Hey there! I have written a lot of poetry recently, not all good but I'd like to know if I could get a few published. How exactly do you get poetry published though? The process must be very different than getting a book published right?
word, Dave. good advice. send your BEST work. and make sure it matches the market your submitting to, too.Important tip:
the ones you've identified as "not all good?"
Don't send those.
Before you think about submitting, consider workshopping your poems at the toughest place you can find. Put your thickest skin on and let some experienced, published poets critique your work (while you're critiquing others', of course).
You say you've written a lot of poems recently. You might also want to put them away for a little while and let them gel, then go back to them later with fresh eyes, revise carefully and then workshop them before submission.
Best,
Shelley
Hey there! I have written a lot of poetry recently, not all good but I'd like to know if I could get a few published. How exactly do you get poetry published though? The process must be very different than getting a book published right?
Before you think about submitting, consider workshopping your poems at the toughest place you can find. Put your thickest skin on and let some experienced, published poets critique your work (while you're critiquing others', of course).
You say you've written a lot of poems recently. You might also want to put them away for a little while and let them gel, then go back to them later with fresh eyes, revise carefully and then workshop them before submission.
Best,
Shelley
Never invest in the Poetry Market book. It costs too much money and small press publications fold too often and too quickly to make it a viable investment. Use duotrope.com. It is free. Libraries (many university ones, too) usually have the latest Writer's Market books in the reference section. Also free. Follow submission guidelines exactly and only submit to publications that accept simultaneous submissions (which means submitting the same poems to multiple publications). Otherwise, you'll never get that 1st publication, because who has that kind of time to wait around. Also, no one makes money with poetry. Therefore, if you don't love writing it, then you'll be disappointed.