So You Want to Start a Press? : A Publishing Roundtable
Such great information in this article from experienced editors and press founders.
Better View of the Moon: Ask the Moon: What to do with our less-accessible poetry
Poetry Super Highway Contest (non-profit)–Judges: Trish Hopkinson (me!), M. Brett Gaffney, and Helen Townsend–$1/Poem fee, DEADLINE: Oct. 1, 2016
I’m so excited to be judging this contest this year along with two other talented and wonderful poets, M. Brett Gaffney and Helen Townsend. You can read samples of our work featured in July here. We’ve been receiving some wonderful submissions, so definitely send in your best! This contest […]
Call for submissions: MY PRIZED POSSESSION Poetry and Prose Series
You’ve still got time to write for this prompt! Submit your poem or short prose to Silver Birch Press by Oct. 15, 2016.
PAYING/NO FEE Call for submissions – Baltimore Review, DEADLINE: Nov. 30, 2016
Baltimore Review announced last year they will be paying contributors and they are currently reading for their next issue. “Payment for general submissions is Web exposure and a copy of the compilation in which the author’s work appears. In addition, we are now able to provide contributors with a small […]
NO FEE Submission call and interview–POSIT a journal of literature and art, now open for submissions!
Posit was founded in 2013 and “publishes a stimulating, dynamic selection of the finest new poetry, prose and visual art -- accomplished, sophisticated work that may be eclectic in style but is always innovative, challenging, and aesthetically broadening.” They are an all-inclusive lit mag seeking work “by writers and artists […]
List of PAYING lit mags from Poetry Has Value + poets share their $$$ stats
Poetry Has Value is a blog created by professor and poet Jessica Piazza. Jessica is a great supporter of poets and has been tracking her poetry dollars since early 2015. For 2016, she’s not alone–several other poets have committed to sharing their dollars spent on submission fees and other […]
Persistence is as important as talent – guest blog post by Alice K. Boatwright
In a writer's life, persistence is as important as talent When I began sending my first book out to publishers and it was rejected, I was devastated. I had received an MFA from Columbia for my manuscript, and I expected success that would immediately change me from a […]
PAYING/NO FEE Submission call and interview–Subprimal Poetry Art, DEADLINE: Sept. 30, 2016
Subprimal Poetry Art was founded in 2013 to provide a community for quality thought provoking poetry and other art. They “believe in poetry and other art that takes the reader / viewer / listener out of the ordinary and into an place altered from that which they normally experience. […]
Outlook Springs lit mag goes live online, including my poem "A Way In" + submissions are open!
I was honored and pleased to have my poem, “A Way In,” published in the first print issue of Outlook Springs, and I’m just as excited to see them share work from that first issue on their brand new web site! You can read my poem here. “Outlook […]
