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"Has a tremendous depth of advice and the kind of detailed information that helps you get things right."

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Provides poets with information on more than one thousand commercial and literary markets for their work, details of payments and submission guidelines, interviews with poets, publishers, and editors.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Exellence in Reference, Dec 11 2003

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Amanda Auchter (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Poet's Market: 1,800+ Places to Publish Your Poetry (Paperback)

As a published writer, Poet's Market is a tremendous source of information -- from sample cover and query letters to interviews with editors, this book is essential for all poets and writers. I have found that it is important to purchase each new edition in order to remain current and that's what this book does. It lists every type of magazine that publishes poetry, chapbook and full-length book contests and publisher information, etc. It's the best writing reference book out there.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Needs better indexing, July 21 2003

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This book needs to be indexed by:

* lead time for response
* months during which publisher reads
* compensation
* other standard bits that are included in each entry

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4.0 out of 5 stars Essential Resource for Any Poet, Jun 21 2003

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While no amount of books can promise that you will be published, having a copy of the Poet's Market can help you find out where, when, and what to send out. I don't think you need a new edition every year, especially when you start marking in a version, crossing out places that aren't your thing and underlining important details, like reading periods and how many poems each place wants at a time. Even with this book, it doesn't hurt to visit each publication's website in case information has changed since this book was published. I almost wish they would put in boldface several important aspects, such as reading dates, number of poems desired at a time, and if they take simultaneous submissions or not. While the last is a huge and hotly debated topic, you can at least decide if you want to stick with places that accept it and/or if you want to not mention in your cover letter that you are sending poems elsewhere. (Who wants to wait nine months for a rejection slip?) I also appreciate the sample poems many places offer up since a few with lower quality poems may be avoided. Finally, how many times does Virgil Suarez appear?

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