Share your story and help fight hunger.
Poetry Is Life Publishing is compiling community poems and letters representing voices in our region who have experienced hunger. What do you crave from your community? Food, love, family, friendship, hope, peace, equality. Have you experienced hunger? What was it like?
Submit your poem, letter or story for the opportunity to be included in the book. A portion of book sales will benefit the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank.
Submit your story
- Submit one or more original pieces of work. Poems can be any style, form or length. Stories should be no more than 500 words.
- Submit your name, age and city, or be listed as anonymous.
- Send your entry to poetryislifepublishing@gmail.com or P.O. Box 228 Akron, OH 44309.
Deadline for submissions is June 30, 2025
Questions? Please contact Jason Blakely at poetryislifepublishing@gmail.com or call 330.459.5529.
* Not all submissions are guaranteed to be published. Writers will be notified if their submission was selected through the contact information they provide. Each writer published in the book will receive a complimentary copy of the book and be notified through the contact information they provide.