CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
THE SOUTHERN POETRY ANTHOLOGY
Volume IV: Louisiana
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fourth in our series of The Southern Poetry Anthology, featuring
Louisiana poets. The anthology will be published by Texas Review
Press. If you are a Louisiana native, or if you have lived in Louisiana for
more than one year, please feel free to send up to 5 poems for
consideration. This anthology is not limited to those who have
published before; we invite first-time submitters as well as those who
have had full-length works of poetry published with national presses.
The only rules: Poems must be original and of high quality. We consider formal poems and free verse. Poems about Louisiana are not
necessarily championed over other motifs and themes, as we wish for
the "sense of place" to manifest in different ways, with different
voices. Please note that the success of this anthology depends a great deal on
word of mouth. Notify your poetry students, poetry-writing friends,
and gifted nemeses of this opportunity. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Please submit your poems electronically to co-editor, William Wright,
at vercimber@hotmail.com . Please type "Louisiana Poetry Submission"
as your subject heading, then include your first and last names in
parentheses. For example: Louisiana Poetry Anthology (William Wright).
Unfortunately, snail-mail submissions are not an option given the
nature of our editing process. Please include a short cover letter within the text of the e-mail, as
well as the names of the poems submitted. Submit a maximum of five
poems, and ensure that the poems are sent in .rtf (Rich Text Format),
.doc (Word 1997-2003), or .docx (Word 2007) format. Please include all
submitted poems in only one attachment (this is important). All submissions should include a recent bio (up to 150 words) after
the poems, on a separate page. Please italicize names of publications. We welcome both new and previously published work. However, if poems
have been previously published, submitters must hold rights to them
and provide full publication data (journal and/or book publisher,
title of book/journal if applicable, date of publication). Finally,
please make sure that each submission includes a preferred e-mail
address and street mailing address within the text of the e-mail and
on at least one page of the attached submission. Thank you for your attention. We look forward to reading your work. Paul Ruffin and William Wright, Editors --- William Wright, Ph.D.
General Editor of The Southern Poetry Anthology
Founding Editor of Town Creek Poetry
www.towncreekpoetry.com