When in doubt, go higher.

Way of the Mountain
Poetry Submission Guidelines
Editor – Art Goodtimes

short swift poems
with a mtn zen
punch

visions
clear as cut glass
& just as dangerous

Unsolicited poems welcome.

My bias leans towards short pieces that explore what Dolores LaChapelle called “bardic poetry”. See her Sacred Land Sacred Sex Rapture of the Deep — if you can find a copy, as it’s out-of-print.  LaChapelle would say that bardic poetry is an attempt to speak for place, for those things that cannot speak for themselves – water, plants, critters and rocks — and, secondly, to speak for the human tribe of a place.

But all styles and schools are welcome.

Due to space constraints, you need to say a lot with less, like the Chinese masters of old (5,6,7, maybe 8 lines max).

Due to format constraints, all poems will be column centered with relatively short line breaks.

Attribution will be two or three lines: 1) name, 2) place, and 3) (optional) honor, title, blog or claim to fame

For email submissions, include snailmail addy and phone number, and send to: poetry@mountaingazette.com

For snailmail submissions, include snailmail and email addys, phone number, and (optional) self-address stamped postcard (or envelope). But submitted hardcopy poems will not be returned without sufficient postage. Send them to:

Art Goodtimes
P.O. Box 207
Norwood CO 81423

Fine Print

Copyrights

You must own the copyrights to any piece you send us.

We don’t require first use rights, but poems published on-line or in national journals (except litzines) are ineligible.

We’ll want exclusive one-time hardcopy rights for the magazine, non-exclusive on-going on-line rights, and a possible one-time non-exclusive future anthology right.

Payment

Upon publication, we’ll send you a copy of the issue you’re in, and enter your piece in our annual Way of the Mountain Poetry Prize contest.