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Devoted To Serving America's Hungry... ...Meals Sponsored By Entertainment.Non-commercial, Not-for-profit, Not-for-giving-up on our dreams for a better world.
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Excellent reviews from Slug & Lettuce, Xerography Debt and Zine Guide. At least one of the reviews are located on our infobooks, link #7 or #7a on our website, at www.DSAME.com or www.geocities.com/loveandunity 2020 .
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"Love + Feeding The Hungry + Stress-Free Living & Entertainment = BNB." That is our motto and the foundation of our non-commercial, not-for-profit publication. Two things will cause your submission to be immediately discarded faster than anything else: Numerous misspelled words (except in handwritten diary format poems) and any submission from non-members. Unlike print-on-demand publishers, publishers that charge reading fees and vanity publishers, we do not charge you anything, at any time to join our band. We are strictly an independent, not-for-profit effort attempting to help circulate positive creations in an effort to make the world a better place. Also, please keep in mind that most of the chapbooks that we accept are printed 90% 'as is' of all topics and tones including, but not limited to, poetry material about social issues and non-violent activism that society would rather ignore. We must boldly state that strikingly beautiful layout and astonishingly elegant page design is far more important than content because we want to print poetry that will be treasured, given as gifts and circulated rather than discarded. Some of the most important issues in the world have been ignored due to poor presentation. We believe poetry should be fresh, alive and perhaps even spontaneously written from your sincere feelings rather than limited to the rehearsed and reconstructed confines of rhythm, meter and the traditional styles of ancient celebrities who established so-called "rules" of writing poetry. The poetry may express pain, happiness, humor but it is most important that the emotions are sincere. In this way poetry can act as a vehicle giving voice to the unheard.  Wants:
We desire to receive all topics and tones of poetry from members no matter how juvenile (such as poems and witing for children) or how serious including, but not limited to, non-violent activism and civil disobedience poetry. Also, authors who are fluent in Spanish have the option of submitting a Spanish version of their English material provided that the English material accompanies it.
. Does not want:
We do not accept translations of another author's work. We do not accept anything that promotes, rationalizes and/or justifies violence (including violent activism), ageism, ableism (which includes the physically and mentally disabled/challenged), classism, racism, sexism, or any form of discrimination against any person’s sexual orientation, religion or lack of religion.
. Age Limit: We accept poetry written by people of all ages
but they must be age 18 and over and a current BNB member. Type of paper used
to
print out chapbooks and zines:
We greatly prefer that BNB members use
100% post-consumer recycled paper, but it is never a
requirement. Most photocopy shops have paper available with
at
least some percentage of recycled content.
[Note: The significant difference between recycled paper and 100% post-consumer recycled paper is that 'recycled paper' may be applied to paper that simply contains 5% recycled paper. Using 100% post-consumer recycled paper makes a monumental difference on the impact of the environment. Thank you.] Art/graphics:
B&W or color artwork of all mediums including photographs, cartoons, collages, rubberstamping, hand-punched patterns, individually hand imprinted paintings, or traces of the author's hand on the back covers, etc.
Ads: No
Advertisements. Mandatory Blank
Pages:
Leave seven blank pages at the back of every zine or chapbook
that you submit. Two or three of those pages will include the
BNB, and DSAME mission statement. No more than one of those
pages will have the personal profile page of the BNB member who
will
duplicate your zine or chapbook. No BNB member may place
advertisements for their work on that profile page, but they may
place their photo, a self-description, their contact information, a
cut-out form for donations/catalog requests, a trace of their hand
on that page and anything that they want to say, even if it
includes
a statement which simply disassociates them from
your zine or chapbook's ideology. A statement of disassociation is not used to cause division amongst members, but it is actually used to enable each member to help one another, regardless of their differences, without sacrificing their beliefs. The other three or four
pages will be used to publish the 'Cycle of Love' thank you
pages. Those remaining three or four pages, if the BNB member
chooses, may also be used to print a list (or perhaps print the
actual receipts) of the preferably local alternative groups or
charities (that strictly feed the hungry) that have received
monetary donations as a result of the sale of the zine or
chapbook.
Page length for
zines
or chapbooks submitted: The minimum length, including
the
cover, is 12 pages (which is 3 sheets of paper folded in
half). The maximum length, including the cover, is 56 pages
(which is 16 sheets of paper folded in half). Please remember, if
you choose to submit a 12 page zine, 7 pages of the zine (excluding the outside back cover) must still
be blank, which will only give you five pages on which to
place your work. If you choose to have a 56 page zine, 7
pages
of the zine must still be blank, which will only give you 47 pages
on which to place your work. The outside back cover of your publication should contain work that you place on it.
Profile Pages and
Thank You Pages: Every BNB member who duplicates your zine or
chapbook will place a single profile page describing
their self and their publications at the back of your zine or
chapbook. Also, every BNB member who duplicates your
zine or chapbook may (but not necessarily) place one or two pages
of 'Cycle of Love' pages at the back of your zine or chapbook.
Cycle of Love pages simply list the names of organizations and
businesses who have been purchasing large quantities of various BNB
zines or chapbooks from that particular BNB member over the past
year. Cycle of Love pages are not advertisemnts. They do not contain photographs, product information nor coupons for people or business. They are simply a way to keep the cycle of love and support for community alive and flourishing. Press run:
Greatly varies.
Free
copies: 100 copies are distributed
free to zine libraries and zine review publications
worldwide.
We do not:
accept
previously published poems. We also do not accept
simultaneous
submissions. We accept
new poems and new writing only.
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Accepts: E-mail
submissions and disk submissions only by request. If you are
not able to submit by email or disk it is never required.
If
you are able to send an email submission the format that we prefer
to receive it in is as an attachment.
Specific submission
instructions: Self Addressed Stamped Envelope. Even if
you
provide an email address please include a SASE.
Reads submissions:
year
round from members only.
Reading fees: We
do not charge reading fees.
Time between
acceptance and publication: Greatly varies.
We Never send
comment on rejected poems. But we will send you an email or
letter to inform you if we have chosen not to accept your chapbook
or zine.
Requirements for
those submitting work:
Free membership required.
Free
Membership
Guidelines available: On website. It is our desire that
our infobook guidelines will be available to female authors of all
social classes in the USA and Canada, even those who don't
use computers. Thus, a
public librarian can easily go to either of our websites, click on
link #7 (for a short infobook) or link #7a (for a long infobook)
and
print it out for anyone. It is important to realize that in our desire to give voice to the social issues in ignored areas of the world, we are currently open to easy submissions which are basically 'a diary style format of poetry writing.' We are also very interested in other experimental forms of poetry. Examples are poetry written in a comic strip, through surreal paintings, etc, the possibilities are limitless. We greatly encourage people in remote areas, rural farmland, bush country or tundra areas of the U.S.A., Canada and their territories to submit material.
. Response
time:
Greatly varies.
Pays:
$25.00
outright to BNB members who desire to sell their book. In
addition, pays 1 contributor copy. Pays no
royalties.
Rights: BNB
member/author retains ownership of their material.
BNB membership
benefits: Free-Op Circulation means that all BNB members are permitted to make limited edition duplicates (up to 1,000 copies each) of every chapbook or zine that we purchase from a BNB member and sell it worldwide. Each BNB member keeps the profits and donates a minimum of $10.00 strictly to non-profit charities or alternative groups such as the Rainbow Gathering, Food Not Bombs (FNB website
and map) that strictly feed the hungry. The BNB member-author retains ownership of their material. No BNB member (unless they are the primary owner of a distribution business) may give or sell another BNB member’s zine to a distributor without receiving signed permission and first making an agreed upon advance payment directly to the BNB member author.
Manuscripts are
selected: through open submission from members only.
Printing
Method:
Generally our members use photocopiers. However some members
may choose to use offset printers.
Binding: Saddle-
stapled.
Size: All zines
that we accept are digest sized (half of a standard sheet of paper
folded.) This enables our members worldwide to
purchase large quantities of 100% post-consumer recycled
paper
at a discounted price from their local paper retailer.
Your zine or
chapbook
may not: include previously published poems or writing..
Sample or Single
books: All books includes secure, delivery confirmation
shipping where available. 'We Tried To Change The World' can be
ordered by sending USA $15.00, Canada $24.00, World, $35.00.
" Hobo Inc," can be ordered by sending USA $10.00,
Canada $19.00, or World, $30.00. " Hobo Inc, the
remix" can be ordered by sending USA $10.00, Canada
$19.00, or World, $30.00.
Absolutely no checks
or cash. Make
money
orders payable to: DSAME.
ALSO OFFERS:
More
Benefits.
Members of DSAME, the BNB, are each given a free personal Internet number (P.I.N.) webpage, only if they desire, on our website which shows website visitors how to send donations or become patrons of the poet directly (or redirects members to the poet’s currently existing webpage). Members webpage on our website receives the 24 hours. 7 days a week worldwide exposure as a result of our networking, co-op involvements and free advertisement space that we have acquired in various publications of all categories. This includes multiple ads in each of the following publications: Rockrgirl Magazine, Zine Guide, The Writer Magazine, Zine World, A Reader's Guide To The Underground Press and many popular free networking websites. They will also have part of their webpage and at least an excerpt of their poetry printed in Trace of the Hand: The All-5-Senses Zine Experience at least once per year. Also, a benefit we offer is that members who reside close to large scale Book, Poetry, Zine, Independent Media and Co-Op conventions can attend and possibly circulate the publications of members who live a great distance from such annual conventions. We also pay to send every members BNB publications to various review magazines worldwide and we purchase and monitor those publications and post the good reviews to your P.I.N. webpage. Link #9 on our website is a printable webpage which gives further detailed information about more benefits. Poet retains ownership of all poems submitted.
ADVICE:
Stay sincere.
CURRENT ADDRESS:
Website: www.DSAME.com or www.geocities.com/loveandunity 2020
Non-commercial, Not-for-profit, Not-for-giving-up on our dreams for a better world.
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