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<BODY BGCOLOR="#66CCCC" TEXT="#080000" LINK="#FFFFFF" ALINK="#000400" VLINK="#FFFFFF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#CC3300" FACE="Arial" ><B>FootHills Publishing</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC99" FACE="Arial" >   </FONT> |   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FootHills Publishing"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About FootHills Publishing"><U>About FootHills Publishing</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id136.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wheeler Hill Readings 2009"><U>Wheeler Hill Readings 2009</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id131.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="New and Announcements"><U>New and Announcements</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id135.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FHP POETS LIST"><U>FHP POETS LIST</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Supporting FHP"><U>Supporting FHP</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Springfed Chapbook Series"><U>Springfed Chapbook Series</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id115.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Dire Elegies"><U>The Dire Elegies</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id116.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SWA"><U>SWA</U></A>   |   <B>Submissions Info</B>   |   <A HREF="id134.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SF 59"><U>SF 59</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact FHP"><U>Contact FHP</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Submitting to FootHills Publishing</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>FootHills Publishing will be open for unsolicited submissions </B></div> <div> <B>ONLY DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>FootHills Publishing is a small family-run press in our 26th year of operation. Interest in our work has grow tremendously in the last few years and we have been closed to unsolicited submissions. It  was a neccesary decision, but one I've been a little uncomfortable with. Consequently, we will open for submissions for the month of August only. If it goes well, we'll make this an annual opening.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Each poet who is accepted for publication by FootHills will receive 10% of the run as payment. There is no financial commitment expected of any poet whose work is published by FootHills Publishing. We started FootHills Publishing as work of the heart. It still is, but we hope it can continue to be at least self-sustaining. What we do expect is a commitment to help sell the books. Towards that end, each accepted poet should provide us with an e-mailing list of people we can send notices of publication to. We will notify them of your book's availability and they can order if they so choose. Each poet can also purchase additional copies of their book at a 50% discount, though there is no obligation to do so.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>What I have learned over the years is that poetry is a hand-sell. There are only so many big name poets whose books are looked for in stores. The most successful selling books we have had are by poets who go out into the world with their books. Poets who give readings and let people know they are a poet, who always have books with them, </B><I><B>sell books!  </B></I><B>You don't have to be a salesperson, just a poet who is not shy about being a poet.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>We prefer submissions as MSWord attachments. Please send a complete manuscript and not just a few sample poems or query letter. Have the poems in order and contained in one document, not a separate document for each poem. Bios are not needed as we judge manuscripts solely on the basis of content.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>We will respond as soon as possible, but if you haven't heard from us after 45 days or so please send a gentle email reminder, it helps.</B></div> <bR> <bR> </BODY>