3/11/19 NOTE:
am placing submissions on hold, point forward, for the moment as I step away from this endeavor for a few months in order to get caught up in general, and to get previous volumes mailed while compiling volume sixth.
upon returning, there will be some changes to what {isacoustic*} puts into the world, and to how it goes about doing so.
-Barton
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submit no more than [7] pieces (poems)/(poems in translation) to: isacousticsubmissions@gmail.com
/poems can be in the body of the email or attached, in one file, as PDF, doc, docx
//include a brief and non-clever bio
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payment for a selected submission is 15.00, or author can choose instead to receive the self-published volume of {isacoustic*} in which said work will appear
/payment will be made within two to three months of the posting /we pay via PayPal /all mailings are handled and all payments are made by myself, Barton Smock, only…so if I’m behind, I’ll try to let you know
//previously published and simultaneous submissions are okay
///response time is 7 days ///please inquire if that time passes (without) ///response time for second+ submissions, whether the author was previously accepted or not, is two to three weeks, and will not be read by myself (Barton Smock) but by revolving editors only
////if not accepted, wait a month before submitting again
note: resubmitting is not advisable if one is doing so to lecture us on what is a fit for our site. that is not resubmitting, that is bullying.
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approx every three months, the editors will self-publish a volume of the poems posted in those months. contributors who’ve chosen to receive the volume and who’ve provided a physical address will receive a hard copy. PDF available upon request.
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what the editors are looking for:
image-based absence.
/structurally sound offhandedness.
//unreliable clarity.
///purpose.
what the editors are not looking for:
/misogyny and co.
//empty objectification. toward, or of, the body. toward, or of, the spirit.
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other
poet and person, as in twice genuine…Trish Hopkinson did some asking after {isacoustic*} here:
PAYING/NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Isacoustic, DEADLINE: Open year-round
others
if you are a former contributor, and have publication news, such as a new book or a poem or an interview…let us know at isacousticsubmissions@gmail.com so we can share and promote and celebrate. we try to pay attention, but being a staff of one and sometimes three…we do miss some holy things.
