Image above: Jose Guadalupe Posada's Gran Calavera Eléctrica

BELOW IS THE REVISED CALLOUT: PLEASE NOTE NEW GUIDELINES AND NEW DEADLINE OF 10 OCTOBER 2024

Donald Trump has already made the USA a more dangerous and divided place to live in. The prospect of a second term with him as president of the world’s richest, most powerful military empire is a terrifying one. He is personally unfit for office, his policies are reactionary and unjust, and if he wins the election in November the whole world will become an even more unequal, dangerous and divided place to live in, especially for the poor and the powerless.

We call on poets and artists everywhere, across the globe, to contribute to a new anthology which we will aim to publish in November, before the presidential election. Our provisional title is ‘What Rough Beast’, courtesy of WB Yeats, and our co-editors are Merryn Williams and Rip Bulkeley.

We would welcome poems and artworks not only about Donald Trump as an individual, but also about wider issues from recent American history, Trump’s followers, his policies, and what the USA and the world would be like if Trump were to return.

We will publish the anthology as an epub before the election, and make it freely available to download on the website. Print copies will also be available to purchase, later in November. 

Guidelines 

1.    Please send us up to three original poems, for which you retain the publishing rights, in any language. Shorter poems are more likely to be accepted than long ones, and no epics please.

2.    We also welcome satirical artwork on the same terms; please use the JPG/JPEG format at 300dpi.

3.    You may be resident anywhere in the world; please include your name, address, and contact details in the body of the email.

4.    Preferably, please send your submissions as attached files.

5.    All poems/artwork will remain the copyright of the author, but Culture Matters will have the right to publish them online and in print.

6.    Please send everything to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., copied to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by NEW DEADLINE: midnight UT, 10 October 2024.