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Submissions are accepted in person 1/2 hour
before the show.
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Bring a hard copy of your
poem, that rant can keep.
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If selected, you will read one poem that
night. That poem will be published online and has a very good chance of being in printed
Rant Art anthologies.
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You will be asked to sign a release so we may use
your image and your poem in Rant Art Media.
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We will call poems by title from the stage, so
anticipate staying for the reading. (It's only an hour)
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Submissions are blind. The Editor will not know
the author when selecting work for the show.
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Read the
poet rules, and our
manifesto, bring work that speaks to us.
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Submit online:
there’s no dancing but it’s still a
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We will publish an issue in January composed solely of Internet
submissions; send a reasonable number of poems for consideration
through one MS word attachment. Introduce yourself to us in the
body of the email.
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Send to
submit@rantart.com. All rights
revert to the authors upon publication in Rant Art, and the
works can then be subsequently published, though we ask that you
credit Rant Art as the place of initial publication. We'll
accept simultaneous submissions. We do not consider previously
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Audience Rules:
If you don’t follow these three
rules we’ll sick the door dominatrix on you.
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JOIN US
Ever watched a poet and thought about what you would say if you
were up there behind the mic? If so then you’re in a fragile
pre-performance phase called puberty. Now I know you may notice
some changes in your body and you’re thinking it may feel
awkward and strange but this is normal. When ever you’re ready
to jump up on the stage and Rant we are here for you. We will
back you up no matter how much your first poem sucks, we will
clap. And we’ll make everyone else clap too. What are you
waiting for?
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SUPPORT US
Poets need a supportive
audience, were not saying you have to hug them or tuck them in
at night but fuck would it kill you to clap. Don’t waste your
life being that girl who is too cool to clap. You don’t have to
put your drink down you can just slap your thigh. Try this: just
make a little noise when something moves you, it will not only
make for a better show, but it will actually improve your sex
life too.
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DON’T JUDGE US
Don’t judge our
poets, unless you have the balls to do it on the mike. But DO
NOT corner a poet in the bathroom and give her shit for her
views or her performance. So take it easy tiger, we encourage
our poets to take risks and to be controversial. And if you give
them shit for it - the poetry is gonna get all wimpy. So write a
response and Rant-it at the next show. We dare you.
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Poet’s Rules:
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TO RANT IS TO VENT
Don’t show up with your
journal. Don’t spend five minutes telling us how good you are in
bed. Rant is a place to vent. Take a risk, say something that
you’ve never had the balls to say before. Push the envelope or
push your own definition of self. You don’t need to have answers
or solve the world’s problems, but ask some questions give us
something to think about.
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WHAT TO RANT ABOUT
Bud, you’re gonna have to
answer that one by yourself. I mean, I can hold your hand
through most of this but I can’t write the poem for you. Rant
about what ever is on your mind: if you need to rant about your
ex - do it. If you need to rant about your boss or the guy at
the deli - do it. If you need to rant about the bombs and the
war - do it. And if you’re afraid people will disagree with you
all the more reason to do it. Explore the sides of yourself that
you’re not so sure of. It feels good, I promise.
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RANT BUT DON’T BE
ARROGANT
Don’t make the mistake of
thinking it is your job to tell us what to do or how to
live. That tone is gonna alienate the audience and if you do
that you’re not going to communicate anything to anyone. Give us
something real, something human. Provoke.
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