Interested in submitting poetry, prose, art, or photography for possible collaboration in our paperback book anthology to be published through lulu.com, titled Moon Mist Valley? Then email Donald R. Anderson at poetsespresso@yahoo.com or phone 209.405.4041.

Tentative Deadline: Dec. 31st, 2008

Basically we want works to fit the themes of the sections, at least a little bit, of Moon, Mist, and Valley and your interpretation of those symbols.

For written works, please submit in the body of the email, or as a rtf (rich text file), or as a Microsoft Word Document, or as a Microsoft Works Document.

For images, please submit attached as a jpg, tif, png, bitmap, gif, or Photoshop file.

Those are the only formats that will be accepted, no pdfs, no Word Perfect files, none that aren't from the previous list. If you must, you may submit a file in InDesign, though it must be saved from version CS2 or earlier.

If you are sending text, please keep the poems under 40 lines for single page poems and under 80 lines for two page poems. Remember when I reformat and edit the text, it will be in paperback book form that will be 6 inches wide by 9 inches tall, and there will need to be room for margins etc. when I put them in, so keep line lengths not too long and no fancy spacing unless you already have it in the right font, which would be Garamond, size 10pt, titles in bold, author names in italics, with body of poem in roman (no bold or italics in other words) unless used for emphasis for just portions of the work.

Include 4 to 6 lines of biography information (a bio photo as well would be a plus) about yourself, written in 3rd person, which should tell us your previous places of publication, your education or other background, possibly your interests and current projects and, if you wish, "for-all" contact info.

Then you also send us the "for editor only" contact info such as mailing address, phone number, and email address, for business purposes. We will be mailing you proof copies of the works in the editing stages of the book, for you to make sure any corrections, and editorial adjustments for fitting to the layout, that we make and the overall appearances, are all satisfactory to you on paper for you to mail back with a statement of affirmation that the piece is your original work and that you understand the terms of the publishing collaboration. The only payment that you will receive in the collaborative self publishing project of this anthology is the few cents per book sold royalties that will be stored in a bank account for when you wish to withdraw from it. As we have little or no marketing budget aside from the free events we will host for featuring readers from the book, the sales will rely on us to get the word out, and may be very limited unless media discovers us. Please help us make as many connections as we can in this area so that we may have the opportunity to become more than just a small self-publishing collaborative.

Peace, love, understanding, persistence,and multiple truths be with you!

— Donald R. Anderson, Editor