06/03/2022
CALL OF SUBMISSIONS FOR 'ATOMS OF HAIKU - VOLUME IV':
The success of first three volumes of 'Atoms of Haiku' is imminent from their ranking among great Haiku books of all times. The ‘Atoms of Haiku - Volume II’ ranked among the top 100 Amazon bestsellers in the Haiku category.
Continuing, the success of our anthologies, Authors United (AU) is proud to announce ‘Call for Submissions’ of our latest project – ‘Atoms of Haiku - Volume IV’. To know more about Authors United – please visit our official fb page (https://www.facebook.com/authorsunited).
Our ‘Atoms of Haiku - Volume IV’’ will be published in both Paperback and Kindle format. Authors United uses self-publishing tool such as ‘CreateSpace’ to publish our books. We have received quite promising response for our Eight anthologies so far.
There are two parts for this call for submission. Part A – ‘Call for Haiku Submission’ and Part B – ‘Call for Haiku Essays’. You can opt for both the parts (PART A) and (PART B) as well.
Part A – Submission Guidelines for Haiku:
1.) We are only accepting Haiku (up to 15) for ‘Atoms of Haiku - Volume II’’. Please do not send senryu, haiga, hokku, haibun and tanka. Unpublished means we are accepting haiku that is not submitted to any other blog or journal or pages/ groups or haiku contests or on personal websites. If your haiku is under consideration – please do not send it to us.
2.) We are not adhering to “traditional” 5–7–5–syllable format. We would love to accept modern haiku, contemporary haiku and traditional haiku of 5-7-5 as well.
3.) Your submission must include your bio. We would not accept links to your Amazon Author Profile, blogs or FB pages as paperback format does not support the links. Please write a bio without the links. Your bio should not exceed 200 words. It will be preferred if your bio is more centric around your contribution to the haiku fraternity. Do proofread your bio before sending it to us.
4.) Send your email to '[email protected]' and '[email protected]' (in cc) with “AU Haiku Submission - ” in the Subject line. Do mention your name, state and country in your Haiku submission.
5.) We will accept email with an attachment. Please do not send your submissions as a part of the body of the e-mail. Also your bio should be a separate attached file but in the same e-mail. No photos are required.
6.) In case, any change is required we will revert the submission to the author before making any changes.
7.) The authors will hold the publishing rights of their work after the anthology is published. But the author must give us the credit, if the haiku is re-submitted. An author cannot submit the Haiku to any other blog/journal/contest until the anthology is published.
8.) The anthology will be published using Amazon - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform in both “Paper Back” and “Kindle Version”.
Part B – Submission Guidelines for ‘Essay on Haiku’:
We are looking for two best essays on haiku to be included in this anthology. Interested haiku poets can send in their entries limiting to 1500 words to the mentioned email ids. Send your email to '[email protected]' and '[email protected]' (in cc) with “AU Haiku Submission - ” in the Subject line. Font size – 12, Font type – Times New roman, Line Spacing – double spaced. Preferably proofread your work before sending us though our editorial panel will be reviewing during the selection process.
Few topics that your essay may include are mentioned as below. Essays with appropriate illustrations will be considered:
• Birth of Haiku – definition, rules of writing haiku, vision of a haiku poet, et al.
• Generation of Haiku Poets – Illustrations from their work over the ages
• From Traditional Haiku to Modern Haiku
• Global recognition of Haiku
PROJECT BREAKDOWN SCHEDULE:
• Last Date of Submission – 03 June, 2022.
• Reviewing/ Selection Process by the editor – 29 June, 2022.
• Designing of the book and title finalization by “Authors United” – 05 July, 2022.
• Publishing Date – 15 July 2022.
• (Note: This Schedule might be changed due to unforeseen circumstances).
PUBLISHING COST AND ROYALTIES:
If your work is selected then you have to pay a minimal publishing cost of 10 US dollars via Payoneer / other online platforms. Currently, we do not pay any royalties to authors. The royalties and upfront charges are used for both the operational cost of AU and for AU's welfare work.
Regards,
AU Team
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