Thursday, February 14, 2008
Sigh
I've now had three poems accepted by journals after I e-mailed to withdraw the poems because they were accepted elsewhere. The list (in each case, the first journal is the place the poem was accepted first, the second the journal I sadly had to say no to):
"Crestone Conglomerate" - The National Poetry Review (won the Laureate Prize) / The Southern Review
"Cushion" - Crab Creek Review / DIAGRAM
"You Throw the Ball, You Hit the Ball, You Catch the Ball" - Backwards City Review / The Southeast Review
So now I've added those unlucky second places to my bio note on this site just so I can have a little fun with it.
P.S. As of right now, I'm still trying to drive to Columbia this evening for the Bredle/Muench reading.
"Crestone Conglomerate" - The National Poetry Review (won the Laureate Prize) / The Southern Review
"Cushion" - Crab Creek Review / DIAGRAM
"You Throw the Ball, You Hit the Ball, You Catch the Ball" - Backwards City Review / The Southeast Review
So now I've added those unlucky second places to my bio note on this site just so I can have a little fun with it.
P.S. As of right now, I'm still trying to drive to Columbia this evening for the Bredle/Muench reading.
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Congrats Steve that is a bummer but not a bad place to be. "Journals that wish they could publish my work include . . . "
My recent faux pas:
Yalobusha Review / Salt Hill
No Tell Motel / The MacGuffin
It's a tough spot to be in but one that inevitable.
Yalobusha Review / Salt Hill
No Tell Motel / The MacGuffin
It's a tough spot to be in but one that inevitable.
I wish I had such troubles in such volume. My most recent issue occurred on a significantly smaller scale:
Poetry Midwest/The Tule Review
Thankfully, Tule had mercy on me and accepted something else.
Poetry Midwest/The Tule Review
Thankfully, Tule had mercy on me and accepted something else.
That's happened to me recently too, and I'm fairly tip top when it comes to emailing -- to the DAY of acceptance -- the other journals who I sent the work to. Too much staff around usually only a few email addresses = poem acceptances lost in the shuffle. As long as they're nice about it though, which most are, then you accept it (which is of course a bittersweet thing) and move on. And yes, a weird place to be in, but better than no one wanting them in the first place I suppose...
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: February 15, 2008 3:21 PM
: February 15, 2008 3:21 PM
Man, that's gotta hurt to say "Sorry, but..." to the Southern Review. (It would for me.)
I'm just going back to simultaneous submitting (after trying the one-at-a-time routine) and have thought about this possibility.
Though like Brent says, it's a nice problem to have!
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I'm just going back to simultaneous submitting (after trying the one-at-a-time routine) and have thought about this possibility.
Though like Brent says, it's a nice problem to have!
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