2008
Poetry Publication Showcase/Directory of American Poetry Books
Submission Guidelines
What is the Showcase?
The Showcase is
an annual exhibit of all of the year's new poetry books and a festival
of events presented during National Poetry Month. Last year's Showcase
included more than 2,000 books of poetry, representing the work of more
than 600 publishers—commercial, university, independent, and micro-presses.
You are invited to participate by sending us review copies of your newest
books for exhibit.
Inclusion in the Showcase is entirely FREE. To participate, complete the submission form and send us review copies of all your latest books. The 2008 Showcase will include all poetry and poetry-related titles (volumes by individual authors, anthologies, chapbooks, biographies, critical studies, essay collections, CD's, videos, audiotapes, etc.) published during or since January 2007.
What does inclusion
in the Showcase do for you?
- It ensures that
your books are included in an exhibit which has become the reference
point for all those who are interested in the status of poetry publishing
in America.
- It makes your
books available to the acquisitions and prize committees who come to
Poets House to review all of the new books for the year.
- It means your
books will be shown at the national conference of the American Library
Association where they will be seen by over 18,000 librarians.
- It means your
books will be listed in the Directory of American Poetry Books which provides bibliographic detail for all of the books displayed.
- It secures your
books a place in the national archive we are building here at Poets
House.
Which books qualify
for inclusion?
All books of poetry
(full-length collections, anthologies and chapbooks), poetry-related
prose, poetry audio and videotapes, CD's, and computer media published
since January of 2007 qualify for exhibit.
Books from vanity press publishers will not be accepted. Children's books and books of poetry published outside the U.S. are included in a separate portion of the exhibit,
but they are not listed in the Directory.
To be sure your
new books are included:
- Submit one copy
of the form for each new book published since January 2007.
- Send
two copies of each book via snail mail to: Poets House, 594 Broadway, Suite 510, New York, NY 10012.
**Note: We must
have hard copies of the book for it to be listed in both the Showcase
catalog and the Directory of American Poetry Books.
Go
to the Submission Form
For more information
or questions about submitting books online contact Poets House at 212-431-7920
x2219.
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