Tipton Poetry Journal - Submission Guidelines

Submission Guidelines

Submissions

Submissions are read year-round. The Tipton Poetry Journal is published quarterly both in-print and online versions.

The Tipton Poetry Journal publishes about 35 poems each issue and submissions are read throughout the year. Poems with the best chance for acceptance are quality free verse which evokes a shared sense of common humanity. The Tipton Poetry Journal is published in Indiana, so themes with a regional focus are encouraged. However, less than one-fourth of our contributors are from Indiana with a few from outside the United States.

Book Reviews

Tipton Poetry Journal publishes occasional reviews of books written by previous Tipton Poetry Journal contributors.

If you have been previously published in the Tipton Poetry Journal (or know someone who has) and have a recent book to be considered for review, please send an email with book details to bookreviews@tiptonpoetryjournal.com. Please let us know the following: (1) Author (2) Title (3) Publication Date and, if possible, a link to information about the book.

If you are a book reviewer and would like to review books for the the Tipton Poetry Journal please send an email to bookreviews@tiptonpoetryjournal.com and include a sample book review as an attachment or a link.

Please note that only a very few books will be selected for review and must be recent titles by past TPJ contributors.

Now accepting submissions for Issue #17 (Spring 2010)

Author retains all future rights to the poem, following publication in print and online versions. Payment is one contributor copy.

Simultaneous submissions and previously published poems are ok. Please send immediate notice if a poem under simultaneous submission becomes unavailable.

If a poem has been previously published, please indicate publication in order to be properly credited.

Please provide a phone number which will only be used for urgent contact (in case of last minute issues before publication when email doesn’t work).

Electronic submissions are preferred and should follow this format

Submit 3-5 poems.
Poems should be pasted into the body of the email. Attachments, if included, should be Microsoft Word and will be used to clarify issues of formatting (italics, exact line breaks,indentation etc.)
Include the word Submission in the subject line
Include the following information in the email and on each attachment:
Name
Address
Phone
Email Address
(Optional): Include short bio in the body of the email.
Email to: editor@tiptonpoetryjournal.com

Submissions are also accepted by mail:

Include the following information on each page:
Name
Address
Phone
Email Address
(Optional): Include short bio.
Mail with SASE to:

Barry Harris, Editor
Tipton Poetry Journal
P.O. Box 804
Zionsville, IN 46077

Sample Copies:

Issue #16 is available for sale on-line now for $5.00 including shipping.

Or send $5.00 check payable to "Tipton Poetry Journal" to:

Tipton Poetry Journal
P.O. Box 804
Zionsville, IN 46077

Tipton Poetry Journal
P.O. Box 804
Zionsville, IN 46077