Through a Distant Lens: Travel Poems
Call for Submissions
Following
the successful 2012 publication of the anthology “Surrounded: Living With Islands,” the
editor/publisher of Write Wing Publishing invites submissions of poems about
travel.
In
a long-ago tavern, Sheryl was told she could tell someone to go to hell in a
handbasket in such a way they would enjoy the trip. She would like to hear from all you poets out there who can
weave a tale of travel. Maybe you
had an out-of-body experience walking from your porch to the mailbox; maybe you
lived in Morocco after college; maybe you do all your traveling while reading
in your recliner.
Submit
1-3 original unpublished poems in Times New Roman 12-point font,
single-spaced. Please include SASE,
cover sheet with contact info, poem titles and brief author bio (~50 words),
and $5.00 reading fee to help cover printing costs. (Poems should not show writer’s name.) Mail to: Write Wing Publishing, 3795 Hubble Court, Clinton WA 98236. Postmark deadline:
October 18, 2013.
A
prize of $50.00 will be awarded, at the editor’s sole discretion, for best
overall poem. Each poet selected
for publication will receive one free copy of the book. All rights revert to the authors after
publication.
About
the editor: Sheryl Clough earned
her MFA at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Sheryl is a Founders Circle
member of Soundings Review and 2010 winner of the William
Stafford award from Washington Poets Association. Sheryl’s book Ring of Fire, Sea of Stone won the 2013
San Gabriel Valley Literary Festival chapbook prize. She is annoyed that "reading fees" over the past few years have risen to great heights -- as much as $30! The $5.00 reading fee for this new anthology is a form of protest (also, however, an attempt to recoup the costs of publishing a book).
