Submissions Overview
The Ambassador Poetry Project welcomes submissions year-round from writers living in Ontario or Michigan. We will also consider submissions from writers and artists living elsewhere, but whose work draws attention to some aspect of Ontario and/or Michigan.
Please note The Ambassador Poetry Project is currently unable to offer payment for publication.
The Ambassador Poetry Project is an online periodical, published two to four times each year. Notifications will be sent once final editorial decisions are made for each issue. Unpublished and previously published works will be equally considered, but please identify works which have been published elsewhere so that proper credit may be given.
The Ambassador Poetry Project requests one-time, non-exclusive rights to publish works online for each issue. When a new issue is published, the online archive will continue to list the contributor names from previous issues, but the work itself will no longer be publicly available. As a courtesy, we request a link and credit for works first appearing in The Ambassador Poetry Project and placed elsewhere at a later time.
Please read the Submission Guidelines carefully. No unsolicited attachments will be opened.
Important: Please include a short introductory note, and a brief author bio suitable for publication, with your submission. We want to know who you are, where you’ve published, and what area of Ontario or Michigan you live, work, or play in. Each contributor page will include a third-person bio on the website. Please remember to send this in with your submission. If you are previously unpublished, your bio may refer to your education as a writer, your artistic vision, or other relevant information. Visual and multi-media artists, please provide the same sort of bio for inclusion on the website.
Poetry
Submit up to six poems in the body of your email. Attachments will not be opened. All styles welcome.
Send your poetry with the subject line “poetry submission” to poetry@ambassadorpoetry.com.
Narrative
Narrative works of up to 1,200 words will be considered provided it has poetic relevance with themes appropriate for The Ambassador Poetry Project. First-person narratives expressing artistic viewpoints and experiences are encouraged. Although this area is somewhat open to interpretation, please consider this as an opportunity to speak to the themes presented in The Ambassador Poetry Project, rather than a request for general non-fiction articles. Ideas may include a discussion on trends in regional poetry, artistic development within your community, analyses of commonalities of poetry across borders, or any number of relevant observations.
Submit no more than 1,200 words of narrative prose within in the body of your email, with the subject line “narrative submission,” to narrative@ambassadorpoetry.com.
Book Reviews: Reviews of regional poetry books and interviews with Michigan and Ontario poets will occasionally be considered for the narrative section. If you would like to have your poetry book reviewed, please contact the editor with information about your release. If you wish to submit a review, first contact the editor to discuss the book you wish to review and suggest why it would make a compelling addition to the narrative section. In your introductory letter, please also mention any previous reviews you have published.
Visual Art
The Ambassador Poetry Project welcomes digital still artwork and photographs relevant to the poetic and regional themes presented within. No unsolicited attachments will be opened. Please send a link to your online portfolio, or to a page dedicated for preview, with the subject line “visual submission” to visual@ambassadorpoetry.com. Indicate which images you wish to be considered. Please be advised, a brief, third-person biography and an introductory note is requested for all submissions.
Multi-Media
The Ambassador Poetry Project will consider video feeds and multi-media relevant to the themes presented within the journal. Sound and interdisciplinary poetry, recorded readings, and poetry experiments should be submitted by providing a link to the recording. No attachments will be considered. Send a link to multimedia@ambassadorpoetry.com. Please be advised, a brief, third-person biography and an introductory note is requested for all submissions.
Please read the Submission Guidelines carefully. No unsolicited attachments will be opened.
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