Submissions
STUMPT: an open call for submissions
STUMPT is a rubber-stamped journal of tiny poems. We're a few issues in and we're excited to see what will come next. Because each issue is printed on off-cut and loose end papers each issue is going to be quite different from what came before. Pick up the first three issues to see what we mean. The poems might be printed on recycled envelopes or printed on fine card stock or housed in a tiny envelope.
Please send up to 5 poems for consideration. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, as we have a tendency to sit on poems for a while, only publishing them when the time seems right. We might need to wait for other poems that work with yours come in. We've been known to sit on a poem for a year or longer. so please be patient.
Poems of five lines or under are preferred, but we'll consider longer pieces. Try to keep the lines short too, our printing platens have limited space!
email submissions in WORD or PDF to editor@puddlesofskypress.com with your name and 'STUMPT submission' in the subject line.
Thank you!
Please send up to 5 poems for consideration. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, as we have a tendency to sit on poems for a while, only publishing them when the time seems right. We might need to wait for other poems that work with yours come in. We've been known to sit on a poem for a year or longer. so please be patient.
Poems of five lines or under are preferred, but we'll consider longer pieces. Try to keep the lines short too, our printing platens have limited space!
email submissions in WORD or PDF to editor@puddlesofskypress.com with your name and 'STUMPT submission' in the subject line.
Thank you!
OFF CUTS & LOOSE ENDS
Currently the only submissions we're taking are for our project 'Off-Cuts and Loose-Ends' . We’re planning on producing a variety of publications from tiny chapbooks to postcards to bookmarks to broadsides or pamphlets.
Due to the size of some of these off-cuts, they won’t fit through our printers, meaning we’ll be hand-stamping and typewriting many of these publications. For this reason we’re going to mainly focus on minimalist poetry.
Think 'Haiku' but not the 5-7-5 variety (unless you're doing something wildly different from traditional haiku).
Think 'One-Word Poems' but try not to be too clever! We want one-word poems we can contemplate like haiku, or read in many different ways.
Think 'Minimalist Poems'. Have you read Nelson Ball, jwcurry, Lorraine Niedecker? We want short poems that expand the mind. Concise imagery. Pared-down verse. What's the most you can you say with the least words possible?
There's also a chance we might want to publish a little journal of hand-stamped poetry. We're waiting to see happens, and making it up as we go, so please have some flexibility.
Because of the nature of this project, each publication will be printed in a different print run… anywhere from 15-100 copies. For each publication the author will receive approximately 15%-25% of the print run.
If you’re interested in submitting here are a few guidelines.
- For unsolicited submissions let us know why you think your work will fit with this project. Have you had your work published by Puddles of Sky Press before? Have you read any of our publications, or know the work of authors we’ve published?
- Please send up to 5 poems at a time. If we like what we read we’ll ask for more.
- In your email’s subject line please write: “Off Cuts & Loose Ends – "your name’”
- Allow 2-4 weeks for a response. If you haven’t heard from us in a month, feel free to follow up.
- Send submissions to editor@puddlesofskypress.com