Peter
I don't know how much is too much but 9 months is too much for submissions
to a magazine.
If I remember, I chase them before that; and if I don't hear or don't get a
clear answer then I withdraw the writing. We shouldn't have to chase each
other, of course; but it happens.
I suggest only that *we shouldn't rush to the degree of sending the same
poem to two or more places at once; and I only *suggest
I have had writing published without any acknowledgement at all. That was on
the web and I found out by going to the site. They've been added to my
personal list of outlets not to submit to.
L
| Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 18:09:35 +0100
| From: Peter Howard <[log in to unmask]>
| To: [log in to unmask]
| Subject: Re: Digest of poetryetc - volume 1 #338
| Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]>
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| On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Lawrence Upton wrote...
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| >We all rush a little too much
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| How much is too much? Is nine months before receiving a rejection slip
| (the longest I've waited) rushing things? Clearly, both editors and
| poets can make things either easier or more difficult for each other,
| but expecting poets to hold off submitting elsewhere while waiting an
| indefinite time for a decision, seems to me unreasonable. Perhaps time-
| limited submissions would be feasible, so that if the poet doesn't hear
| within (say) three months, they can assume that they are free to send
| the poem elsewhere. That might make things easier and more satisfactory
| for both parties.
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