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Lost at 27: Musicians, Artists, Mortals

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We are looking for poems about artists, musicians and actors who died at age 27 for our collection by 8/15. There is a 27-club Wikipedia page you can use as a guide. Please use 12-point Serif font in .docx, .doc or .rtf format. No PDF's or Pages. We accept simultaneous submissions and un-curated work, meaning the poems haven't appeared in any book, magazine, or similar collection in print or online, including self-published books. Email as an attachment to mona@cicadasongpress.com.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club

 

Here is a list of people we don't have poems for yet.

Louis Chauvin

Rupert Brooke

Nat Jaffe

Rudy Lewis

Joe Henderson

Dickie Pride

Arlester "Dyke" Christian

Roger Lee Durham

Wallace "Wally" Yohn

Dave Alexander

Pete Ham

Cecilia

Helmut Köllen

André Paiement

Barry Brown

Zenon De Fleur

D. Boon

Alexander Bashlachev

Amar Singh Chamkila

Pete de Freitas

Finbarr Donnelly

Chris Austin

Dimitar Voev

Richey Edwards

Stretch

Ken Steadman

Fat Pat

Freaky Tah

Kami

Sean Patrick McCabe

Rodrigo Bueno

María Serrano

Thuy Trang

Rico Yan

Jeremy Ward

Andrea Absolonová

Bryan Ottoson

Valentín Elizalde

Damien "Damo" Morris

Orish Grinstead

Dash Snow

Richard Turner

Nicole Bogner

Sahara Davenport

Tomas Lowe

Thomas Fekete

Shot

Kim Jong-hyun

Fredo Santana

Murda Killa [ru]

Yoo Ju-eun [ko]

Walkie

Yung Trappa [ru]

Julián Figueroa 

Justin Mentell 1982-2010 Actor

Robin Roberts died 1967 Singer

Alexandra (German singer) died 1969

Linda Jones died 1972 Soul singer

Slada Guduras (Bosnian singer) died 2014

Harry Hains, actor, died 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Excuses for not Submitting

Soul Cards 2 by Deborah Koff-Chapin

Excuses people use for not submitting:

 

1.     I don't know where to submit.

2.     I'm not good enough.

3.     I don't have the money.

4.     I don't have anything.

5.     I don't want to be rejected.

 

Let's knock those excuses out, one by one.

 

The first one is where to submit.

 

www.chillsubs.com is a great website to search for places to submit. You can set up a free account, search for journals, narrow your search to free, pays, poetry, etc.

Always go to the journal's website to make sure the information is up to date.

 

www.authorspublish.com is a free service that emails places to submit. Sometimes they fit what I write, sometimes they don't but it's convenient to have these in my inbox at least monthly.

 

Any search engine. Just use terms such as poetry journals 2024 or a question such as what magazines are accepting ghost stories 2024?

 

The next one is I'm not good enough.

 

OK, I'm not a psychologist. I'm not a therapist. I can give you the benefit of my experience. The comparison game is a killer. What you are saying is

"I'm not as good as _____________."

I'm different from every other writer I have ever met. My poems are different. My favorite writers are not your favorite writers. Someone will look at your story or poem and say "I'm not as good as (your name here.)" That is the nature of the beast.

In journals the submission page often says, "read what we've published to get an idea of what we like." Right after that they say, "surprise us." That means to send them something different. The first statement is a sales ploy to get you to read or buy the journal. The second statement is what they want to read.

I've gotten around all that simply by avoiding the first and jumping to the second. I rarely read what they've already published unless it's something I'm truly interested in. The comparison game is a killer.

 

The next excuse is about money.

 

Search for journals that don't charge a fee to submit. Simple as that.

 

The fourth excuse – I don't have anything.

 

My best advice here is to write something, anything. Listen to writers read, find a journal with a theme you like, write to a prompt, write about your cat, anything. I use tarot and oracle cards to inspire poetry. But start writing more so you will have more work to send.

 

The last excuse is common. No one likes rejection.

 

If a writer said they loved it every time they got a rejection, I'd write about the writer who lied. There's a prompt!

If you are in this to write and get anything published, you will experience rejection. I developed a tough skin by physically using my hand to brush my shoulder. As if I were brushing off whoever rejected my work. NOT ME. My work. That's important to remember. I brushed my left shoulder with my right hand. That editor was gone. After doing this a few times, I could do it in my head.

Now it's automatic. Rejections OF MY WORK roll off my shoulder.

 

I hope this little mini rant helped someone. Now go forth and write and submit.

 

 

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