Open Call for Poets and Writers in Education: Publish Your Poems, Short Stories, and Nonfiction
The Teacher's Voice, a new literary magazine, is calling for submissions from poets and writers in the field of education. Deadline for first issue: March 21, 2005.
(PRWEB) January 27, 2005 -- “Is reform needed? is it through you? The greater
the reform needed, the greater the Personality you need to accomplish it.” “To a
Pupil” - Walt Whitman.
The Teacher’s Voice is a small press literary
magazine with a deep sense of purpose and a very specific focus. At a time in
U.S. history when education, in spite of all the political rhetoric about “No
Child Left Behind,” is in distress, it is self-evident that we should hear at
every turn and in every way possible from the chalk-wielding front lines.
This literary journal was created to provide an inviting well-respected
space where poets and creative writers in education can express their unique,
meaningful, and necessary perspectives. Most often when a teacher's viewpoint
takes the shape of a good poem, short story, or piece of creative nonfiction, no
one sees it but the author and perhaps a handful of family and friends. There
are also too many moving stories that over years or dramatic moments become
sharp and textured in mind, but simply never get written.
These are
frenetic troubled times where in the smallest of schools (forget the concrete
city mammoths) colleagues rarely discover just how much emotion and insight sits
beside them in the teacher's cafeteria. It is extremely sad that the majority of
teachers come and go and never get heard at their most human and creative
frequencies. These are times when students and colleagues are relying on the
strength, truth, and creative vision of poets and writers that have answered the
calling of American education. The time to write it down and publish it is now.
We seek to establish a running dialogue within the pages of The
Teacher’s Voice that reckons with a broad range of aesthetics and also demands
serious consideration from any thinking person that cares about education, the
human condition, and the power of language.
Spring Issue Deadline: March
21, 2005
How to submit work: Send 5 to 10 pages at a time. We accept
previously published and simultaneous submissions by email (only in the text
box) and by mail. Authors should immediately contact us if a submission is
accepted elsewhere. We acquire first rights and they revert to authors upon
publication. Submissions are not accepted from anyone connected with the
production of the magazine. Cover letter preferred, but not necessary. We may
post accepted work on The Teacher’s Voice web site with the author's approval.
Responses are mailed in one to six weeks. Include a SASE (appropriate postage)
with your submission for the response and return of work. Otherwise, submissions
will be recycled. We can't always give personalized feedback, so please do not
be disappointed. Authors are paid in 3 to 5 copies depending on print run.
Advice: Don’t be afraid to try. Read the poetry and creative writing
that is out there and express or find your own voice. We would like to collect
the best available writing from emerging to established poets and writers.
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Mail:
The Teacher's
Voice
P.O. Box 150384
Kew Gardens, NY 11415
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