Chapbook Submissions Wanted

Assume Nothing Press, affiliated with The Poetry Market Ezine, is accepting submissions of poetry chapbooks. Payment is $15 plus 10% royalties on copies sold plus copies.

Any style or subject. Free verse preferred. Experimental poems welcome. Quirky material is great. Your poems can all work together carrying on the same sort of subject or theme within the whole chapbook or they can be poems that are meant to be stand alone. Hints: Rhyming poetry or a lot of formal works is unlikely to find a home here. Please use a standard font like Times New Roman or Arial in your submission.

Email submissions only.

• Attach file as either a Word for Windows .doc or .rtf file.
  
• Subject heading must say "Assume Nothing Press - TPME - Chapbook Submission - Author Name" for email to be opened and read.
  
• No submissions within the body of the email.
  
• Submit minimum 20 pages of poetry, limit is 20-35 pages or 30 poems total.
  
• Include cover page with or without artwork.
  Artwork must be your own and not someone else's copyrighted work.
  
• Include Table of Contents page, Acknowledgements page, and Bio page.
  
• Poems must be original, previously unpublished and not under consideration elsewhere.
  If your chapbook includes previously published works, then you must include prior publication info on your Acknowledgements page and hold the republication rights. Takes First North American Serial Rights. Rights revert to poet after that; however, poet must acknowledge prior publication in his/her chapbook by Assume Nothing Press.

Regarding previously published poems: Previously published poems in your chapbook manuscript may be included if and only if:

1. you hold the rights
2. you list when and where the previously published poems were originally published
3. you list each and every publication, zine, website, newsletter, whatever where your poem was published
4. you make this very clear in your submission
5. you include an Acknowledgements page in your chapbook manuscript.

Submissions will be read and recommended by poetry workshop students. Chapbooks will be published by Assume Nothing Press. Because we are only publishing short chapbooks to sell online and for the poet if so desired to sell at his/her readings, ISBN #s will not be used. Chapbooks will be promoted by The Poetry Market Ezine.

Reading fee = $2 (US). Reading fee is necessary to defray expenses for making copies for readers and is kept as low as possible. Reading fee may be paid via paypal.com.

Use paypal.com to pay reading fee: Assume Nothing Press

If you need to pay your reading fee by regular mail, please note this in your submission. No submission will be considered without the reading fee. Assume Nothing Press plans to publish 1-3 titles per year. WE READ AND ACCEPT SUBMISSIONS ALL YEAR LONG.

Email your submissions to: The Poetry Market Ezine

Any questions? Just send an email to the above email address. Thank you!