PoetrySz: demystifying mental illness is an e-zine featuring outstanding poetry by people living with mental illness. It is updated three times a year in March, July and November. New and established poets from countries like UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and many others have been featured. Since its inception in 2000, more than 80 poets have been published in PoetrySz.
The e-zine started as an experimental project for its editor, Jill Chan, who at that time was just recovering from mental illness:
“It gave me the opportunity to visualize and actualize a goal at a time when I needed to. Because while recovering, I was at a stage of feeling around and needed some grounding.”
The e-zine has served as a venue for poets who are just starting out and who went on to be featured in various literary journals and publications. In addition, among the established poets featured in PoetrySz are kari edwards who is in the Best American Poetry anthology; Christopher Barnes who has a web page in the BBC; and Coral Hull, a well-known artist / poet / activist from Australia.
We welcome all styles of poetry. You can read the submission guidelines at http://www.poetrysz.net