Yen Yang: A Poetry and Prose Anthology
Status: Tentative, no date set.
NOTE: Open only to former contributors or someone recommended
by a former contributor.
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Submissions accepted only via on line form (added to this page later).
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Submissions accepted from a former contributor or someone recommended by
a former contributor.
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Poetry lines that exceed 45 letters and spaces will wrap, be indented,
and count as two lines.
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Only one submission per poet/writer.
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Poem may not exceed 38 lines (includes title author's name and a blank
line prior to the poem) short short should not exceed 325 words (bottom
line is that the short short must fit on a 5.5"x8.5" page)
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NOTE: Contributors may purchase the book at a reduced rate upon publication.
About the Book
About the Contributors
Old Mountain Press will publish
a collection of poetry and short shorts by a number of writers. Our
goal is to gather enough quality poems and short shorts for an estimated
50 to 90 page book with the theme of love or terror. Anything relating
to sweet dreams or nightmares, true love or cheating heart, the good or
the bad, the light and the dark, good friends or betrayal, things that
go bump in the night or that warm and fuzzy feeling, ect. Would like
to have as many writers involved as possible. Requirements are below.
Authors receive publishing credit and retain all rights to their work but
agree to the inclusion of their poem in this collection of poetry.
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Author must have rights to the poem (previously published OK, but not in
an OMP anthology).
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Poem may not exceed 35 lines (this includes title, author's name,
and any blank lines). Short short may not exceed 280 words (bottom line
is that it must all fit on a 5"x8" page).
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Poetry lines that exceed 45 letters and spaces will wrap and count
as two lines.
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Only one poem/short short per writer, so give it your best shot:-)
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Sample title and first line below
Title of Poem/Short Short
Author's Name
blank line
Begin poem/short short
ONLY ONE SUBMISSION PER POET/WRITER |
Publication is dependent on receiving sufficient quality poems/short
stories for inclusion in the anthology.
Upcoming
Anthologies
Anthologies in Print
The Simbol (Yin-Yang) represents the ancient Chinese understanding of how
things work. The outer circle represents “everything”, while the black
and white shapes within the circle represent the interaction of two energies,
called “yin” (black) and “yang” (white), which cause everything to happen.
They are not completely black or white, just as things in life are not
completely black or white, and they cannot exist without each other.
While “yin” would be dark, passive, downward, cold, contracting, and
weak, “yang” would be bright, active, upward, hot, expanding, and strong.
The shape of the yin and yang sections of the symbol, actually gives you
a sense of the continual movement of these two energies, yin to yang and
yang to yin, causing everything to happen: just as things expand and contract,
and temperature changes from hot to cold. |
