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.
There are currently TWO
open Calls for Submissions!
1- The Dawn Spilling Over — inspired by the nature photography of Blair Correll.
Deadline 9/6 for publication on 9/9.
2- The Other Side Breathes — inspired by the watercolor creations of EmSi Storin.
Deadline 9/28 for publication on 10/1.
SCROLL DOWN FOR ALL DETAILS & SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS.
– The Dawn Spilling Over –
A digital poetry collection, inspired by the nature photography of Blair Correll.
This prompt is open to your personal interpretation.
Submissions are due September 6 for publication on September 9. Please write ‘Dawn’ in ‘Title of Submission.’ The following original photographs by Blair Correll will be featured in the collection. Though not strictly required, we invite you to use the 8 photographs as visual inspiration (pictured below) for poems about nature, seasons, light, growth, joy, and change. Click on a photo 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 photograph.
You may take further inspiration from the following poem that references the prompt:
𖤣.𖥧.𖡼.⚘
THIS LIFE
by Blair Correll
It erupted within me
Like the dawn spilling over
Into my chest, filling me up
I broke on a half sob half laugh
With holy delight at what I saw
What I felt, what I had done
What I had yet to do, where I had been
Is this luck or fate or a blessing
By what thread of life or flap of the wing
Brought me here with more joy
Than I can possibly contain
I could cry out with it
This life, this life, this life!
—from our Dandelion Scribes poetry anthology,
Where the Old Stories Still Breathe
– 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
Submit Here!
Alternatively, you may email your work to dithyrambler@dandelionscribes.com. Be sure to include all necessary information as listed in the form below.
