Poetry Anthology

OPEN CALL FOR 2012 POETRY ANTHOLOGY

Savant Books and Publications is seeking outstanding poems for inclusion in a 2012 Poetry Anthology tentatively scheduled for publication in mid to late 2012. This call will remain open until filled. There are no subject restrictions.


Author's may submit up to five (5) poems of up to 100 lines each. There is no submission fee.

The published anthology will released to the public on Amazon.com and from the Savant website at a suggested retail price (usually about $12.95 depending on size and total number of poems). The anthology, at the publisher's discretion, may also be made available in electronic format about one year after softcover release.

No complementary copies will be issued. Instead, authors agree to purchase ten (10) copies of the anthology at half-off the suggested retail price. To accomplish this, a PayPal invoice from Savant Books and Publications will be issued after publication (eChecks and major credit cards accepted). Additional copies can be purchased in lots of 10 at half off the suggested retail price for personal use, book-signings and/or resale at whatever price the author chooses. All discounted purchases must be made from the anthology's author purchase page using PayPal.

The Anthology team will begin selection, editing, layup and proofing on or about January 2012.

All decisions by the Anthology editor regarding selection of submitted poems are final.

PREPARING A POEM SUBMISSION PACKAGE (PSP)

A.  Prepare the Poem

Acceptable Method
For each poem, you must submit a complete email PSP. Send one poem with each PSP email!

Acceptable General Form
Poems must be submitted in electronic format in either Microsoft Word (.doc), Open Office (.docx), Apple Pages (.pages) or Rich Text Format (.rtf).

Acceptable Internal Format
All poems must meet the following internal format requirements:

1. one-inch margins at top, bottom and sides;
2. black, regular, 12-point, Times New Roman font with only the following embellishments allowed:
   • italics (i.e. oblique style)
   • non-smart quotes (")
   • non-smart half-quotes and apostrophes (')
   • NO OTHER EMBELLISHMENTS
     
3. left-justified only;
4. all double-spaced;
5. one hard return at the end of each line; 
6. two hard returns after a section (if the work is divided into sections);
   
7. indicate pages if more than one (e.g. JANIK - PAGE 2 OF 3) at the top of each page.

Poems not adhering to the above form and format requirements will be rejected without reading!

B. Prepare the body of the Email

Compose a file that includes ALL of the following questions. Answer the questions (except #13, just make sure it is there).

1. Poem Title:
2. Subtitle or Byline:
3. Author's pen name for this poem, if any:
4. Author's actual, full, legal name:
5. Author's complete mailing address:
6. Author contact phone number:
7. Author FAX number (if one is available):
8. Author email contact address:
9. Synopsis, forward or explanation (25 words maximum; not required):
10. Dedication, if any (25 words maximum; not required):
11. Author Biography (100 words maximum):
12. List of all places this work was published (include proper citation, and if published on the internet, all internet links; if unpublished type in "unpublished"):
13. The following statement: "I submit this poem for publication in the Savant 2010 Anthology. By submitting this email, I certify that (1) I agree with the terms and conditions as specified; (2) this poem is my own original work; and (3) I certify that I alone own clear, complete and total rights to the work."

C. ASSEMBLE AND EMAIL YOUR POEM SUBMISSION PACKAGE (PSP) TO SAVANT BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS

1. In the "Subject" line of your email, type in your LAST NAME followed by "2012 POEM" all in capital letters (e.g. "SMITH 2011 POEM")
2. Make sure you have copied and pasted the above 13 PSP questions and your answers to them into the BODY OF THE EMAIL.
   
3. Attach the correctly-formed and formatted poem to the email
4. Check once more to make sure you have included all necessary information
5. Send it to
   

Savant Books and Publications (SBP) will acknowledge receipt of your PSP via email usually within 4 weeks. If you have a firewall or spam blocker be sure to add "savantbooks@gmail.com" to your "accept" list. If you haven't received acknowledgment of receipt within 4 weeks, please resend again.

You may submit your poem to other publishers; however, once a poem is accepted for the anthology it can not appear in any other publications until one (1) month AFTER the Savant anthology is released. Submitted materials will not be returned. Materials not accepted for publication will be destroyed.