Submission Guidelines
Send us only your best work.
Send your poetry as a word attachment with “F&V
Submission” in the subject line.
Use one-inch margins left, right, and bottom of all pages.
Since the writer’s contact information should be in the
upper left-hand corner of
the first page of submissions, it looks good to use a 1/2 margin at the top of
that page.
Use 12 point-Times New Roman font.
Submit 3-5 poems: vortexeditor@yahoo.com.
Include a cover letter as well.
Deadline for next issue: April 4, 2022.
Thank you,
Editor, James Eric Watkins
About the editor:
Although James has merely earned two associate’s degrees,
one in General Education and the other in Social and Behavioral Science, his experiences
far exceed that of his formal, on-paper, educational level. James Eric Watkins
was first accepted for publication by Poetry
Motel in late 2002. He has dramatically performed his poetry (as well as
given poetic speeches) at Ivy Tech Community College, Madison Campus in 2004,
the Madison-Jefferson County Public Library in 2005, the University of Southern
Indiana in 2006, Indiana University Southeast in 2007, the Village
Lights Bookstore in Madison, Indiana on a couple of occasions, and other
venues. James’ creative work has appeared in Acorn, The Scioto Voice
Newspaper, The Main Street Rag, Pegasus, Tipton Poetry Journal, Visions,
Off the Lake, Moments of the Soul and many others.
“I want to publish work that makes the reader think, makes
them see something in way they’ve never thought of before, in a different way,
or just in a beautiful way, work that tells a story. Grade A poetry and prose, anything
less than this will not be considered.” ~James Eric Watkins
Can the poems have been on line anywhere?
ReplyDeletePoems under consideration for the print edition should not be previously published in any way.
ReplyDeleteI submitted a poem to an NPR call for poems about grief. Kwame Alexander then selected lines from poems submitted and used them in a poem he created from multiple other persons' lines. I've since reworked my poem extensively, but have kept in, the 2 lines he published in his poem on NPR. Does the publication of these two lines in his poem disqualify my poem in its entirety for consideration in your print edition? (Weird stuff!) Thank you.
ReplyDeleteSorry for the delay in my response. But, yes, I will consider this since you inquired first.
DeleteAre there any line limits?
ReplyDeleteThere are no line limits. Forgive me for the delayed response.
DeleteYou will all be happy to know that I now have the notifications box checked for these comments.
ReplyDelete--the editor