Sunflower Tanka Anthology

🌻Sunflower Tanka🌻 Submissions Open Soon!

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Colleen Chesebro

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Robbie and I feel strongly about providing opportunities for syllabic poets to publish their poetry. We’re both thrilled to sponsor & to be part of the 2025 Sunflower Tanka Anthology.

Robbie has created a special piece of art for the cover. Unicorn Cats Publishing Services will be creating the EPUB and print book & covers for publication on Amazon.com, with an expected publication date in the first week of December 2025.

Submissions Open August 9–September 9, 2025, for the 2025 edition of the Sunflower Tanka Anthology.

We’ve created a site on Blogger: https://sunflowertanka.blogspot.com. We knew, eventually, Sunflower Tanka will need a site to list the different yearly editions. It’s also a place to find the buying information for the anthologies.

The Sunflower Tanka information on Tanka Tuesday (WordPress) will remain. 🌻

Robbie & I will reveal the theme for this year’s theme on August 9th, on Tanka Tuesday.com & sunflowertanka.blogspot.com.

✍️ MARK your calendars

Learn about the accepted syllabic poetry forms HERE.

Thanks for your support.

🌻Robbie & Colleen🌻 Contributing co-editors

28 responses to “🌻Sunflower Tanka🌻 Submissions Open Soon!”

  1. robbiesinspiration Avatar
    robbiesinspiration

    A beautiful post 🌻

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    1. Colleen Chesebro Avatar
      Colleen Chesebro

      I’m thrilled, we’re working together on this new anthology, Robbie. You’re an amazing co-editor. 🌻

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      1. robbiesinspiration Avatar
        robbiesinspiration

        So are you, Colleen 🦋🩵

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      2. Colleen Chesebro Avatar
        Colleen Chesebro

        Thank you. ☺️

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  2. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
    Terri Webster Schrandt

    I admire all the creative projects you foster, Colleen and Robbie! 👏🌻

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    1. Colleen Chesebro Avatar
      Colleen Chesebro

      Thank you, Terri. We appreciate your support! 🌻

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  3. willowdot21 Avatar
    willowdot21

    This is so exciting 💜💜

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    1. Colleen Chesebro Avatar
      Colleen Chesebro

      Thank you, Willow. We love helping poets publish their syllabic poetry! 🌻

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  4. Kay Castaneda Avatar
    Kay Castaneda

    This is wonderful news, Colleen and Robbie! I have a couple that I’ve been working on. I can’t wait to learn this year’s theme. 🤩

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    1. Colleen Chesebro Avatar
      Colleen Chesebro

      That’s wonderful news, Kay. Please help share the word. 🌻

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      1. Kay Castaneda Avatar
        Kay Castaneda

        I will share the news, Colleen.

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      2. Colleen Chesebro Avatar
        Colleen Chesebro

        Many thanks! 💜

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  5. Chris Hall Avatar
    Chris Hall

    Yay!! 🌻🌻

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    1. Colleen Chesebro Avatar
      Colleen Chesebro

      You will LOVE the theme this year, Chris. 🌻

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  6. merrildsmith Avatar
    merrildsmith

    Excellent, Colleen and Robbie! 🌻

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    1. Colleen Chesebro Avatar
      Colleen Chesebro

      Thanks, Merril. You will love the theme!

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      1. merrildsmith Avatar
        merrildsmith

        You’re welcome, Colleen! 😊

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  7. yvettemcalleiro Avatar
    yvettemcalleiro

    I love the new site! Thank you for including my review on the anthology! I’m excited to learn the new theme soon. Thank you to you and Robbie for creating this space for all of us.

    Yvette M Calleiro :-)

    http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com

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    1. Colleen Chesebro Avatar
      Colleen Chesebro

      You’re so welcome, Yvi. We all work hard learning syllabic forms together. The anthology is a great way to showcase our hard work. 🌻

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  8. Eugi Avatar
    Eugi

    How exciting, Colleen, and I love the new site on Blogspot. 🌻💛

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    1. Colleen Chesebro Avatar
      Colleen Chesebro

      Eugi, if you use Chrome, Blogger is a breeze to set up. I did have help from Melissa Lemay on how to get the pages to show on the top menu. It’s perfect for a permanent site for the Anthology. Thanks so much for your support. 🌻

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      1. Eugi Avatar
        Eugi

        I follow a few on Blogger, and often thought about setting up my own site. I’m still working on revamping my WP site. We’ll see.

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      2. Colleen Chesebro Avatar
        Colleen Chesebro

        The themes on Blogger are free and there are no ads. Plus, you can get some colors for hyperlinks, unlike WP. Now, they make you pay for colors. Plus they plaster ads all over. ( I use an ad blocker and that helps). Followit.com will send you an email for comments. For a simple site/blog, it’s a win. 💜

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      3. Eugi Avatar
        Eugi

        Thank you for the information, Colleen. 💖

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  9. pvcann Avatar
    pvcann

    How wonderful ❤️

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    1. Colleen Chesebro Avatar
      Colleen Chesebro

      Thanks, Paul. Wait until you hear the theme! 🌻

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  10. Jacqui Murray Avatar
    Jacqui Murray

    Sharing…

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    1. Colleen Chesebro Avatar
      Colleen Chesebro

      Thanks so much, Jacqui! 🌻

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