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We have a longstanding commitment to publishing extraordinary contemporary poetry. Due to our commitment to the poets we already publish, we are limited in our ability to add new collections. If you would like to query our poetry department, click here to send an email describing your current project and your publication history, and attaching a PDF or Word document with up to twelve sample pages of your poetry. If we are interested in seeing more work, we will contact you.
For those who qualify:
Entry in our annual contests, the Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize in Poetry and the Lexi Rudnitsky/Editor's Choice Award, is an alternative means of submitting your poetry to Persea.
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We do not grant permission for our material to be used in unscheduled editions of any book.
All requests to reprint excerpts from The Book of the City of Ladies and The Writings of Christine de Pizan must include page numbers, chapter and section numbers, and section-titles.
We do not control rights to the original versions of any poems by Paul Celan, We control only rights to Michael Hamburger’s English-language translations.
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