This is such an amazing project! “The mission of the Origami Poems Projectâ„¢ is the encouragement of literature & the arts by bringing Free Poetry to everyone through the printing and distribution (world-wide) of free Origami micro-chapbooks as well as through poetry events, both of which engender increasing awareness of and appreciation for the art of poetry… and for the poet in all of us.”
They are currently open for submissions for their FREE contest with the theme “Kindness” which was inspired by this quote:
“My religion is simple. My religion is kindness.” – Dalai Llama
For more info Origami Poems and their non-profit status, check out their Who We Are page and don’t forget to take a moment to support them with a donation of any size. They are completely funded by donations. And with a tagline like “Helping the world, one free micro-chapbook at a time” how can you resist!
They have lots of other information on their page as well, including:
- FREE poetry! Every title can be downloaded as a PDF. You’ll find lots of familiar names here, Martin Willitts, Jr., A.J. Huffman, Kim Peter Kovac, Ariana D. Den Bleyker, Howie Good, Robert Okaji, Laurie Kolp, Winston Plowes . . . the list goes on and on!
- Tips on folding micro-chapbooks
- Stories about Random Act of Poetry
- Sign up for their quarterly email newsletter
- Submission guidelines to contribute your own micro-chapbook
Don’t forget to follow them on Facebook and Twitter.
For more info on how to submit to literary magazine and journals, read my Submission Tips here.
Click here to enter their 2017 Kindness poetry contest
DEADLINE: March 5, 2017
ENTRY FEE: None
PRIZE: Winners presented with Special Origami Micro-chapbook
FORMS: Poem may be any length but no longer than 50 lines.
NOTES: Submit up to two original, unpublished poems. Finalist Judge is Mary Ann Mayer, member of Ocean State Poets & Origami Poems Project.
Click here to submit to Origami Poems micro-chapbooks
DEADLINE: Open for submissions all months, EXCEPT April and August
SUBMISSION FEE: None
FORMS: Specific format, read guidelines carefully and download their examples
PAYMENT: “Upon acceptance we’ll post your book under your own Bio page. You’ll receive a packet of your Origami micro-chapbooks to read, share, or display on the tiniest of bookshelves.” Plus, the warm fuzzy feeling of sharing your poems!
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Categories: Call for Submissions, Contests (No Entry Fee)
Just to let you know…when I tried to go to their website, my virus detector immediately put up its defense and wouldn’t load the page. I think I’ve had that experience with them before. I’m not sure what’s going on, but perhaps you should let them know.
I had no issues and went to their pages several times when creating the post. Hopefully it’s not a widespread issue.
Could be my computer. It does seem to have it’s own mind about many things.
Someone else had a problem too. Is it still not working?
I think it may be a problem with Explorer…Chrome is loading it OK, but Explorer still won’t.
Hi, We’re looking into these access issues. My husband, Kevin, is a programmer and is investigating. This all is news to us – Jan & Kevin Keough of the Origami Poems Project. – (Thanks for letting us know, by the way.)
Oh, meant to ask if there is an issue getting through to the Submittable page – – Thanks, Jan
You are very welcome. If you don’t know about problems, you can’t fix them.
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Hi Trish,
Thank You so much — with your blogs I’ve been able to publish a few poems.
But the “Kindness” submission site does not open.
I want to submit, but the site does not respond.
I would appreciate if you let them know that we who
want to submit cannot respond at their online submission
site.
Thanks,
Dennis
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You’re the second person to have this problem. Maybe try it again today.
I’ve done my bit by submitting, Trish. 🙂
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