Hey, folks in the know...When one is submitting a non-fiction essay to online magazines, is it bad form to approach more than one at a time? Do I have to wait to get rejected by one to move onto the other?
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I wouldn't make any distinction between online and print magazines in this case. If they specifiy anything about simultaneous submissions, that's important-- occasionally they'll say "ss are fine"; but, if they say "we really don't like ss" and you think you've got more than little chance of being accepted by two different magazines at once, don't do it. Especially if it's a small/indie magazine: it's not cool if you have to not use a piece you were planning on running. I actually had to write that letter a month ago. I'm not sure the editor will ever look at my work again.
I don't write poetry, ever, but lately everything has been coming to me in poem form. So...I wrote this for class. Be nice to the non-poet, please...
Autumn Morning
Rebirth comes
not in
budding branches and
fresh new green
but in a
bold sudden
tympani of color,
russet and gold and flame.
Not in the
gentle warmth,
spreading slowly outward
after the thaw
but in the
crisp snap
of air made new,
respite from the heat.
That's rather haiku-ish.
Which is funny, considering that my prose pieces are long rambly things.
Poetry is fun. I wrote some after a long dry spell in writing nearly 20 years ago now. I may have to post it.
Hey, folks in the know...When one is submitting a non-fiction essay to online magazines, is it bad form to approach more than one at a time? Do I have to wait to get rejected by one to move onto the other?
Generally, yeah, unless you know for a fact they accept SS. What I do is rewrite significant sections, so I'm technically shopping different essays. Because I am mercenary.
but in a
bold sudden
tympani of color,
russet and gold and flame.
I adore the first three lines of this section, Steph - the 'tympani of color' wins a "oh, yeah, of course, that's what it's like except I've never used those words before" from me. I'd fool with the last line, though. It feels a little... mannered? It doesn't have the same flow.
I like it, though. It does a good job of evoking that first week of real chill, when it's still a new and fabulous thing.
Poetry is fun.
Sometimes. Sometimes it's just a job. And sometimes it's like bleeding from the eyes.
Very nice. I like both the phrasing and the concept.