Hi Jill,
> I understood that as long as a poem had not appeared before in a certain
country it was considered unpublished, so that you could publish in a
magazine once in US, once in UK, once is Australia etc. Is this true?<
No, I don't think so -- unpublished means unpublished anywhere,
strictly speaking, otherwise poetry competitions would specify
'previously unpublished in the UK', etc. It would be up to the
editor as to whether he/she was willing to take published work
on this basis, on the grounds that the 'readership' is new even
though the poem isn't. I think most editors would credit the
source of the poem's initial publication, in this case -- it's proper
practice (". . . first appeared in the New Yorker . . ") -- same as
articles or essays.
>'first electronic publication' a category unto itself? <
This I don't know -- one of the poetry magazine editors will,
though . . . . . .
>nationality of the web's server at all relevent? <
No, since country of publication isn't an issue. References
are made to the URL only (i.e. where it is / was available online),
i.e. _Jacket_. (ed. John Tranter). Issue 12, October 2000.
Available at: URL http://www.jacket.zip.com.au/jacket12/jones
. . . . etc
Basically the same as a reference to a print journal -- title,
volume/issue/date, 'place' of publication.
Andy
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