Submissions to the 2017 Poetry Marathon Anthology are open now and will stay open through the 15th!
Read our guidelines carefully before submissions.
All submissions must include two poems, no more, no less.
All submissions must be made via our email address (poets@thepoetrymarathon.com).
The subject line of all emails must be Poetry Submission. Poems must be included in the body of the email.
All poems submitted must be written during the 2017 Poetry marathon. All poems should be completely edited and contain no major grammatical errors. Revisions are allowed and encouraged. Please check your punctuation before submitting. All poems should be single spaced. Any extra space will probably be interpreted as a stanza break.
The first word of every line should not have a capitalization unless it is intentional! Word has an auto caps feature that you can turn off by following the instructions below.
To turn off automatic capitalization, follow these steps:
- Go to Tools. | AutoCorrect Options.
- On the AutoCorrect tab, deselect the Capitalize First Letter Of Sentences check box, and click OK.
You must indicate which hour each poem was written in. Only poets who completed the whole or half marathon will be eligible to submit. Also Indicate your location. Please include a link to your page on the Poetry Marathon.
Thank you for following the guidelines! I know they might seem a little strict but they make it possible to put together an anthology in a few months, while having a child and a job that pays the bills.
There is no guarantee that by submitting your poem will be selected, although the goal is to include one poem by everyone who submits.
Digital copies will be made available for free to any contributor. Print copies will be available for a reasonable price (last year it was 8 dollars to purchase a copy) and any money that is made from selling the anthology will go towards covering the cost of the marathon.
Want to know what the 2016 Poetry Marathon Anthology was like? Pick up your copy here.
Umm… Does indicating our location mean we have to include our country in the introductory note? Also, do we link our pages in the email body this year too?
Ideally you would include it in the introductory note (but an introductory note is not required). So it is ok to just put it at the start. If not enough people include their’s I will not use it in the anthology, but I am hoping I can include it. Also I updated it to indicate that a link to page is preferred.
Do you need help putting the anthology together after you make selections? Please reach out if you do. Many are so grateful for all you’ve done, I’m certain a few of us would step up if there was a way for us to lighten your load.
Thanks! But honestly I think it is fastest with just one person doing it (I’ve worked on committee literary journals before so that is why I do it this way).
Are there separate guidelines (like 12 point, Times New Roman, etc.) posted someplace on this site? Your second sentence says we should read them carefully. Or are the guideline just whats on this page? Please provide a link.
Just the guidelines above!!
When will the 2017 anthology be available?
Cheers
Brian Sluga
Hopefully right before Thanksgiving.