Raleigh Review's NC Poetry On The Bus Campaign, in conjunction with Raleigh's Capital Area Transit, is now open to poetry submissions by
NC Poets and Writers.

In National and in the Capital City of North Carolina's Poetry Month, April
of 2012, Raleigh Review will start with a few poems in placards in Raleigh City Buses. Our goal for April 2013 is to have a poem on every capital city bus.
Our goal for April 2014 is for every bus in the Capital City of North Carolina
to have a poem by an NC Poet in a placard all year, every year.

We want NC Poetry on the Bus to continue on to cover every public bus, train and subway platform in the state. If you are interested in assisting us in bringing this to your community, please contact Cassandra Mannes at: coordinatingeditor@theraleighreview.org

Eligibility and our definition of an NC Poet for this campaign:

1. If the poet has residency in the state of North Carolina, the submissions policy is open themed.

2. If the poet lives outside the state and has ties to North Carolina, the poems must have an element of place inside of North Carolina.

All submissions to this campaign go through Raleigh Review's objective selection process and are also considered for publication in Raleigh Review*.

NC Poetry on the Bus Submission Guidelines:

For electronic submissions, use our system

through Tellitslant.

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Postal Submissions:

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Submissions by post should be sent to:

Raleigh Review
Box 6725
Raleigh NC 27628-6725

*Be sure to include a SASE and an email address.
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Submissions via Post:

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For Poetry

Please send no more than five poems in each submission.

Each poem should be sonnet length or less - 14 line max.

If your label does not address the specific genre,

please label your mailer as a [NC Poetry Submission]

in the bottom left corner.

As a general rule, try to keep your submission to 4-5 poems. Your name and/or your pen name and address should appear on each submission. Including a brief cover letter is fine, but not required. If your work is accepted for publication and we don't have your bio, we will request it from you.

Writing in Dialect:

In addition to our guidelines for poetry, we would like to see works
using the legitimate rules of writing in dialect and vernacular English.
RR's poetry and fiction editors are trained in the linguistic models of variety in language, and we have a socio-linguist on our board of directors. Poems
written in African American English, Spanish English, Appalachian English, Outer Banks Brogues, Lumbee English, Cherokee English, etc., will receive close readings.

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