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protestpoems.org is a poetry
journal entirely devoted to, and fully committed to, new
poetry that tackles human rights issues worldwide.
The journal strives to present the best poems of protest
written to promote freedom of speech and human rights. It
is updated fortnightly. We publish a maximum six poems a
month to keep a steady flow of relevant protests. Although
we update the journal often, we are very selective. We are
looking for edge.
The website and mailing lists provide information about
persecuted writers, along with letters of protest ready
for our subscribers to cut and paste. To receive emails
(once a month, on average) with protest information
focused on a specific persecuted writer, send an email to
write@protestpoems.org.
Please write SUBSCRIBE in your subject line.
Planned remaining publication dates for the first half
of 2009 are :
14 Mar
28 Mar
11 Apr
25 Apr
09 May
23 May
06 Jun
20 Jun
Submission guidelines
It’s simple.
We’re not looking for partisan propaganda. We’re not
looking for party-political mouthings. We’re not looking
for sentimental depictions of what you see on the TV.
We’re not looking for rhyming greetings card verses.
We want you to champion, not yourselves, but human rights;
the rights of those who don’t have the freedom to write
and speak as we do. Rage. Celebrate. Mourn. Demand.
Scream. Dance.
Formal complaints are especially exciting. There’s
something wonderfully subversive about a villanelle that
attacks a government deliberately making the same mistake
over and over again.
If you need to be inspired, read the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights. Then check out any objective newsfeed or
news site.
Paste your poems (a maximum of 3 one-page poems), into the
body of an email and send to
write@protestpoems.org
. If necessary, you can email a single .doc or .rtf
file containing all the poems you are submitting.
Include a brief bio.
We will accept poems previously published on paper, as
long as you hold the copyright. We will not accept poems
which are already (or have previously been) published
online (including blogs). We will publish a poet only once
a year.
If your poem deals with a specific call for action, or
commemorates a specific person, please let us know.
We look forward to reading your poems.
In hope for a better world,
Richard Pierce-Saunderson, Editor |
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