Sometimes it’s interesting to just write down words I’m thinking about… what a surprise! I am thinking about writing, poetry, reading, teaching, nature. Hmmm.. I suspect themes. No surprises, but I do like Word Clouds. To create your own word cloud, go here: Wordle.
It’s tricky using the program there. I have found using Internet Explorer is best for using Wordle to create word clouds.
Enjoy, and thank you for reading.
Two more rejections. Time to get editing, revising, and writing more.
Since late spring, I’ve made 35 plus submissions just using Submittable.com. I love using this vehicle since it helps me keep track of my submissions in one convenient location. I’ve also made email and US mail submissions.
My goal in submitting work is yes, to be published, but also to encourage me to improve my writing and to feel a part of a writing community. I am not a great writer, but I can be a good one if I work at it!
It’s obvious there are more poets than poetical publishing opportunities. I am receiving a number of rejections after an early spring run of four acceptances, and so yes, I am feeling the sting a bit, even while the editors are quite kind in their notes. Just doesn’t fit, not right now, etc. No one has said I should seek solace on another planet. Yet.
Poets, you know this is mostly unpaid publication anyway, and it’s the joy of being published that urges us onward.
While I’ve submitted mostly poetry, I’ve always worked on some mini-dialogue experiments and one short story.
In the meantime, I am enjoying revising my writing, and submitting more.
I am glad I am not trying to support myself with my writing, but I am also glad I write. It’s been a part of who I am since I was an angsty pre-teen, writing my wretched “woe is me” type broken-hearted poetry.
Now it’s time to get back to work; I have a lot of writing to do.
Thanks for reading!
Just some ideas.
Some of my poems, short stories, and nonfiction articles are included in books and magazines published in the UK, Greece, New Zealand, and the United States.
*Spillwords Press, July 19, 2018, “Stopped,” a poem
Spillwords Press
*Tuck Magazine, June 2018
*Tuck Magazine, May 2018
* Southernmost Point Guest House (UK)
* Journal of Modern Poetry 21 (Volume 21)
JOMP Volume 21 Dear Mr. President
* Journal of Modern Poetry 20 (Volume 20)
JOMP Volume 20 Poetry Writer’s Guide to the Galaxy
* Journal of Modern Poetry 17 (Volume 17)
* Magazine (New Zealand) , Raewyn Alexander, Publisher
* Fiction in: http://staxtes.com/2003/ “Between the Sunlight and the Skipping” in English Wednesdays
* Illinois English Bulletin, a publication of the National Council of Teachers of English, nonfiction.
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I so agree. These are trying times to be American,and vital that we uphold the very highest ideals.
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Frontier Poetry is accepting poetry
for a Summer Poetry Award and poetry for General Submissions.
What is Frontier looking for? It’s refreshing that Frontier specifically tells poets. In their words:
As a home for emerging authors & established voices together, we are looking for poems that express both traditional excellence in craft and a willing fearlessness in content and form. For us, the frontier of poetry is a place where voices—of all colors, ages, orientations, identities— are made equal by a shared belief in the power of language to confront the dark, the vast, the unexplored.
For further tips, you can look here: What We Look for at Frontier.
In other words, this is a literary press that tells you what they want, offers poets free submissions as well as reading fees for contests. It has it all, it has a vision, and it is exciting to read there.
Good luck!
And thanks for reading.
Poets, how are your submissions going? I have twenty submissions out there, and three were short manuscripts. The rest were single poem submissions. Two contest submissions.
Hope it’s going well.
Next up, I’d love to have a discussion about writing poetry–poetry tips, perhaps?
I really need to write more poetry, not submit as much. But I am not getting any younger!
Thanks for reading, and good luck.
Just found these old nature photos. What a lovely time of year for color!
I certainly do not (as yet!), but perhaps you have the winning poem you could submit here: Rattle Poetry Prize.
Rattle publishes find modern poetry, and has many chances for poets to submit with no reading fee. This major poetry prize is their chance to highlight one outstanding poem and poet, while also helping to fund the Rattle Magazine and all of its other awards, publications, and prizes.
I’m a better teacher than poet, so I don’t mind saying, it’s not me going to win something like this. But perhaps it could be you.
Rattle writes:
The annual Rattle Poetry Prize offers $10,000 for a single poem to be published in the winter issue of the magazine. Ten finalists will also receive $200 each and publication, and be eligible for the $2,000 Readers’ Choice Award, to be selected by subscriber and entrant vote.
Additional poems from the entries are frequently offered publication as well. In 2017 we published 20 poems that had been submitted to the contest from just over 4,000 entries.
Go on, check it out. Fine poetry and many opportunities to publish there: on their several Facebook pages, in their online magazine, and in print.
Or this–perhaps your competitive nature comes out from time to time. If so, it may be worth the submission fee.
Good luck, and thanks for reading.
Laura Lee 