How to Get Published
I appreciate getting inquiries about getting published, and recently a mother
asked for information help get her son’s poetry published. Getting published
can mean many things depending on the medium, the money spent, and the
time devoted the process. As for a profit, poets can join the thousands of
writers, even me, who wish they could go beyond the serious hobby stage of
poetry writing. I have yet to get a main-stream publisher offer me a check for
a book. But don’t let that stop new writers.
Using the Internet as a resource, poets can send poems on-line for contests,
such as those sponsored by The Famous Poets Society (http://www.famouspoets.com/),or by the National Library of Poetry (http://www.poetry.com/). At the NLP, they have a
publishing service from Watermark Press (a link on the main page) where $450
can get you 15 copies of a 60 page-book to $1400 for 100 copies of a 100
page book. Check their Ultimate Poetry Links for other publishers.
Vantage Press and others like it go beyond Watermark, and help distribute
/market the book, for a percentage of course. They want more money. With
the desktop programs like Print Shop, writers can design a book using the
booklet part of the program. I have two books ready for publishers now,
covers and all, if they knock on my door.
There national and regional poetry contents that offer legitimate prizes, and a quick check on the Internet for oetry contests may flush these out. Organizations, such as universities, have literary publications for students and for faculty as forums for expressions. A county or school librarian can direct people to sources or lists of real writing contests which offer prizes. Remember that most poets have other “day jobs” and this is not a area of writing known for profit or fame.
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