Submission Guidelines and User Agreement
Please read the submission guidelines and user agreement details and tick the "I agree to the terms" box at the bottom of the submission guidelines and user agreement section before you submit your poem
Submission guidelines:
- Poems should be submitted using the Think Lyrical online submission form
- Poems should be in free verse* style and no more than 30 lines in length
- Poets should use monthly keyword/s provided by Think Lyrical as thought-triggers for submissions; keywords are for inspirational purposes only and do not have to be incorporated into a poem but can be if the poet so chooses
- Poems can use slang or vernacular but should refrain from using obscene, profane, threatening, racially or ethnically discriminatory language or material that encourages violation of the rights of others
- Please proofread submissions before sending
- Only one poem per student per month may be submitted using a school-specific code
- Think Lyrical reserves the right to discard submissions that do not follow the guidelines set out above and that do not accept the user agreement
* Free Verse
Free verse is poetry that is generally unrhymed and that doesn't conform to regular metrical schemes. A free verse poem can use language liberally to create images and soundscapes that capture emotions, thoughts and experiences. Lines can be short or long, staggered or set in groupings that help define the writer's meaning. Good free verse is spontaneous, alive and fun to both write and read, and usually possesses an appealing and/or demonstrative rhythm.
User Agreement:
I certify that I am the poet/author and sole owner of the poem I am submitting for consideration for publication on the Think Lyrical website. I certify that my poem has not been previously published, and is not currently under consideration for publication by any other poetry website and/or publishing concern. If my poem is accepted by Think Lyrical for online publication, I agree that Think Lyrical retains exclusive use of electronic rights and also exclusive electronic archival rights (each month's poems will be stored in electronic form and remain accessible on the Think Lyrical website) as well as the right to reprint my poem in print or CD format should Think Lyrical produce an anthology of poems or submit my poem as part of an anthology of poems to a publishing house in the future. Should an anthology be printed, I will retain copyright and will be acknowledged as the moral poet/author of my work. I agree that my poem will not appear in any other publication, either electronic or print, while on the Think Lyrical website or while submitted by Think Lyrical to a publishing house except where specific permission has been given by the Editor-in-Chief of Think Lyrical.
