All our poems are letterpress printed on fine paper at All Along Press in St. Louis, MO using their antique Heidelberg Windmill or Vandercook #4. Poems are printed as individual 5 1/2 x 8 inch pages which can be collected into reader-curated chapbooks or journals. Imagine a playlist of favorite songs, but composed of poems...
We are currently reading for Edition 3, ETA September 2012.
Full text of Editions 1 & 2 can be read via the editions tab at the Architrave website. The full text of each poem's insert can also be read via the online shop.
Poetry Tip Jar - $3.00
Architrave is a labor of love, but love doesn't pay the printer.Poets are ALWAYS WELCOME TO SUBMIT FOR FREE; in fact, you're encouraged to do so. If you're like most poets that $3 is needed elsewhere.
But for those who are able, and who'd like to help Architrave continue on its mission, please consider sending a tip with your submission. Your work will receive no special treatment or consideration. Your only reward will be that warm fuzzy feeling you get after you done good, plus a sincere "Thank you" for your help.
The guidelines are the same as for free submissions (see next box below).
Poetry
Size limit: 33 lines not including title; stanza breaks=1 line
Send up to 5 original, unpublished poems.Poems available online are considered published.
It is our goal to reclaim poetry for non-poet readers. To that end, we seek work that has an element of story or an intriguing speaker, as well as a solid emotional core. Please help us prove that accessible poems don't have to be simplistic, boring or safe.
Simultaneous submissions are welcome; please notify us as soon as possible if you've placed submitted work elsewhere. Please submit all poems as a single document and wait for a response before submitting another group of poems. If you wish to be read anonymously, do not include contact information within the submitted file. We make every effort to read and respond within 6 weeks.
We acquire first serial rights; all rights revert to the poet upon publication. Poets receive 10% of the print run of their poem. Typical runs are 250 copies, so poets receive 25. Poets are free to sell their copies independently (or keep them, or give them to friends...).