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| POETRY SUBMISSION GUIDELINES—New & Revised
Open.
It seems that most people found my previous guidelines so amusing that they didn't think they needed to follow them. So, here are revised guidelines that are less entertaining, but ones you might actually pay attention to. Please do so.
Current payment rate is $10.00 (US)/poem.
2) Note on Goth poems. BEFORE YOU SUBMIT, go to the Goth-o-Matic Poetry Generator and create a poem: http://www.deadlounge.com/poetry/poems.html If the poem you want to send me even remotely resembles the one you just created with the Generator, DO NOT submit your own poem.
3) Unless you have had poems published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly or a similar calibre of magazine, DO NOT SUBMIT: 4) Send poetry within the text of the e-mail. No attachments. 5) Please include your real name and address.
6) Please note that we no longer accept reprints of any kind. 7) Use a readable font and size. (for example, 12-point Times New Roman or Arial) For editors, almost 100% of the time, interesting font = bad submission. 8) Indicate the title of your poem. If it's untitled, write _untitled_. 9) Don't explain what your poem is about in your cover note. We don't extensively footnote things at ChiZine, so if the meaning can't be figured out from the poem itself, you're doing something wrong. 10) Shorter poems (i.e., around 50 lines or less) are infinitely preferred. 11) No simultaneous submissions. 12) Send submissions here. |
