Submission Dates: January 15th to February 15th
Requirements: Poets must be currently enrolled in an HBCU and be in good standing at the school of enrollment.
Guidelines for submission: 1 copy of the poem. The poem can be a maximum of 42 lines. Line length can vary and poems can be either free verse or written in meter. The poet's submission must include the name, year (Freshman, Soph. etc), e-mail, College/University, major, website. If your poem is accepted you will be contacted and asked to send an e-mail version of your poem to increase the speed in formatting the book. You can submit up to 3 poems. All poems will be considered. Poets can not have been published prior to submission. Self-published poets will be considered.
Poem format: The title and poem should be left justified. All information listed above should be stapled to a separate sheet of paper.
Content: Topics should discuss and pertain to an array of topics. Vulgarity is not recommended, but if purposefully used and relevant, poems with cursing will still be considered.
*Only 20 poets will be selected.*
Reason for this anthology: In this digital society, the student has become maligned and all the problems of the culture sit at the feet of young men and women who are encountering a world that none of us have had to face. Hidden in Facebook, Twitter, text messages, and countless YouTube videos are the ideas of a new generation. They have learned to TTYL, LOL, and IDK, their opinions in rapid fire flicks of the thumb, but at the core of it all there seems to be something missing. There is something that is not as concrete in this digital world. The words and images in cyberspace can be manipulated, misunderstood and in a day's time, easily forgotten. This collection of poems is going to give words that can be read and considered longer than a random abbreviated text message. In time, these poets may become the next August Wilson, Octavia Butler, Richard Wright, or Gwendolyn Brooks. The title is an allusion to the words Ralph Ellison stated in the introduction to his book of essays Shadow and Act. After working with students at the high school and collegiate level, I don't think they are a lost generation. I think they have something that can't be explained, I think they are vividly alive.
Submissions should be sent to:
Prof. Christopher D. Burns
LeMoyne-Owen College
Fine Arts and Humanities
807 Walker Avenue
Memphis, TN. 38126
Book Cover Submissions: Open to all art students at HBCUs. Ideas for the Cover Art can be sent to the above address. Cover Art should be created in png, jpg, gif format. The drawings should be 6x9. Artwork should be submitted to cdburns@cbpublish.com
All artwork will be considered for publication in the book. Please include all relevant contact information with your e-mail submission. Including the title of the art. Your e-mail should have a subject line of: So Vividly Alive: Artwork.
Poets and authors will not be compensated, but all poets selected will receive a complimentary copy of the book. Partial proceeds from the sale of this anthology will be donated to the LeMoyne-Owen College Fine Arts & Humanities Department.
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