2008 Chapbook Contest
2008 Poetry Contest
Contributor Guidelines
for Online Publication
We are accepting work on only the following
Volume 3 themes for 2008.
Vol. 3 #1: Are minority group members under represented in English departments? Who cares?
Vol. 3 #2: College Professor: Did you expect it would be like this?
Vol. 3 #3: If I had my way...
Vol. 3 #4: Open issue for unpublished poets and writers
(Please see separate guidelines for poetry contests)
How to submit work: We consider unpublished and previously published poems (only if you have the rights), short short stories, essays, creative nonfiction, essays-- including simultaneous submissions. Send up to 5 pages of poetry or prose pieces under 2000 words. A cover letter is not necessary, but appreciated: are you a teacher, administrator, parent, student, librarian, custodian, coach, security officer, etc? We do not accept responsibility for submissions or queries not accompanied by a SASE with adequate postage. We no longer accept online submissions. Authors should contact us if a submission has been accepted elsewhere.
If your work is accepted for a specific issue, and you have submitted an email address, we send you a word file attachment of your work for final proofing and approval before publishing if requested. When your work goes on line, you will a receive a link to your page.
All rights revert to authors after work is first electronically published and archived on this site; no material on this site may be reproduced in any form without written permission from their individual authors. We will publish a "best of" volume 3 chapbook in 2008, and all contributors receive at least 1 copy, more if funds allow. Responses may take over a year, but we try for under 4 months: please don't hesitate submitting your work elsewhere.
Advice: 1) Please, be daring. Take some personal risks. If you find it comfortable to write about your students only from a distance or as if they and you are not part of surrounding social and political institutions, we may not be for you. 2) Sadly and realistically, many teachers are afraid, given the personally revealing or critical nature of their writing, to jeopardize their positions in their schools and communities -- especially if new and untenured. If you must, feel free to include a pseudonym in your cover letter. 3) If you are a teacher, become a poet. If you are poet, become a teacher.
The Teacher’s Voice
P.O. Box 150384
Kew Gardens, NY 11415
editor@the-teachers-voice.org
