1999 Poet's Market (Poet's Market, 1999) (Paperback)

~ Chantelle Bentley (Editor)

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Writer's Digest's annual Poet's Market offers great entertainment value. Sure, it lists a whopping 1,100 journals and magazines, 500 book publishers, and 200 chapbook publishers of poetry. Of course it is a great resource for information on contests, awards, conferences, workshops, organizations, publications, and Web sites of interest to poets. This year's edition even features bold new icons, so that you can expediently locate new markets, significant contact- information changes, online publishers, and publishers that actually pay real money for poems. Hey--if you want to see your verse in print, we can even promise that the information in Poet's Market will lead you to publication. (One quarterly ensures that a "subscription guarantees a byline in each issue.")

But even with such a remarkable resource on hand, submitting poetry for publication can be a degrading process. The publishers' comments here concerning what they look for in a poem should ease that process somewhat. Over at Bathtub Gin, for instance, they want "no trite rhymes ... Bukowski wannabes (let the man rest) ... confessional (Nobody cares about your family but you)," while Damaged Goods seeks "brave, risky, ballsy stuff ... no kittycat and daffodil poems." Over at Desperate Act, "our ideal writer has a handful of previous acceptances and several hundred rejections, yet continues to toil away at the craft, convinced that just around the corner … are several hundred more rejections." --Jane Steinberg

Product Description

"A winning combination for poets who want to break into print".--"American Reference Book Annual".

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Product Details

• Paperback: 604 pages
• Publisher: Writers Digest Books; Updated edition (September 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 089879854X
• ISBN-13: 978-0898798548
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,514,178 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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38 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This poetry editor sayssend them via e-mailhey its 2000., September 6, 1999

By	ave jeanne ([e-mail]) (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 2000 Poet's Market (Poet's Market, 2000) (Paperback)

Poets faithfully depend on Poet's Market for their #1 reference. Market guidelines by the thousands are readily available. As an editor of a literary magazine, I can tell you candidly, that its greatest advantages for the poet of 2000 are Poet's Market inclusion of: the subject index, poetry websites, publications that accept e-mail submissions, and chapbook publishers. Poet's Market 2000 gives the poet a bona fide chance at publication.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I give it five stars only because I can't give it six!, May 16, 1999

By	[e-mail] "ngandhi" (Chicago) - See all my reviews

I found this book by chance while browsing amazon.com; complete chance. What luck, what amazing luck! This is truly the most useful book in existence for any poet young or old, amateur or professional. Not only is the list of publishers ENORMOUS but the book provides you with inside contact information as well as what type of poetry each publisher wants, all organized so it's easily located in the book. There's also an excellent brief section on etiquette when submitting and other formal things that give you an inside track on the editor. No poet can live without this book. Buy it now, it's WELL worth the price!!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As a magazine editor, I always suggest this resource ., January 17, 1999

By A Customer

There's too much competition for a poet and not enough time to waste knocking at the wrong door with the improper product. You've got to click on the advantage...be at the right place at the right time. I always suggest studying Poet's Market to my contributors. Submission procedures and needs change...stay in tune with a fresh copy of Poet's Market.