Brave New Work: Submitting Writing to Competitions

You’ve poured your heart and your essence onto the page but what do you do with it now? You could lock it away, only to pull it out on a raining day OR you could submit it to a publication or competition. – by Laura Bartlett Did your heart just stop? Did your stomach drop … Continue reading →

The Edited Becomes the Editor: On moving to the dark side of the desk

 – by P.S. Cottier As a working poet (that is, a poet who writes, is published, and even receives the occasional $50 on what I call ‘champagne days’) I have always regarded editors with suspicion.  The tired old image of the Gatekeeper in his medieval armour, asking impossible riddles of those seeking entry into the … Continue reading →