Sunday, July 25, 2010

Open Status

One thing I forgot in the last post: Everyone will still see their manuscripts in an "open" status on the system until we announce the 50 picks for the anthology. As stated on our FAQs page, we don't release who's in 180 poems going to the guest editor and who is not--just the final 50.

29 comments:

  1. What happens if one of the poems you submitted to BNP just got accepted for publication at a distinguished literary journal? Do you have to withdraw it?

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  2. I meant d'you have to withdraw it from BNP?

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  3. BNP obviously takes already published work. However, if BNP comes out before the other journal, the other journal probably isn't going to want it. I think it is the other journal you need to contact.

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  4. Have all 180 poems sent on as finalists received two readings?

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  5. They say that you will only see two readings if one of the readers needed someone else to look at it.

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  6. Does anyone know when this edition of BNP will be published?

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  7. The postings above are right ... BNP takes previously published material, so it's not a problem for us. Some magazines might not want us to come out before they do, so check with the magazine.

    We anticipate an October 2010 publication if all goes as it should. Had hoped for September, but the reading delay means October.

    --Series Editor

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  8. I have still an open one in my submission status. Does it mean that the open poem has not been ckecked?

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  9. Why not post the names of the 180 finalists instead of keeping writers hanging?

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  10. Agree with Harris....then us losers can submit to places that don't take multiple submissions.

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  11. They won't do it. They never have. They said so up front, I think. You have to admit: it's pretty quick turnaround time. Relax. Savour the suspense.

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  12. You and I we've been through that,
    and that is not our fate.
    Let us not speak falsely now,
    the hour is getting late.

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  13. Anyone here applied for a Ruth Lilly Fellowship? They must have contacted their finalists already...trying very hard to savour the suspense.

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  14. ....tapping table.....dealing solitaire.....the suspense!

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  15. to the person who said "savour the suspense", I deeply respect you, and give you my gratitude :)

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  16. playing solitaire with a deck of fifty one--or just fifty

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  17. Wow. Respect and gratitude for cheesy advice that amounts to: "We're screwed. We might as well just relax and enjoy it."

    Still, I appreciate your respect and gratitude. Thanks.

    (Though I gotta admit: the waiting's getting to me, too. This is my third (4th?) year submitting and, frankly, if I'm out again this year, I'm throwing in the towel.)

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  18. Emily Dickenson only had one poem published in her lifetime. I say, don't fear rejection...don't throw in the towel... Just keep trying if it doesn't work here and now.

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  19. same idea, but I believe she had 7 published in her lifetime

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  20. and her last name was Dickinson.

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  21. Ooops. typo. Sorry for any misinformation. I was just trying to share a positive idea and keep a good poet from throwing in the towel. Tough crowd! : )

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  22. MY DICK IS A LOBSTER

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  23. Just what we need, another lobster with a keyboard.

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  24. There will be an announcement tomorrow. Probably NOT about BNP but, somewhere, almost certainly, something will be announced about something. I'm sure of it.

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  25. It had nothing to do with BNP: "Upswing Makes Chinese Tire Industry a Sexy Buy." - Aug 8.

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  26. this blog needs the editor to chime in on occasion

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  27. Everyone just keep in mind: There must be rejections, but, there must also be winners :)

    Chances may be low, but, you have more of a chance than the wussies who didn't even submit.

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  28. -as opposed to wussies who remain anonymous

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  29. Good Luck Bloggers. I hope you get it. : )

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