The deadline is fast approaching.
August 1, 2018 deadline!
poems for peace: an anthology to uplift encourage & inspire
This anthology, poems for peace (forthcoming, fall 2018), is the love-child of a group of poets and listeners who have been gathering quarterly in San Antonio, Texas since Nov. 11, 2017 in association with the San Antonio peaceCENTER. This anthology will be published as a peaceCENTERbook, with all proceeds going to support the CENTER.
While we are aware that many horrors occur in our world and that, as a people, we seem to be in turmoil and conflict on many fronts, our aim is to provide respite from the apparent problems and to purposefully turn our attention to the good, the Whole, the Holy, that which is full of peace and comfort.
For this inaugural issue of poems for peace, we seek work that is metaphysical, celebratory, fun, funny, lighthearted, playful, thoughtful, warm, tender, beautiful, compassionate, heart-opening, or spiritual without proselytizing, nostalgic without being overly sentimental, empowered without being politically charged and rich with imagery and story but not with graphic insensibility or dealing with overtly, hot topics that may trigger anxiety or anger in the listener (like abuse issues, natural disasters, or tragedy in general).
Rather, we seek work that uplifts, encourages and inspires. We are especially interested in the metaphysically broad; we look for the profound, real, fearless, gender-inclusive, curious voice.
Guidelines:
Please send 3-5 previously unpublished poems of up to ten pages in length and in any form in a single Word document, making sure that no identifying information appears within the document. Include a brief, bio (100 words or less) in your cover letter. Submissions are being hosted by Moon Shadow Sanctuary Press via Submittable only (see link below).
The book will be perfect bound and available online through the peaceCENTERbook link and other online venues plus locally in bookstores TBA. Poets included in the anthology may be invited to participate in future poets for peace events. For more information or to ask questions about poets for peace or submissions, look for us on Face Book, or send us a message here: fb.me/poetsforpeaceSA
Deadline: August 1, 2018
Click here to submit: https://moonshadowsanctuarypress.submittable.com/submit
I really want to submit to this but my style is so dramatic and emotional, I don’t think it would fit.
I sincerely sat down for a good amount of time trying to muster the inspiration to write something uplifting, but it didn’t work.
Maybe this is exactly why we need an anthology like this so bad.
Good luck soliciting work and with all the editing and such.
varjak
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Even the sad and emotional can be uplifting. The human condition is multi-faceted. For the purposes of this anthology, it’s a matter of presentation, of making those moments evoke different feelings. Give it a try!
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Does ‘unpublished’ include not having appeared on a personal blog ?
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The editor considers blog posts to be published.
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Thank you for getting back to me…
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You’re very welcome. I hope you’re able to submit a few poems.
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I’ve submitted something yesterday. Now let’s wait and see. Thanks again for spreading the word!
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Good to hear! Good luck, and you are welcome. Always happy to spread the word.
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They’ve decided against my pieces. Good luck to everybody else, though!
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You are not alone in rejection! Thus far this year I’ve received 71 rejections, totaling well over 200 poems, with more to come, alas.
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Incredible. Glad it doesn’t stop you from continuing to write. I mean I was a little mad but then told myself it would be ridiculous to take it personally because basically it was just someone judging some of my poetry. And it was only ONE rejection. My respect for dealing with so much of it.
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Rejection is very seldom a statement on the quality of your writing. Quite often it’s simply a matter of an editor’s taste and/or circumstance – the publication may have already selected a poem similar to yours, or the subject of your piece was covered in the previous edition. My response is to submit the rejected work elsewhere. If it keeps getting rejected, I may revise it. But I never despair.
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This sounds like good advice. Thank you!
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You’re very welcome. It’s just part of the writing life.
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Make that 72 rejections…
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