[Stylist] FW: The Avocet is seeking Winter themed poems for its printed Winter journal - Submission Period - October 1 - November 30

[llambert at zoominternet.net]

To the Poets on this site:

In HONOR of National Poetry Day, I am sending this invitation on to those of
you who focus on Nature in your poetry.

 

Submissions are now open for  "The Avocet " - which is a PRINT Edition,
literary Magazine.

It is a lovely little book of about 60 pages that comes out quarterly. It
costs NOTHING to send your  work - 4 poems for each season - when the
Submission Call is sent out.

You can read this over and I wish you good luck for publication in the
Winter Edition. 

If you enter, be sure to send Mr. Portolano, the Editor and Publisher, a
person note along with your 4 poems. He is a congenial editor who loves to
communicate with other Nature Lovers who write poetry.  Competition is good
for us - so send in your poems before November 30. (Your entry poems  must
be in HIS hands by that date.)

Be sure to read and follow his guidelines.

 

Lynda Lambert

 

 

From: Charles Portolano <cportolano at hotmail.com> 
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2018 12:34 PM
To: Charles Portolano <cportolano at hotmail.com>
Subject: The Avocet is seeking Winter themed poems for its printed Winter
journal - Submission Period - October 1 - November 30 

 

Dear Poets:

 

    Hello, if you haven't already sent in your Winter submissions, please
do, after reading the guidelines, of course.

 

Guidelines for the Winter printed issue of The Avocet

 

Submission Period - October 1 - November 30

 

Winter-themed issue

 

The Avocet, a Journal of Nature Poetry

Charles Portolano, Editor/Publisher

P.O. Box 19186

Fountain Hills, AZ  85269

cportolano at hotmail.com <mailto:cportolano at hotmail.com> 

 

(In our hands, not postmarked)

 

Please read before submitting.

 

We welcome previously published poems.

 

     Think of the Season when you send us your work.  We want Winter-themed
poems for the Winter issue, but, of course, there are those universal poems
that transcend the seasons, they are always welcome at any time of the year.
We love poems with animals in them.  Think about the Season and send poems
written about the beginning of a new one and the end of a Season.  In each
issue, we try to present a cubistic view of a season, to display Nature in
all her splendor.

     It is such a great honor to be the Editor/Publisher of The Avocet.  I
love being a poet.  I love knowing if I get an idea, a phrase, or, even a
word, it might bring about a poem, from out of nowhere, there onto the
paper, such great fun.

     I believe the main purpose and focus of my being an Editor is to
promote the best poetry possible in each issue.  I believe Poetry is
everywhere, in everyone.  I believe if everyone wrote poetry we would have a
better, kinder, more caring, planet Earth to live on.  I believe we as poets
belong to a community who has a fiduciary duty to spread the word of poetry.

     I am looking for poetry that moves the reader through the beauty, the
peace, and the fury of Nature in all of its glory.  I love poems that have
people interacting with nature.  I love poems that have animals in their
element.  I love poems that have a message!  I believe the purpose of poetry
is to provoke thought!  

 

My guidelines are based on my experiences as a poet for the last 20 years.

 

5 tips to help get your poetry published.

 

1.	Never write to "To whom it may concern" or editor or, even worse, no
name at all.  Do your homework and find out the editor's (or editors') name.
Please never send a form letter.  
2.	Always write a friendly few lines to let the editor know you care
about them as people, not just someone who can publish your poetry.  There
are always more poets' poetry than pages to put those poems upon.
3.	You have 5 lines to catch the eye or interest of an editor; make
them engaging, make the editor/reader want to continue reading!
4.	Send a few long (within the guidelines, of course) and a few short
poems.  Never ask an editor to make an exception for your work.  If the line
limit is 38 lines, don't send poems that are longer.  
5.	Always, always, write a Thank you to an editor who is kind enough to
publish your work.  Believe it or not, editors are people, too, who have
feelings and they also have the power to publish or not to publish your
poetry.  It amazes me how few poets do this.  I always write a Thank you,
always.  It is a missed opportunity to have a closer relationship with your
editor when you don't write them.

 

***** Please know that all submissions to The Avocet will be considered for
the Weekly Avocet, unless we are otherwise told. *****

 

All poems must be sent by snail-mail to the above address, but you do not
need to send a SASE, if you have an email address.  Please save money by
using just a No. 10 Business envelope.  I will respond to all submissions by
email only.  Please no large envelopes! 

 

If you do not have an email address, please make sure you send a SASE.

         

There will be four submissions periods.  (In our hands, not postmarked)

 

January 1 -  February 28         - Spring-themed issue

April 1 - May 31                    - Summer-themed issue

July 1 - August 31                  - Fall-themed issue

October 1 - November 30      - Winter-themed issue

 

If you miss the deadline for one of the reading periods your poems will not
be considered for the next reading period!

 

We welcome previously published poems.

 

But no simultaneous submissions.

 

I will not read submissions that aren't addressed to me, Charles.


Only one batch of poems submitted per reading period.

 

Send no more than four poems.  One poem per page.

 

No more than 38 lines per poem.  (spaces between stanzas count as lines)

 

Do not use fancy font, which only confuses the scanner.  

 

Use single spaced lines.  

 

Do not use all Caps in the title.

 

Please, please type your name, address and email address underneath each
poem, thank you.

 

Please, I want a short bio so I can get to know you, the poets, of the
Avocet community better!  I don't care to hear where you have been published
before.  Please tell me of your love of Nature.

 

**** If you live outside of the USA, you can send in your submissions by
email, but know I will

(because of shipping cost and time spent at the counter at the Post Office)
send you an attachment of the issue you appear in, instead of a magazine. 

 

I welcome previously published poems; if a poem is good enough to get
published once before; it probably deserves to be read again!  Of course,
please do not send poems that have already appeared in the Avocet.

 

Please notify me of any change of address.  I will not send out another copy
to a new address if you fail to tell me.  Also, we mail by bulk mail, which
will not be forwarded.