Submit Your Work For:  Old Mountain Press' Latest Anthology: You Ain't Gonna Believe This But...

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Please read this form carefully. If you do not submit as requested, your submission may be rejected.
PLEASE NOTE: This anthology is open only to former contributors or someone recommended by a former contributor.

Enter your e-mail address--mandatory for response (kept strictly confidential): 

Please double-check your e-mail address and mailing address to ensure they are correct. If you don't get a reply to your submission, it is because you have made a typo in the e-mail address, and your poem/prose will not be  eligible for consideration.
NOTE: If your work is accepted, you will be placed on our notification list for future anthologies unless you request not to be notified.
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Clickthat you have read and agree with the statement below (mandatory for inclusion in anthology)
I have all rights to the submitted work and give OMP permission to include it in the upcoming anthology paper and/or digital
Guidelines:
Author must have rights to the poem/prose, and the author will continue to retain all rights to the poem/prose after publication in the anthology.
Poem may not exceed 38 lines  (this includes title, blank lines, and author's name). If the line in the poem exceeds 55 letters and spaces, the wrapped portion of the line will be indented and count as two of your 38 lines. Prose may not exceed 325 (bottom line is that it has to all fit on a 5.5"x8.5" page) words. If you have a lot of dialogue in your submission and is 275 words, your submission may not fit on a 5.5" x 8.5" page. Conversely if your submission is mostly narration, a submission of 325+ words may well fit on a 5.5" x 8.5" page. If your prose submission is too long, I will let you know how many words you must cut or I will cut it myself and you can approve the change:-)

Begin your poem/prose with the title, then your name, blank space, first line as below.

Title of Poem
Author's Name

Begin  poem/prose

Please tell us how you found out about this anthology

All poems will be left justified unless you check below to indicate you want your poem centered between the margins.
Please center justify my poem.
To indicate italics, use < >i.e.     <sentence/word you want in italics>
To indicate bold, use [  ] i.e.     [sentence/word you want in bold]
To stagger your lines, use your space bar.
Please copy and paste your (max) 38 line (includes name title of your work and any blank spaces) or less poem or your 275-325 word (bottom line is that your prose must all fit on a 5.5"x8.5" page) prose below.  Poetry lines that  exceed 55 letters and spaces will wrap, be indented and count as two lines.  Thanks! 

NOTE: What you submit is what will go into the book. Make sure there are no mistakes.
Do not forget to use [for bold words] and <for italics words>
The press will bold the title of your poem and italicize your name. You must use the the codes above for any word(s) in your poem.

Explain how your submission fits the anthology's theme.

THE ABOVE FIELD MUST BE FILLED IN:-)

NOTE: Contributors may purchase copies at the contributor's discount.

NOTE: Please do not express social or political views,  either right or left, in your submission or bio. :-)

For some reason sometimes a prose piece comes in looking like a poem. Please indicate by checking the box whether your submission is Poetry   OR  Prose 

Submit your bio below.

VERY IMPORTANT!!
To indicate italics use < > i.e.     <titles of books and such in italics> 
To indicate bold use [  ] i.e.    [sentence/word you want in bold] 
Begin with your name as you wish it to appear in the bio i.e. Sample: Tom Davis's work has appeared in..... (Your bio should not exceed 75 words. Must be written in the third person. Bios more than 75 words may be edited by the publisher) 

Sample bio: Tom Davis’ publishing credits include <Poets Forum, The Carolina Runner, Triathlon Today, Georgia Athlete, Proud to Be: Writings by American Warriors Vol. 3, A Loving Voice Vol. I and II, Special Warfare>, and Winston-Salem Writers’ POETRY IN PLAIN SIGHT program for May 2013 (poetry month). He’s authored the following books: <The Life and Times of Rip Jackson, The Most Fun I Ever Had With My Clothes On, The Patrol Order;> and <The R-complex>. Tom lives in Webster, NC.

1. Please use complete sentences.
2. Abbreviate all state names, using the standard two-letter all-cap abbreviation, without periods.
3. Within a sentence, place a comma before and after a state name when it follows the name of a city/town.
lives in Greenville, SC, and holds...
4. Please work into your bio (as the last sentence or somewhere) the city and state where you currently live, i.e..
Tom, lives in Webster, NC.
Select one below
NOTE: What you submit is what will go into the book. Make sure there are no mistakes.
Do not forget to use brackets [for bold words] and greater than/less than signs <for italics words>
I know it's tough, but try to impress all within 75 words. Hey, you're a writer. I know you can do it:-)

Please double-check to make sure you have filled in all address fields. Without a correct email address we can't respond to you.
If you have questions, contact us through Old Mountain Press.

Double-check what you are about to submit. Generally speaking, OMP does not edit your work. If selected, it will be placed in the anthology exactly as you submit it. In your bio did you use <  > to indicate you wanted the title of books or magazines in italics?

AUTHORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CORRECTNESS OF THEIR SUBMISSIONS. OMP Anthologies are open only to previous contributors or someone recommended by a previous contributor. List of contributors can be found on the various anthologies' web pages.
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