Listen & Be Heard has relocated from Greenville, SC to Harlem, New York. It is now a project of Sound System Culture Inc. We currently produce two podcast/syndicated radio shows. The Listen & Be Heard Hour is weekly and Beyond Borders is bi-weekly. The Listen & Be Heard website hosts the show archives, and publishes poetry, stories, reviews, columns and videos contributed from around the globe.
Our History
Listen & Be Heard began an improvisational poetry open mic in the East Village of New York City in the early 1990’s. The event moved with founder, Martha Cinader, to Vallejo, CA in the early 2000’s, where it grew into a weekly print and web publication, and a poetry cafe. After raising her children in Greenville, SC, Martha reinvented her approach in 2022, with The Listen & Be Heard Hour a weekly radio show/podcast. Now located in Harlem, New York, we hard at work on production of Season 4 of The Listen & Be Heard Hour, and Season 2 of Beyond Borders.
About the Founder, Martha Cinader
Martha Cinader is a writer and performance artist living in New York City. She is the founder and publisher of Listen & Be Heard, and currently the host and producer of the Listen & Be Heard Hour and Beyond Borders. She is the author of When the Body Calls, and Dreamscape, Real Dreams Really Make a Difference, and included in several anthologies. Her hit single Living It! continues to be streamed around the world, thirty years after its release.
Her children all grown, she is focusing on performance, finding publishers for her two novels, and the further development of Listen & Be Heard Network. She enjoys gardening and documents some of her experiences in the column, Martha’s Kitchen Garden. She has a particular interest in fiction and poetry, dreams, and environmental understanding.
Learn more about Martha Cinader
Contact Us
Submissions
Listen & Be Heard is a non-commercial venue and a volunteer opportunity.
We accept submissions year round. We appreciate the effort you put into your work, and appreciate your offerings, whether or not we determine your submission to be a good fit for Listen & Be Heard.
In exchange for your contribution, we offer a free rotating banner ad on our website (but not on The Show page, which is entirely non-commercial), and a free listing in our website Directory of Services.
Poems & Stories
We publish poems and stories on our website, as well as feature audio files of poems and stories on the Listen & Be Heard Hour and in the rotation at WLBH.org streaming radio.
GUIDELINES
THE SPOKEN WORD
If you are submitting an audio file, please keep it under five minutes for poetry and under 10 minutes for a story. Aspire to the highest possible sound quality. You can add a sound bed, or ask us to choose a sound bed for you. Please only send audio of you reading your own work. We can’t accept reading of other works without direct permission from the author.
THE WRITTEN WORD
Please send us your best work, and check it thrice. Copy-paste it into the body of your e-mail. If you want it to look a very particular way, consider sending both a text and .jpg version of it for us to consider.
Email: Submissions@ListenandBeHeard.net
Subject Line: “Poem Submission” or “Story Submission”
Include : Up to three poems, or one story up to 3000 words. Include your name and a bio of two hundred words or less.
Notes: All submissions should be previously unpublished. We define that loosely, but prefer exclusivity. If it is something you think deserves to be republished, please provide information about previous publication.
Columnists & Reviewers
We are seeking columnists on arts related topics, and reviewers to cover literary and musical genres they are passionate about.
GUIDELINES
Email: Submissions@ListenandBeHeard.net
Subject Line: “Columns and Reviews Submission”
Include : Briefly describes your concept, your qualifications on the subject, and publishing experience.
Podcasts/Radio Shows
Listen & Be Heard will consider hosting your arts related podcasts. We will consider proposals that are arts related in the broadest sense. Please think about what community or communities you are a participant of and how your podcast would generally serve that community by creating awareness, education, networking, promotion of local events, publications etc. If you want to submit for broadcast radio, please be aware that your submission must strictly follow all FCC rules.
GUIDELINES
Email: Submissions@ListenandBeHeard.net
Subject Line: “Podcast/Show Proposal”
Include : A brief description of proposed show that includes length and frequency of broadcast, sequencing, collaborators, community served and your broadcast experience.
Send Us a Message
If you have any questions or comments about Listen & Be Heard Network, the Listen & Be Heard Hour, WLBH.org or Listen & Be Heard Radio 501c3, please reach out using the form below.
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If you used to write a column or reviews for Listen & Be Heard Weekly (Vallejo, CA circa 2001 to 2009) we would love to hear from you! Please reach out to Editor@ListenandBeHeard.net
Directory of Services
Friends who have graciously volunteered their time over the years are listed here for you consideration. If you are seeking talented and creative people, they are currently available for gigs.
AUTHOR/POET/SPOKEN WORD ARTISTS
Martha Cinader
Tony Robles
BI-LINGUAL VOICE OVER
Pilar Uribe
CINEMATOGRAPHY/PHOTOGRAPHY
Crystal Waters
EDITORIAL SERVICES
Amanda Capps
LIFE COACH
Cyndi Combs Coaching
707-515-8324
cyndicombs@gmail.com
MUSICIAN/COMPOSER
Jay Rodriguez Sierra
PUBLIC SPEAKER
Christopher D. Sims
ChristopherDSims@outlook.com
SOUND ENGINEER
Dan Klink
Volunteer
We seek volunteers in all areas of the Listen & Be Heard Network. If something on this list excites you, please contact us at VOLUNTEER@ListenAndBeHeard.net
For your volunteer efforts, we offer a free rotating banner ad on our website (but not on The Show page, which is entirely non-commercial), and a free listing in our website Directory of Services.
Administrative Assistant
Schedule guests and recording sessions. Request review copies. Create posts for books featured on the show. Assemble weekly post announcing the show, guests, their books with the links to their websites and publishers, the poets and poems featured, the banned book feature, and all book titles, and their authors and publishers, mentioned by anyone on the show. Assist in workflow with editor and associate producer, including uploading of videos and correspondence.
Social Media Assistant
Create social posts to share in all the right places at the right times.
Content Contributors, to Radio Show and Website
Spoken word, poetry and stories
Author interviews
Podcast Producer
Columnists
Please see our Submissions section or reach reach out to editor@listenandbeheard.net to discuss other content opportunities.
Co-host, The Listen & Be Heard Hour
Seeking collaboration with those who would bring a significant contribution to the diversity of voices on the show.
Video Editor
Process a backlog of videos, and maintain a L&BH YouTube channel.
Streaming Radio Tech Assistant
Help with scheduling and programming the 24-7 live-stream for WLBH.org
Knowledge of Rivendell required
