submission guidelines
:: submissions now open for the gender issue::
Poetry, Essays, Interviews
We are now accepting submissions for Volume IV Issue 1, the gender issue. In addition to poems, we are looking for relevant essays and interviews. What we are looking for: work that explores gender as it pertains to the lived-in body, to our perception of ourselves, to others' perceptions of us. Please interpret this broadly.
To submit scroll down to the end of this page and:
-- upload ONE Word or RTF document containing a brief cover letter with bio and no more than five poems, one interview, or one essay.
-- use your own name, last name first (i.e. Stevens Wallace), as the document title. This will expedite the selections process.
-- after your document has been uploaded please send a blank e-mail to editor (at) poemeleon (dot) org. Do NOT use the contact link in the sidebar, otherwise you risk having us lose your submission. DO include your name in the subject line of the e-mail, i.e. Submission: Wallace Stevens, so that we can contact you once we have made our decision.
General guidelines:
Simultaneous submissions are fine as long as we are notified promptly when work is accepted elsewhere.
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.
Please note that we are a non-paying market.
We do not at this time accept snail mail submissions.
Deadline for this issue is June 30, 2009.
The launch date for this issue is October 2009.
Please allow 1 - 4 months for a response.
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Book Reviews
To submit your book for review consideration mail it to:
Tom C. Hunley / Department of English /
Western Kentucky University / 1906 College Heights Blvd. #11086 /
Bowling Green, KY 42101-1086.
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BEFORE PROCEDING PLEASE BE SURE YOU HAVE FOLLOWED ALL GUIDELINES AS SET FORTH ABOVE. THIS PROCEDURE IS MEANT TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS, NOT COMPLICATE IT. IF YOU RUN INTO PROBLEMS OR HAVE QUESTIONS/COMMENTS, PLEASE CONTACT US. ( THE CONTACT FORM )
SUBMISSIONS THAT DO NOT ADHERE TO GUIDELINES MAY BE IGNORED.