Dear Matthew
Have you edited a magazine?
Best wishes
Sean O'Brien
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From: Matthew Francis <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 10:39 PM
Subject: Re: query
> Peter Howard writes:
> >
> >
> Personally, I would regard as 'published' a poem of mine that had
> appeared on a web site (mine or otherwise), but I wouldn't regard it as
> published if I'd just posted it to an email list like this one.
> >
>
> >
> For myself, I would regard it as published if I'd submitted to a web
'zine,
> but not if I'd put it on my own site. It is certainly a very grey area.
>
> Peter adds:
> >
> >
> I wouldn't submit the same poem to two different web 'zines if they
> wanted first publication.
> >
> >
> And, I suppose, nor would I. But as a matter of principal I resent editors
> telling one not to submit to two places at once. To submit a poem for
> consideration is not to make a commitment. All you're offering is the
chance
> for a particular editor to make an offer for it. It could happen that the
> poet doesn't like the offer and says s/he had a better one elsewhere. Only
> in a world where poets are considered the lowest form of human life would
> this be considered unreasonable.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Matthew
>
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