POETRY SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Poetry Editor--Inge Wesdijk (Daginne Aignend)

Email Address--daginne@gmail.com

Thank you for considering Whispers for a place to share your writing. The guidelines follow—Limit one submission of one poem or one series as below per month unless requested by editor.

1. Submissions of unpublished and previously published work are acceptable. Please do not send quotes from others unless they are in the context of the piece submitted and that the original author is given credit.  It is up to the author to obtain permission if needed for reprints. By submitting to Whispers, the writer is assuring that the work is his or her own. Whispers reserves the right to delete any work that has been copied from anther writer without credit or authorization.

2. Send one of the three following:

            ---1 poem 20 lines or less

            ---up to 5 haiku/senryu (please make sure to clearly identify that separate poems

                      are being submitted)

            ---up to 3 tanka (see above)

            ---for people that are not poets, 1 short paragraph of encouragement will be

                      considered

Writers are eligible for Individual publication no more than once per month. We will not be sending out eligibility announcements to individuals. Please email your poems to Inge Wesdijk (Daginne Aignend) at--

daginne@gmail.com

The Whispers’ staff will determine how many poems we can publish per month. Once that number is reached, poems will be considered for the next month.

3. You may include a bio of 50 words or less written in third person style.

4. No profanity, erotica, violence or other derogatory writing will be accepted.

5. Whispers reserves the right to select poetry based on the goal stated at the end of the guidelines.

6. Spiritual poetry is welcomed but the editor would like to have a variety of pieces that will uplift and inspire readers. Humor is appreciated.

7. Children’s poetry is appreciated. Parent permission is required. Please email karenoleary1956@gmail.com before sending. The first publication of anyone under the age of 18 will be published as a Special Feature.

8. Poetry will be published along the left margin for consistency. Please keep that in mind when submitting.

9. Preferred method of submission is to send poetry as a word document or in the body of an email with your name and country. You may email Inge Wesdijk (Daginne Aignend) at--

daginne@gmail.com

if you have any questions you may have.

10. We hope you also participate by commenting on others’ writing. 

In this challenging time for many, it is the hope that Whispers will connect people in a way that is supportive, encouraging and inspiring to others. It is a privilege to have Inge Wesdijk—a talented writer and editor—share her talents and time to provide this opportunity. Thank you all for considering being a part of this community.

Sincerely,

Karen O’Leary

Whispers’ Editor