Poetry Contests!!! Yah!!!!

Greetings, all! I hope that you all have been swimming through the treacherous waves of poetry. Glad all you brave souls have decided to  step beyond the caution tape to inquire about all things poetry. There are tons of opportunities to become published. We at Caution Tape Poetry have scowered through online forums, search engines, and other numerous places to find publishers and contest currently accepting poetry. Here are two:

1. DASH LITERARY JOURNAL

 Dash Literary Magazine

Dash Literary Journal is a project of the University of California Fullerton Creative Writing department. An ad in the November/December 2011 issue of Poets and Writers Magazine by Dash Literary Journal announced that they are currently accepting submissions for their third Anthology! Guidelines can be found on their website, as well as on their Facebook page. Here are the key instructions if anyone is interested in submitting.

• 30 lines of less
• submit up to 5 poems.

2. SCAPEGOAT REVIEW

 Scapegoat Review

Scapegoat is a relatively new press that has embraced online publication. With a quirky sense of humor, they are releatively open to all types of poetry (we think). Their guidelines are as follows:

• No more than five (5) poems.
• Send at least three (3) poems.
• Include current email address for responses.
• Microsoft Word documents only. (doc.) files.
• Along with email address, send a brief bio, no more than fifty (50) words.
• The submission should have your first and last name, as well as the genre of each piece, and the header within the document and the name of the piece.

A Few notes from Caution Tape Poetry:

1.      Your chances for publication or contest winning may be determined solely in the presentation of your submission. To assure that your poems are taken seriously and given a fair chance to win, please read over contest and submission guidelines. A cover page may or may not be helpful!

2.      Confidence is everything! Remember, if you’re not confident about your own work, how can you expect the very best? Have faith in your ability, even if you don’t be published.