Poetry: How to Get Published, How to Get Paid

by Anne Sandys (Editor), Kenneth C. Steven (Author)

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  Paperback
  1998

  $3.54

  Yes, you can get paid for writing poetry: Kenneth C Steven shows you how to get published and how to get taken seriously as a poet. This work presents all the facts and advice you need to get into print - in seven easy sections: pick the right publisher - poetry markets big and small, at home and abroad; how to submit your work - follow these rules and make it easy for them to say yes; build your reputation as a poet - step by step to the first collection and beyond; promoting your poetry - how to give your own poetry reading; radio and TV - how to get your work on local and national media; who and what to read - important contemporary poetry you should know; organise for success - keeping records, accounts and a library; and think legal Copyright and other legal matters you can't ignore. This is the only guide to the business of poetry you need: straight from a working poet's pen. Kenneth C Steven gets paid for his poems - so can you!