Ooo, bits of good news
First acceptance in a while. Event is taking a poem. Remember "Things I don't say to the woman beside me in the bookstore reading How to be Creative (If You Thought You Never Could)"? (They took a more polished draft than the early ones posted here). I've been in Eventonce before, but am still thrilled. It's a favourite magazine. (Also, they reply really fast!) I send them my chatty prosey weird ode-to-Raab stuff.
Descant -- high on my wish list -- also wants to take work. Unfortunately the three poems they want ("Crossing," "Wearing the Sun," and "Graft") are from Ghost Maps, though "Graft" had to be cut. Yes, I was good; yes, I did notify them back in February, both my letter and phone. But these things happen. And it's nice to get an acceptance, even one I can't accept.
Finally, the new Waterloo Regional Arts Foundation has invited a second-round submission to their grant process. I had filed a letter of intent to fund taking Ghost Maps into history classrooms locally. I'm excited about this -- and terrified that I have to have a full proposal ready in two weeks. Eek!
Getting Writers' Reserve applications out tonight. More on that tomorrow, probably.
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Go Grant ;-) Yeah on Waterloo. Way to go Erin.
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If “Graft” was cut from the collection, why couldn’t you still let Descant publish that? Or are they only wanting to publish them as a group?
Amanda — not sure what the fate of “Graft” will be. You’re right that they might take it. But it is very short — only four lines.
In case anyone out there is curious about how this lit biz works, here’s the letter I sent to Descant about this whole thingy.
Dear Faye,
Delighted to hear Descant wants to take “Crossing,” “Wearing the Sun,” and “Graft” for the Suburbia issue.�
Unfortunately, though, “Crossing” and “Wearing the Sun” were included in my recently published book, Ghost Maps: Poems for Carl Hruska. (“Graft” was one of several poems trimmed for length reasons — it has never been published.) You may recall I wrote a letter and made a phone call to withdraw these poems back in February, when the publication date of Ghost Maps was moved up to September.�
You are welcome to take “Graft” — it’s one of my favourite pieces, and I hated to loose it from the book. I’d be delighted to see it in Descant.�
“Graft” is a bit short, though, and it been my experience it usually works best in a pairing or group. I know it’s unorthodox to the point of being rude, but may I suggest this as a good pairing for “Graft,” and a very suburban poem:
(another short poem zapped so that Descant can have dibs on it)
Let me know what you decide. Thanks again, and sorry for the mix-up.�
Erin Noteboom