Call for Poems from Lesbian/ Bisexual Women: Tattooed Tongue Press

Tattooed Tongue Press besides being a one person army and a renegade force is a small publishing house mostly dedicated to publishing unknown and emerging women voices, especially lesbians and bisexual women. With a commitment to social justice and human rights Tattooed Tongue strives to make change through the echoing of words. Our mission is to stay small. In staying small we are determined to remain fugitives from the mainstream market economy and prefer to place more emphasis on legitimizing works through the building of networks and communities. Tattooed Tongue also actively encourages and assists individuals to self-publish and/or start their own press thus, eliminating the idea of art as competition. At Tattooed Press we understand the need for historical accuracy and are committed to the belief of NOT allowing someone else to define “your” personal experience.

Tattooed Tongue Press accepts submissions year-round for 4th Month and Vagabond Poets.

Send up to 5 poems to Tattooed.Tongue.Press@gmail.com. You can either copy and paste, or attach your document as a .doc, .rtf, .txt, or Open Document file. Please, no .docx files.

The subject of the email should be formatted as: LAST NAME_Vagabond or LAST NAME_4thMonth. Please ONLY submitted to 4th Month OR Vagabond Poets NOT Both.

Please include your contact information. Please also include a cover letter with your submission. It's not mandatory, but it is preferred.

Our staff is small, but we generally respond to submissions within 60 days. If the allotted time has passed and you haven't heard back from us, you may query us regarding the status of your submission.

4th reserves Electronic Archival Rights. All other rights revert to the author upon publication.

Sadly, we are unable to pay our contributors monetarily. However, we can offer exposure for your work, which will be posted on the site once enough submissions have been obtained to launch our inaugural issue.

Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but please notify us if your work is accepted elsewhere. 4th seeks ONLY previously unpublished work.

Thank you for thinking of Tattooed Tongue Press - Keep Writing!

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