ABOUT Beltway Poetry Quarterly Submissions Beltway Poetry Quarterly does NOT accept unsolicited submissions. The only exception to that rule is our open reading period for special themed issues. We generally have one theme issue each year; however there are no plans for a theme issue for 2008. Please note that Beltway Poetry only features authors with a strong tie to the greater Washington, DC region.   Poetry News Authors who live or work inside the beltway (the ring road surrounding Washington, DC) are invited to provide information about their readings, publications, and other activities for listing in the Poetry News section. Information should be submitted in the month prior to an event or publication to beltway.poetry@juno.com.     Forthcoming Issues The Summer Issue will be dedicated to our literary forebears, with essays tracing Washington, DC's rich literary history. Essays on Gwendolyn Bennett, Ambrose Bierce, Leon Damas, Ann Darr, Tim Dlugos, Gabrielle Edgcomb, Essex Hemphill, Haki Madhubuti, Joaquin Miller, and John Pauker are planned. In addition, we will feature a photo essay on DC Writer's Houses, and an essay on the city's Beat Coffeehouses of the 1950s and 60s.     More About Beltway CLICK HERE for the journal's mission and history, plus subscription information CLICK HERE for information about Staff and Volunteers CLICK HERE for Acknowledgements and Press Coverage of Beltway Poetry Quarterly