Submission Guidelines
ditch, is a venue primarily for Canadian innovative poets, although we do accept work from International writers.
ditch, publishes work that is non-linear, abstract, surreal, avant-garde, alternative, visual, concrete and/or experimental.
Reads year round. Usually replies within one month.
There is no regular publishing schedule, the site will be updated when new work is ready to be posted.
Submissions:
1. We publish poetry only. While there is a blurry line between poetry and prose (a line we often cross), we do not publish short fiction or novel excerpts.
2. Previously published works and book excerpts are acceptable.
3. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but email blast submissions in which the same work is blind-copied to dozens of publications are discouraged.
4. In submitting you are affirming that you are the copyright holder of the work.
5. Please include a brief bio and a picture with your submission.
Bio should include where you are from, a short list of publications in which your work has previously appeared, any books you have published, any awards you have won or been short-listed for, and any other literary credits (editing work, writing schools attended, etc.).
(If you are a new writer and don't have any writing credits, don't worry, you won't be rejected because of the lack of a publication history. Your submission will be read and considered. ditch, has provided many writers with their first publishing credit.)
Note: please provide a serious bio and a straight photo - we tend to shy away from creative bios and joke photos.
6. Send the work in the body of an e-mail or, if formatting is important, as an attachment formatted as it should appear on the page (in any text fromat that can be opened by Word or Open Office; graphics should be in a jpg file - please do not send pdf files). ditch, will make every effort to preserve the formatting as submitted.
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7. ditch, reserves electronic publishing rights and first anthology rights only.
ditch, retains the rights as long as the work remains on the site. Material will be removed from the site at the copyright holder’s request.
8. Unfortunately, we are unable to pay contributors at this time.
9. The hard line: we do not publish haiku, formal rhyming verse, or mainstream-linear-narrative poetry.
