We are looking for poetry that moves the reader through the beauty, the peace, and the fury of Nature in all its glory. We love poems that have people interacting with nature. We love poems that have animals in their element. We love poems that have a message! We believe the purpose of poetry is to provoke thought!
Submission Period is from March 23rd to May 23rd.
Submit your work on-line to: cportolano@hotmail.com in ONE Word Attachment, please no pdf files or you can send in the body of an email, or you can send by snail mail:
The Avocet, a Journal of Nature Poetry
Charles Portolano, Editor/Publisher
P.O. Box 19186
Fountain Hills, AZ 85269
We welcome previously published poems.
But no simultaneous submissions.
We will not read submissions that are not addressed to us – Charles and Vivi.
Only one batch of poems submitted per reading period.
Please no religious references.
Send no more than four poems, all in one attachment.
No more than 39 lines per poem. (spaces between stanzas count as lines)
Do not use fancy font, which only confuses the scanner.
All poems must be left margin formatted.
Use single spaced lines.
Do not use all Caps in the title.
Please, please type your name/town and state/email address underneath each poem, thank you.
Please, we want a short bio so we can get to know you, the poets, of the Avocet community better! We don’t care to hear where you have been published before. Please tell us of your love of Nature.
