“Here comes Zoland with ‘poetry that [is] needed’—the plausible antidote to bad dead words of the latest sad world mess. Such an ample, sustainable flurry, and (Jack Collom tells us) ‘each flake unique.’”


Bill Berkson

 

 

 

Submission Guidelines
Please submit only once per reading period.

All Online Submissions must now be submitted through the Submission Manager Database.
SUBMIT HERE FOR ZOLAND POETRY NO. 5

or via mail to: Zoland Poetry / 57 Lakeview Ave / Cambridge, MA 02138

All submissions must include: Name, Address, Phone, & Email

  • Fax submissions are not accepted.
  • Submit no more than 10 pages of previously unpublished poetry per reading period.
  • Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, if noted in the cover letter.
  • Submissions will not be returned, though receipt of material will be confirmed,
    if a self-addressed, stamped postcard is provided.
  • All poets will be contacted by May 1, if their work has been accepted.

Submissions are now being accepted for the fifth Zoland Poetry annual, which will be out in spring 2010.


Payment Schedule
Payment for poetry submissions is $15/page with a maximum of $150. Zoland purchases First World Rights, non-exclusive one-time anthology rights, and the right to publish a selection of the work on the website. Copyright remains with the author. All authors and translators will receive two copies of the book, along with payment, which is made just after publication of the annual volume. Authors are responsible for proofing their respective pages from galleys.

Translations will be considered only if a letter, signed by the author or his/her agent granting rights to the translated work, accompanies the submission. Translators should also include brief biographical information about the author and hard copy of the original language text. Upon acceptance of the translation, electronic copy of the original language text will be requested for the website.

Contact
General queries: info@zolandpoetry.com