2012 Valley International Poetry Festival - Call for submissions
Posted by Nancy Millar on Mon, Jan 23, 2012 @ 12:19 PM
Boundless: The Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival Anthology 2012
Boundless will be published this year as a perfect bound edition with an ISBN.
As always, poets do not have to attend our festival or register for our festival in order to submit for publication. (While this may change in the future, our open policy remains generous.) Previous editons include poets from across Texas, New York, India, Brazil, Portugal, Spain, and London. Be part of this exciting edition!
Deadline: Postmarked by March 10, 2012
Guidelines:
- Submit 1, 2, or 3 typewritten poems in a legible font.
- Poems may be of any topic, any language. (We ask for a translation if it is not in English, however.)
- 35-line limit per poem, not including title and spaces
- E-mail Submissions Only. Mailed Submissions Will NOT Be Accepted!
- E-mail submissioNs to rgvipf@hotmail.com
- No previously published poems, please, except from self-published chapbooks with limited distribution.
- DO NOT place your name or other identifying information on the poems themselves.
Submit a cover letter that includes:
Your Name
Title of poem(s) or first line for an untitled poem
E-mail address AND phone number
A short bio – 50 words or less – focusing on your life as a writer
Include a check for $8 payable to "Art That Heals, Inc."
You must supply an e-mail address for contact.
We strongly prefer to communicate by e-mail: rgvipf@hotmail.com
If you change your e-mail, let us know immediately.
NOTE: You must still mail your check, or money order (made out to ART THAT HEALS, INC.):
Boundless Editorial Committee
1413 Jay Ave.
McAllen, TX 78504
For more information please visit: www.vipf.org