The Spring 2008 issue (Vol 38, #1) was mailed out
in July 2008.
The tentative date for the next issue
(Vol. 38, #2) is April 2009.
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"Always presents an
exciting
stratum of new and recognized
writers... a consistent,
solid
read." Carole Cohen, St. Louis,
Missouri.
"Visually stimulating and
spirit-
interesting." Jan Epton Seale,
McAllen, Texas.
"When it arrives, everything
else
gets put aside until I have read it
from cover to cover. My only
regret is that it only comes out
twice a year!" Ka Bowles,
Atlanta, Georgia.
"A terrific journal for anyone
who appreciates fine modern
poetry and photography."
Literary Magazine
Review
"One of the best small poetry
journals anywhere." Sippapu
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STATEMENT
OF PURPOSE:
The Cape Rock exists to provide a national
forum for established and new poets and photographers.
POLICIES:
The Cape Rock welcomes submissions and other
correspondence, but a self-addressed stamped envelop (SASE) must be enclosed to
guarantee a return, reply, or acknowledgment. We read all submissions, including
duplicated manuscripts, but writers contract to guarantee that work we accept
has not been published previously, and that they will credit The Cape Rock
as the original publisher wherever and whenever else the work may be placed. The
contributor's name and complete address should appear in the upper right-hand
corner of each page of each submission.
POETRY:
No restrictions on subjects or forms. Our criterion
for selection is the quality of the work. We prefer poems under 75 lines. No
long poems or books; no sentimental, didactic, or "cute" poems.
We pay $200 for the best poem in issue.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Each
issue features 11 photos by a single photographer. We print in
black and white, with a color photo on the cover; submissions may be in color. Submit 20-25
thematically organized glossies (at least 5 x 7), or send 5 pix with plan for
complete issue. We favor most a series that offers a sense of place. We pay
$100 and 10 copies for the photography in an issue. Click
for detailed Photo Guidelines.
PAYMENT:
For each issue The Cape Rock will pay $100 for
the photography. All contributors are paid in copies.
COPYRIGHT:
The Cape Rock buys all rights, but will
release rights to individual authors and artists upon request, provided that
they give proper credit to The Cape Rock as the original publisher
whenever and wherever else the work is placed. However, in all cases, The
Cape Rock retains the right to reprint both individual works and complete
issues and to print and re-print singly and/or in collections or anthologies any
and/or all of the works, poetic or artistic or photographic, it has previously
published.
We
do not read submissions in May, June or July.
No electronic submissions, please.
SUBSCRIPTIONS:
One year (two issues): United States, $10; Canada and Mexico,
$11; other countries, $12. With a three-year subscription ($27), you may
send a one-year gift subscription to a friend. Single issues $7.
Mail
submissions and/or subscriptions to:
Harvey Hecht,
Editor
The Cape Rock
The Department of English
Southeast Missouri State University
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
INDEX: The Cape Rock is indexed in Index
of American Periodical
Verse 1964-1979.
Index special issue (also contains printing history): $2.50.
REPORTING
TIME: 2-4
months; LEAD TIME: 12 months.
NO
ADVERTISEMENTS
or REVIEWS.
SOME
PAST CONTRIBUTORS:
Stephen Dunning, William Kloefkorn, Stuart Friebert,
H.R. Coursen, Jay Martin, Sanford Pinsker, Joan Colby, Joyce Odam, Judith
Phillips Neeid, Virginia Brady Young, Walter Griffin, Virginia Scott Miner,
Martin Robbins, Laurie Taylor, Laurel Speer, Toni Zimmerman, Gary Pacemick,
Louis McKee.
Financial assistance for this project has been provided by
the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.
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2005 by
Harvey Hecht.
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