Submit Your Manuscript to Steel Toe Books Open Reading Period for Sacred/Spiritual Poetry September 1, 2010-October 31, 2010   Steel Toe Books is seeking to publish at least one single-author poetry collection consisting, at least in part, of poems on sacred/spiritual topics. We're intrigued by writers (such as Robert Graves in The White Goddess and Donald Revell in The Art of Attention) who see a deep, historic connection between religious practice and poetic ecstasy. We're seeking retellings of Biblical narratives, songs of Jacob-like angel wrestling, apocalyptic dreams -- a cross between John Milton and John Donne, a cross between Flannery O'Connor and Francis of Assisi, a cross between Brother Antoninus and Sister Madeline DeFrees. We're seeking something in the spirit of The Gospels in Our Image edited by David Curzon; American Religious Poems edited by Harold Bloom, or Technicians of the Sacred edited by Jerome Rothenberg.   Each manuscript should be between 50-80 pages long, have a cover page with your name and contact information, and contain an acknowledgments page. Do not send a SASE; all manuscripts will be recycled. The results of the reading period will be posted on our webpage and Facebook page.   There is no reading fee, but we ask everyone who submits to purchase one of our existing titles directly from us. Once you have selected a book, click on the "order" magnet on our online refrigerator, fill out an order form, print it out, and send it to us along with your manuscript and a check for $14.50. We'll send you a book right away.   Steel Toe Books does not normally accept submissions outside of our advertised open reading periods. We are not reading any other types of manuscripts at this time.   For information on the manuscripts selected in the last open reading period, or for more about what's going on at Steel Toe Books, click on our "news" magnet.