Submissions Guidelines: The Epistolary Issue
Thank you for your interest in Poemeleon. Please read the following guidelines carefully.
We are now accepting submissions Submissions are now CLOSED for our next issue, Volume VI Issue I, The Epistolary Issue. This issue will focus on works written in the form of a letter. The verse epistle is "a poem addressed to a friend, lover, or patron, written in a familiar style..." (from The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics). For more information or links to other epistolary works visit the University of Pennsylvania's Online Books Page or visit the Wikipedia page devoted to epistolary poetry.
Deadline for this issue: January 31, 2012
Expect a response within 1 - 3 months after close of submissions. If you have not heard from us after this time period please inquire.
The details:
- Please submit 1 to 5 poems, 1 craft essay, or 1 book review, using the forms below.
- Please include a brief third-person bio in your cover letter.
- Simultaneous submissions are fine as long as we are notified promptly when work is accepted elsewhere, but please no multiple submissions. The only exceptions to this rule is if you are submitting both poems and an essay, or both an essay and a book review, or both poems and a book review.
- Previously published is also fine, as long as it was in print, not online, and as long as you as the author retain all copyright. Because we strive to be the first online publisher of your poem, if it has appeared anywhere that is publicly accessible on the web (including on your blog) then it is considered previously published. Please feel free to contact us and we will provide clarification on a case by case basis.
- We acquire one-time, non-exclusive rights to publish your work, at which time all rights revert back to you as the author. If we should ever decide to create a print anthology and would like to include your work, we will contact you.
- If accepted for inclusion you will be asked to provide a brief contributor's statement on why you chose the epistolary form. (See past issues for examples of what we mean.)
- Please note that we are a non-paying market.
- No snail mail submissions. All submissions must come through our online submissions manager.