The winning poems will in some way show a commitment to secularism, by making use of skeptical, scientific, or humanistic attitudes, or by addressing these topics explicitly or implicitly. residents are eligible to receive a cash prize. If previously published, please include a clip or URL. Poets are asked to submit between 1 and 6 English-language poems, totaling not more than 300 lines. He wrote: 'Why are there no, or almost no, anthologies of contemporary atheist poetry? Why are so few contemporary USA poets writing atheist poetry? Yeats called an old man 'a coat upon a stick.” Is it too much to hope that I can try to be a coat upon a stick, rather than a cloak upon a cross?' The prize is named in honor of American poet Bill Knott, who in 2006 published a short essay calling for American poets to look beyond religion and fill what he identified as a gap in American poetry culture. The Knott Poetry Prize is awarded to a poet whose writing eschews religiosity in order to explore alternative responses to the claims of religion, including skepticism dissent celebratory humanism philosophically serious mystery and celebrations of scientific thinking. Once our issue inventory runs low, we bind back issues into Omnibus editions of six issues each authors will be contacted to request specific permission for this new publication format.

Please ask about your submission if you have any concerns: or strive to publish Clarion least annually, with some years of double publication. Response time varies, but should not in any case be longer than two months. Contributors are compensated with two copies of the issue in which their text appears, and a 40% discount on up to 6 additional copies. Translations into English may be submitted, provided the translator has secured reproduction rights. We take a capacious view of what makes for interesting reading on a page if in doubt, query.

Submissions may be of any length or genre. We will supply feedback to authors who request it, but it will take a little longer. The editors will read simultaneous submissions, and ask only that authors adhere to common-sense etiquette in notifying them promptly of acceptance elsewhere.ĭue to the large volume of submissions, we ask that authors specify if they'd like feedback on a rejected submission, or if they'd prefer to be notified only with a yes/no decision. Authors seeking to publish in Clarion do not need to have any affiliation with Boston University.

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