Guidelines
General submissions of book-length poetry manuscripts have been temporarily suspended. At the moment, our publishing schedule for 2012 is full.
Manuscript Guidelines for General Submissions
- General submissions are accepted February 1st – August 1st annually. (Temporarily suspended)
- No reading fees for general submissions.
- Book-length poetry manuscripts only.
- Simultaneous submissions accepted, provided we are immediately informed if the manuscript is accepted elsewhere.
- Original collection of 50 to 100 pages of poetry, excluding cover page, contents, acknowledgments, etc.
- Single sided, single spaced. We prefer no more than one poem per page. Numbered pages. Leave off the poet's name.
- Two title pages: one with name, address, and phone number and one with title only.
- No translations, unless the translations are of your own poems.
- Electronic files are accepted via the online submission manager. Use the title of your collection for the file name. We accept .doc, .rtf, or .pdf file format.
- Please include a cover letter with poetry publication/recognition highlights. Please include the collection title in the cover letter. Also we would like to develop a connection with the poet as well as the poetry. To that end, we would appreciate hearing about how poetry came to prominence in your life and what your goals are as a poet (particularly in terms of your craft and reaching an audience). If so inclined (OPTIONAL), we invite you to also to respond to this prompt: If you could share a private meal and one-on-one conversation with any person whether from this time or another, whether real or imagined, who would you pick and why?
