Poem to Book: The Poet’s Path to a Traditional Publisher

About the Book:

This book presents the process for building a poetry career that leads to the publication of a book with a traditional publisher. Plus, it includes detailed listings of publishers for every step of the process.

No matter the stage of your career as a poet, this book will give you knowledge and resources that will help you get to the next step.

If you’ve never published a poem, you’ll learn how to get started. If you’ve already published a book, you’ll find resources for continuing your publishing career in anthologies and chapbooks.

This book also includes 90 traditional book publishers that accept manuscript submissions without charging any submissions fees at all. With the proliferation of submissions fees, this list could save you a lot of money.

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Guppy Books: Accepting Contest Submissions

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Guppy Books is a respected publisher of children’s fiction. Founded in 2019 by Bella Pearson, the books they have published have been finalists and winners of a number of awards. They also have excellent distribution. You can learn more about the company and their track record, here. They are based in the UK, and generally…