for publication on NationalPoetryMonth.ca in April 2023
 

AngelHousePress invites you to send poems and visual poems for NationalPoetryMonth.ca, our celebration of poetry which takes place in April every year. Happy New Year!

POEMS: No more than 45 lines & 250 words per poem.

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FORMAT: docx, rtf, body of e-mail.

VISUAL POEMS: single image per screen rather than series of images on screen

FORMAT: JPG, PNG and video/audio files, such as .mov, mp4, .WAV.

BIOGRAPHIES: 1ST or 3rd person.

CONTRIBUTOR PHOTO: separately as a png/jpg (optional).

NO PDFS: (except to show formatting complexities)

DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 28, 2O23

PAYMENT: I will be crowdfunding again to pay contributors this year.

E-mail me to sign up for 1st access to the campaign.

PAYMENT METHOD: EFT, PayPal, cheque in CAD.

PUBLICATION DATE: April 1 – 30, 2023

WHO CAN SUBMIT: earthlings everywhere.

HOW MANY POEMS/VISUAL POEMS CAN I SUBMIT: as many as you like.

CAN THE WORK BE PREVIOUSLY/CURRENTLY PUBLISHED: Yes, if you hold the copyright.

CAN THE WORK BE A TRANSLATION: yes, if you can provide written permission from the author or the estate of the author.

QUERIES & SUBMISSIONS TO    amanda@angelhousepress.com

PREFERRED LARGE FILE TRANSFER:  WETRANSFER.COM

DETAILS

The work will be published on NationalPoetryMonth.ca each day in April 2023 with links shared to our FB page https://www.facebook.com/AngelHousePress/ and to my personal Twitter page: @KikiFolle. The work will be online until February 28, 2024.

Poems and visual poems include stanza based, prose, digital, typewriter, Letraset/rub on letters, stamps, asemic, glitch, collage, altered books, calligraphy, photos of art installations, erasure/black out poetry, textiles, nature, ceramics, performance scores, poem objects, sculptures, handwritten, comics, mixed media, word toys, or anything else you can think of that transcends the boundaries of poetry/visual poetry. Surprise me.

Visit NationalPoetryMonth.ca to see site’s parameters and aesthetic considerations. If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me. I will send acknowledgements to everyone who submits in the requested format shortly after I receive the work and will send out acceptances and rejections in March, 2023.

AngelHousePress began NationalPoetryMonth.ca in 2009 as an alternative to institutionalized celebrations of poetry with the goal of expanding preconceived notions of what poetry is or means. My favourite response to the poetry on NationalPoetryMonth.ca is "this isn't poetry!"

We publish one work each day in April for a total of 30. I use the opportunity to discover potential contributors to Experiment-O.com and to our essay series.

We will give preference to submissions by women, queer, trans, BIPOC, mad, crip and neurodiverse writers and artists., especially those we haven’t heard from before, and emerging writers. You are welcome to include this information in your biography if you care to.

CROWD FUNDING CAMPAIGN

For the second time, we are offering payment to our contributors. In February 2023, we will launch our crowdfunding campaign through IndieGoGo to pay our contributors. If you’d like to receive 1st access to perks: books, chapbooks, merch from small presses and journals in Canada, Denmark, India, UK and USA, please e-mail me.

THE CARING IMAGINATION

The crowd funding campaign is part of a larger initiative called the Caring Imagination which launched in December, 2022 at CaringImagination.com. With the help of advisors from Australia, Canada, UK and USA, I am creating a hub for resources and discussions towards compassionate and equitable practices that intersect with race, culture, class, disability, gender, and sexual orientation. It will address issues for everyone involved in the creation, production, and dissemination of literature.

ANGELHOUSESPRESS BACKGROUND

AngelHousePress, established in 2007, is a feminist press. We publish and promote raw talent, ragged edges and rebels through NationalPoetryMonth.ca, an annual celebration of poetry in April, Experiment-O.com, an annual online PDF magazine that comes out in the autumn, an online essay series and a podcast, the Small Machine Talks. Please visit AngelHousePress.com for more information, and to sign up to our mailing list to stay informed about calls for submission and activities.

From 2007 to 2019, we published limited edition chapbooks, some of which are still available on AngelHousePress.com (poetry and hybrids); and DevilHousePress.com (prose and hybrids.)

I want to try to reach writers and artists who are rarely or infrequently published, or who haven’t been published at all. I will treat them with respect and will be grateful to get a chance to see their work. My philosophy is that publishers should be honoured to be given the opportunity to publish writers and artists, rather than the other way around. I treat potential contributors accordingly.

AngelHousePress will not publish expressions of hate of any kind. 

Happy New Year and thank you to all who contributed and submitted work and shared our shenanigans in 2022.

Wishing you all love, moments of joy and whimsy, and coping mechanisms to get through whatever 2023 sends your way.

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yr fallen angel,

Amanda Earl