Crafting Poetry One Syllable at a Time
Posted on July 10, 2019 by Colleen M. Chesebro
Seven Exciting New Literary Journals! Email Written by Emily Harstone This is a re-share of the email I receive from Authors Publish. Click the link below to subscribe. ~Colleen~ ❤ The following is a list of 7 new literary journals. All of these journals… Continue Reading “Re-Share: From Authors Publish | Seven Exciting New Literary Journals”
Posted on January 19, 2019 by Colleen M. Chesebro
Subscribe (Free)Back IssuesSearch 78 Poetry Manuscript Publishers Who Do Not Charge Reading Fees Written by Emily Harstone Most traditional poetry manuscript publishers charge their readers a fee to submit. You can read about why that is the case here. This article focuses on a number… Continue Reading “Authors Publish | 78 Poetry Manuscript Publishers Who Do Not Charge Reading Fees”
Posted on July 26, 2018 by Colleen M. Chesebro
This is a share from the Authors Publish.com newsletter: 11 Literary Journals that Accept Prose Poetry Written by A Guest Author for Authors Publish.com | July 26, 2018 – By Stephanie Katz Prose poetry blurs the lines between genres by looking like prose, but sounding… Continue Reading “11 Literary Journals that Accept Prose Poetry/Authors Publish.com”
Category: Tanka Tuesday Poetry ChallengesTags: Authors Publish, Authors Publish.com, Stephanie Katz
Posted on June 5, 2017 by Colleen M. Chesebro
SHARED FROM AUTHORS PUBLISH: “This is a list of themed submission calls for a variety of topics, genres and audiences – fiction, poetry, non-fiction, interviews, and reviews. Topics include compassion for the natural world, romance, colonizing other worlds, reconciliation, and decolonization, stories about ruins… Continue Reading “» 22 Calls for Themed Submissions (Short Stories, Poetry, and Essays)”
Posted on February 10, 2017 by Colleen M. Chesebro
These are anthology calls for a variety of genres and themes: from real stories about radios to cowboy-themed fiction to science fiction and horror. Most of these pay writers, and have deadlines coming up in February. You will want to click the link below to learn… Continue Reading “» 5 Anthologies Seeking Submissions”
Posted on October 31, 2016 by Colleen M. Chesebro
Authors Publish shares some great places to get your work published. Click the link below to find out where and how. ❤ HAPPY HALLOWEEN! In my experience, the benefits can be greater than publishing in a well-established journal. When a literary journal is new… Continue Reading “» Ten Wonderful New Literary Journals”
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—Dylan Thomas
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Colleen M. Chesebro is an American Poet who loves crafting paranormal fantasy and magical realism, cross-genre flash fiction, syllabic poetry, and creative nonfiction. Colleen sponsors a weekly syllabic poetry challenge, called Tanka Tuesday, on wordcraftpoetry.com where participants learn how to write traditional and current forms of haiku, senryu, haiga, tanka, gogyohka, tanka prose, renga, solo-renga, haibun, cinquain, Etheree, nonet, and shadorma poetry. Colleen's syllabic poetry has appeared in the Auroras & Blossoms Poetry Journal, and in “Hedgerow, a journal of small poems.” She’s won numerous awards from participating in the Carrot Ranch Rodeo, a yearly flash fiction contest sponsored by carrotranch.com. In 2020, she won first place in the Carrot Ranch Folk Tale or Fable category, with her story called “Why Wolf Howls at the Moon.” Colleen is a Sister of the Fey, where she pursues a pagan path through her writing. When she is not writing, she is reading. She also loves gardening and crocheting old-fashioned doilies into works of art.