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ISPS Web bi-monthly poetry submission periods during 2012:
  • Monday, January 23 through Sunday, February 5, 2012
  • Monday, March 19 through Sunday, April 1, 2012
  • Monday, May 21 through Sunday, June 3, 2012
  • Monday, July 23 through Sunday, August 5, 2012
  • Monday, September 24 through Sunday, October 7, 2012
  • Monday, November 19 through Sunday, December 2, 2012
Poetry postings will occur a few days after each final date.



    Guidelines for Submitting Poems

  1. Poet must be a current ISPS member and submit his/her own original work

  2. One poem per member per submission period

  3. Maximum poem length - 2 pages

  4. Non-e-mail submissions need to be typed or computer-printed and include author's name and address

  5. Poem must be submitted inside a range of dates (listed below) for each two-month period

  6. Poems will be posted in the order of receipt within each date range

  7. Poems received before the first date will be posted, but below the others

  8. Poems received after the final date won't be posted that period, but can be resubmitted during the next submission period

  9. Send via e-mail to Alan Harris at or via postal mail to:

    Alan Harris
    543 E. Squirrel Tail Dr.
    Tucson AZ 85704

    E-mail submissions are preferable because they don't have to be retyped.

    To submit a poem to the ISPS newsletter, please e-mail it to the editor, Caroline Johnson, at twinkscat@aol.com