How to Get Published 101

This will be a much shorter thread for me since this is not an area of my expertise. I have been published several times but certainly will not claim to be an expert. I do know this site and the people on the site are an excellent resource. I know many poets on this site that have been published and several that have their own book of poetry. I will defer most of this thread to the Ins and outs of OP team as there are several members that are quite experienced and have much more information and advice to pass on.

OP poetry contest- I do know that if you can win the poetry contest on OP, this is one way. Every poet that is chosen as the weekly winner will have their poem published in the Anthology of OP for that year. Finding a way to win the contest is another story and was covered by a previous thread.

POB- There is an organization on OP called The Poets of Blood they are a group of poets from OP that have got together for a cause, to help feed the homeless. They have just published their first book called Poets of Blood bleed for a cause volume one, it is a book of fictional horror and gothic poetry, and all poems were taken from poets on this site. It is easy to summit, all you do is post a poem on their thread but be sure to read the rules and guidelines to posting. There is already a new thread on their forum for submissions for the next book POB bleed for a cause vol 2, all you have to do is follow the rules and post and you could be published. You will find the forum and more information about the organization and how to post your poem under interactive poetry forum, just follow the trail of blood, lol.

Outside of OP- you will find a lot of resources at your local library, there are books on how to get published, and I am sure lots of internet resources. Many poetry contests to summit your work to, the sky is really the limit. The big question is why worry??? Well advertisement and popularity, if you want to get your poetry read this is one of the best ways, it gets your poem out there for the whole world to read, plus you become immortal, lol. Getting back to OP, when you are a published poet this gives you more visibility and credibility within our community and will relate into more friends and more reviews. Not that you have to be published to be popular or gain friends on this site, just an added bonus.

I hope this helps some but by no means listen to just me, I have put together a team of 20 of the most experienced poets on OP that will be coming and posting their own thoughts, ideas, advice, and expertise.

Please feel free to contact myself angel33614 at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/angel33614 or the God father of OP papapaczki at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/papapaczki or any member of the team if you have any further questions about the forum, one of the threads, general questions about OP, or any suggestions for future threads.

Here is s listing of the ins and outs of OP team members in no particular order:

Teardrops aka Marie at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/Teardrops
Atie at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/Artie
Ginga at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/ginga
Malificent aka Mal at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/Maleficent
Knight at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/knight4696
Rygar at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/Rygar
Wordslinger at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/WordSlinger
Madelynn aka Maddi at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/Madelynn
Kah at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/kah
Dahlusion aka Dah at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/dahlusion
Rymer at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/Rhymer
Cheronold aka Cher at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/cheronld
Gogant at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/gogant
Aria at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/Aria
Chaos at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/Chaos128
ApaqRasgirl aka Asha at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/ApaqRasgirl
Supence aka Spence at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/SuSpence
Charlie23 at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/Charlie23
Ianscott at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/ianscott
Cousinsoren aka Cousin at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/cousinsoren
Dano at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/Dano
Sammia at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/sammia


Purity of the soul, journey well to all!!! With grace and humility ANGEL aka The Poem Buster

Last edited by angel33614 09-21-2010 at 04:49:34 PM

RE: How to Get Published 101

Getting published depends on what the author wants and expects. I have two books published through Publish America. Publish America will publish your work, provide a cover design, they do little editing, and no promotion other than submitting to Amazon and other book internet sites. They also offer the authors special deals to try to entice the author to purchase and sell. They are a print on demand company. You can go to a vanity press and pay to have your work placed in a book format and purchase to sell as many as you want. Main stream or the big houses are very hard to break into. You really need an agent. Be prepared to submit query letters, a synopsis, and receive a lot of rejections. Selling books is a buisness, and they do not want to take a risk on unknown authors. Not an expert on this topic, only what I have experienced.

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Like Rhymer I have a book published through PublishAmerica. I have had to basically do all the promotions for my book. I have started my second manuscript that I will be sending into PublishAmerica by the beginning of next year... One thing about PA that I did and do like is that they didn't charge me to publish my book. Everyone has their pros and cons about being published. Choosing which publisher you chose is what you want and want to accomplish the most out of being a published author. You have to put in what you want to get out of publishing your work.

Last edited by sammia 09-21-2010 at 06:50:26 PM

RE: How to Get Published 101

Every Year, Writer's Digest Books publishes a new edition of "Poet's Market". It's a comprehensive list of of markets (I.E. - publishers of magazines, fanzines, anthologies, contests etc.) that are looking for poetry submissions. Each listing gives detailed instructions on the particular requirements for submission, and also provides pointers on how to get attention for your work. It should prove invaluable to those desiring to get their work in into print. My advice would be to start submitting to local/regional publications, especially in your own area of the country in order to get the best chance for a positive response. I hope this information proves useful : )

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