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Announcing the Names of the Contributors to Our Haiku Anthology!

Hello everyone!

As we mentioned previously, the submission call for our Haiku Anthology was our most successful to date. With almost 1,500 haiku received, we are sure that you can imagine how challenging the selection process must have been!

One thing that you may not know about us. We have a higher rate of acceptance than most publications, because we believe in giving a voice to as many creatives as possible. If your work is inspiring / uplifting, and (of course) follows our rules, we will do our best to include it in our anthologies. 

That is the reason why, when we saw how many excellent haiku we would have to reject, we decided that one volume would not be enough. And in fact, we settled on three volumes, each of which will contain about 90 haiku!  

Today, we would like to share the names of our featured contributors. Check out the list below.

Volume 1

Sergio Coronel, Paula Frew, Precious Gauthier, Joelle A Godfrey, Tom Heath, Molly James, Stephanie Jane, Diane Meyer Lowman, Steven-Mark Maine, Isabella Mori, Kari Moss, Nichola Napora, Samantha Ortega, Felicia Prevo, Marjolein Rotsteeg, Pallavi Suri, Ellen Tandojo, Amanda Weir-Gertzog, Jamie Wimberly, Julia Yong LaFrance, and Jade Young.

Volume 2

Sissel Almgren, Kristen Balyeat, Julie Blitzer, Bonnie L. Boucek, Bill Cox, Prisha Dalal, Erinola Daranijo, Mawadda Elbanhawy, Hanna Melo Fugulin, Patricia Henery, Jane Hunter, Tom Islava, Raveena Kaur Potiwal, Jim Landwehr, Robert Miller, Sean Patrick, Abby Pepple, Larissa Pereira Moraes, Moe Phillips, Nicole Reese, Lydia Ruanna, Isabella Stoddart, and Jasmine Wang.

Volume 3

Sarah Ambata, Ruby Appleby, Flo Au, Papp Győző Benedek, Joshua Blaine, Sierra Conn, Lauren Cuppy, Danny Daw, Mary Beth Defer, Timothy Dillehay, Connor Flinn, Darby Goulden, Farah Aqeelah Marwilis binti Helmi, Edward Cody Huddleston, Govind Joshi, Chris Langer, Ella Leith, Leo Liu, Fionntán Macdonald, Jemma Marie, Beth McCoy, Alex McMahon, Templeton Moss, Yvette O’Kay, Siddhi Pawar, Vishnu Rai, Archer Roehrig, Ayodele Sasegbon, Thomas Shaw, Ruben Whitter, and Ting Ze Zhi, Isaac.

What’s Next?

We are currently working on the manuscripts and the book cover. We hope to be able to share the latter with you within the next two weeks. And then, we will announce the release date for each volume.

In the meantime, be sure to leave a comment below to congratulate our featured contributors.

Have a wonderful week!

Cendrine & David

An Update about Our Haiku Anthology

Hello everyone!

A quick update about our Haiku Anthology, whose submission period closed yesterday.

We are delighted to announce that our submission call was a resounding success. Over 260 talented poets sent us almost 1,500 haiku! 😱 😍

While we have already sent congratulatory emails to several contributors, we still have many haiku to read. As such, we ask for your patience.

Please, do not email us to ask for a publication date. We don’t know when it is yet. We first have to wait for all selected poets to confirm their interest in being in our anthology. We will only be able to start working on the manuscript when that step is complete.

We will be back with an update for you around the third week of June. So watch this space. 😉

Have a wonderful weekend!

Cendrine & David

‘The PoArtMo Anthology: Youth Edition (Volume 2)’ is available!

Hello everyone!

We are delighted to announce the release of the PoArtMo Anthology: Youth Edition (Volume 2)!

The PoArtMo Anthology: Youth Edition is a yearly publication that celebrates inspirational / uplifting young writers from around the world. Participants are between 13 and 16 years old.

Volume 2 features contributions from 24 creatives. Their names are included below:

  • Poetry: Shailey Bellamkonda, Ella Blakely, Aakriti Garg, Angie Greene, Lauren Hacke, Grace Haller, Vivian Huang, Emily Jarecke, Tanvi Jeph, Anna Kuang, Vera Lin, Makili Matty, Paavni Mehrotra, Arden Nasveschuk, Dia Nigam, Saara Parijaat, Anika Raffle, Angel Tang, Cate Traywick, Cindy Wang, Tatum Zola.
  • Stories: Eve Ballard, Morgan Gustafson, Abigail Kim

Click below to purchase your copy:

If you enjoyed the book, make sure you leave a review on Goodreads! Our contributors will be delighted to read your thoughts. 


Please note that we only release digital copies (ebooks) of our anthologies. This allows us to keep our costs and book prices low, and to avoid charging young participants for submitting to us.

We also do not distribute our anthologies to Amazon, because the company has a zero-tolerance policy towards non-original content. If something is available on the Internet (and social media), we cannot use it in a paid ebook. Why? Answers here and here.

Thank you for reading!

Release date for “The PoArtMo Anthology: Youth Edition (Volume 2)”!

Hello everyone!

We are delighted to announce a release date for the PoArtMo Anthology: Youth Edition (Volume 2)!

The PoArtMo Anthology: Youth Edition is a yearly publication that celebrates inspirational / uplifting young writers from around the world. Participants are between 13 and 16 years old.

Volume 2 will feature contributions from 24 creatives. Their names are included below:

Poetry:

Shailey Bellamkonda, Ella Blakely, Aakriti Garg, Angie Greene, Lauren Hacke, Grace Haller, Vivian Huang, Emily Jarecke, Tanvi Jeph, Anna Kuang, Vera Lin, Makili Matty, Paavni Mehrotra, Arden Nasveschuk, Dia Nigam, Saara Parijaat, Anika Raffle, Angel Tang, Cate Traywick, Cindy Wang, Tatum Zola.

Stories:

Eve Ballard, Morgan Gustafson, Abigail Kim

Release Date

The PoArtMo Anthology: Youth Edition (Volume 2) will be released on March 23, 2023. Right now, you can pre-order your copy for 50% off the original price. So, $1.99 instead of $3.99!

Don’t delay though, as the offer will end on release day!

Last But Not Least…

Before we go, we would like to remind you of two things:

  • Auroras & Blossoms only releases digital copies (ebooks) of its anthologies. This allows us to keep our costs and book prices low, and to avoid charging young participants for submitting to us.
  • We do not distribute our anthologies to Amazon, because the company has a zero-tolerance policy towards non-original content. If something is available on the Internet (and social media), you cannot use it in a paid ebook. Why? Answers here and here.

Thank you for reading!

“The PoArtMo Anthology: Youth Edition (Volume 2)” Is Almost Here!

Hello everyone!

The second volume of our annual PoArtMo Anthology: Youth Edition is almost here. And it is even better than last year!

The PoArtMo Anthology: Youth Edition is a yearly publication that celebrates inspirational / uplifting young writers from around the world. Participants are between 13 and 16 years old.

Volume 2 will feature contributions from 24 creatives. Their names are included below:

Poetry:

Shailey Bellamkonda, Ella Blakely, Aakriti Garg, Angie Greene, Lauren Hacke, Grace Haller, Vivian Huang, Emily Jarecke, Tanvi Jeph, Anna Kuang, Vera Lin, Makili Matty, Paavni Mehrotra, Arden Nasveschuk, Dia Nigam, Saara Parijaat, Anika Raffle, Angel Tang, Cate Traywick, Cindy Wang, Tatum Zola.

Stories:

Eve Ballard, Morgan Gustafson, Abigail Kim

‘PoArtMo Anthology: Youth Edition (Volume 2)’: Cover Reveal!

As you can see, this year’s cover follows the same theme as the one we used for volume 1. We wanted something that says ‘young’, ‘inspired’, ‘creative’, and ‘inspiring’ at the same time.

‘The PoArtMo Anthology: Youth Edition (Volume 1)’ — Release date: December 23, 2021

What’s next for the PoArtMo Anthology: Youth Edition (Volume 2)?

We are almost done with formatting and editing. The manuscript should be ready to be uploaded to Draft2Digital for distribution very soon! If everything goes well, we will be able to announce a release date within the next couple of weeks.

In the meantime, keep an eye on the blog, as we have a mini-series coming up. Several contributors to volume 2 will share what inspired the entries they submitted to us. All we can say is this: You should be impressed!

Last But Not Least…

Before we go, we would like to remind you that Auroras & Blossoms only releases digital copies (ebooks) of its anthologies. This allows us to keep our costs and book prices low, and avoid charging young participants for submitting to us.

Thank you for reading! See you very soon for more news.

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