Submissions are open!
Send in your poetry & prose to be considered for publication on our site! We are especially interested in:
featuring writers & artists local to the Big South Fork area, eastern Tennessee & Kentucky, and rural Appalachia
finding poetry that explores intersections in nature, spirituality, and collective liberation
celebrating cultural differences & bringing poetry from diverse places across the globe to our local/rural audience
General submissions are always open! You can send in poems on a topic of your choice whenever you wish. We also post a themed call for submissions about once a month; scroll down to view the current prompt! Subscribe to receive updates right to your email inbox every time we post a new call for submissions.
– The Other Side Breathes –
A digital poetry collection, inspired by the watercolor creations of EmSi Storin.
This prompt is open to your personal interpretation.
Submissions are due September 28 for publication on October 1. Please write ‘Other Side’ in ‘Title of Submission.’ The following original paintings by EmSi Storin will be featured in the collection. Though not strictly required, we invite you to use the 7 paintings as visual inspiration (pictured below) for poems about nature, animals, connection, beauty, care, creative flow, and self-love. Click on a painting to enlarge. And don’t forget to let us know in the comments at the bottom of the form if your poem goes with a specific painting.
The Other Side Breathes
Anhingas This Way and That
Morning at Floral Park
Dean-NOse
Mother's Kiss
Manatee Beneath the Surface
Self-Portrait
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Alternatively, you may email your work to dithyrambler@dandelionscribes.com. Be sure to include all necessary information as listed in the form below.
