Hm. In that case, can anyone tell me why it is that an editor unfailingly
picks to publish *only the poem that I put in as a makeweight?
joanna
> Thank you, actually, for making me think about that statement. "Send only
> your best work." And there we are again, enmeshed in an unwinnable
> layered contest where part of the "fun" is seeing how closely your
> judgment lines up with the editor's. This sounds very much like a
> variation of the other game: "Read several issues at $12 a pop before
> submitting." Think like the editor, win a prize? Could you imagine
> including a cover note: "This is just some crap I threw together over the
> last week to keep in practice. The stuff I love is out at Ploughshares.
> If they reject it I'll send it to you."
>
> Ken
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