Pulsar: Frequently Asked Questions
Pulsar Webzine
PLEASE NOTE: Pulsar is now a web-zine only. The Pulsar editor may occasionally decide to produce a printed Ligden production, but this is down to the discretion of DP only. The web-zine will publish carefully chosen poems, on a quarterly basis. We will continue to carry out book reviews / live performance reviews - these will appear on the Pulsar web, as normal.
Question: I've
written a complete book of poems and wish to submit my manuscript to Pulsar
Poetry Magazine, with a view to publication. May I send you my manuscript?
Answer: No. Pulsar is now a poetry webzine only, we do not currently publish whole books from single contributors.
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Question: will
I get paid if my poems are published in Pulsar Webzine?
Answer: No, there is no financial
payment. If selected, you will however see your poems disp
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Question:
will you consider work that is also currently being considered by another
publisher or poetry web site? (I have sent my poems to numerous poetry
concerns).
Answer: No, simultaneous
submissions will not be considered, (there are too many copyright implications).
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Question: may I
send you poems as e-mail file attachments.
Answer: No. We only open/read
file attachments from known sources, to avoid potential virus problems.
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Question: may I
send you poems in the body of an ordinary e-mail message?
Answer: please do, but send no
more than three poems at a time.
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Question:
may I send you poems via land-mail? How should I approach this?
Answer: yes please. Send
six of your best, unpublished poems via land-mail. Remember to enclose a
stamped addressed reply envelope, (or International Reply Coupons, if you are
from overseas); if you don't you will not get a reply. Poems should be legible, preferably typed on A4 paper.
Clip art and fancy borders/crazy fonts will not sway the editor. Do
not send dog-eared/faded sheets of paper containing poems which have been sent
to other publishers, and returned numerous times. Send a short resume
only. Please do
send thought provoking and hard-hitting work, poems which have something
interesting to say, and say it well.
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Question: Is
Pulsar Poetry Webzine a company or corporate concern?
Answer: No. Pulsar is run by
poetry enthusiasts for poetry enthusiasts. There is no profit element. We have a
passion for what we do, writing is all.
Question:
may anyone come along to Pulsar Poetry Evenings? Is there a financial
charge?
Answer: all are welcome to attend. There is no charge.
Question: do
you comment on poems that are returned to originators? Is there any
feedback on the quality of my work?
Answer: we do not usually
comment / give advice to poets regarding work they have sent to Pulsar Poetry
Webzine. The volume of poems received makes this difficult to achieve.
You simply receive an 'aye' or 'nay.' However, the editor will give advice
if he feels a poem is of a high standard but has, 'say,' a minor error or flaw,
(to enable editing by the poet, and possible future publication in Pulsar).
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Question: you said
earlier that my poem would be published in Pulsar Poetry Webzine, but it didn't
immediately appear on the web? Have you forgotten my work? When
will my poem be published?
Answer: it is best to be patient. Pulsar Poetry Webzine posts selected poems to the web on a quarterly basis. It may take a short while for your poem to appear.
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