Guidelines

Please note: Poets sending work to Leaf Press will have their names added to our mailing list for newsletters. Newletters contain calls for poetry and exciting news about Leaf poets. We don't abuse this privilege: 1. We don't send more than a letter every month or two (via blind cc.) 2. We do not sell or share email addresses with anyone, ever.

Chapbooks: Chapbook submissions are closed at present.

Full-length Poetry Manuscripts: Please query before sending. Our passion? After ten years we are changing focus from the long poem to the lyric. Please send your manuscript by e-mail as a Word attachment. Be sure to include a cover letter telling us about yourself, your work, and your proposed book. (We choose our list from Canadian authors only.)

Monday's Poem: Poets from all over the world are welcome here. We select 4 poems from those we receive each month. Please e-mail your poem and bio and quirky photo to mail [at] leafpress.ca. Subject Line: Monday's Poem. We ask for non-exclusive one-time electronic rights only, but poets are given an option to archive the poem on the site. If the poem has been previously published in a book or magazine, please assure us in writing that you have the right to offer it for electronic publication. Please supply credits for poems previously published; poems published on another website are not eligible. We regret not being able to pay in cash—10080 minutes of fame is the best we can do—but we do provide links to your preferred webpages to help you promote your work.

Please note: We are no longer able to respond to each Monday's Poem submission. If your poem is selected, Leaf will write to you within ten days of its receipt. Please know that your poem has been read with pleasure and carefully considered, and remember that, after all, there are only four Mondays in a month. Send poems often, we love to read them.
Monday's Poem takes a holiday every July.

Newborn Anthology:

Leaf Press is gathering poems for an anthology to, for, about or by newborn humans.

We are interested in thresholds and liminal states; in moments that transcend global cultures. We welcome poems from all the continents, asking only that they be accompanied by a translation to English. We may be able to help, in some instances, with translations.

Please send your poem to:

poems@leafpress.ca
Subject Line: Newborns

or to:

Leaf Press
Box 416
Lantzville, B.C.
Canada V0R 2H0

We will accept poems that have been previously published. Poets must provide this information (publication, publishing house and date) as well as permission for us to reprint.

Leaf plans to publish the anthology in Spring 2014.
Anthology Editors: Ann Graham Walker and Ursula Vaira

Selected poets will be paid a fee of $50.00 CAD plus a copy of the book.

We will keep these guidelines updated as the anthology begins to take shape.