As most of us poets know, it's rarely cheap to enter your poems into contests or even submit them to literary magazines. Many contests come with sizable entry fees -- and unfortunately, those contests often end up feeling more like scams when the prize isn't quite worth the […]
Thanks to Donna Hilbert for this personal guest blog post reflecting on the events of September 11, 2001, originally posted in April 2016. A few days into a three-week vacation, on a train with friends returning from a day-trip to Florence to the house we were sharing in […]
This contest from Poetry Super Highway is a great opportunity for only $1 per poem to enter, especially since you can enter as many poems as you like. And the prize money is not too shabby! Last year the winners took home $529, $317, and $211 for first, […]
You've been writing poetry for a while, perhaps as a student or for your own pleasure and eventually you decided (or been encouraged) to submit somewhere for publication, and with some trepidation, you did. Lo and behold, your poem was accepted for publication and you saw your name […]
Juniper is a new online poetry journal, published three times a year, in February, June and October. I love the simple, yet pleasing design of this web-based journal. It’s easy to navigate and easy to read. To get a feel for what types of poetry they publish, you […]
Juniper is a new online poetry journal, published three times a year, in February, June and October. I love the simple, yet pleasing design of this web-based journal. It’s easy to navigate and easy to read. To get a feel for what types of poetry they publish, you […]
Into the Void “is an award-winning print and online literary magazine and small press publisher dedicated to providing a platform for world-class fiction, flash, creative nonfiction, poetry, and visual art from people of all kinds all over the world, as well as literature and film reviews." They are […]
Contrary to popular opinion, there are many ways to earn an income for today's resourceful writer, particularly in the digital age. The "starving artist" image is so '80's! Trust me; I should know. In my long and colorful career as a professional scribe, I've pursued darn near all […]
Yavanika is a new digital chapbook press that “hopes to integrate multifarious genres of literature and artwork including Japanese short-forms of poetry, avant-garde, conceptual, and postmodern works of culture and art.” Chapbooks from the press are published digitally and are available as free downloadable PDFs with beautiful formatting and always gorgeous […]
For poets, reading is both business and pleasure. You can hide out in Squaw Valley workshopping your verses all you want, or enter every writing contest you stumble across online. But the most enjoyable way to become a better poet? Reading more poetry. It's simple enough to find […]
