Call for Submissions: AMPLIFY — An Anthology by Black Poets, Indigenous Poets, and Other Poets of Color — April 1- May 31
ABOUT THE EDITOR:
Sandra Rivers-Gill’s poetry and creative non-fiction has been published in journals and anthologies. She is a nominee for a Pushcart Poetry Prize and the Best of the Net, and her poetry has received numerous awards including, Honorable Mention for the Rhonda Gail Williford Award for Poetry Prize (2023), First Place for the Ohio Poetry Association’s (OPA) Eco Poetry Award (2022), and First Place for Dissonance Magazine Poetry Prize (2020). Sandra serves as a Creative Aging Ohio teaching artist and is an OPA Poet Ambassador representing Northwest Ohio. She is the editor of Dopeless Hope Fiends (Radio Room Press, 2018), and she has judged numerous poetry contests in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Her debut chapbook, As We Cover Ourselves With Light (Sheila-Na-Gig Editions, 2023) is a 2024 Eric Hoffer Book Award Category Finalist. http://www.sandrariversgill.com
NO SUBMISSION FEE — SUBMIT April 1- May 31 (11:00 PM EST)
Sheila-Na-Gig Editions is currently seeking poetry from BIPOC voices (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) for AMPLIFY, an anthology curated by Toledo, Ohio, poet Sandra Rivers-Gill. This anthology will exhibit powerful, provocative, poetry that amplifies and speaks to the personal experience. We are looking for poems that resist, bear witness to, prompt and inspirit, hope and affirm; poems that honor and celebrate. We love well-crafted poems with excellent imagery and a strong sense of voice. Our bias leans toward free verse, but we are open to traditional forms as well.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
- Submit up to THREE previously unpublished poems as a single file (.doc, .docx) via the Submittable link below.
- Include a brief bio: 50-100 words
- The 6×9 anthology margins accommodate 4.25 inches width of text space. Overflow lines will be indented on the next line.
Simultaneous submissions are accepted. If you need to withdraw submissions, please just add a “Message” through Submittable. If you write a “note” in Submittable, editors don’t see these. Please do not ask to EDIT submissions while they are under review. If your work is accepted, you may make minor changes at that time if necessary.
- Work that is racist, homophobic, sexist, or includes hate speech of any kind will not be accepted.
- Please do not send us AI-generated work.
Sheila-Na-Gig online acquires First North American Serial Rights. All rights revert back to authors upon publication. If your work is later republished, please acknowledge Sheila-Na-Gig online in subsequent journals.
Submit early — the portal will close when we reach 200 submissions.
