Writing poetry?

Question

okay I write really good poetry, and my ultimate goal is to have my own poetry book published one day. So my question is how do I go about doing this, and how hard is it. I know it's pretty difficult to get a childrens book published, so I was wondering about poetry. Also I have written all of my poems threw my teenage years, so the book would be geared towards teens.

Answer 1

Web on Dustbooks.....they have a complete line of books to help you. I use the International Directory of Little Magazines and Small Presses to find publishers of books.

This book has presses for ALL types of poetry...Len Fulton, the owner of Dustbooks is a great guy and has ansered several of my questions!

Answer 2

Try to send this magazine, they would help you:

folow the link:

http://www.poetrymagazine.org/about/guid...

Answer 3

Try your best dont give up!

Answer 4

Well, maybe before you try to get a whole book published, you could try to get separate poems printed in magazines. Here are some magazines and other writing sites you could try:

http://www.merlynspen.org/magazine/

http://teenink.com/

http://www.ypp.net/index.asp

http://www.frodosnotebook.com/

http://www.teenlit.com/

Also, here is a site that lists different publishers:

http://www.bowker.com/

Here is a website that lists small presses, grants, and other things:

http://www.pw.org/toolsforwriters

Hope I helped!

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Answer 5

Writing contests are pretty good. Look through magazines and news papers and submit some of your work. That will get you noticed. There is a writers magazine too (I don't remember the name) that you could subscribe to as well.

English teachers and professors are good too. Ask someone at your college.