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Modern English Tanka SUBMISSION GUIDELINES CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for MET 12 Summer 2009 SEND ALL SUBMISSIONS TO SUBMISSIONS (at) MODERNENGLISHTANKA (dot) COM. PLEASE DO NOT SEND SUBMISSIONS TO ANY OTHER ADDRESS. SUBMISSIONS SCHEDULE MET 12, 2009 SUMMER ISSUE — Deadline is May 15, 2009. MET 13, 2009 AUTUMN ISSUE — Deadline is August 15, 2009. MET 14, 2009 WINTER ISSUE — Deadline is November 15, 2009. MET 15, 2010 SPRING ISSUE — Deadline is February 15, 2010. Submissions open on April 1, 2009. There is a set submission period of a month and a half with no early closures. The HTML digital issue will be posted online just before the print and PDF digital editions go to press. This procedure will give everyone the same opportunity to submit poems, articles, etc., to MET and have their submissions considered for the current issue. We publish in the print edition, that is, 6"x9" perfect-bound paperback book, and in the digital edition, both HTML and PDF ebook formats. EDITORIAL POLICY       Please read carefully. Modern English Tanka is a quarterly journal—a print literary journal with digital editions—dedicated to publishing and promoting fine English tanka (including tanka written in cinquain and cinqku set forms). We are interested in both traditional and innovative verse of high quality and in all serious attempts to assimilate the best of the Japanese waka/tanka genres into a continuously developing English short verse tradition. In addition to verse, we publish articles, essays, book notes & reviews, interviews, letters to the editor, etc., related to tanka. MET specializes in single tanka but tanka in sets and sequences will be considered as well. Collaborative tanka sequences are generally not wanted. While the five-line criterion is generally definitive for tanka, MET will consider variant forms on an individual basis (like everything else!) Serious poetry and adult themes are appreciated. Doggerel and anything that is pornographic or in any way nasty, hateful, bigoted, or partisan political, will not be accepted. All such judgments will be made at the sole discretion of the editor. BOOK REVIEWS AND NOTES: Modern English Tanka, generally, will solicit book reviews directly. We cannot guarantee that we will review unsolicited books sent in for review; we may choose to review such an unsolicited book or not. All books received, solicited or unsolicited, will not be returned, whether reviewed or not. Book reviewers receive a biographical entry on the Contributor Notes page. We publish “Book Notes” and announcements at our sole discretion. If you wish to submit a fully written Book Note (300 words, maximum) along with a copy of the book, we will consider publishing it; no guarantees. No biographical entry is published with a Book Note. For both book reviews and notes/announcements, we will only publish those which have some relevance to the scope of Modern English Tanka, i.e., tanka and related forms such as cinquain, cinqku, etc., specifically or in general. ARTICLES & ESSAYS: Modern English Tanka is definitely interested in serious articles and essays of interest to our target audience. Any length, up to chapter length, may be acceptable (a good target range is from 1,500 to 2,500 words). We are very sensitive to even the appearance of copyright-infringement, so, be certain that you have, and provide, any necessary permissions for works quoted in an article or essay. (U.S.A. Copyright Information) We may solicit articles and essays but we also are glad to receive them after queries or even over the transom. We seek to promote the assimilation of the best of the Japanese waka/tanka genres into a continuously developing English short verse tradition. The criteria for publication of articles and essays are that the topic be of interest to our readers, that the author have something fresh to say, and that the article or essay be well written. We are interested in items on various levels of expertise and scholarship and do not expect all items to be written at the same technical level. We do NOT exclude good articles simply because they propose any idea with which we do not agree. We do NOT exclude good articles simply because the author is someone not in favor with us, with readers, or with the tanka community in general. We do NOT publish inferior articles on the basis of their agreement with our various positions on relevant matters. In short, the publication of articles and essays is decided upon according to our editorial criteria and not by favoritism nor by our antipathies. Concomitantly, publication of any article or essay in MET cannot reasonably be, and should not be, taken as MET’s endorsement of the propositions and ideas contained therein. We publish, as we are able, both sides of important tanka questions and issues. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Letters to the editor of Modern English Tanka are welcome and may be published in the currently open issue. Please put "MET: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR" on the subject line of your email to distinguish letters to the editor from other correspondence. ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS: Any work submitted in any language other than English will be considered for publication only if accompanied by an English translation for simultaneous publication. For submissions in languages other than English, it is a good practice to query the Editor before submitting. GRAPHIC ART: Modern English Tanka does not solicit graphic arts for any of its editions. NO SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS: Please do not submit anything on offer anywhere else. We are not in the market for works under consideration for publication elsewhere. Please, also, do not re-submit any work that MET has turned down previously. NOT PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED: We primarily seek to publish fine verse and articles that have not been previously published. Each poet is personally responsible for noting in the submission any previous publication of any submitted work. We, of course, reserve the discretion to select previously published work of extraordinary merit, from time to time. PLEASE NOTE: This is an edited review. We DO NOT publish everything that is submitted to us. We reserve the right to exercise editorial discretion in ALL cases. If, for any reason, you cannot cope with rejection, better not to make submissions. We use only a portion of the submissions that we receive. There are plenty of other websites which are unedited and where you can post your poems with no editorial interference if that is what you seek. We do occasionally publish poets who have previously been published in Modern English Tanka; that does not mean that anyone has carte blanche to be published here. When we do reject a poem or poems, we generally will not notify you individually. The issue is posted online just before the print publication; those submissions published are accepted and those that are not published were not accepted. Occasionally, we may want to offer some editorial comment, assistance, guidance, etc., in which case, we will respond to your submission before publication. HOW TO SUBMIT FOR Modern English Tanka You may submit up to forty poems at one time. We may publish as few as 1 or 2 poems or a larger number. Please do NOT send us works that are still in work. Please send us polished works, error-free. Make your submission by sending your poems in to Modern English Tanka in the body of an email. Do NOT send any attachments. Emails with attachments will be deleted. If you need clarification, or have a special situation you want to discuss, please feel free to write to the Editor at dmg (at) themetpress (dot) com. SEND ALL SUBMISSIONS TO SUBMISSIONS (at) MODERNENGLISHTANKA (dot) COM. PLEASE DO NOT SEND SUBMISSIONS TO ANY OTHER ADDRESS. WHAT TO SUBMIT Modern English Tanka needs the following information: 1. Your name. 2. Your email address. 3. Biographical sketch (75 words max., written in the third person), including your residential location: your city, State/Province, and country (the minimum information acceptable is your country; the rest is optional). If you have previously published with MET, your current bio sketch will be used unless you include a revised bio sketch with your new submission - PLEASE do NOT wait to revise your bio sketch until after selections have been made - send revisions in with your submission. 4. If you are younger than 16 years of age, tell us so that we may comply with the U.S.A. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (the COPPA applies to children under 13; our minimum age limit is 16 as a matter of editorial policy). 5. The submission itself. NOTE: You must be 16 or older to submit anything to             Modern English Tanka. If you are under 16, EXIT NOW ! EMAIL POLICY: We will not include your email address with your bio sketch online unless you specifically request it. If you want your email address to be published online and in the print and ebook editions, please say so in your submission email. No live links will be included. THERE IS NO PAYMENT FOR CONTRIBUTORS No payment will be made. No contributor copies are furnished free. There will be no payment of any kind for accepted submissions for current and future issues of Modern English Tanka. READ OUR COPYRIGHT POLICY & OUR PRIVACY POLICY Please click on these links and familiarize yourself with our copyright policy and our privacy policy.     Copyright Policy     U.S.A. Copyright Information     Privacy Policy     Educational Use Notice CONTRIBUTOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES If you choose to submit any work(s) for publication in Modern English Tanka, please read and familiarize yourself with these Submission Guidelines, as well as our Copyright, Privacy, and Editorial Policies. By submitting any work(s) to Modern English Tanka, you are representing to Modern English Tanka and its editor that you have the copyright to the work(s) and you are permitting Modern English Tanka copyrights in accordance with Modern English Tanka's published Copyright Policy, and that you hold Modern English Tanka and its editor harmless in all respects from any copyright infringement caused by your submission. Include this personal information with your email submission: SUBJECT LINE: "Modern English Tanka submission - [Your Name]" BODY OF EMAIL:  1.     Name.  2.     Email Address.  3.     Bio sketch (75 words max. No live links are published online.)           Include your residential location: [City, State/Province] Country.  4.     Age—check this box IF YOU ARE UNDER 16: [   ]—Younger than 16.  5.     Submission: 1 to 40 poems. Feel free to copy and paste the above list to your email, for convenience's sake. Just highlight the list, then hit EDIT and COPY; then send in an email to the SUBMISSIONS email address and, in the body of your email, hit EDIT and PASTE, and you will have the list to fill in. Add your poetry submission after your personal information WITHIN THE BODY OF THE EMAIL. Copyright © 2006-2009 by Modern English Tanka Press.