Places To Sell Your Poetry
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POEtry
Just yesterday, I saw a request for a hub about the best places to sell poetry. For the life of me, I couldn't find it today.
I'm no poet by any means. If you don't believe me, look here. It'll only take you a second. I think I'm missing the poetry gene. With the exception of The Cat In The Hat, the only sonnet that I like is Edgar Allen Poe's, The Raven. Yes, I know. It's poignant.
My personal preferences aside, I decided to take a crack at this subject matter, figured it would be great practise.
So here goes.
The Raven Read By Vincent Price
A word of caution
As I understand it, the biggest caution for poets is to practise due diligence in order to avoid being scammed. Some publishers will add your work to an anthology if you purchase a copy of the book.
Author's Post Publishing Note - see comment below from Bonnie Ramsey. Thx, Bonnie!
Markets List - Click the titles, opens in new window
Fiction Factor- This is an online magazine for fiction writers, but they have a poetry markets section. At the time of this writing, I counted 21 places to submit to.
The League of Canadian Poets - First of all, it's Canadian so it must be good, eh. There are a tremendous number of resources for poets on this site, looks to be very helpful, or at least interesting. There are links to magazines that publish poetry, poetry events and groups, research links, and all manner of things related to sonnet writing.
All Rights Reserved - Look! Isn't that a mountie? This is non-profit, so the payment is a copy of the publication if your submission is accepted. They are a Canadian site, yes, but tout being dedicated to providing an international voice for writers.
PRISM International - Oh, Canada. Can be a bit of a wait time to hear back about this one, depending on the time of year. This link takes you right to the guidelines page. Compensation is noted at the bottom.
Albatross - This one is out of Massachusettes. I couldn't find anything on their payment for accepted submissions.
Easy Way To Write - For you poets down under that want to submit close to home, this site is based in Australia. There is a lot of general writing info here, as well as the market listings, but when I checked a couple of the links, they were courses for sale. The markets have full addresses, and website addys where available. This site also has a forum.
American Poetry Review - Guidelines are right there, very clear and concise.
Poetry Magazine - Name pretty much says it all. As far as I can tell, this is a contest to get printed up in their mag.
*** Riddle Fence *** Currently calling for submissions! - Check this out asap. The deadline is March 31st. This is another Canadian site. Just a fluke, honest.
Poetry Markets
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2009 Poet's Market
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As I mentioned at the beginning, this is unchartered territory for me. Hopefully, there are enough links here to get you started. If people want more, I can do another hub, just let me know.
Very best of luck getting your poetry published. Just don't forget to check the submission sites carefully - you should not have to pay to get your work printed unless you are self-publishing.
I'd love to hear if any of these sites worked out for you.
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Thx, Zsuzsy!
It may not make me a classy broad, but I kinda zone out on the poetry, prose is definitely more my bag.
Hi, Shirley!
Thanks for posting this hub! I haven't had any dealings with the links you have provided but will be checking them out. I have dealt with a lot of them over the years and many of them will publish in their anthology but don't offer you a copy. But at least you can get published if you can't buy the anthology.
One thing I have learned over the years, though is that poets seem to fall under a whole different catagory in the publishing market than, say fiction or other types of authors. By this, I mean as far as finding a publishing company that will publish without payment. In most cases, the publishers require unknown authors of poetry books to pay for publishing, at least their first publication. From what I have learned, this is due to the fact that poetry doesn't sell like novels and other types of books. Once you pay for publication, if your book sells good, then it is possible to find publishing without up front payment.
The anthologies are great in the fact that they publish for free, whether you can buy a copy or not. At least your work is included and you get it out to the public who purchase them. I have been published in several anthologies over the years and the ones I have dealt with have been excellent! I will never forget the first time I saw my poetry in print! It is amazing and well worth it. With the ones I have published in, they allow the poet to keep the copyright so you don't have to give up the opportunity to publish it elsewhere. While the anthology in itself is copyrighted by the publisher, the individual poems are the property of the author themselves. So, don't let the fact that they want to publish you in the anthology and ask you to buy a copy discourage you. This simply means that they don't offer a free copy to every author.
Some of the companies I have won awards and publications through include The National Library of Poetry, American Poetry Association, International Society of Poets, New York Poetry Foundation, Inc., World of Poetry Foundation, Sparrowgrass Poetry, Quill Books, Watermark Press and The Poetry Center.
These are all excellent companies and while most of my dealings have been through regualer mail over the years, it is highly possible that many of these companies may now be online. I would have to do a search on them to find out if they are the same companies I have dealt with and one day I just may do that. But for now, I have been happy with the snail mail way of things on poetry lol. Hope this info is of some use to you.
Bonnie Ramsey
Bonnie! Are you kidding, this is excellent info! Thx so much.
Once again, my newbie poet side is showing.
If memory serves, at least some of those links mentioned that they accept snail mail, so I hope at least one of them is helpful to you.
Thx again, Bonnie. You're amazing.
By the way, I think you just wrote another hub here.
LOL, Shirley! It did turn out a bit lengthy, didn't it? Sorry about that part! I haven't done much with my poetry lately other than posting some here on HP. I have been concentrating more on article marketing for my business, creating hubs and things of that nature. Just trying out some new things! Hope you stop by my hub pages sometimes to view some of it! I will also check out these links. I have no problem with online work at all!
Bonnie
Don't apologize, I'm glad you did it. I would feel bad about passing on advice that wasn't fully disclosing. I like helping other writers when I can, I never like to discourage anyone, even poets. :)
For the record, I think it was a great inner hub.
Interesting links, I love poetry and I think I do have the gene...sometimes. It's kind of like writing anything else in which you have to be in the right mindset and mood for it to go well.
I envy people who have the gene. I have this idea that poets are able to gain deeper access to their emotions, than the rest of us.
Looking forward to seeing some of your poetry on the hubs.
Fellow Canadian, Shirley =)
Thanks for writing this hub, I have some neurotic poetry that I should build upon and try to publish, this will def. come in handy!
Thank you! I am looking forward to checking out these links and reading your future articles! Jenevieve
I would love to hear if anyone gets their poetry published from one of these links. Direct feedback is the best way to find out what a publisher is really like to work with.
I sent an email to a friend for this page. Thanx for the info.
C.S. Alexis - thx for reading, and for passing it on. I love sharing this kind of information.
I have looked for info many places for publishing my poetry and it is very much appreciated thank you for some sort of direction to go in.
You're very welcome, Patricia. Good luck with your poetry!
Shirley,
I've been writing poetry and short stories since the age of eleven. Last year I confronted my ultimate fear and submitted some of my poetry to The Triond.com group.they published my poetry on authspot .com, where I now have close to 100 poems published. Though the pay isn't much, but it gives those writers who haven't been published yet a place to start. They also have a comments section at the bottom of each poem. You may want to add Triond.com to your list of Online poetry sites. It publishes all types of content including short stories, articles journal entries etc. There are a good many excellent writers at this site that publish with them on a regular basis, myself included. Read your article and found it very informative.
R.B. Parsley
P.S. Check it out.
Hi Randell. I am familiar with Triond. Some of the hubbers are also members there. As I understand it, it is a good place to publish.
I applaud your bravery in putting your poems out there for the world. The first time is scarey. Keep going, it will pay off for you in one manner or another.
Good luck!
Shirley :)
Getting anything published would be great.
I do write some poetry. I've always liked poetry, and to write articles on Helium.com they have to be three-fifty to four hundred words. Poetry can be 75 words, so I go with the poetry for saving time.
Although, all things cannot be written as poetry!
I tried getting onto Triond, and found it a little confusing. Maybe I will check back with it. Betty Jo
Betty Jo - That's funny. I've never thought of poetry as efficient before. :)
There are hubbers who are members of Triond....Uninvited Writer is one. Perhaps a question posed in the forums would be helpful for you.
Then again, you could just win the $10,000 poetry contest that is listed in my Places to Enter Contests Online hub. :) Good luck whatever you do!
It depends on what kind of poetry you write. If you write greeting card verse, you can do pretty well. Blue Mountain Arts and some other companies accept submissions. Go to the greeting card store; see who publishes the cards you like best, then check their sites for specific guidelines. Writer's Market also has listings and tips.
Song writers make a lot for lyrics. Check out books on the subject for industry-specific hints. Beware of contests, though. Many are rip-offs.
Serious poets usually are not paid, except in copies. If you write serious contemporary free verse, check the site of Poets and Writers Magazine. They have great advice and the best listings. Summer is a good time to write, but hold your serious poems until the fall. Most quarterlies and anthologies use university staffs and students to read manuscripts, so there are not many markets until late August or September. Again, beware of contests, especially a certain huge online poetry community which I will not name. They want you to buy their books, which you will probably find disappointing, and attend their conventions. These are for-profit operations, with the profits coming from contributers, not readers.
Terrific information, Bluerabbit! Thanks for your comment and your contribution.
Hello Shirley, I have some poetry that I wrote over the years. Here at Hub Pages is the first place I have ever written anything for public view. Should I Hub a few of my poems, before braving another element? Does that change my ability to stay in the amature ranks? Technically, things are sold from our hub pages. Thanks to you, and others like you, I have found a comfort zone hubbing.
Hi Gawn Fishing. I'm glad you're feeling comfortable here! Sounds like you hope to also see your words in print in a venue outside of Hubpages. That's great. Whether you decide to get used to exposing yourself (in a writer's fashion) here first, or just go for it elsewhere, depends on how much of a confident risk-taker you are.
I'm kind of timid about others seeing my work initially, so I would get used to that by publishing here, then branch out to other sites to make sure I really am good and it wasn't a fluke, then I would submit. But like I said, I'm a chicken.
Personally, I think that if you feel really good about what you've written, and you've got enough knowledge of your craft and how to do submissions, then I'd say go for it. Heck do both Hubpages and submitting if you can keep the original works comin'.
By the way, if you do fly fishing, you can try submitting an article to American Angler. I can send you the link if you want, or you can find it in my Places to Sell Your Writing II hub. I'm not sure what kind you do, but if it is fly fishing, you might be able to sell something to AA.
Wherever you submit to, please remember to read and adhere to the submission guidelines of the publication.
Good luck, GF.
Thank you Shirley, I am a big chicken. Each of my hubs get braver, and i am composing one now with 2 of my best poems. At least i think they are my best!
Fly Fishing is the only style of fishing that I have never done. I met one of the editors of Pacific Fisherman Magazine on a long range tuna trip. I don't want him to publish an article just because of our friendship. I think I will stick to this format for a very long time. I am not looking for money. I want to find out if I have an untapped talent more than anything else. Thank YOU, Gawn
"I want to find out if I have an untapped talent more than anything else."
Gawn, I'm certain that you do, you just have to connect with it.
Thank you Shirly for informing here with good poetry sites! I am a poet basically and writing poems in my language. I have few poems in English also, but all are prose poems! Here on hubpages I have put 3 poems!
By the way this information will help to get a good site for poems! Thanks!
Good luck with submitting your poety,Healwell. Let us know how it goes for you.
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Memuna, who are you please?
Shirley it seems you are getting hit on here. Do you think memuna wants a date?
I love this hub. Just had to come back again and check it out.
LOL, I doubt it very much.
Thx for coming back here! You have an open invitation to come and hang out anytime.
I love open invitations. My mind can grasp many different meanings from that. :P
I am in the chatroom if you're interested.
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Zsuzsy Bee says:
4 months ago
I'm with you on the poetry Shirley. Except for the occasional Haiku, I suck at it. Unfortunately most of it also goes right over my head...like the symbolism etc.
My motto, if you want to say it, say it...
great hub regards Zsuzsy