Thank you to all those who had a little fun with us this last week celebrating our three year anniversary…and what better way to kick off year 4 than to announce our next anthology.
On Saturday, Victoria coined the phrase in the title, “for dVerse, by dVerse” because we will be producing this anthology, in house. We will edit it, and every poem included will be selected from our poets.
Here is how you can be a part of this years anthology:
1. Please select one poem that you have submitted for one of our prompts from July 2013 through July 2014. It must be either a Poetics or a MeetingTheBar response, or one of the Anniversary prompts. Poems submitted for OpenLinkNight can not be used to meet this submission requirement.
2. Once you choose your poem for step 1 and have met that submission requirement, you may choose 3 additional poems to submit. These can be any poem of your choosing, as long as they have never been published in another publication such as a book or magazine.
Poems should be submitted in a Word Document as an attachment to an email. Any special spacing or offset of lines, or font requirement must be reflected in what you submit, we will try to meet these requirements but if we need to make a change, we will contact you via email.
Just because you submitted a poem, does not guarantee its inclusion. While we will include everyone that meets the first submission requirement, the inclusion of additional poems will be determined by the editorial team. Preferential selection may be given based on participating in creating community for/among those that visit the pub.
We will be accepting submissions through the end of August. To submit, please send your poems to dversepoets@gmail.com . The subject line of the email containing your submissions should read “dversexdverse submission“.
Notification of acceptance will occur no later than October.
If you have any questions, please leave them in the comments below or send us an email to dversepoets@gmail.com with “dversexdverse question” in the subject line.
We look forward to reading your poems — and having this book in our hands.
Have a great week! ~ Brian (& Claudia)
Note: I am on vacation and do not have internet access (i will probably need therapy after this), so please allow a bit of grace in responding to any email inquiries. Claudia and the rest of the team will I am sure have a lot of fun with you this week. See you in a week. Smiles. ~Brian
Finally! been waiting to blab about the anthology… how exciting!
and yeah a week without internet would put me in a coma. hahahah
i cannot wait to hold it in hand.. ha
How exciting Brian (and the team) ~ Looking forward to another D’verse anthology in my hands ~
me too… still keep the 1st antho by my bed.
oh really… that is very cool
Have a great break from “it all”..the school year comes all too fast – I’ll give anthology a try, I think…
i hope you will kathy
go for it!
What a cool idea for an anthology! One question: Do you want us to indicate which post/prompt our poem was written in response to?
yeah – that would be great
This is so exciting. I really like the criteria stating that the selection will be made, in part, with an eye toward those who help to build community. And I think requiring that the first one be in response to a Poetics or MTB prompt is really cool, too. It will show our groups ability to learn. Brian and Claudia–you are the best!
Good luck with the Internet withdrawal, Brian. I will order up some Paraldehyde in case you go into D.T.’s. Or do they even use that anymore. I haven’t worked in that area of nursing in oh-so-long. I think it’s Valium now.
smiles… we really wanna honor the poets that care about community… and i think an internet-free time every once and a while is not that bad – i really enjoyed my offline time while i was in oxford – without any withdrawal symptoms at all…smiles
yeah, totally… we’re all about community, and I love that the book will reflect that as well.
Hey Claudia–I am in the last anthology and want to be in this one too, but I’ve never been a bartender or anything official here. Can I submit anyway?
yes you can susan – it’s open for all that play in our prompts and the first poem you submit should be one that you’ve written for one of our prompts from July 2013 through July 2014
OK. Hey! your interview is up at PU! Love the collection of photos and paintings and words. I hope in this anthology you put paintings with your poems.
Heck, please put paintings with my poems!
oh – i have to head over there…wasn’t up when i went to bed last night…smiles
I would love to be in the anthology too even though my writing has been very sporadic during this past year. But I value this group and all it promotes and would love to be included along side the fantastic poets that will also be submitting. Thanks, Brian…oops probably have already left!
Gayle ~
Very exciting news!
How exciting! I love the whole idea behind it.
So exciting, love that this anthology will reflect the dVerse community.
This is exciting… sadly I am not very diligent in including the title of the prompts, I usually just put ‘written for d’verse”… so I have no idea what I’ve written for Poetics or a MeetingTheBar …that’ll teach me!
Best wishes Sharon
it is easy enough to look back at the prompts and check their mr linky buttons to see which u wrote for….
Can I ask a quick question . . . can the poems submitted for the anthology be used in other publications later on (with the right credit given)?
we haven’t talked about that yet – though i think that shouldn’t be a problem
Question: Can I send you guys one of my poems that I have posted on wordpress?
Also, can you guys help me choose from my own poems? I would love to be in your guys is anthology.
P.S Hope to hear from you guys soon.
~Charlie Zero
posted on wordpress is not a problem – they all are cause they have been linked with the prompts and i would say just choose the 4 poems that meet the requirements above and we will select those we like most
okay cool. I will send you guys 4 poems of mines through the email you guys posted on here. Keep a look out. 🙂
This is exciting. More evidence of the dedication you have towards poets and poetry. I would love to submit. Have to review my writing – see if I meet the requirements and raise my courage. But, regardless, if I do or not – thank you.
i would love to have you in this anthology myrna
Whoopee!
Question: We can’t use our responses to FormFor All prompts?
Oh, not a problem – I realise we could use them for the extra three poems.
you can use them also for the first one… form for all and meeting the bar is the same now..
Exciting! Hope you enjoy your vacay Brian–we’ll miss ya!
An anthology of dVerse OWN!! speaks volumes about how you guys are carrying this pub to grow and with you so many of us grow. i have learnt a lot from you and well i need to mention PU too here….it has helped me to just release my wings and fly with the wind. Off late i have been away…my new work schedules add to the time zone difference. But i cherish what i have learnt…by the way, is it ok to send the reviewed versions of the poem for the anthology? i have been doing that now more. Have a lovely break Brian!
yes – it’s ok to send the reviewed versions – and i think it’s great that you mention PU as well… i appreciate the good work they do over there and we need welcoming places on the net that promote and love poetry
SO exciting! Thank you for the opportunity, Brian and Claudia. Love the challenge. 🙂
This is so cool! Thanks Brian and Claudia. Looking forward to the anthology.
Enjoy yourself in the woods! (I’m a city-slicker. If I’m sleeping in the woods, something has gone horribly wrong in my life!)
How super-exciting! I was a bit remiss and on holiday the last time you put together an anthology, but I promise to get my act together for this one!
This is exciting, kids. It is a lot of work but will be so satisfying to hold the book in your hands when it’s done. Looking forward to it!!!!
Wow! A new dVerse anthology! I do treasure my first one; perhaps I will submit this time (if I have anything that qualifies). Regardless, i will enjoy reading this new effort, Such a great way to keep the community vibrant. Thanks, Claudia!
Brian, enjoy that much-needed vacation!!!
My warm wishes to all of you friends 🙂
Very happy to see that you are publishing with the “in house” poets. One question—the first poem we choose cannot be part of Open Link night. Does that also go for the other 3 (if we meet the submission requirements with the first)?
Oh my, this may be harder than I thought—between Meeting the Bar and your anniversary celebration (plus one or two I’ve never shared)—hmmm, what to chose…what to choose…
ha. the additional submissions can be anything that you want. the first one has to be from one of the prompts and can not be from oln. we figured this way we ensure that those included have at least supported on prompt outside of oln in the last year—and it rewards those that support the community.
Oh Brian, I knew I could count on you to clarify this for me! Will forward my submissions before end of week. Hope you had a great vacation get-away. We leave on Saturday to visit family in Carlisle, PA north of Gettysburg for 5 days. Looking forward to the change of scenery! Thank you so much for replying. 🙂
sounds cool – good luck 🙂
so you’re going to submit bill?
I don’t think I have any good enough ones.
I am submitting the first piece which was from June 17, 210 Poetics Prompt: Around the World
Three Additional poems:
Coyote Roams Free was submitted to Open Link November 26,
Each Day a Beginning was submitted to Open Link December 5, 2013 Prompt: Fifty shades of grey.
The Red Dragon Fly submitted to dVerse December 5, 2013 Prompt: A poem of 55 words. (I’ve changed the title.)
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great – just send us an email with the poems to dversepoets@gmail.com
wow, Brian and Claudia..anthology of poems is really great..love to be a part of it..i have to mention here that i have taken my baby steps of my blog life with dVerse..and i cherish all the poems i have come up with for your prompts and the most cherished is the comments from you both and other fellow dVerse poets….whether i am there in the anthology or not but i will be with dVerse for a long time for sure..good luck everyone..:)
hey – that comment just makes my day…smiles… great having you in the pub arathi
Thought I understand your rules just fine: submit one, see if approved, then submit 3 more. No OLN links on the initial piece (not sure on any of the 3 others?) In reading comments, am getting more confused —do we submit just one and wait to hear back? And what of other 3 regarding any OLN connections? Sent you an email for further clarification.Thanks for your help!
hey, i replied to you above ginny…you can submit them all at the same time….
the first one is kinda the ticket in….pick a poem that was originally written to one of our prompts (not one submitted to oln)
then you can pick 2-3, of any poem you have ever written (that is not published anywhere in a magazine or a book — on your blog is fine)
submit them all to dversepoets@gmail.com in a word document.
when i get back into town i will check in with you and make sure you are good to go. smiles.
Funny, I just emailed Brian asking if there were any dVerse anthologies in the works. I definitely think I’m going to submit. And I may as well say it, but the ‘recipes for hemlock’ anthology is 100% complete. I’m waiting for the proof copy to be delivered and as soon as I approve it, it’s game on! This is all very exciting stuff. =)
Mike
I managed to miss taking part of the anniversary and the poetic celebrations around it. Happy belated anniversary! I will catch up with my reading this week…
Hi guys…I read this but am commenting now, Brian and Claudia- I hope to submit something…I just love being part of this community I know I am intermittent, but that is not a reflection of my appreciation. Working on this…
I am going to send in some…now how to choose! So hard! 🙂 Have a great break Brian, and great to see everyone! 🙂
Ok, I think tomorrow I will look through my work and see what I might be able to send. I am running out of time nothing like waiting until the end.