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. The next themed issue will be Volume 12:1, to be published in January 2011. The theme has not been announced. Look for more information here in summer 2010. Poetry News Authors are invited to provide information about their readings, publications, and other activities for listing in the Poetry News section. Information should be submitted any time in the month prior to an event or publication to beltway.poetry@juno.com. Please note that listings of Readings and Performances only include events in the greater Washington DC area, although we cover a larger geographic region for listings of Competitions, Grants, Calls for Entries, Workshops, and Special Events (covering all of DC, MD, VA, WV, and DE).   Forthcoming Issues Vol. 10:4, October 2009 US Poets Laureate Issue Guest editor: Dan Vera Essays, interviews, tributes, and poems, with a timeline Contributors: Grace Cavalieri, Michael Gushue, Alan King, Peter Montgomery, Robert Waxman, Christy Zink, and others Vol. 11:1, January 2010 Tenth Anniversary Issue: A Celebration of Guest Editors Poems and anecdotes, from 14 contributors, all of whom have generously served as guest editors during the journal's first ten years. Contributors: Kwame Alexander, Naomi Ayala, Andrea Carter Brown, Sarah Browning, Regie Cabico, Grace Cavalieri, Teri Ellen Cross, Katie Davis, Brian Gilmore, Merrill Leffler, Toni Asante Lightfoot, Saundra Rose Maley, Hilary Tham, Dan Vera. Vol. 11:2, April 2010 Regular issue, with longer features on 6 poets Vol. 11:3, July 2010 Literary Groups and Institutions The fourth in a series on DC's literary history, this issue will focus on writing groups, reading series, presses, and bookstores that have nurtured DC writers past and present. Essays and interviews. Vol. 11:4, October 2010 Regular issue, with longer features on 6 poets Vol. 12:1, January 2011 Theme Issue with open call for entries: theme to be determined Guest co-editor to be determined   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