CELEBRATE DOLLY PARTON'S 76TH BIRTHDAY WITH POETRY SUBMISSION CALL FOR DOLLY PARTON POETRY ANTHOLOGY TO DEBUT JANUARY 19, 2023 Last year, many of you helped celebrate Dolly’s Parton’s 75th birthday with Limp Wrist’s tribute issue, co-edited by Limp Wrist editor Dustin Brookshire and poet Julie E. Bloemeke. We had over 18 poems selected from hundreds of submissions. Both Collin Kelly and Caridad MoroGronlier were nominated for Pushcart Prizes. We Zoomdebuted the issue with a reading, complete with musical numbers and a fashion homage to our favorite Saint of Tennessee. But Julie and Dustin decided one celebration was not enough, and fortunately the folks at Madville Publishing agreed. So, what better way to begin 2022 than by topping off our cup of ambition? Help us celebrate Dolly Rebecca Parton’s 76th birthday by submitting your work for the Dolly Parton Anthology, which will debut on January 19, 2023. Submission window will open on Dolly’s birthday and close at midnight (CST) on June 1, 2022.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR: Dazzle us with your Dolly expertise. Pay tribute to her music, movies, TV appearances, philanthropy, Dollywood, Dollyisms, interviews, fashion influence, religious connection, family history. We want to see how you envision Dolly as a cultural phenomenon, and how your work helps amplify Dolly as a national treasure. And, while we love rhinestones and sequins, we want to see poems that move beyond Dolly as queen of glitz and sparkle. Poems don’t have to be “fully Dolly”—we invite work with cameos, Dolly impersonators/look-a-likes, or Dolly-adjacent portraits. We want to read poems that include a well-placed Dolly appearance that strengthens the intention of the poem. DO’S TO CONSIDER: Show us you’ve read some Dolly history, are up on Dolly lore, or give us some anecdotes that will surprise us. Reveal some Sevierville or Nashville or share some insight into Dolly’s costume designers or tour bus driver. Know where or on what Dolly first penned the lyrics to “I Will Always Love You?” Run with that.
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