Shout Them from the Mountain Tops II: Georgia Poems
and Stories
UPDATE:
The GCTE Board unanimously approved a
second production of the GCTE sponsored book, Shout Them from the Mountain Tops: Georgia Poems, but this second
anthology will also include stories and original art and photographs.
Editors and staff of the first Shout are already working to put all
parts together, planning for a projected book out at the GCTE 2011 Convention
at Callaway Gardens. Members who readily agreed to do another Georgia Shout book include: Tom Liner, Writing Selection Committee Chair; Alan Perry,
Layout Editor; John Knight, Production Editor/Chair of Photography Judging;
Jane Knight, Editor; Hilde Holmes, Editor; Geri Davis, Art Consultant/Chair of
Art Judging, and Jean Copland, General Editor; and Jim Cope, GCTE and shoutthemgcte@gmail.com Website Editor.
All
writers and artists/photographers living in Georgia are invited to submit up to
three of their original works never-before published in print. See below for submission guidelines and more information.
Shout Them from the Mountain Tops: Georgia Poems and Stories
With
Original Art and Photography
The Georgia Council of Teachers of English (GCTE), a
non-profit organization of Language Arts educators) is producing the second
Shout anthology and can offer no pay or prizes for work submitted, but will
include work chosen for this second book. Each writer, artist, and photographer will receive one copy of the book
when it is published early in 2011. Original, never- before-published poems, stories, art, and photographs
will be judged by independent panels of qualified judges for each category
submitted for this second Shout anthology.
Submission Guidelines:
- Writers
and Artists – 18 and over, presently living in Georgia
- Theme
– None; any form/any medium, any topic suitable for a mixed audience
- Fee
– None
- Copyright
remains with those who submit work
- Number
of submissions – Maximum of 3 copies of original works, never-before published
in print -- in any combination of poems, stories, art, or photos
- Length
of poems – Maximum of 40 lines, single spaced with 2 spaces between
stanzas
- Length
of stories – Maximum of 1,500 words, double-spaced
- Format
for poems and stories – Black ink, 12 point type, Times New Roman
font on white 8 1/2” X 11” copy paper; one poem per page; number pages at the
bottom center of paper; place number of lines for poems and number of words for stories at the top right edge of
paper.
- Email
as Microsoft Word documents or send via US Post Office two (2) copies of each
submission: Identify one copy with name, address, phone number, and email
address at top, left edge of paper; no identification for the second copy.
ART
(& PHOTOGRAPH) ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
(from Geri Davis, Art
Consultant)
1.
Entries must be in JPEG format on a CD
2.
Resolution 300dpi
3.
Image no larger than 6" in any direction
4.
Image should be correctly oriented (vertical or horizontal)
SPECIFICATIONS
1.
Source material must be original and not copied from any image other than the
artists' own resources.
2.
MAIL in JPEG format on a CD via US Post Office two (2) copies of each
submission:
3.
Identify one copy with name, address, phone number, and email address; no
identification for the second copy.
4.
Mail to Jean Copland, PO Box 1658, Fortson, GA 31808
Independent,
qualified judging panels will judge poems, stories, art, and photography.
Submit not later than August 31, 2010,
to one of the following addresses:
For more information about Shout Them, email
or call Jean Copland:
jcopland@mchsi.com ; PH: 706-324-5913
