Poetry Submissions: October Style

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.)