Poetry Submissions: October Style
So in the past week, I’ve made several poetry submissions to: ***** I’ve also submitted a chapbook manuscript to the Wick Open Poetry Competition for Ohio poets. ***** While part…
So in the past week, I've made several poetry submissions to:
- Virginia Quarterly Review(they've got to have the coolest online submission form on the planet)
- Michigan Quarterly Review
- Chattahoochee Review
- The Cincinnati Review (this submission makes me a bit nervous, because the poetry editor is a former undergrad professor of mine--I can already see the rejection note saying, "Your skills have actually diminished since college, and they weren't good then."--yes, maybe that was a foolish decision)
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I've also submitted a chapbook manuscript to the Wick Open Poetry Competition for Ohio poets.
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While part of me wants complete acceptance from all of the above, I'd really be happy with an acceptance from at least one.
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Actually, a nice rejection note from any of the above would go a long way toward making me feel good.
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Or even a coffee stain on one of the form rejection letters. (It doesn't take much.)
Robert Lee Brewer is Senior Editor of Writer's Digest, which includes managing the content on WritersDigest.com and programming virtual conferences. He's the author of 40 Plot Twist Prompts for Writers: Writing Ideas for Bending Stories in New Directions, The Complete Guide of Poetic Forms: 100+ Poetic Form Definitions and Examples for Poets, Poem-a-Day: 365 Poetry Writing Prompts for a Year of Poeming, and more. Also, he's the editor of Writer's Market, Poet's Market, and Guide to Literary Agents. Follow him on Twitter @robertleebrewer.
