Spreadsheets are good for keeping track of submissions
Just cos it's text and not cash doesn't mean you can't spreadsheet it
L
On Thu, October 21, 2010 12:07, Patrick McManus wrote:
> I must be getting old now
> -yes I know that feeling I miss the bombs dropping on our air raid shelter
> courtesy those Nazi bombers and was it Horlicks than granny used to ply
> me with P most ancient
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Millicent
> Sent: 20 October 2010 20:53
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Poetry Pet Peeve
>
>
> Greetings,
>
>
> I must be getting old now, officially, since I mourn the good old days!
>
>
> Here's another pet peeve.
>
>
> In the olden days of poetry submissions, I printed out copies of my
> poems, put them in an envelope with an SASE and a cover letter then mailed
> them. Pretty much the only "guidelines" I checked were dates that the
> journal accepted work and how many poems they wanted (3-4 or 3-5). I also
> used to rotate which journals I subscribed to (limiting myself to five
> each year--for financial reasons). Back in the 90's I even had a spiffy
> computer program that spit out cover letters and tracked submissions for
> me (all I had to do was enter the journal and, once I had submitted there,
> the address and editor info was saved).
>
> Now?
>
>
> Gosh. Some journals are online, some are print. Some want snail mail
> submissions, while others request email but no attachments, while still
> others WANT attachments (but all poems in one file with a specific name).
> Still more have their own forms or online submission tools. The most
> complicated ask you to create a login and password and fill out a form,
> then create a PDF for each poem as well as a cover letter, then confirm
> your submission via email.
>
> I am sure it will happen some day, but it would be nice if there were
> standards or a central submission tool. Or, heck, even an agreement about
> requirements.
>
>
>
> Millicent
>
>
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http://www.cordite.org.au/poetry/creativecommons/poems-for-ivor-cutler-3
http://www.cordite.org.au/poetry/cc-the-remixes/the-man-who-finds-himself-amusing
"This is not a time for foolery, or compliments. It may be that both of us
are within a few minutes of death... And I, at any rate, don't propose to
die with polite insincerities in my mouth. "
C S Lewis - That Hideous Strength
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Lawrence Upton
AHRC Creative Research Fellow
Dept of Music
Goldsmiths, University of London
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