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I am trying to raise money for an orphanage in Bulgaria. If you are interested in submitting something then please read the guidelines below. Please feel free to pass the information on.
Silky

Submission Guidelines for Poetry and Short stories

DEADLINE: Friday, 26th August 11:59pm GMT 2011

By submitting poetry the authors grant Longford Writers’ non-exclusive rights to publish their poem/s or/and their short stories in print, digital and audio on behalf of the Dimcho Debelianov Orphanage in Bulgaria.

Copyright of all poem/s or/and short stories remain with the author.

Please submit to longfordwriters@hotmail.co.uk all correspondence is by email to keep cost to a minimum.

Guidelines
1. We are accepting poetry in ANY form.
2. No more than three poems per submission.
3. Short stories of no more than 2000 words.
4. Previous published work accepted. (Please state where first published)

After publication, the books will be on sale at a cost of £9. 99 and that include P&P for UK only. A small extra P&P may be charge for overseas buyers.

All profits made from the books are going towards the orphanage. No-one is being paid for their services.
For information about the orphanage, please visit the following site where you can make a donation if you don’t wish to take part in the anthologies.

Good work John, hope it goes well.

A Birthday by Christina Rossetti

My heart is like a singing bird
Whose nest is in a water'd shoot;
My heart is like an apple-tree
Whose boughs are bent with thickset fruit;
My heart is like a rainbow shell
That paddles in a halcyon sea;
My heart is gladder than all these
Because my love is come to me.

Raise me a dais of silk and down;
Hang it with vair and purple dyes;
Carve it in doves and pomegranates,
And peacocks with a hundred eyes;
Work it in gold and silver grapes,
In leaves and silver fleurs-de-lys;
Because the birthday of my life
Is come, my love is come to me.

Cheers,
Christina