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khadija anderson
Intermediate Member
Username: haikujunky

Post Number: 356
Registered: 05-2007
Posted on Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 9:42 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post

Hey everyone- I have chosen 65 poems to sumit for publishing. Anyone have suggestions for publishers to submit to? I have a list of contests and open submissions but there aren't too many.

Thanks!
~k

~M~
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Username: mjm

Post Number: 26275
Registered: 11-1998
Posted on Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 9:55 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post

Dearest khadija -- Here are two incredibly valuable resources for you (one free, one not):

Duotrope's Digest
(An online database of over 1925 current markets for short fiction, poetry, and novels/collections)

Poet's Market: 2008
(The new edition should be available at bookstores any day now, so I'd wait for it rather than purchasing the 2007 edition -- you can find it in the WPF BookShop)

You will find hundreds of markets in both those resources, whether you're looking to submit for print or internet journals.

Hope that helps.

Love,
M
Kathy Paupore
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Username: kathy

Post Number: 5746
Registered: 12-2003
Posted on Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 10:02 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post

M, thanks for the link to Duotrope's, I hadn't heard of it before.

:-) K
You're invited to:

Wild Flowers

Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience. RW Emerson
Gary Blankenship
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Username: garydawg

Post Number: 18421
Registered: 07-2001
Posted on Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 1:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post

And k, be sure to read the mags/zines you send to. You really don't want to send an experimental piece about Seattle to say a zine that only accepts sonnets about Canada.

Smiles.

Gary
Fred Longworth
Advanced Member
Username: sandiegopoet

Post Number: 1943
Registered: 05-2006
Posted on Friday, August 17, 2007 - 2:28 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post

Most hardcopy and all on-line zines have websites. Check them out. See what kind of poetry they like before submitting.

For example, American Groundhog Review requires that every poem submitted have some reference to a shadow.

Fred
khadija anderson
Intermediate Member
Username: haikujunky

Post Number: 359
Registered: 05-2007
Posted on Friday, August 17, 2007 - 9:35 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post

exactly G- and I have had luck with submitting individual poems to sites I think because I have read what they publish and make sure my stuff fits in.

I know a man who is a publisher and I really admire the books he has published, I will approach him with the manuscript but I wonder if the point is just to have a hard copy of one's work or to try to go with a publisher that may get you more exposure?

I guess the same question comes up for me when someone mentions self publishing,
~k

Will Eastland
Valued Member
Username: dwillo

Post Number: 273
Registered: 07-2006
Posted on Friday, August 17, 2007 - 9:39 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post

Another cool resource is New Pages. They review various publications and tell you who has contests coming up, etc.
I want either less corruption, or more chance to participate in it. ~Ashleigh Brilliant
Shawn Nacona
Intermediate Member
Username: shawn_nacona

Post Number: 457
Registered: 03-2007
Posted on Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 10:11 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post

khadija,

Hey there, good luck on the work that you are sending out. I will keep my fingers crossed for you. Here are a few publishers that I have submitted work to recently:

Rattle:
http://www.rattle.com/

Mississippi Crow Magazine:
http://mississippicrow.com/index.html

The Poetry Worm:
http://www.poetropical.co.uk/worm.htm

The Shit Creek Review:
http://www.shitcreekreview.com/issue4/

Loch Raven Review:
http://www.lochravenreview.net/

Hope some of these links helps, you take care!

Cheers!

Shawn Nacona