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Poem to Book: The Poet's Path to a Traditional Publisher
This book presents an established process for building a poetry career that leads to the publication of a book with a traditional publisher. Plus, it includes detailed listings of publishers for every step of the way.
No matter the stage of your career as a poet, this book will give you knowledge and resources that will help you get to the next step.
If you’ve never published a poem, you’ll learn how to get started. If you’ve already published a book, you’ll find resources for continuing your publishing career in anthologies and chapbooks. In this book, you'll learn how to go from publishing individual poems to landing a full-length contract with a publisher.
This book also includes seventy nine traditional book publishers that accept manuscript submissions without charging any submissions fees at all. With the proliferation of submissions fees, this list is extremely valuable to poets ready to submit their work.
No matter the stage of your career as a poet, this book will give you knowledge and resources that will help you get to the next step.
If you’ve never published a poem, you’ll learn how to get started. If you’ve already published a book, you’ll find resources for continuing your publishing career in anthologies and chapbooks. In this book, you'll learn how to go from publishing individual poems to landing a full-length contract with a publisher.
This book also includes seventy nine traditional book publishers that accept manuscript submissions without charging any submissions fees at all. With the proliferation of submissions fees, this list is extremely valuable to poets ready to submit their work.
59 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 23, 2019
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October 27, 2019
I’m a big fan of Author’s Publish Magazine and have read many of Emily Harstone’s pieces of advice there. I’m an author. I want to get published. So when I got the chance to post a review of her Poem To Book, I got busy.
The woman knows whereof she speaks. She got her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College, taught at Berkley and Seattle Pacific University. She’s been nominated eight times for poetry awards and won once.
It’s far easier to write poetry than find a home for the little lambs. Ms. Harstone covers how to submit to journals, and that means the way to pick your submission packet, following guidelines, things to avoid and things to do. She’s included lists of journals that will be relatively easy to get into and those that aren’t, ones with fast response times versus longer.
Chapbooks is the next topic. Seems like I’d heard of them before but now I get it. Thank you, Em. They’re small, often no more than thirty pages with a stapled binding and can be self-published without the same stigma traditional books receive going that route. She explains why and it makes sense. Your whole chapbook can later be part of a poetry anthology. If you’d rather not self-publish, a long list of chapbook publishers is here.
Why is it harder to get poetry published? She’ll tell you. What are reading fees and who charges them? Read the book. I did and learned things I’d never considered that might get my poetry off the word processor and out to the public. Thank you, Ms. Harstone. Here I go!
The woman knows whereof she speaks. She got her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College, taught at Berkley and Seattle Pacific University. She’s been nominated eight times for poetry awards and won once.
It’s far easier to write poetry than find a home for the little lambs. Ms. Harstone covers how to submit to journals, and that means the way to pick your submission packet, following guidelines, things to avoid and things to do. She’s included lists of journals that will be relatively easy to get into and those that aren’t, ones with fast response times versus longer.
Chapbooks is the next topic. Seems like I’d heard of them before but now I get it. Thank you, Em. They’re small, often no more than thirty pages with a stapled binding and can be self-published without the same stigma traditional books receive going that route. She explains why and it makes sense. Your whole chapbook can later be part of a poetry anthology. If you’d rather not self-publish, a long list of chapbook publishers is here.
Why is it harder to get poetry published? She’ll tell you. What are reading fees and who charges them? Read the book. I did and learned things I’d never considered that might get my poetry off the word processor and out to the public. Thank you, Ms. Harstone. Here I go!
October 26, 2019
I started reading it but did not finish. There are many other books with similar content and none of them stand out. Maybe it is me, but I just can't see me giving a how-to book a high rating. There might be some books on the subject that are outstanding, but I have never run into any of them. From a grammatical standpoint, this book is not badly written. Is the advice of any use? I really can't tell. One of my poems won an award (big deal -- sarcasm) thirty-plus years ago, and years ago I also published some in a couple of really minor publications. Now, I have two books of poems on Amazon, where they have not sold one copy yet. From all I can gather, following Emily's advice could take a lot of one's time. I rather just spend my time writing. There are no shortcuts, that's basically what she is saying. For a beginner, this book might be helpful, but for someone like me is almost a broken record.
October 26, 2019
A stunning book.
Review of advance copy
Good advice and a nice database of your options.
January 16, 2020
This book has great insight and advice on how to get your poems submitted to journals. It shares information and even mistakes the author made so you don't make the same mistakes. If you are trying to be a successful poet I recommend this book.
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