Wheelsong Poetry Anthology 3

Wheelsong Books was first established in 2020 as a not-for-profit organisation. Its mission statement is twofold: To give emerging poets platforms to reach larger audiences and to help those who are in need. Since then, the company has published 30 books including four charity poetry anthologies.  These are the anthology statistics: 

Absolutely Poetry Anthology 1 contains 170 poems 

Absolutely Poetry Anthology 2: 176 poems 

Wheelsong Poetry Anthology 1: 183 poems 

Wheelsong Poetry Anthology 2: 214 poems 

(a total of 743 poems by more than 250 poets representing over 80 countries across all 6 continents) 

All the above books will remain on sale on Amazon and through other outlets, including Waterstones (UK) and Barnes & Noble (USA). The proceeds from Amazon sales of these four books is donated to Save the Children - a worldwide charity that supports children in crisis. To date Wheelsong Books has donated more than £1300.00 ($1650.00) to Save the Children and we intend to raise a lot more money. We are about to launch Wheelsong Poetry Anthology 3!

Poet, here's the deal.... You have been given a wonderful creative gift, which is to be able to articulate your thoughts, ideas, memories and emotions in beautiful, evocative words. Using your talent, you can give back a little to children who are in desperate, often life-threatening situations. We all want our poetry to be read and appreciated by others. Publishing your work in Wheelsong Poetry Anthology 3 will ensure you gain a new audience for your poetry, but more importantly, your poems will be raising much needed funds to support children in crisis. 

To be considered for inclusion you will need to: 

1) submit up to 3 of your own original poems for review, that have not previously been subject to any publishing agreement. (Plagiarised, AI generated and publisher contracted poems will not be considered) 

2) email your poems in either plain text or Word format so the team are able to transfer your poetry across into the editorial review system. The email will be announced in the Call for Poems post (see below). 

3) pledge that you will purchase at least one copy of the book (at author discount, which will be half the price advertised on Amazon, plus shipping) to support the project. The editors noticed that less than third of the poets published in previous anthologies actually supported the project and bought a copy once the books had been published! We think that is unfair, and we will now only publish poets who are committed to helping others. In your publishing agreement there will be a pledge for to to sign to agree to this clause. Please don't submit your poetry if you are unwilling to do this. 

NB: Shorter poems are more likely to be accepted for publication than longer pieces - space will be limited in the book due to resource and production limitations. 

For now, don't send any poems in. They won't be seen. More details are coming about important dates and deadlines and how to submit. 

Look out for the call for poems, which will be posted on several Facebook poetry groups including Invisible Poets, Wheelsong Poetry and Pure Poetry later in August. Keep visiting this blog to find out more. 

Steve Wheeler, Editor in Chief

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