Top Ten Tips for Publishing

1. Enclose a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope and cover letter
2. Simultaneously Submit
3. Submit 3-5 poems, bundle thematically.
4. Put contact information on each poem
5. Look at publication's sample poems
6. One Poem per Page. Don't submit poems over 1 page long.
7. Turn off your grammar check. Turn on your spell check.
8. Look at your line breaks.
9. Use strong imagery over abstracts.
10. Remove clichés from your poems.

Get Published!

Web Resources that contain information on publishing and workshops :
1. The Poetry Society of South Carolina
Poetry Society of SC P.O. Box 1090 Charleston, SC 29402
2. South Carolina Writers Workshop
3. South Carolina Poetry Initiative
4. Southern Scribe
5. New Pages Guide to Literary Magazines

Magazines that publish Emerging Poets:

1. The Emrys Journal Poetry Editor P.O. Box 8813 Greenville SC 29604
2. Apostrophe: USCB Sheila Tombe 801 Carteret Street
Beaufort, SC 29902
3. Sanskrit Nicole Schulz Cone Univ. Center UNC-Charlotte Charlotte NC 28223
4. Worcester Review Rodger Martin 6 Chatham St. Worcester MA 01609
5. Thrift Poetic Arts Poetry Editor 2541 Commonwealth Ave. Charlotte, NC 28205
6. Iodine Poetry Journal P.O. Box 18548, Charlotte, NC 28218-0548
7. Illuminations Simon Lewis 66 George St. C of C Charleston SC 29424-0001
8. New Rag Rising Poetry Editor 1821 Eastchester Dr. High Point, NC 27265
9. Pembroke Shelby Stephenson Box 1510 UNCP Pembroke NC 28372-1510
10. Timber Creek Review J.M. Freiermuth 8969 UNCG Station Greensboro NC 27413