Sketchbook
was established in the fall of 2006 as an
E-Journal for TheOutlawPoets and The Poetrybridge writers.
On
November 01, 2007 the editors began accepting open submissions
from the
general public.
From 2009
through the current issues, Sketchbook
is being published bi-monthly on the last day of the publishing
month: February, April, June, August, October, and
December.
Submission
deadline: 20th of each publishing month six times a
year: February, April, June, August, October, and
December.
Submissions are open to
the general public.
November 01, 2007 - December 31,
2008: Sketchbook was published on the
last day of each month twelve times a year: Submission
deadline: 20th of each month.
Send to:
submissionseditor@poetrywriting.org
Subject: Submission + Author Name +Genre Name + Title of
submitted work
Send all submissions in the body
of an e-mail. We only accept attachments in jpg format
for biography photos or jpg attachments of images related to
art and haiga (see below).
All submissions to
Sketchbook must be the original work of the
submitting author/artist. The work must be unpublished and
not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Published
material includes items that appear in print Journals, in
public on-line forums, on personal web pages where
individuals can access the pages, online photo albums, and
blogs.
The Sketchbook
editors will consider the secondary publication of selected
materials, especially in conjunction with the publication of
new unpublished works; such publication is subject to the
approval of an editor.
Copyright to all work published
in Sketchbook is held by the artists and
authors. No work published in any issue may be copied,
reproduced or republished without the written permission of
the individual author/creator. Artists and authors are
free to republish their work in other venues when the issue
is no longer current--after 60 days. However, if works are
republished in a different venue, then the artists and
authors must agree as a condition of acceptance for original
publication in Sketchbook to credit
Sketchbook as the place of first publication.
Sketchbook does
not pay authors and artists for works accepted for
publication. Sketchbook reserves the future
right to republish all items from the Sketchbook
website
http://poetrywriting.org in digital, hard copy or CD
format as well as promotional materials for any issue,
e-card, annual yearbook or calendar.
Writers
submitting for the first time to Sketchbook should
include a short biography and a jpg photo. Attach the
jpg photo to an e-mail, preferably the e-mail containing
the biography as well as the genre being submitted. Please check
the Author Biographies of any recent issue. Author
Biographies:
A
- M and / or
N - Z
Multiple genre may be
included in a single submission; however, writer's need
to clearly label each genre in the submission.
Multiple submissions may be sent during any submission
period for an issue. Please send all submission in
the body of an e-mail. We do not accept
submissions sent as attachments.
Sketchbook publishes Eastern and Western short
form poetry genre. We also feature Art in all
genre as well as Art Photos.
Sketchbook features Contributing Editor columns
from Helen Bar-Lev—Israel,
Doug Holder—US and
Jeff Sphar-Summers—US.
Our Global
Correspondents contribute columns from around the world
about local Art and Artist activities, local cultural
events, and subjects of broad interest. Various
Correspondents are featured from month to
month.
The
Sketchbook Global Correspondents include:
John
Tiong Chunghoo, Malaysia
Gillena
Cox, Trinidad
Sally Evans, Scotland
Jan Oskar Hansen, Portugal
Helen
Bar-Lev, Israel
Bob Lucky, Hangzhou, China
Martin Lochner,
ZA
Cristian Mocanu,
Romania
Aju Mukhopadhyay,
India
Rita Odeh, Israel
Kala Ramesh,
India
E. E. Sule, Nigeria
Alegria Imperial, Canada
The Sketchbook
editors are interested in publishing quality material in
multiple genre. Writers who have a writing or
artistic project, article or media they believe will be
interesting to Sketchbook readers,
should send a letter of inquiry to Karina Klesko:
ProjectInquiry@poetrywriting.org with the
Subject Line: Project Inquiry Karina Klesko
Haiga: Haiga should
be submitted as jpg attachments to a regular e-mail. Please,
clearly state the specific genre: Haiga,
Collaborative Haiga, Photo Haiga, Collaborative Photo
Haiga, Free Verse Haiga etc. In the case of
collaborative work please include the full names of all
the collaborating artists/authors and clearly designate
their responsibility / contribution: i.e.
Photo by Joe Public: Haiku by Josephine Jones, for
example. Please, supply the e-mail addresses of
all parties involved in a collaboration.
Additionally, it is
necessary that all collaborators involved in a work
grant Sketchbook the right of first
publication as well as a condition of acceptance for
publication the requirement to name Sketchbook
as the place of first publication in the event that the
work is republished later in a different venue. Please
ask all collaborators to directly e-mail this permission
statement to Sketchbook:
Haiga:
(place the first line of text here)
Artist: (name, and
media--artist, photographer, etc)
I, (insert name
here), a collaborator in the Haiga specified
above, grant Sketchbook the right
of first publication. I understand that 60
days must elapse before I can submit this
creative work for republication in a different
venue. If the work is submitted elsewhere
after the first publication in Sketchbook,
then I am required to request the editors
to include a notice stating Sketchbook
was the first publisher of the work (include,
publication, page, date, link and relevant
information):
Send to:
Haigsubmissions@poetrywriting.org
Subject: Collaborative Permission Form
Haiga Image Size:
The ideal image size for haiga submissions to
Sketchbook is a horizontal image 800 pixels wide
and 500 pixels high. Vertical
oriented images taller than 500 pixels will be decreased. Images sent on
larger sized scales will be reduced to fit the display
area on the haiga page; these reductions will cause
distortion of the type faces, so be sure to submit haiga
in the required pixel size. All haiga must be submitted
in jpg format. Do not submit document files for
haiga.
Continuing bi-monthly features: Subjects for
continuing bi-monthly Features can be found on the
contents page of each issue; these features include the
following topics:
-
a
bi-monthly Kukai (a peered review Haiku contest)
-
a
Haiku Thread posted daily as submissions on the
assigned topic are recieved
-
a
Poem This Picture Contest
-
a
Let US Pray Page (Publishing prayers from all
faiths and peoples on a Global Scale)
-
Childwriter's Sketchbook:
See current link:
-
The Little Black Book:
The purpose of
The Little Black Book is to promote
Multi-Cultural Improvisational Poetry. See
specific
Little Black Book Guidelines
-
Book Fair: featuring the published
books of Sketchbook authors with
links to purchasing sites
The
following addresses reach appropriate editors:
arteditor@poetrywriting.org
contact@poetrywriting.org
globalcorrespondent@poetrywriting.org
specialfeatureseditor@poetrywriting.org
outlawpoetseditor@poetrywriting.org
outlawpoetsIIeditor@poetrywriting.org
kukaieditor@poetrywriting.org
tankaeditor@poetrywriting.org
rengayeditor@poetrywriting.org
renkueditor@poetrywriting.org
haikuthreadeditor@poetrywriting.org
submissionseditor@poetrywriting.org
webmaster@poetrywriting.org
multimediaeditor@poetrywritng.org
proofreadeaders@poetrywriting.org
ProjectInquiry@poetrywriting.org
renhaieditor@poetrywriting.org
LetUsPrayeditor@poetrywriting.org
BookFaireditor@poetrywriting.org
