Call for Submissions! - Purple Poetry Book

Submit your Work for the Purple Poetry Book
TurnAround, Inc. and WAVE are putting out a call for anyone who wants to submit poetry about domestic/intimate partner/sexual abuse.

This compilation of poems, short stories and artwork will be published at the Purple Poetry Book in honor of October which is domestic violence awareness month. The Purple Poetry Book will be published and sold at TurnAround, Inc. events for a small fee to help support TurnAround, Inc. and its continuing efforts to bring a stop to violence against women in our community.


Each submission must include the following:
Name of the poem
Name of the Author
Name the work should be published under (ie. Written by ButterflyBlue)
Contact Number
Contact Email
50 words or less about the author
Would you be willing to perform your poem at the book launch party in October?

All works must be limited to two (2) pages- 12point, Times New Roman font. This must be submitted as a Word Document. Artwork must be black and white or grayscale and submitted as a JPEG, GIF or PNG file. Please note that all authors remain the copyright holders to their literary pieces. Turnaround reserves the right to refuse any works that to do not fit within the scope of the project. All pieces selected for inclusion in the book will be confirmed via email within 3 weeks of the deadline listed below. Please note that all funds raised from the sale of this project will benefit TurnAround, Inc.

ALL SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE Thursday, September 15, 2011.

WAVE (Women Against Violence Everywhere) is a volunteer group associated with TurnAround, Inc. TurnAround is a private non-profit that works to support victims of sexual violence in Baltimore City and County.

If you have any questions please email aevans@turnaroundinc.org

* This is not a Kimberly T Matthews project.