Call for Submissions: 200 New Mexico Poems
Dear Readers,
I have begun an exciting new project to celebrate New Mexico’s centennial through poetry. Please send your New Mexico themed poems for consideration. Details are as follows:
200 New Mexico Poems is seeking poems of 40 lines or less about the Land of Enchantment. Suitable themes include: New Mexico history (between the years of 1912 and 2012), environment and place, culture, and personal significance of the region. Poems may be formal or free verse and utilize a narrative or lyric voice. Submissions are open to established and emerging poets regardless of residence, as long as their poems are clearly connected to New Mexico. The editor would especially like to see poems which reflect or emphasize the distinct cultural influences present in New Mexico. At this time, there is an underrepresentation of Native American and Hispanic voices, which the editor would also like to see remedied. Please forward these submission guidelines to any poets who may be interested.
Poem written in Spanish, in whole or in-part, will be considered as long as they are accompanied by an accurate translation.
Submissions are open until 200 poems have been selected.
Interested poets can submit 1-3 New Mexico-themed poems of 40 lines or less for consideration to 200NMPoems@gmail.com. Selected poems will be posted at 200NewMexicoPoems.wordpress.com.
Please send unpublished or under-published work. Simultaneous submissions are fine, but please let us know if your poem(s) has been accepted elsewhere.
Please do not send multiple submissions. Wait until you hear us about your manuscript before sending additional poems. Submissions which do not meet minimum criteria will not be considered.
Send your typed submissions and 50 word professional biography as a word document: 200nmpoems@gmail.com
