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The copyright of all submissions remains with the author, if the work is accepted for publication in T<em>he Alchemy Spoon<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0then the author agrees that any subsequent publication\u00a0will acknowledge\u00a0<em>The Alchemy Spoon<\/em>\u00a0as first publisher. Once accepted then we are not able to accept any corrections or edits other than typographical\u00a0 errors or\u00a0\u00a0those requested\u00a0by the editors.<\/p>\n<p>We run\u00a0<em>The Alchemy Spoon\u00a0<\/em>on a break even basis so are not able to offer free copies to contributors &#8211; we do however\u00a0send a discount code to those with poems in the issue which gives a 50% discount\u00a0on the price\u00a0of one copy.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;\">You will be asked to create a\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #8d2424;\">free account<\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;\">\u00a0with Duotrope if you\u00a0are not already registered\u00a0\u00a0with them<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;\">All your poems must be in\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #a82e2e;\">ONE<\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;\">\u00a0word-compatible document\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;\">You can submit up to 3 poems,\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;\">you\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #a82e2e;\">MUST<\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;\">\u00a0enter the title of each poem (piece)<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;\">\u00a0on Duosuma when you submit<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong>Poems should\u00a0be in 12\u00a0point Times New Roman\u00a0<\/strong>with\u00a0<strong>a maximum<\/strong><strong>\u00a040 lines\u00a0<\/strong>not including the title<\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-size: x-large;\">Our pages have a\u00a0page width of 16cm\u00a0and print width of 11.5cm (4.5 inches) between margins\u00a0so poems with very long lines can be difficult to format.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;\">Enter\u00a0\u00a0<strong>a<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong>\u00a0 brief bio, maximum of 50 words,\u00a0in the third person<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\u00a0in the\u00a0 Duotrope\u00a0submission manager\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Start a new\u00a0page for each poem\u00a0<strong>with your name at the end of the poem\u00a0 on each page\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">We are only able to accept submissions from those over 18<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Simultaneous submissions are permitted but please tell us straightaway if a poem is accepted for publication elsewhere<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">We aim for a speedy turn-round and will respond to every submission but\u00a0we don\u2019t offer individual feedback<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">No changes can be made after submission<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #2a2a2a;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Authors retain all rights. 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