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Submit to the KSR Monthly Poetry Gazelle to publish some of your finest 10 poems in a digital poetry pamphlet.
We imagine a gazelle of poems as shorter than a chapbook. The name is derived from the gazelle, of the antelope species, for its beauty and other characteristics such as its alertness, vigilance, and agility. Can a round number of 10 poems give us this?
Each month, KSR will publish 50 poems in 5 gazelles, accompanied by an EP of 10 poems (2 each) selected from the 5 gazelles, which will be uploaded on Anchor and also available on Spotify.
We expect two kinds of submitters. New, unpublished poets who are looking for a place to showcase their works, and already published poets who wish to re-introduce their poetry to readers. Poems can be selected from a forthcoming collection or an already published collection, respectively, as long as poets in the second category own republishing rights. In other words, it is a way to advertise your collection to readers or buyers.
We encourage all African poets to submit. Send your gazelle to terver.ksr@gmail.com.
Your submission should be an MS Doc of 12-15 poems, formatted to 12pt TNR font, single-spaced. Let your email title read Gaz[MONTH], E.g. “GazFEB.”
In the body of email, include your name, nationality, a short bio, and Twitter handle, if available.
Download the January edition of the KSR gazelles here.
Download the February edition of the KSR gazelles here.
Download the third edition here.
Downlaod the fourth edition here.
JANUARY GAZELLES
Warmly,
The KSR Team
