Archive for July, 2007
Monday, July 30th, 2007
Rattle Poetry Prize Deadline – August 1st
I owe this blog about two dozen posts, but for now, here’s a reminder that the deadline for the 2007 Rattle Poetry Prize is this Wednesday. Postmark more entries by August 1st, or submit them by email before 11:59 PM pst that night. Last year we received 800 submissions, and we’re only on a pace [...]
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Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
The Bard of Belltown
Harvey Goldner passed away last week, from cancer at 65. I didn’t know him very well, but we published a poem of his last summer. The Seattle P-I has written a nice obiturary for him — he drove a taxi a few nights a week to pay for his room at a boarding house, and [...]
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Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
RPP
Okay, you’ve convinced me. Next year we’ll change the simultaneous submissions rule, for the same reason that we started accepting them for general submissions two years ago: we want the best poems we can get.
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Monday, July 9th, 2007
Rattle Poetry Prize – Simultaneous Submissions
Due to some gracious feedback, we’ve made a slight expansion to the guidelines for the Rattle Poetry Prize. In regard to a poem’s availability, the following now applies: RATTLE’s winter issue (Dec. 2007) must be a potential first publication for all works submitted. No previously published works, or works accepted for publication elsewhere. No simultaneous [...]
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Saturday, July 7th, 2007
Feedback Is a Fickle Mistress
Tuesday’s post has me thinking about how hard it is to find good feedback, and a brief Googling of poetry forums only left me more curious. We’re always looking for ways to improve, but what could use improvement? This blog allows anonymous comments, and I’d love for you to leave one. What do you really [...]
