The Voices Israel Group of Poets in English publishes an annual anthology of poetry. Submissions are accepted from Voices Israel members and non-members alike. There is no submission fee. Paid up members of Voices Israel receive one print copy of the anthology at no additional cost, shipping fees included, whether or not their poems have been published in it.
Prices: Extra copies for members of Voices Israel are NIS 40 (US$20 for overseas members) each, shipping included. Non-members may order copies for NIS 50 (US$ 25) each, shipping included.
To order one or more copies, go to the Buying the Anthology page.
Submitting to the Anthology
As a general rule, submissions for the Voices Israel anthology are accepted from mid-December of the preceding year to mid-March of the year of the anthology, Israeli date/time. This may vary slightly from year to year so do check the current submission dates on the Submitting to the Anthology page.
The editorial board then reviews all submissions, makes selections and sends out notices. The anthology is usually printed during July or August, and distributed to paid-up Voices Israel members and others who have ordered and paid for a copy.
Anyone, anywhere, is welcome to submit a maximum of three poems to the anthology. International submitters — please note the time difference from where you live. E.g. we are 7 hours ahead of US East Coast time; we usually move to summer time a week or two after the US and in the interim period we are only 6 hours ahead. If you don’t want to get out your calculator — don’t leave it to the last hour to submit!
While we prefer poems that fit on one page (up to 40 lines including stanza breaks), we will accept poems up to 60 lines long. Lines longer than 68 characters (including spaces and punctuation marks) will be counted as two lines.
We only accept unpublished poems. Poems that have appeared only in the Voices Israel newsletter poetry section or were written at Voices Israel workshops and included in workshop chapbooks distributed only to Voices members are considered unpublished.
Translations of living poets’ poems are acceptable as long as the translations have not been previously published. The translator must have the permission of the poet if it is not the same person.
Fancy or unconventional formatting is not encouraged.
How to Submit
Poems must be submitted using the Voices Israel Online Submission Manager, powered by Submittable. This is the only way to submit your poems. Email submissions to any of our team will not be considered.
There is no fee for submitting poems for publication in our Anthology.
Full instructions for submitting poems, and a button to submit your poems once the submission period starts, are on the Submitting to the Anthology page. The procedure may change slightly from year to year, so even if you think you know the rules, you MUST read carefully the guidelines on the Submissions page.
We look forward to seeing your best poems in our Anthology!
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