We are currently accepting submission of original poetry or art pieces composed in homage to living poets.
Guidelines:
Verse of April will consider for publication -for, -to, or -after poems or visual pieces, such as video, sound, song, animation, portraiture, collage, GIF, essay, or beyond.
All submitted pieces must be original works and never before published online or in print. All submitted pieces must state the name of the living poet to whom the work is dedicated. If the submitted work is in conversation with a particular poem by the living poet, please include the title of that poem.
Other documents to include:
1) Submitters should include a “Statement of Homage,” which explains why the particular living poet and/or particular poem by a living poet is important to them.
2) Submitters should include a short biography (of no more than 5 sentences) of the living poet. In it you should aim to include the current location and/or hometown / city of origin of the poet and a list (with links if you have them) of a few of their works (poem titles, book titles, or other projects and publications). These materials will be reviewed with Verse of April and included in publication.
3) A brief third-person biography of you, the submitter.
All documents should be sent as attached Word or PDF files and addressed to verseofapril@gmail.com. Please use “Verse of April 2023 Submission” as your subject line.
Submissions must arrive no later than April 1, 2023.
Note: Past contributors to Verse of April are welcome to submit new works for consideration.