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POETS RESOURCES
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Book Recommendation
It is In the Palm of Your Hand, The Poet's Portable Workshop by Steve Kowit.
Tilbury House, Publishers, Gardiner Maine, 1995
IBSN 0-88448-149-2
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Source to publish poety by women or about women or humor
Country Woman: Rieman Publications (Specialized: women, humor). 5925 Country Lane, Greendale WI 53129. Established 1970. Executive Editor: Kathy Pohl Managing Editor: Kathleen Anderson
Magazine Needs: Country Woman "is a bimonthly magazine dedicated to the lives and interests of country women. Those who are both involve in farming and ranching and those who love country life.
In some ways, it is very similar to many women's general interest magazines, and yet its subject matter is closely tied in with rural living and the very unique lives of country women. We like short (4-5 stanzas, 16-20 lines)
traditional rhyming poems that reflect on a season. No experimental poetry or free verse. Poetry will not be considered unless it rhymes. Always looking for poems that focus on the seasons. We don't want rural putdowns,
poems that steriotype country women, etc. All poetry must be positive and upbeat. Our poems are fairly simple, yet elegant. They often accompany a high quality photograph." Has published poetry by Hilda Sanderson, Edith E.
Cutting and Ericka Northrop. Country Woman is 68 pages, magazine-sized, printed on glossy paper with much color photography. Receives about 1,200 submissions of poetry/year, accepts about 40-50. Backlog is 3 monthes. Subscription $17.98/year. Sample: $2.
How to Submit: Submit up to 6 poems at a time. Photocopy OK if stated not a simultaneous submission. Responds in 3 months. Pays $10-25/poem plus 1 copy. Acquires first rights (generally) or repring rights (sometimes).
Also Offers: Holds various contests for subscribers only.
Advice: "We're always welcoming submissions, but any poem that does not have traditional rhythm and rhyme is automatically passed over.
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Annual Poetry Contest
Poetry Contest: Muriel Craft Baily Memorial Prize
A yearly contest with $1,000 1st Prize, $250 2nd Prize, $100 3rd Prize, honorable mentions, publication of all finalists. Entry fee: $3/poem. 40-line limit. No simultaneous submissions or previously published material (includes both print and electronic publications.) Annual deadline: postmark by July 1. May offer discounted awards edition to entrants. Before submitting, send SASE or check website for current rules. Judge for 2003: David St. John; judge for 2002: Kelly Cherry.
Submit entries to:
The Comstock Review: Comstock Writers' Group, Inc.
Muriel Craft Bailey Memorial Prize
4056 St. John Dr.
Syracuse, NY 13215
phone (315) 488-8077
E-mail [email protected]
Contact: Peggy Sperber Flanders, managing editor
Also offers: Jesse Bryce Niles Memorial Chapbook Award of $1,000 plus publication and 50 copies. Each entrant receives a copy of the winning chapbook. Submissions read September 1 through 30. Complete rules, entry fee amount, and length requirements available on website.
Also takes submission for poetry for the biannual magazine, The Comstock Review.
Magazine Needs: the magazine appears biannually; Volume I in summer, Volume II in winter. Uses "well-written free and traditional verse. Metaphor and fresh, vivid imagery encouraged. Poems over 40 lines discouraged. No obscene, obscure, patently religious, or greeting card verse. Few Haiku." Has published poetry by E.G. Burrows, Barbara Crooker, William Greenway, Virgil Suarez, Susan Terris, Su Ellen Thompson, and Ryan G. Van Cleave. The Comstock Review is about 100 pages, digest-sized, professionally printed, perfect-bound. Press run is 600. Subscripton: $16/year; $28/2years; $9/issue. Samples through year 2001: $6.
How to Submit: Submit 3-6 poems at a time; name, e-mail/phone, and address on each page; unpublished poems only. No e-mail submissions. "We prefer no simultaneous submissions." Cover letter with short bio preferred. Poems are read January 1 through March 15 only; acceptances mailed out mid-April." Rejections may receive editorial commentary and may take slightly longer." Guidelines are available for SASE, on website, and in publication. Pays 1 copy. Acquires first North American serial rights.
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Chicago Literary Awards
The Chicago Literary Awards offer $1,000 each for an unpublished short story and a poem, plus publication in Another Chicago Magazine, a biannual journal of fiction, poetry, essays and art. Writers may submit a sotry of no more than 6,500 words or up to three poems of no more than 300 lines total. The entry fee is $10.00. Send SASE for guidelines.
Available to: No restrictions
Deadline: Submissions must be postmarked by December 15
Apply to: Chicago Literary Awards
3709 North Kenmore
Chicago, IL 60613
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New England Writers Free Verse Contest
The New England Writers Free Verse Contest offers the Robert Penn Warren Awards of $500, $200, and $100. The Short Fiction Contest offers the Marjory Bartlett Sanger Award of $300. Free-verse submissions should be no longer than 30 lines; short fiction entries no more than 1,000 words. There is a $6 entry fee for three poems or one piece of short fiction; $5 each for two or more entries.
Available to: No restrictions
Deadline: June 15
Apply to: Frank Anthony
Anthology of New England Writers
PO Box 483
Windsor, VT 05089
Phone: 802-674-2315
E-mail: [email protected]
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