Call for Submissions to "The Poetry of Recovery"

Deadline June 15. New imprint Sante Lucia Books seeks poems for an upcoming anthology titled The Poetry of Recovery. Both published and unpublished poems are eligible. Recovery will be defined broadly as recovery from grief, addiction, alcoholism, divorce, imprisonment, crimes, exile, and other types of loss, including loss of innocence, loss of health, loss of dignity, etc. The poems must be about some aspect of recovery: Poems covering successes and failures, victories and defeats, stress and relief are all welcome. The book will include work by contemporary American poets Cathy Smith Bowers, Fred J. Marchant, Major Jackson, and Rebecca McClanahan, as well as poets from around the world, and reprinted classics. Mail your submissions and SASE to Sante Lucia Books, Suite 500, 1401 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta, GA 30309. Feel free to send up to 10 or 12 poems. If poems have been published, please cite the source in full. If unpublished, please note that on the poem. Include a short bio. Submissions cannot be returned. Email editor Tom Lombardo if questions. For submissions outside the U.S., you may email to editor.