I have some work, which i feel is publish worthy, but im not sure how to go about publishing it. has anyone had anything published and if so how do you go about doing it. i feel this work i have written is really good, a part of my soul went into it. i think anyone who reads it can tell that, but i havent the first idea on how to go about publishing something. english/lit majors im talkin to you

11/10/2006 5:38:25 PM

I've published academic work as well as fiction. There's a difference in how to go about publishing. If it's fiction, go to the Library and take a look at the current volume of The Writer's Market - it will weigh about 50 pounds and be about 3-4 in. thick. There's also a fiction periodical published by NCSU - browse the Dept. of English website, you'll find it. If it's academic, check with a professor you trust in the field. There are often undergraduate research journals.

11/10/2006 6:52:14 PM

its not really academic or fiction, more like poetry

11/10/2006 7:10:00 PM

my wife is getting her work reports published

11/10/2006 7:24:16 PM

there are websites that allow you to self-publish

11/10/2006 7:30:05 PM

I think he meant, you know, publishing for real.

11/10/2006 7:32:53 PM

i assumed he wasnt actually that good

11/10/2006 7:37:07 PM

You've got a point.

11/10/2006 8:34:23 PM

If you want to self-publish, try Lulu:
http://www.lulu.com

11/10/2006 8:38:30 PM

id prefer real publishing, and what would make you think im not that good, cause im a republican
i you have been through what i have and seen what i have you may be able to write some strong stuff also

11/10/2006 9:41:47 PM

doh

[Edited on November 10, 2006 at 9:57 PM. Reason : \/]

11/10/2006 9:51:59 PM

CARRER!!!!!!!

11/10/2006 9:54:14 PM

it has nothing to do with you being a republican, but i guess it does have a little to do with you making multiple posts in a thread without knowing when to use "you're" instead of "your"

11/10/2006 9:58:06 PM

i am waaaay too lazy to type you're dude

11/10/2006 10:10:36 PM

I've had a few things published, and started our own press for a few projects coming down the pipe. If you're talking poetry, there's a saying out there. "Everyone writes poetry. Nobody reads poetry." That's one of the hardest genres to sell.

If all you're looking for is to see your stuff in book form, the Lulu idea is a good one. You might want to submit to a few magazines as filler, but be advised that that route will probably be pro bono on your part.

Not trying to be harsh, as it's always cool to see something that you wrote get printed somewhere (and especially cool to get paid for it). Just being honest with what's out there from what I've seen.

11/10/2006 10:36:05 PM

i dont want money, i just want my name n copyright on it

11/10/2006 10:39:26 PM

Then I'd say start submitting query letters by the dozen to editors in the field that's most likely to print it. You're better off doing some homework first, as to not waste your or the editor's time. I know the Cameron Village Library has The Writer's Market, and I'd suspect DH Hill does as well. Find out who the current contact is via website or phone call, read some of their back issues if it all possible, and really try and get that query tight and focused on exactly what you're doing and why they should print your stuff. If you can't make the case for yourself, noone's going to give you the time of day (for good reason - one of my editors said they easily get a 100-200 queries a day)

If were you, I'd check out any of the free 'zines and start from there. You got to begin somewhere, and any published work is, after all, published work. That'll help you down the road.

11/10/2006 10:47:48 PM

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"i dont want money, i just want my name n copyright on it"

They've got photocopiers at the library. Get to work.

11/10/2006 10:50:31 PM

what are free zines?

11/10/2006 10:52:22 PM

Any of those magazines in the free racks at the library, bus stops, streets, etc. Hell, you can submit to any number of online magazines as well. Whatever you do, don't pay to get published. If you're going to do that as some sort of scam by a magazine "poetry contest" or something, go to lulu.com and pony up the $400 or whatever they're charging and just upload you musings. They can print out a book as someone orders (meaning one at a time) and ship out fairly quickly. I've seen a few one-offs (family histories, small cookbooks, etc) from lulu and they look fine. If you expect to sell less than a few hundred copies, that's the way I'd do it.

Hell, print up 1000 copies of your poems and start tacking that shit all over town. Power to the people and all that.

11/10/2006 10:59:58 PM

i want a copy right though

11/10/2006 11:02:56 PM

OK - give me $500 and your poetry and I'll print it with a copyright date and everything.

11/10/2006 11:09:32 PM

funny man.

11/10/2006 11:11:16 PM

Just trying to be there for you. Really though, people fall for that kind of shit all the time just to see their names in print.

Shit - I need to start doing that kind of stuff.

OK - any Tdubber that wants to see their name in print, send me your stuff with a $500 "application fee." I'll get back to you ASAP. No checks, please.

11/10/2006 11:13:59 PM

ok so i found an online free poetry publishing site, poetry.com ,but they have a freakin size limit. thats gay

11/10/2006 11:35:37 PM

submit it to the Windhover http://www.ncsu.edu/windhover/2007/index.html

The deadline for submissions is 11/30

11/11/2006 8:17:06 AM

pretty sure that your not going to get anything published you blithering idiot

11/11/2006 9:11:15 AM

If you're not expected to sell several thousand or more copies, you won't get picked up by a regular publishing house.

It has nothing to do with you being a Republican. The press is usually pretty liberal though.

11/11/2006 11:28:49 AM

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"pretty sure that your not going to get anything published you blithering idiot"

yeah your write. y shud eye even trie. eye shud just giv awp now. Im so dum

11/11/2006 3:21:39 PM

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"i want a copy right though"

Put your name and date on the top and thus it is copyrighted. US copyright law will protect you.

11/11/2006 3:49:21 PM

As was said on copyright - as soon as you create it, it's automatically copyrighted to you. You don't have to do anything. Now, you can register a copy right - it's a form you fill out and mail into the federal government - do a search, I'm sure you can find it - and it cost something like 35, 40 bucks, I think (could be more). The only thing registering a copyright gets you is that it acts as a record in court, so if you sue someone over your copyright, it helps you. Otherwise, it isn't work it (especially for one or two poems - better to do it for a collection of poems).

As for poetry.com, my understanding is that it's a scam, for the most part. They let you publish poetry on their site, but then eventually they offer to publish you in a book, but they ask for money.

As has been said, lulu.com is good for self-publishing. Check if out if you want - you can publish a book at cost for about 8 bucks. Check out the site for the exact prices.
(Disclaimer - I interned at lulu during this past summer and will start there full time in May, so I'm a bit biased).

Now lulu isn't a publisher - so if you really want to have your poetry published, you'll have to start submitting it to places to see if they will take it.

I'll post again with some websites that might be of interest - since I'm a writer as well I've booked mark a ton of websites for submitting stories. I'll go through my book marks and see what I can find for poetry.

11/11/2006 11:54:18 PM

Right, so here are the book marks that I have that after briefly skimming through them look like they accept poetry:

Note: Some of these publish in print form, some are online only, some are both.

First, the one's from NC State:


http://www.ncsu.edu/windhover/2007/index.html
http://americana.ncsu.edu/
http://english.chass.ncsu.edu/freeverse/index.html

Other, non NC State options:

http://www.vqronline.org/
http://www.pw.org/mag/
http://www.alimentumjournal.com/
http://www.picolatareview.org/
http://www.nfg.ca/

Sites that have listings of places to publish:

http://www.spicygreeniguana.com/
http://www.duotrope.com/

A general site for writers:

http://www.absolutewrite.com/

Last, and perhaps most importantly, a site pointing out scams:
(Although this site might apply more to short story/novel scams than poetry)

http://www.sfwa.org/beware/general.html

Hope that helps.

11/12/2006 12:09:41 AM