Wyoming Arts Council

Call for entries: Poets of the American West

Uncategorized | May 5, 2009

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This was sent by Utah lit guy, Guy Lebeda:

Many Voices Press is now soliciting submissions for Poets of the American West, an anthology of poets from western states. Poems by Christopher Howell, Marilyn Krysl, Sandra McPherson, Robert McDowell, David Romtvedt, Joy Harjo, Greg Pape, Melissa Kwasny, Robert Pack, David Wagoner, Katharine Coles, Kim Addonizio, Dana Gioia, Robert Wrigley, Alberto Rios, Marvin Bell, David Lee, Dixie Partridge, Kim Stafford, Lawson Inada, William Pitt Root, Reg Saner, Maurya Simon, Garrett Hongo, Henry Carlile, Maxine Chernoff, Mark Halperin, Gary Gildner, Lisa Steinman, Jane Miller, Ilya Kaminski, Ellen Bass, and many other have already been selected. We would be honored to review a submission from you.

• No fee. (A $12 fee is OPTIONAL for those who wish to enter the competition. Visit manyvoicespress.fvcc.edu for competition guidelines.)
• Please send 6-12 poems and a short bio to the address below. Or you may email your poems, bio, and data sheet as Word (.doc) attachments.
• If any of the poems have been previously published, please indicate where. Poems previously published must include name of magazine, issue, and date. If the poem was previously published in a book, include title of book, publisher, and date. Important: Authors must obtain reprint rights. MVP can not pay reprint fees. (On the other hand, we’ve had 100% cooperation obtaining reprint rights for no charge from a wide variety of publishers. We are a non-profit service organization, dedicated to expanding the audience for poetry and bringing to light new talent. Donations are tax deductible.)
• After publication of Poets of the American West, all publication rights revert to the author.
• All poets from WA, CA, OR, ID, UT, MT, WY, CO, NM, AZ, and NV are eligible.

Many Voices Press aims to publish the best poems available. Recently we published Poems Across the Big Sky, a richly diverse anthology of Montana poets. We are especially interested in new or established voices of the American West. In addition to poems in English, we are seeking poems in Native American languages or in Spanish.

What Are We Looking For? We are most interested in poems that offer original insights into contemporary life in the American West. We are open to all poems of merit, regardless of style, though narrative poems accessible to a broad readership are most likely to catch our
attention.

Please feel free to contact us if you would like more information. We hope to see your poems soon! PLEASE SHARE THIS CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS WITH YOUR FELLOW POETS.

FMI: Lowell Jaeger, Editor, Many Voices Press, 777 Grandview Drive, Kalispell, Montana 59901; 406-756-3907; manyvoicespress@fvcc.edu

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