Sunday, January 31, 2010
Fun weekend for Anti- submissions
Wow, this was some weekend for Anti-. I got to add a second name to the Anti- blacklist after a guy (the only three people I've ever told not to send work to me at either journal I've edited were guys, what a shock) was verbally abusive simply because I rejected him. And also, the first guy on the Anti- blacklist sent me another submission, then was verbally abusive when I pointed out that I had asked him not to send work again last year because he was verbally abusive when I asked him not to ignore our guidelines about how often to submit or lie about when he had last sent work, as if I don't have e-mail records. So now their messages go straight to the trash folder. Congratulations, guys!
In much happier news, I accepted several excellent poems that you will be seeing in upcoming features and issues. Here's a preview of some of the poets soon to have features:
Rob MacDonald
Erika Meitner
John Cotter & Shafer Hall
Marcus Wicker
Martha Silano
Clayton Michaels
Soham Patel
Stefi Weisburd
In much happier news, I accepted several excellent poems that you will be seeing in upcoming features and issues. Here's a preview of some of the poets soon to have features:
Rob MacDonald
Erika Meitner
John Cotter & Shafer Hall
Marcus Wicker
Martha Silano
Clayton Michaels
Soham Patel
Stefi Weisburd
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Thanks for sharing, Steve. Poets gone postal!? I had no idea . . . thanks for taking it like a man (har!).
The ones who do that aren't actual poets but the borderline personality disorders who get attracted to poetry for whatever reason.
I have been utterly shocked by some of the vitriolic responses to rejections from BOR. We are NICE. You should not tell us to go fuck ourselves for sending a nice rejection note.
Oh, and don't get me started on the ones who submit over and over again...
Oh, and don't get me started on the ones who submit over and over again...
Years ago, I worked at a small literary journal, and it was shocking to me, the nasty notes we would get from people whose work we rejected. How do people find the time (and energy) to write nasty notes?
Now, that I have been on hiring committees at the community college level, I am shocked at the nasty notes we get from people who are supposedly "educated."
And phone calls. I don't even want to start on those...
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Now, that I have been on hiring committees at the community college level, I am shocked at the nasty notes we get from people who are supposedly "educated."
And phone calls. I don't even want to start on those...
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