Announcing DALLY POST PRESS,
a new imprint of OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters (O:JA&L)
Open call for chapbook submissions:
COWBOY POETRY
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O:JA&L’s Dally Post Press will consider single-author chapbook collections of 20 (minimum) to 44 (maximum) pages of COWBOY POETRY. Submitters should include an acknowledgments page if any individual works have been previously published. The acknowledgments page, the dedication page, and the table of contents are not to be included as part of the page count. (Pamphlets of 4-16 pages and broadsides as single titles up to 36 lines will be considered under the same general guidelines.)
Submit the manuscript as a single document. Begin each individual poem on a new page within the document. .docx files are preferred. Follow other general O:JA&L guidelines that may apply.
Use a cover letter that contains all contact information and includes a professional biography in third person of up to 100 words. To ensure processing by the correct editors, the subject line or cover letter should include the words “Call for Submissions: DALLY POST CHAPBOOK.”
Simultaneous submissions are accepted with the understanding that notice to O:JA&L will be prompt if a MS is accepted elsewhere.
No reading fees apply. “Expedited” consideration is not available.
To view an example of the PDF chapbook, click on the title RIDER ON THE ROUGH STRING.
To view an example of the PDF single-title broadside, click on the title MANHUNT IN MOSSY CREEK.
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Conditions:
- Chapbooks, pamphlets, and broadsides accepted for publication will be released to readers as free PDFs through the O:JA&L website and will enjoy limited distribution as O:JA&L subscriber premiums.
- No ISBNs will be associated with these titles.
- Copyright for the PDF versions of these chapbooks will reside permanently with OJAL Art Incorporated, O:JA&L, and O:JA&L’s Dally Post Press and with the writer. Submitters please note: O:JA&L makes no claim of copyright on your original material. Our claim of copyright extends only to the version of your work that we release online and in proprietary files provided (with a free production license) to each published writer.
- Rights for printed versions of the PDF will be reserved on behalf of each author.
- OJAL Art Incorporated, OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters (O:JA&L), and DALLY POST PRESS will provide to each writer of a published PDF chapbook a free license to produce a printed version to bring to market for the writer’s own purposes.
Submissions open May 1. Submissions close December 1.
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Image: Blue Rider 2 (AI-assisted digital image) by O:JA&L staff creative. 2025. Public domain via MidJourney AI.
OJAL Art Incorporated, publishing since 2017 as OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters (O:JA&L) and its imprints Buttonhook Press, HOT BUTTON PRESS Contemporary Issues, and HIGH BUTTON PRESS Contemporary Art, supports writers and artists worldwide.
O:JA&L’S BUTTONHOOK PRESS MASTERS SERIES
CLICK ON THE TITLES TO EXPLORE THE FREE PDF CHAPBOOKS IN THE MASTERS SERIES
The Buttonhook Press Masters Series: Brian Clements on Prose Poetry
With an Interview by Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto
The Buttonhook Press Masters Series: Mark Budman on Flash Discourse
With an Interview by Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto
The Buttonhook Press Masters Series: Ray Gonzalez on Prose Poetry
With an Interview by Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto
The Buttonhook Press Master Series: Michael Martone on Flash Fiction
With an Interview by Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto
The Buttonhook Press Master Series: Roberta Allen on Flash Fiction
With an Interview by Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto
The Buttonhook Press Master Series: Peter Conners on Flash Fiction
With an Interview by Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto
The Buttonhook Press Masters Series: Maxine Chernoff on Prose Poetry
With an Interview by Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto
The Buttonhook Press Masters Series: Pedro Ponce on Flash Discourse
With an Interview by Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto
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