Margaret attempts to bind THRIFT 4 while keeping cat hair out of the glue.

Since the release of issue one, (bootleg copied on an office copy machine after hours, hand-collated, and staple-bound through donations from Main Street Rag…all 100 copies sold out within the first three months), THRIFT Poetic Arts Journal has developed a community of artists and writers who participate in journal submissions, readings, gallery openings, workshops, and community-building efforts.

Poets and artists associated with THRIFT Poetic Arts Journal have led summer youth camp poetry seminars, performed at diversity festivals, and have combined efforts to promote the arts as a method for social and individual healing within corporate, middle-class, and inner city communities.

THRIFT Poetic Arts Journal Submission Guidelines

THRIFT Poetic Arts Journal publishes all forms of art and poetry, including poetry that lends itself to the spoken word. We publish work from everywhere, though preference is given to artists from Charlotte, NC, and the Southeast.

Our goal is to bring about understanding through art and writing by providing a venue for unique voices. The Journal’s foundation is in sincerity, and we are only interested in work that conveys an honest and individual perspective. We especially love a new approach.

We work on one issue at a time, and read submissions in the Summer and Winter. Deadlines are January 15 th and June 15 th of each year.

Acceptances will be notified by email or via an SASE. Poems will not be returned unless requested.

All submissions should be mailed to:

THRIFT Press
Attn: Editor Margaret Allegrucci
P.O. Box 5424
Charlotte, North Carolina 28299

Email questions to thrifteditor@thriftpoeticarts.com Due to the volume of submissions, THRIFT Poetic Arts Journal can no longer accept email submissions.

POETRY
Send up to 5 poems, not to exceed 2 pages per poem. Please send an SASE with proper postage if you’d like your copies returned. Please make sure your name and complete contact information appear on each page of your submission.

ART
THRIFT Poetic Arts Journal is currently printed entirely in black and white, with color cover art. Send a slide of your work with standard labeling, or a disc with a 300 dpi jpeg image. Include an SASE with proper postage if you’d like your submission returned. Cover art must be original. To be considered for the cover, please contact Margaret Allegrucci at thrifteditor@thriftpoeticarts.com.

MUSIC AND SPOKEN WORD
Special editions of THRIFT Poetic Arts Journal will be accompanied by a compact disc of spoken word performance and music. Preference will be given to music inspired by or that inspires poetry. Send an mp3 to thrifteditor@thriftpoeticarts.com or a compact disc of your recording to the mailing address above, along with an SASE if you’d like your disc returned.

Payment is one complimentary copy of the issue.