Call for materials for anthology FloriDaDa

[Editors Laura and Richard <floridada@gmail.com>]

Dear Poets,

We are seeking submissions to a new, unique anthology that is
designed to represent the current state of poetry in, and inspired
by, Florida. This anthology, FloriDaDa, will favor the bizarre?which
is to say, normal?aspects of life in the Sunshine State. For this to
be most successful, we're seeking the best of your work--perhaps
unusual, perhaps experimental--related to this subject.

We hope to publish FloriDaDa with Rock Press as a book-length
paperback in the fall of 2008. Funds are quite limited for this
project, so a waiver of permission fees would be appreciated. Our
intention is to promote it at all available venues, such the Miami
Book Fair International, the annual A.W.P. conference, and any other
situation that allows us to be a public nuisance. We intend for this
to be the first volume in an occasional series of collections that
will give respected poets a chance to lead the way for writers and
readers involved with Florida as a creative crucible.  
Why produce such an anthology? It's time for Florida poetry to
receive its due, not just as a conspiracy by coincidence but as a
distinct state of verse. Not enough readers see Florida for the deep
and wildly provocative context it can be. For this reason, we're
looking for original work that showcases the best poets in the
state--and the best poets affiliated somehow with the state--as you
capture whatever makes this sandbar with vegetation into fertile
ground for art. We're convinced that poetry is the optimal medium to
portray life in a region that strains the credibility of both fiction
and nonfiction. We expect our readers will agree with us.

There will be four categories for submissions:
1. Natives (poets actually born here)
2. Transplants (poets who moved here)
3. Passing Through (visitors or people who once lived here who have
written poetry about Florida)
4. Snow Bards (part-time residents)
 
Please submit your poems in reply to to this email address
by midnight, August1, 2008. Here's what we need you to do:
 *  Send up to 5 poems in a single word document to
    Floridada@gmail.com
 *  Put your name and email address on every piece. 
 *  In the subject heading of the email, state the category you are
    submitting to, which means either Native, Transplant, Passing
    Through, or Snow Bards
 *  In the body of the email, include a bio of no more than 100
    words.  
 *  Please also sign the attached document [below]  and send it to: Richard
    Ryal, P.O. Box 770925, Coral Springs, FL 33077-0925
In signing the attached document, you warrant that you are the sole
owner of the rights granted and that your material does not infringe
upon the copyrights or other rights of anyone. If you do not control
these rights, we ask that you submit another piece to which you
possess sole rights.

Your inclusion in FloriDaDa will help us bring honor to the community
of accomplished poets connected to this state. If at any time you
have questions, please don't hesitate to contact us. We'd also
appreciate you forwarding this email out to other appropriate poets
in the community.

Cheers,

Laura McDermott and Richard Ryal
co-editors
FloriDaDa
Rock Press, Fall 2008



AGREEMENT

This Agreement is entered into between the editors of FloriDada, Rock Press
and _______________ (the "author") on the ________day of ____________ 2008.

1. Author has submitted for publication by Rock Press works titled
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________,
(hereinafter, "the work"). Author represents that this is original work,
created by him/her, that he/she is the exclusive holder of the copyright in
the work, and that the work does not infringe any legal rights or interests
belonging to any third party. Author further represents that the work has
not previously been published in any medium.

2. Rock Press is interested in publishing the work and, subject to change,
currently expects to do so in the anthology FloriDaDa. Author acknowledges
that he/she will not receive payment from Rock Press or the editors of
FloriDaDa for the publication of the work. Author grants permission to Rock
Press and the editors of FloriDaDa to edit or modify the work for the sake
of clarity or to address space needs. 

3. Author grants Rock Press an exclusive, royalty-free license to publish
and reproduce the work in the print anthology FloriDaDa, and any other
electronic or web site publications associated with the anthology from the
date of this agreement until the 90th day following the first publication
of the work in the print version of FloriDaDa. Following the 90-day
exclusivity period, author grants Rock Press a non-exclusive, perpetual,
royalty-free license to publish and reproduce author's submitted work in
FloriDaDa's print and electronic or web site publications associated with
the anthology or compilation. Author also grants Rock Press the right in
perpetuity to authorize third-party on-line databases that reprint Rock
Press materials to publish and reproduce the work.

4. In creating or furnishing the work, author shall be acting as an
independent contractor and not as an agent or employee of Rock Press or the
editors FloriDaDa. Any associate or assistant that author may retain in
connection with the work shall be at author's own expense and will not, in
any event, be or be deemed to be an agent or employee of Rock Press or the
editors of FloriDaDa.

5. Author agrees that he/she will include, in any republication that the
author arranges, an acknowledgement that the work initially appeared in
FloriDaDa.

Author 	_________________________________________________________

FloriDaDa 	_________________________________________________________

Rock Press 	_________________________________________________________