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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-ZW link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hello to Nature Loving Poets on the List,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I am forwarding a Call for entries that you may be interested in.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>This is both a quarterly print magazine, which is very nice – <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>And, a weekly e-mail magazine – <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>The focus for The Avocet, and The Weekly Avocet is NATURE.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>It’s a literary magazine that I really enjoy reading and you may as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>You can enter your poems at no cost – and that’s nice too!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Lynda Lambert<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Charles Portolano <cportolano@hotmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 29, 2019 9:58 AM<br><b>To:</b> Charles Portolano <cportolano@hotmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Hello from The Avocet - Guidelines for the Fall printed issue of The Avocet - Submission Period ends August 31st<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#C00000'>Guidelines for the Fall printed issue of The Avocet</span></u></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#C00000'>Submission Period – July 1<sup>st</sup> – August 31<sup>st</sup></span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#C00000'>(In our hands, not postmarked)</span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#C00000'>Fall-themed issue</span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>The Avocet, a Journal of Nature Poetry</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Charles Portolano, Editor/Publisher</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>P.O. Box 19186</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Fountain Hills, AZ 85269</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><a href="mailto:cportolano@hotmail.com"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext'>cportolano@hotmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Please read before submitting.</span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>We welcome previously published poems.</span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> Think of the Season when you send us your work. We want Fall-themed poems for the Fall issue, but, of course, <u>there are those universal poems that transcend the seasons</u>, they are always welcome at any time of the year. We love poems with animals in them. </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>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…</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> 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.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>I believe the main purpose and focus of my being an Editor is to promote the best poetry possible in each issue. <b>I believe Poetry is everywhere, in everyone</b>. 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.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> 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. <b>I love poems that have animals in their element</b>. I love poems that have a message! I believe the purpose of poetry is to provoke thought! </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>My guidelines are based on my experiences as a poet for over the last 23 years.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>5 tips to help get your poetry published…</span></strong><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ol start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>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. </span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>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.</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>You have 5 lines to catch the eye or interest of an editor; make them engaging, make the editor/reader want to continue reading!</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>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. </span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>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.</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br><br><br></span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>***** Please know that all submissions to The Avocet will be considered for the Weekly Avocet, unless we are otherwise told. *****</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br><br><br></span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>All poems must be sent by snail-mail to the above address, but <u>you do not</u> need to send a SASE, if you have an email address. <u>Please save money</u> by using just a No. 10 Business envelope. I will respond to all submissions by email only. <u>Please no large envelopes! </u></span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br><br><br></span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>If you do not have an email address, please make sure you send a SASE.</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br></span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>There will be four submissions periods. (In our hands, not postmarked)</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br><br><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>January 1 - <sup> </sup>February 28 - Spring-themed issue</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>April 1 - May 31 - Summer-themed issue</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>July 1 - August 31 - Fall-themed issue</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>October 1 - November 30 - Winter-themed issue</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>If you miss the deadline for one of the reading periods your poems <b>will not be considered</b> for the next reading period!</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br><br><br></span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>We welcome previously published poems.</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br><br><br></span><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>But no </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121;background:white'>simultaneous submissions.</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br><br><br></span><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>I will not read submissions that aren't addressed to me, Charles.<br><br></span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br></span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Only one batch of poems submitted per reading period.</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br><br><br></span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Send no more than four poems. One poem per page.</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br><br><br></span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>No more than 39 lines per poem. (spaces between stanzas count as lines)</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br><br><br></span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Do not use fancy font, which only confuses the scanner. </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br><br><br></span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>All poems must be left-margin formatted.</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br><br><br></span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Use single spaced lines. </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br><br><br></span><b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Do not use all Caps in the title</span></u></b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>.</span></u><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br><br><br></span><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Please, please <u>type</u> your name, address and email address underneath each poem, thank you.</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br></span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>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.</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>**** If you live outside of the USA, you can send your submissions by email. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br></span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>I welcome previously published poems</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>; 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.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br></span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>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.</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br></span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br></span><b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>So you know:</span></u></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'> Since we now have a new, shorter format in our Weekly Avocet, we are going to do Showcases as separate emails, on certain Wednesdays, sent directly into the homes of all our Weekly Avocet readers, over 260 worldwide. You get to create your own Showcase of your book.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>We are charging $25 for this service for promoting a poet's collection of poetry with this direct marketing approach to readers who are all nature-loving, all like-minded thinkers, and who know your work. And, of course, you get to forward this Showcase to all those you know…</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>We would want to have a copy of your book to check out before showing your Showcase. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>All monies go to keeping to our goal of $6 an issue for subscribers/supporters.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br><br><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>