Ive written countless poems and want others to see them. Where can I get them published for free?
2006-09-18 15:19:03 · 4 answers · asked by Cecilia 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Any real publisher will pay YOU to publish your book, that's just the way it works. You created something and now you are looking to sell it. Take a look at the book Poet's Market. The people at Writer's Market do an excellent job of finding book publishers, magazines, and journals that publish all types of poetry.
If you are looking to go the traditional route, you might want to attempt to find an agent first. This is a very difficult task and you will get rejected, but it's so helpful in the long run.
As mentioned before, stay away from poetry.com. I can't believe that everyone doesn't know it's a scam by now, but many naive poets give up their creations to that site.
If you are just looking to create copies for family and friends, that might be an instance where you should consider self publishing. Try lulu.com for great results.
Good luck!
Oh, and edit those poems while you are on the hunt for a publisher!
2006-09-18 18:41:06 · answer #1 · answered by Obi_San 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Poetry rarely makes money for anyone. It equally rarely garners a wide readership. If you want your poems put into book format, and don't care about profit or review attention, you may be best served by a subsidy press. (This is one of the very few times you'll see me say this!)
There are books and sites that rate subsidy presses, also called POD publishers. Consider consulting one of them, by searching on the term. I have heard vociferous praise of Lulu.com by people who have used them, if that helps.
2006-09-20 04:31:41 · answer #2 · answered by Marion Gropen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got my chapbook published here: www.foothillspublishing.com There's also lulu.com; or you can buy Microsoft Publisher software and make the chapbook yourself, my friend did that and the chapbook looks really nice.
You could also go here: www.clmp.org, it has a listing of publishers/magazines, or buy the book "Poet's Market."
DO NOT submit anything to poetry.com. They are a scam.
2006-09-18 15:21:44 · answer #3 · answered by poeticjustice 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
deviantart.com, tell me if you sign up, I wanna see your works! ^^
2006-09-18 15:21:18 · answer #4 · answered by polaris_innocent 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋