Well...

[tinuvial]

I just found out I'm going to be published again. I submitted my poem I wrote about the rain in my journal to poetry.com and I got chosen as a semi-finalist. This means I'll get published in the Winter Analogy for this year. So far, I've submitted two poems, and both have been published. Now, I'm not quite sure whether that means they'll publish anything anyone sends them to make a buck or if I'm a good poet.

What other experience have people had with poetry.com? Should I be flattered? I mean, I know the whole deal is to get people to buy the anthology (at $50 a pop), however, it's not *required* that you buy it in order to be included, so it's not a complete scam. I'm just curious if anyone has submitted poetry to their monthly contests before.

That's really all that's exciting right now. I'm tired, I'm overworked and I just want to hide out in my room and vegetate for the weekend, but that's probably not going to happen.

Ciao for now.

Comments

[recalcitrant.livejournal.com]

Thats so rad! COngrats.

[misspriss.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!!

I, too, submitted a poem and was published last year. I received a letter saying I was a semifinalist for the $10,000 prize, and also a letter asking my permission to have my poem read aloud on their annual cd of spoken word. I started getting the feeling they were trying to flatter me into buying the anthology, but I was still proud. It was the first time I had ever shown anybody my work, let alone entered a poetry contest.

I never did buy the book, and I cannot find the cd. Oh well, I'm still proud to be published :)