Ribbons Submission GuidelinesSubmissions to Ribbons, the Tanka Society of America journal, are open to TSA members and nonmembers alike. You are welcome to submit up to ten original and unpublished tanka for each issue, plus essays, interviews, news, and announcements. Submissions by email are preferred (please include all text in the body of each email; no attached files, please, unless requested). Submit to drice2@comcast.net with the subject heading “Ribbons Submissions.” Or submit by postal mail to:
David Rice Ribbons Editor 1470 Keoncrest Drive Berkeley, CA 94702 USA
Your submissions must not be under consideration elsewhere, submitted to any contest, or previously published anywhere at any time, including online. However, any tanka posted to online workshop lists or on Facebook are permissible. All rights revert to authors upon publication, except that the TSA reserves the right to reprint content from its publications on TSA social media sites and its website. Tanka ProsePlease send one tanka prose piece to our tanka prose editor, Autumn Noelle Hall, at ribbonstankaprose@gmail.com. Please include all text in the body of each email; no attached files, please, unless requested. While submissions by email are preferred, you may also submit tanka prose by postal mail to: Autumn Noelle Hall Tanka Prose Editor 6815 Howard Street PO Box 815 Green Mountain Falls, CO 80819 USA Prose count should not exceed 300 words. The number of tanka is unlimited (within reason and when in service to the whole). Please include a creative title. “Additionally, in the interest of transparency and fairness, I would like to ask contributors to please consider the status of Ribbons as a member journal. In seeking to represent the myriad ways tanka prose is being written today, as well as to ensure that an opportunity to share tanka prose is offered to the greatest number of poets possible, I would respectfully ask tanka prose writers whose work is accepted to please refrain from contributing again for at least one submission period following publication. Thank you for helping me to honor our TSA membership by sharing this limited space with your fellow tanka prose poets.” —Autumn Noelle Hall
Book ReviewsPlease send book reviews to our book review editor, Amelia Fielden, at anafielden@hotmail.com (please include all text in the body of each email; no attached files, please, unless requested). You can also submit books for review or book reviews by postal mail to:
Amelia Fielden Ribbons Book Review Editor 20A Elouera Avenue Buff Point, NSW 2262 Submission DeadlinesRibbons submission deadlines are in-hand no later than the following dates:
April 30: Spring/Summer Issue August 31: Fall Issue December 31: Winter Issue
The Ribbons editor will respond to all submissions within one month of the submission deadline.
RecommendationsRibbons seeks fresh material of the highest standard to present to our readers. Any tanka with a sensibility that distinguishes the form will be considered. Therefore, we welcome different syllable counts, varying individual styles and techniques, and we’re open to diverse yet appropriate subject material.
Essays and book reviews must also be well-researched and offer fresh insights and information. To ensure that your proposals and drafts of substantive work such as articles, essays, and interviews receive the proper attention, please send your inquiries and submissions well in advance of deadline dates.
Note: These submission guidelines do not apply to submissions for the Tanka Café column (open to TSA members only). See Tanka Café submission guidelines.
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