Submissions for the 2012-13 San Diego Poetry Annual
WHEN TO SUBMIT:
June 15 to October 15, 2012.
WHERE TO SUBMIT:
SUBMIT TO ONLY ONE REGIONAL EDITOR — submitting to more than one Regional Editor may result in disqualification
Brandon Cesmat — profe@csusm.edu
Seretta Martin — wordsoup@juno.com
Robt O’Sullivan Schleith — poetryscenestealers@yahoo.com
Terrence Spohn — tspohn@sbcglobal.net
Jon Wesick — jwesick@sbcglobal.net
Olga García – poetolga@yahoo.com (for bilingual poems)
Submissions may also be sent directly to Garden Oak Press — gardenoakpress@earthlink.net or P.O. Box 1606, Fallbrook, CA 92088.
HOW TO SUBMIT:
Submissions by e-mail are encouraged. If you attach poems to your e-mail, use “.doc” format only. (This is the older version of Microsoft Word) Do NOT paste the poems into the body of the e-mail, as this may cause incorrect formatting/line breaks.
WHAT TO SUBMIT:
New, previously unpublished work ONLY.
Poets are encouraged to send shorter work so that more poets can be included in the anthology. However, there are NO restrictions, NO taboos. The dual goals of the San Diego Poetry Annual are excellence and the celebration of diversity within our region.
HOW MANY POEMS CAN BE SUBMITTED?
Poets can submit as many poems as they chose to, but our current practice is to publish ONLY one poem from each contributing poet. In rare instances, two or three poems per poet may be accepted.
WHO CAN SUBMIT?
Submissions are open to all who live, work, reside, go to school in or visit the San Diego area, or those who have relatives, friends or some other association with our region.
IS THERE A THEME?
No theme, no subject matter restrictions. (Poems do not have be about the San Diego region.)
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?
Poets are never charged a fee of any sort. No poet is ever required to buy a copy of the annual, but copies will be made available to contributing poets at a special discount price. Garden Oak Press makes no profit on sales to contributing poets.
HOW MUCH DOES IT PAY?
There is no pay.
Instead of providing free copies to contributing poets, those very copies are donated in the name of contributing poets to college, university and public libraries throughout San Diego County to ensure the permanence of the annual. As a result, the San Diego Poetry Annual is now part of the permanent collections of every college and university library in San Diego County, the county library system, the San Diego City Library system, and the libraries of independent cities within the county, including Oceanside, Escondido, Carlsbad, Chula Vista and National City, so that future generations of readers will be able to access the San Diego Poetry Annual.
WHEN WILL THE NEW ANNUAL BE PUBLISHED?
The 2011-12 edition will be published in March, 2012. Celebratory readings from the new annual will begin in April, 2012.
WHERE CAN I SEE OR BUY A COPY OF THE ANNUAL?
All five editions of the San Diego Poetry Annual are available in local libraries. They can be purchased online at amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com. Limited copies of new editions are available at Bluestocking Books, 3817 Fifth Ave., San Diego, CA 92103.
All copies are fully tax-deductible thanks to our association with the San Diego Entertainment and Arts Guild, a 501(c) non-profit organization.
QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?
E-mail the Garden Oak Press at gardenoakpress@earthlink.net.
I think this is a wonderful way to share poetry ! however I do have a question since I was not even aware that this type of forum existed here in San Diego and I have been writing and reading poetry since a child.
This poetry reading in hillcrest at 7:00 p.m. at the Bluestocking Book store, is this just for poets who have their work published in the Annual or can any others share works as well?
I would really love to read one of my poems as well..
Editors,
Have you opened the San Diego Poetry Annual for 2011-12 submissions?
Do you accept submissions on an ongoing basis?
Thanking you in advance for your reply,
Evelyn
Submissions opened June 15 and will close Oct. 15. Check “Submission Guidelines” on the website. Thank you.
I am very interested in and excited about submitting several poems for your publication.
Can’t wait until June 15 to do so.
Thanks so much for the opportunity.
Best,
Marilyn
Voila! I plan to submit my work for the 2011-12 edition. Though currently living in the Bay Area, I am returning home to San Diego before the end of the year. This venue is a wonderful opportunity for first time and sparsely-published poets to see their works in print.
Evelyn J. Burroughs