ANTHOLOGY

The Marin Poetry Center Anthology is published annually, in late summer or early fall.
Current and previous anthologies are now available for purchase.
Current anthology: $15.00. All previous anthologies: Volumes One, and 1999 through last year: $5.00.
To Order:
Send your request to anthology@marinpoetrycenter.org,
or mail check to Marin Poetry Center, POB 9091, San Rafael, CA 94912.
Shipping and Handling: $3.50 for first book, $1.50 for each additional book.
Submission Guidelines
Submission Period:
 Feb 1 - 28.
Eligibility:
 Entrants must be current members of Marin Poetry Center. If you’re not a member, then you can download a membership application at www.marinpoetrycenter.org/join.php or write to the MPC address below.
Guidelines:
  1. Submit up to five poems (unpublished preferred, six page maximum).
    IMPORTANT: Do not put your name on any of the poems.
    Simultaneous submissions are permitted. Please notify the editor immediately if your poems are accepted elsewhere.
    Submit your best work. No revisions are allowed after Feb 28.
  2. The theme for the 2013 anthology will focus on Trees though poems of any style and subject matter are welcome.
    This year half the poetry will focus on the theme of Trees — be creative, we’re looking for the literal, figurative and mystical interpretations — the rest is open to any subject matter.
  3. We now prefer email submissions
    • On the subject line type in: mpc-submission.
    • In the body of your email include your name, contact information, the titles of the submitted poems, and your bio (limit fifty words).
    • Please be certain to present your author name (and title, if any) and word your contributor's bio precisely as you would wish it to appear in the anthology if your work were selected, as no changes can be made after acceptance.
    • Include your poems, without identification, in a single attachment (Word .doc or .rtf) to: anthology@marinpoetrycenter.org .
  4. For snail mail submissions:
    • Enclose a cover sheet with your name, contact information, the titles of the poems, and your brief bio.
    • Please be certain to present your author name (and title, if any) and word your contributor's bio precisely as you would wish it to appear in the anthology if your work were selected, as no changes can be made after acceptance.
    • Include a Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope (SASE) in order to be notified about results.
    • Send your submission by regular USPS. Please use #10 business size envelopes. Large envelopes clog the mail box. Mail to: MPC Anthology, c/o Rose Black Editor, P.O. Box 9091, San Rafael, CA 94912
  5. We will notify you of our decisions, via email or SASE, within three months.
  6. Click here to read our Code of Ethics.