Allyson Whipple

Tag: texas poetry calendar

  • Poetry Formatting Tutorial for Online Submissions

    Submissions for the 2016 Texas Poetry Calendar are already flying in, and each time I check out a fresh batch of poems, I feel honored to be trusted with this project.

    Dos Gatos Press went to online-only submissions a few years ago. For the Poetry Calendar (and for most publications I’ve encountered), your poems must be submitted in one cohesive document, with a different poem on each page. Every submission cycle, there are poets who have questions about how to put everything into one document.

    To help those poets out, I shot a brief tutorial. I use Word 2013, but this technique has worked in every word processor I’ve used, including OpenOffice. Check it out below, and feel free to share!

  • Texas Poetry Calendar Submissions are Open!

    My big news this fall is that I’ve been named co-editor of the 2016 Texas Poetry Calendar. I’ll be working with my friend Wade Martin, and this is a dream come true for both of us. Submissions opened on November 1st, and they’ve started to trickle in. This Wednesday, I stayed up late looking through the first few pieces. Every piece I read has me more and more excited to be involved with Dos Gatos Press.

    Submissions run until February 20th. For details and guidelines, click here. Please read them carefully! Really! No, seriously, read the guidelines. We will disqualify your work if you don’t meet them. I know every editor says this, so I feel redundant doing so, but I don’t want to have to disqualify someone for not following the rules.

    Submissions are 100% online. You can find out Submittable page here. I look forward to reading your poems!