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My inbox is open for submissions of poetry and pop culture pitches.
PopPoetry Is Open for Pitches
Hello, PopPoetry subscribers! I have some exciting news: my inbox is open for submissions of pitches for guest posts!
Have a hot take on a topic at the intersection of poetry and pop culture? Can’t stop thinking about a particular poet whose work appears on your favorite show? Read a book of poetry by a celebrity that still makes you think? Have you been playing the “poetry game” à la Poets Watching TV with a process television show you love that hasn’t been written about here? Pitch an article to run on PopPoetry!
To date, these are the kinds of posts that have run on PopPoetry since its inception in 2020:
Explainers about poets and poems referenced in pop culture
Poets Watching TV: learn to watch TV like a writer and engage with writing prompts to glean surprising insights into the creative life
Analyses of poetry tropes and stereotypes in pop culture
Poets Go Pop: Interviews with poets whose work engages pop culture elements or who have had their work appear in TV shows, films, songs, and more
All That Glitters: (Re)appraisals of musicians, actors, and other culture-makers who have written and/or published poetry.
…and more!
If what you want to write doesn’t fit into one of these categories, don’t sweat it. Take a swing and contact me anyway. Who knows what we might be able to come up with together!
Pitch your PopPoetry guest post in a Twitter DM or by emailing poetrygoespop at gmail dot com. Posts will go live between August 2022 and November 2022. I’m able to offer a very small honorarium for your work ($30) and will happily promote your work and email it to my subscribers! If you’re looking for a length benchmark, 1,000–2,000 words ought to do it, though again, I’m flexible. I don’t have a hard deadline for these posts, but to have your work run in 2022, submit your pitch by August 1 for best consideration.
If your pitch is accepted, I’ll give you a deadline and post date, edit your piece lightly for clarity, send you a secret draft link to review as a proof, then set your article to be sent to subscribers and published online.
I can’t wait to grow this community of poetry and pop culture obsessives with guest posts this year!
Happy pitching!
—CC
Up Next
I’ll be back next week on Wednesday with a new free post on the pernicious trope of the poem as riddle, as seen in countless pieces of pop culture and, as I’ll discuss, Season 4 Episode 12 of Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s deliciously soapy and surprisingly affecting 9-1-1.
See you in July!