How to Write Poems Online

There are many places to write and submit poetry online. No matter what kind of poetry you write, or wish to write, you have the opportunity to publish using the internet.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Computer
• Internet access

1. Read a lot of poems. Study contest winning poems and those by poets who have had a lot of poetry published. Notice similarities and differences between your own poems and the winning ones.

2. Start by submitting to e-zines such as CrossConnect, AlsopReview, MelicReview, or SolHome, or look through the list of e-zines given in PoetryMagic, poetrymachine, and poetrykit.

3. Enter poetry contests offered by sites such as Fanstory.com, poetry.com, and writingroom.com. They offer prizes and publication in books and online. You can buy a book with your poem in it, but no purchase is required to be published.

4. Join a writing website such as helium.com, writing.com, or chapteread.com that offers feedback from other writers as well as contests and writing tips. Ability to submit articles to magazines is available on some of these sites.

5. Subscribe to poetry magazines. Many of them offer contests and online submissions.

[stevemar2]

on 1/29/2009 Good tips! I am a beginner when it comes to writing poetry. Check out my poetry on my homepage.