Howdy folks! My name is Sam, you might remember me from such awesome parties as "That one time Greg set his face on fire" and "That time where Jay threw up in a fountain". I am the Chief Editor and Lord High Potentate of Wordplague's first anthology of poetry!
yaaaay!
It's titled
Sauced! and it focuses on mind-altering substances, abuse, and recovery. You may submit up to
three previously unsold pieces at a time,
not exceeding five pages of standard format text. Please include your real name and an e-mail address we can contact you with. If you get fresh or step tricky with us, we will end you.
Bang, baby.
Please send all e-mail submissions to
saucedbookwp@gmail.com with the poems attached, .RTF, .DOC, or .ODT accepted. Or, you could post them in this thread, if you wanted! That's totally okay, just go hog wild if you want. Either way,
the deadline is midnight, November 30th, 2011.FAQ1) If my work is accepted, will I get a cut of the profits?Nope! All proceeds will be given to the
Cracked.com KIVA fund which has thus far successfully given over
fifty thousand dollars to the developing world. You will, however, probably get a copy of the book. Maybe.
2)I have a poem that was published, but ownership has since reverted to me! Can I submit it?Let us know in the submission, but as a general rule I'll say. . . Mmmmmmaybe? Depends on the situation, but remember that I'm lazy and will generally select the work that takes the least amount of effort to include. If this means rejecting your eight-page manifesto on why you consider ganja to be a sacrament,
even though it ran in High Times, then so be it.
3) What if some of the work I have submitted has been posted to my blog?Let us know in the e-mail. As a general rule, please try to keep the majority of what you submit new material.
4) What style/meter/format/scheme should the poems be in?It doesn't matter, as long as the poem itself is good. The theme should focus on mind-altering substances, or their abuse, or addiction, or recovering from an addiction. It doesn't have to be depressing, or spiritually uplifting, or teach a lesson, it just has to be
good. I am perfectly willing to include a sonnet about that one time you dropped E and raved for three days straight, as long as it's good.
5) I submitted three works, and they were rejected! Can I edit them for re-submission and try again? Or can I send you three new poems once you reject my first submission?If we think your work is flawed but shows promise, we'll ask for a revision before considering it. If your work is rejected outright, please don't try to resubmit it. We'll know if you do.
If you have other poems you want us to take a look at, send that instead!
6) I can't write for crap, but I am an awesome artist and want to participate in this! What do I do?Send us an e-mail? We have some awesomely talented artists on staff, but we're always looking for more talent to showcase!
7) So, if I get my stuff accepted, do I keep the rights to my work?Yes! The contract stipulates that you grant us a license to print the work for Sauced!, and also grant us the rights for a reprint, if one is needed, at some point in the future.
