Deadline: 31 July 2011
As part of events to mark the one year remembrance of the tragic death of Professor Esiaba Irobi, Loneranger Comprehensive Theater Services, Owerri, Imo State, has undertaken to sponsor the publication of Rhythms Through Cancer-an anthology of poems on cancer. The anthology will be dedicated to Ezenwa Ohaeto.
Interested writers are therefore invited to send in their entries through e-mail to lonerangerfilms@yahoo.com
GUIDELINES:
- The subject column of the mail should be addressed (2011 Anthology: Poem)
- Entries must not exceed 3 works.
- Entries must be sent in a Microsoft Word attachment with a biography of not more than sixty words pasted on the body of mail.
- The deadline for receiving entries is 31st July, 2011. Any work sent in after the deadline will not be considered
The title is Rhythms through Cancer: an anthology of poems on cancer and cancer related issues
It shall have two editors comprising the main editor and a coordinating editor.
Each poem must not exceed hundred words. Contributors are expected to explore but not restricted to the following themes
1. The state of medi-care in developing countries
2. Healthcare and the fate of the Nigerian writer
3. Cancer in varying shapes and shades
4. Cancer around the globe
5. The writer, the exile, the doctor, and cancer
6. Cancer and effective cure: foraging into the future
7. Symptoms of cancer
8. Factors that promote the prevalence of cancer
9. Traditional African and Orthodox Western medicine: the struggle for the soul of cancer
10. Cancer, children and Gender issues
NOTE:
The editors reserve the right to either include or reject any work as they deem appropriate.
Contributors still reserve the copyright of their individual works and are free to use them for any other personal reason.
Rejected works will not be returned to their owners but deleted from the e-mail inbox.
The owners of works accepted for the anthologies will be notified.
Every contributor whose work(s) appears in the anthology is entitled to a complimentary copy.
Contact Information:
For inquiries: lonerangerfilms@yahoo.com or call 08063591311, 08037262774
For submissions: lonerangerfilms@yahoo.com