CEArts is accepting submissions of artwork images, poetry & song lyrics, and prose for our 2025 edition of The Polk Street Review!
The Polk Street Review (TPSR) is a unique anthology and creative place-making project that publishes submissions from creatives across the globe. TPSR is published annually by Community Education Arts Press, a division of Community Education Arts (a 501c3 nonprofit Arts organization based in Noblesville, Indiana). We welcome submissions from both professional and amateur creatives. Our annual submissions deadline is November 01. Annual editions are published each February (for example, submissions sent in by 01 Nov 2024 are published in the Feb 2025 edition). The Polk Street Review project has received international status with submissions and followers from all over the world. Awards (ribbons or certificates) are given in three categories: Prose; Poetry/Song Lyrics, and Images, as well as Award of Merit (Best in Book) and Special Award(s).
All information, submission guidelines, & the Submission Form can be found at https://cearts.org/2025-the-polk-street-review
The annual theme is an optional prompt. If you’ve haven’t been published in TPSR, we suggest you use the theme prompt.
2025’s Optional Theme is: Behind The Veil. If you choose to use our optional theme, we want your creative responses to Behind the Veil. The questions below are just to get you thinking about the unlimited possibilities evoked by this prompt ~ innermost thoughts, secrets, spiritual insights, beliefs, desires, and so much more ~ it’s always up to YOU to creatively interpret our optional theme!
What lies behind the veil? What has remained hidden for too long and has now been exposed as we draw the curtains back? What’s the excited or nervous bride thinking under her veil? What happens when the veil between life and death thins and loved ones pass beyond? How does a veil shift how we perceive different cultures?
We have some inspirations on our webpage to start your creative juices flowing!
For the first time, we’ll have TWO special sections in the book!
One will be devoted to submissions from Northwest Arkansas (NWA) and the other will be devoted to submissions from Northwest Arkansas’ Native American Nations! Our partnership with The Empowerment Initiative (which is based in Bentonville AR) has brought the people of NWA into our global family. We’re excited about these two new sections, and we look forward to receiving submissions from a variety of NWA creatives! All submissions in these sections will be considered for a “Best In Section” award, one from each section.
We look forwad to receiving YOUR inspired creations!
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT: 01 November 2024
(Questions? Contact us at info@cearts.org. If you use the phone number requiredfor this listing, please leave a message.)