I guess you're right. Technically, one isn't rejected from a contest; one just loses. But the upshot is that the manuscript isn't accepted for publication, so I lump it in the rejections category.
Joannie Kervran Stangeland writes poetry and the Poe-query blog. Her new book, Into the Rumored Spring, was published by Ravenna Press. Joannie's also the author of two chapbooks--A Steady Longing for Flight (winner of the Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Award) and Weathered Steps (Rose Alley Press). Her poems have also appeared in The Midwest Quarterly, Valparaiso Poetry Review, and other publications.
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Sounds like you are getting close :) Hang in there
Wisconsin?
Michael - I hope so!
Supervillainess - Yep.
Yes, "strong" is a word we writers love to be applied to our work. But how can you be rejected from a contest?
Happy real Emily Dickenson's birthday!
Oops, typo in Dickinson.
I guess you're right. Technically, one isn't rejected from a contest; one just loses. But the upshot is that the manuscript isn't accepted for publication, so I lump it in the rejections category.
Oh....Joannie....we poets certainly know how to make a tiny compliment go a looooooooong, long way!
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