How Do You Submit Poetry Manuscripts To Magazines?
There is no greater thrill for a poet than seeing her name in print for the first time. Becoming a published writer can be the psychological boost necessary to survive in the very competitive world of freelance poetry. It’s relatively easy enough to find the contact information of a print poetry magazine or the email address of a web-based poetry editor, but actually preparing your manuscript for the journey can be challenging. Craft, luck and psychology all enter into the picture, and the sheer number of poetry submissions received by poetry magazines is mind-numbing. Whether you are a seasoned professional writer or a first-timer, submitting a batch of poetry is still going to be a numbers game. What you want to do is provide material that rises above the other 10,000 envelopes (called a slush pile in the writing business) sitting on an overworked and underpaid editor’s desk. While it would be nice to believe true poetic art should magically float to the top like cream, the reality i
