Deadline: March 18, 2010
Region: Worldwide
Call for submission open to poets, writers, journalists and graphic artists from all backgrounds and origins. We invite you to write in solidarity for Haiti. You can send poems, song lyrics, short stories, opinion pieces, drawings, paintings or photographs. The work must be about or inspired by Haiti, its people and its culture.
The entries shortlisted will be made into a book. Proceeds of the book sales will be donated to Lambi Haiti Fund. A book launch will take place in London, with writers & poets invited to read excerpts of the book.
All submissions and info requests must be sent to: wordforhaiti@googlemail.com
Please note that there is no fee involved as this is a charity project.
Please, read the following guidelines:
– Please send poems of 1000 words max. Short pieces of prose should be 2500 words max. Include a short bio about yourself and / or a link to your blog. Documents must be sent as an attachment in .doc format. You can submit up to 3 different pieces
– Drawings / paintings / photographs: send a high resolution picture in a jpeg or gif format. They can be in colour or in Black and White. B&W will be used in the internal pages of the book, colour will be used for the cover.
– Upon agreeing to publication, catchavibe.co.uk and Black Londoners acquires first rights and retains the right to archive the work for an indefinite period. The author retains all the rights upon publication.
– We’ll accept only original, non published work, no reprints.
For more information, click on: http://www.catchavibe.co.uk/black-londoners-appeal-for-haiti/8025/ http://chitchatafrica.com/viewPage.php?ID=haiti
