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These submission guidelines were revised on
SEND ALL SUBMISSIONS TO SUBMISSIONS (at) MODERNENGLISHTANKA (dot) COM.
PLEASE DO NOT SEND SUBMISSIONS TO ANY OTHER ADDRESS.
PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGES IN THE SUBMISSIONS SCHEDULE AND IN OUR POLICY REGARDING
PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED WORKS, BOTH EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2007.
SUBMISSIONS SCHEDULE
EDITORIAL POLICY Please read carefully.
MET specializes in single tanka but tanka in sets and sequences will be considered as well. Collaborative tanka sequences are not wanted.
While the five-line criterion is generally definitive for tanka, MET will consider variant forms on an individual basis (like everything else!)
Serious poetry and adult themes are appreciated. Doggerel and anything that is pornographic or in any way nasty, hateful, bigoted, or
partisan political, will not be accepted. All such judgments will be made at the sole discretion of the editor.
BOOK REVIEWS AND NOTES: Modern English Tanka, generally, will solicit book reviews directly. We cannot guarantee that
we will review unsolicited books sent in for review; we may choose to review such an unsolicited book or not. All books
received, solicited or unsolicited, will not be returned, whether reviewed or not. Book reviewers receive a biographical
entry on the Contributor Notes page. We publish “Book Notes” and announcements at our sole discretion. If you wish to
submit a fully written Book Note (300 words, maximum) along with a copy of the book, we will consider publishing it;
no guarantees. No biographical entry is published with a Book Note. For both book reviews and notes/announcements, we
will only publish those which have some relevance to the scope of Modern English Tanka, i.e., tanka and related forms
such as cinquain, cinqku, etc., specifically or in general.
ARTICLES & ESSAYS: Modern English Tanka is definitely interested in serious articles and essays of interest to our
target audience. Any length, up to chapter length, may be acceptable (a good target range is from 1,500 to 2,500 words).
We are very sensitive to even the appearance of copyright-infringement, so, be certain that you have, and provide, any
necessary permissions for works quoted in an article or essay. (U.S.A. Copyright Information)
We may solicit articles and essays but we also are glad to receive them after queries or even over the transom. We seek to
promote the assimilation
of the best of the Japanese waka/tanka genres into a continuously developing English short verse tradition.
The criteria for publication of articles and essays are that the topic be of interest to our readers, that the author have
something fresh to say, and that the article or essay be well written. We are interested in items on various levels of
expertise and scholarship and do not expect all items to be written at the same technical level.
We do NOT exclude good articles simply because they propose any idea with which we do not agree. We do NOT exclude good articles
simply because the author is someone not in favor with us, with readers, or with the tanka community in general. We do NOT
publish inferior articles on the basis of their agreement with our various positions on relevant matters. In short, the
publication of articles and essays is decided upon according to our editorial criteria and not by favoritism nor by our
antipathies. Concomitantly, publication of any article or essay in MET cannot reasonably be, and should not be,
taken as MET’s endorsement of the propositions and ideas contained therein. We publish, as we are able, both sides
of important tanka questions and issues.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Letters to the editor of Modern English Tanka are welcome and may be published in the currently open issue.
Please put "MET: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR" on the subject line of your email to distinguish letters to the editor from other correspondence.
ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS: Any work submitted in any language other than English will be considered for publication only
if accompanied by an English translation for simultaneous publication. For submissions in languages other than English, it
is a good practice to query the Editor before submitting.
GRAPHIC ART: Modern English Tanka no longer solicits graphic arts for either the digital or print editions.
NO SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS: Please do not submit anything on offer anywhere else. We are not in the market
for works under consideration for publication elsewhere.
NOT PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED: We primarily seek to publish fine verse and articles that have not been previously published.
Each poet is personally responsible for noting in the submission any previous publication of any submitted work. We may select previously
published work of extraordinary merit, from time to time.
PLEASE NOTE: This is an edited review. We DO NOT publish everything that is submitted to us. We
reserve the right to exercise editorial discretion in ALL cases. If, for any reason, you
cannot cope with rejection, better not to make submissions. We use only a portion of the
submissions that we receive. There are plenty of other websites which are unedited and where
you can post your poems with no editorial interference if that is what you seek. We do
occasionally publish poets who have previously been published in Modern English Tanka; that does
not mean that anyone has carte blanche to be published here. When we do reject a poem or poems,
we generally will notify you individually. The issue is posted online before the print publication; those
submissions published are accepted and
those that are not published were not accepted. Occasionally, we may want to offer some editorial
comment, assistance, guidance, etc., in which case, we will respond to your submission
before publication.
HOW TO SUBMIT FOR Modern English Tanka
SEND ALL SUBMISSIONS TO SUBMISSIONS (at) MODERNENGLISHTANKA (dot) COM.
WHAT TO SUBMIT
NOTE: You must be 16 or older to submit anything to
EMAIL POLICY:
We will not include
your email address with your bio sketch online unless you specifically request it. If you want your email address to be published,
either online and/or in the print edition, please say so in your submission email. No live links will be included.
THERE IS NO PAYMENT FOR CONTRIBUTORS
READ OUR COPYRIGHT POLICY & OUR PRIVACY POLICY
CONTRIBUTOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES
Include this personal information with your email submission:
SUBJECT LINE: "Modern English Tanka submission - [Your Name]"
BODY OF EMAIL:
1. Name.
Feel free to copy and paste the above list to your email, for convenience's sake. Just highlight
the list, then hit EDIT and COPY; then send in an email to the SUBMISSIONS email address and, in the body of your email,
hit EDIT and PASTE, and you will have the list to fill in. Add your poetry submission after
your personal information WITHIN THE BODY OF THE EMAIL.
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