Poetry Jumps Off the Shelf partners with Verse Wisconsin to conduct the
Jawbreaker Poetry Project. "Luck of the Draw" is the theme, and poems are sought that touch, in some way, on good fortune,
misfortune, opportunities gone awry, flukes, coincidence or second chances.
Selected poems will be packed into jawbreaker capsules with candy, gum or
toys, and available - along with the possibility of winning a year's subscription to Verse Wisconsin - from a dispenser coined the
Verse-O-Matic. This dispenser will be transported to various Wisconsin venues statewide in April during National Poetry Month, then
travel with the Verse Wisconsin editors to events, conferences and festivals nationwide throughout 2011. The poems will also be
published in the summer 2011 online issue of Verse Wisconsin.
Submit up to seven unpublished poems with a 45-line limit that includes
title, spaces, and byline. Send submission in the body of an email to jawbreakerpoems@yahoo.com with YOUR LAST NAME -
JAWBREAKER in the subject line. (Please, no attachments.) You can also send your submission with an accompanying SASE to:
Woodrow Hall
Editions
Poetry Jumps Off the Shelf
PO Box 260026
Madison, WI 53726
Include a brief bio of 3-4 lines. Non-Wisconsin poets, please mention what
connection you may have to Wisconsin, even if it's just an ex living in Oconomowoc or a family rumor about what happened to Uncle Jack
on Black Otter Lake before you were born. A Wisconsin connection is not essential for acceptance; we just like to read them.
Contributors will receive one capsule with their poem in it, a photo of the
Verse-O-Matic in action, and publication of their poem in the summer 2011 issue of Verse Wisconsin enhanced by an audio file.
Further readership will be garnered during the journeys of the Verse-O-Matic.
DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 30, 2010
NOTIFICATION: DECEMBER 2010-JANUARY 2011
The Fine Print
Previously published poems (both print and online) will not be considered.
Work by current advisory board members will also not be considered. And we ask that you refrain from doing simultaneous submissions.
Verse Wisconsin receives first serial rights and/or first online publication
rights, and reserves the right to publish poems in anthology format at a future date. Please understand that by submitting work to us,
you guarantee that the poems are your own original work, that they have never been published electronically or in print before, and that
this work has not been submitted or accepted for publication elsewhere.
Questions?
shoshaunashy@yahoo.com
For more info:
versewisconsin.org
