERNON, VA – aois21 media, LLC is happy to announce a pilot program to syndicate aois21 podcasts to an internet radio station in a daily, 30-minute format. The partnership with BlogTalkRadio will allow aois21 to reach a new market and share some of our evergreen audio content again.

Launching in late May, aois21 presents will be a half-hour audio show showcasing new and old podcast episodes. A full schedule will be announced soon, anchored by Literally This Week each Monday. Tuesday night will be poetry night, with bundled episodes of Passion on the Page. Over the course of 90 days, no content will be repeated.

New content from The World’s Only Podcast and Between the Beltways will be released just after regular release, while other aois21 podcasts will be released on a set schedule, mixing old and new episodes. Expect to find audio from aois21 Creatives Evan Tucker and Aylin Vega on a weekly schedule, with regular contributions from other Creatives and shows.

This will be our second attempt at working with online radio after a six-month agreement for weekly release of Aylin Vega’s Sexed, Vexed, Perplexed on WDLS Internet Radio. This new agreement will not currently include any live shows, but may in the future, depending on listener feedback. All aois21 podcasts will continue to post as scheduled on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, TuneIn, and Spotify.

“Our audio content has been our strongest growth area, and this just allows it to grow even more,” said Keith F. Shovlin, aois21’s publisher. “This gives us the opportunity to not only share past programming, but also create new innovative audio for a live audience.”

aois21 announces fifth and final aois21 annual

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Literary magazine has suffered from failing sales, interest

MOUNT VERNON, VA – aois21 media, LLC is happy to announce that the fifth aois21 annual will be released this fall, but it will be the last due to weak sales and falling submission rates.

For the past four years, the aois21 annual has brought literary and art works from around the globe together in a concise magazine that we have assembled with great pride. Rising print costs and low sales necessitated a move to an all-digital release the past two years. This allowed us to experiment with different digital presentations and include audio and video submissions. This change, though, also led to an even starker decrease in sales and a 40% decrease in submissions from the previous year.

Past contributors to the aois21 annual have gone on to much success. Michael B. Judkins became an aois21 Creative after submitting material for the 2015 aois21 annual. Brendan Loper drew an original comic for the 2015 annual and now appears regularly in the New Yorker. Dr. Deepan Chatterjee shared some new work beyond his poetry and short fiction and now writes regularly for Huffington Post. And beyond the contributors, two videos recorded for the 2017 annual led to the launch of a new aois21 video series, 21 seconds, capturing real life 21 seconds at a time.

“It is with a heavy heart that we decided it was time to let the annual go,” said Keith F. Shovlin, aois21’s publisher. “When you consider the amount of time and effort that went into creating the magazine, the community reaction was not worth it. Those who submitted their work deserve better, and this will allow them to pursue other journals that can suit them better.”

This year’s annual will be released in October. It has not yet been decided whether it will return to print for this final edition. If so, a crowdfunding campaign would launch in June to help cover the costs of printing. After its release, a launch event will be held at Walls of Books in Washington, DC.

Presenting the contributors to the 2017 aois21 annual

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Thomas P. Athridge - Excerpt
Donny Barilla - Poetry
Mat Byerly - Short Story
Rana Gainer - Art
Daniel Goodman - Short Story
L.S. Engler - Short Story
Michael B. Judkins - Poem
Eftichia Kapardeli - Poetry
James D. King - Excerpt & Short Story
Meghan Mrla - Poetry
Simon Perchik - Poetry
Paul Dickinson Russell - Excerpt
Gerard Sarnat - Poetry
Keith F. Shovlin - Video & Excerpt
Adam Wallick - Photography

Join us at 4 pm ET, at Walls of Books in Washington, DC, for the 2017 aois21 annual release party!

aois21 launches 7th podcast

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New series will dive into the history behind current events

We are happy to announce a new addition to our podcasting lineup, an occasional series from writer Evan Tucker exploring historical trends in pop culture from the distant present to the current moment.

It's Not Even Past: A History of the Distant Present is a history podcast looking at the world we currently live in, built in the mode of Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History, but without the extended run time. The news today is troubling, and though much of it seems to come out of nowhere, there is actually a mostly logical course that has carried us to the headlines of today. Evan Tucker knows the story behind the headlines and wants to help you understand that many of these stories have been a long time coming.
The podcast is being hosted by Podomatic and will be available on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, Google Play, and at media.aois21.com. A Facebook page will be launching shortly. This will be the seventh podcast in the aois21 podcast network, and will have an indefinite schedule, timed to match key events that grab Tucker’s attention. These podcasts and the aois21 video series can be found at media.aois21.com.

"Dating" going to print

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Top-selling eBook will be printed-on-demand by Lulu.com

aois21 is launching a series of print runs through print on demand of aois21 titles currently available only as eBooks. “Dating” as Told by the Modern Whore, by Aylin Vega, is first out, available soon from Lulu.com.
 
With a planned release date of Valentine’s Day and a release party to follow in Washington, DC, the tales of the Modern Whore will continue to spread. What started as a

blog and then became a top-selling eBook, followed by a podcast and a radio show, will now be available in print and in bookstores across the DC area.Readers will be able to purchase copies directly from Lulu.com and get a specially printed copy. Copies will also be available from aois21 directly at upcoming events such as book fairs and readings.
 
Other titles upcoming in this series include HIVE: Battle at the Dog Star by James D. King, Will This Be On The Final? by Bianca Palmisano, and The Magnus and the Maiden by Philip J. Sipkov, with illustrations by Rebecca Head. This expansion into print will allow these titles to break into an industry on the rebound and make their words available to another group of readers, and also give the authors more opportunities to meet the reading public with events at bookstores and fairs.

Sexed Vexed Perplexed moving to Internet radio

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Episodes available every Thursday at 10 pm ET

aois21 is happy to announce that Sexed Vexed Perplexed with the Modern Whore, a biweekly series hosted by aois21 Creative Aylin Vega, will soon be available on the internet radio station WDLS, Thursdays at 10 pm ET.
 
Sexed Vexed Perplexed with the Modern Whore has been available every two weeks and featured Vega sharing intimate details about her experiences, as well as guest episodes based on certain topics. Between writing her book and honing her craft on the stand-up stage, Vega brings her hilarious and risqué stories to internet radio.

WDLS, which stands for World Diverse Life Sounds, Radio of Allentown, PA, launched in 2015 and has been growing its programming and listenership steadily. The station focuses on diverse viewpoints, not commonly found on terrestrial radio, and approached aois21 to option Vega’s podcast.  Click here for more information on WDLS : www.WDLSRADIO.net

The new weekly episodes will be an hour in length with ad breaks, and will be including previously released episodes of the podcast, restructured into the hour format. Once a month, Vega will host an episode live to give callers an opportunity to share their own stories or seek advice from the Modern Whore.

The podcast will continue to be released every other Wednesday on Podomatic, iTunes, Stitcher radio, Google Play, and online at media.aois21.com. You can keep up with Vega on twitter @themodernwhore and on tumblr at themodernwhore.tumblr.com.