Tightrope Books
The writer walks a tightrope balanced on art, suspending disbelief, working without any net except the one woven with words.
At this time Tightrope Books is no longer accepting unsolicited submissions in any category except fiction.
ABSOLUTELY NO SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE
Please, before submitting make sure that your work is a good fit for Tightrope
and that Tightrope's mandate and mission are in line with your own values
regarding your work.
Tightrope Books Call for Submissions: Graphic Poems
Tightrope Books is looking for work from contemporary Canadian writers for a collection of "graphic poems." This anthology is being edited by Paola Poletto and Jake Kennedy.s
The works should be proportionately disengaged from strategies such as dada or concrete poetry, and play up the narrative tropes of the contemporary graphic novel and/or comics. We are looking for something between the graphic novel and poetic verse. A graphic poem is contemporary verse combined with multiple images.
The graphic poems we are looking for will tackle the broad topic of boredom.
Change deadline
for Graphic poetry to May 1st.
Due to popular demand the deadline for the Graphic Poetry Anthology has
been extended to May 1st.
There is no word or image limit. Book page size is tbd, with single colour print (black/grey scale). The works may be collaborative or by a single author. Jake Kennedy (poet and instructor) and Paola Poletto (senior director of programs at Design Exchange and co-founder of Kiss Machine) will co-edit the project.
Selected authors will receive two contributor's copies of the publication, slated for release in early 2008.
Please send submissions or a proposal for submissions to follow to Paola Poletto: paolapoletto@gmail.com and/or Jake Kennedy: jakedavidkennedy@gmail.com
Books:
Tightrope Books is no longer accepting unsolicited manuscripts at this
time.
If you have questions regarding a manuscript you have already sent, or
feel that you have a manuscript that suits our mandate, please send a
query letter to the associate editors at mlyons@tightropebooks.com or
elawson@tightropebooks.com.
Poetry submissions should be sent to the attention of our poetry editor Myna Wallin. Please direct all queries to poetry@tightropebooks.com.
We do not publish self-help books or religious books. We will only accept genre fiction (sci-fi, erotica) if it is outside the usual mold of the genre. We are especially looking for young writers who have a fresh take on the urban scene.
Tightrope Books does not accept simultaneous submissions.
Artwork
Submissions:
Tightrope Books particularly encourages student and new artists to submit
work for possible consideration for our covers. We may also commission
work for projects based on submissions. Please remember that we only do
four books a year at this time, so spaces are limited. However we will
keep samples of work on file for future seasons. We are currently only
accepting submissions from Canadian artists. Please send all submissions
are of Art Director, Tightrope Books, 17 Greyton Cres., Toronto, Ont.
M6E 2G1.
Thank you for your interest in Tightrope Books.