[New-Poetry] Dorset Prize Dustup

[TheOldMole]

James -- I love that. Great image.

JforJames at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 3/24/2007 1:34:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> Opus40-01 at opus40.org writes:
>
>     I'm not sure I completely follow this. I do like Levine's response.
>
> Tad, I think the intensity of the scrutiny and criticism speaks to 
> feeding frenzy that these book prize contest
> have spawned. That and the fallout from Foetry.com and its outing of 
> various "inside jobs" that have gone on and continue to 
> subvert the 'blind' ("No peeking now!, I mean it.") judging of these 
> contests. Contemporary poetry has fomented a mess of presses offering 
> the Famous Dead Poet Poetry Prize and University Press Poetry Prize 
> and the Who's That First Book Award, and now we poets happily like 
> lemmings follow these Pied Pipers as we haplessly crest over the 
> cliff's edge into an anonymous abyss waving a $20 entry fee check like 
> a broken wing
>  
> Finnegan
>  
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free 
> from AOL at *AOL.com* <http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000339>.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
> New-Poetry mailing list
> New-Poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu
> http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry
>   

-- 
Tad Richards
http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/
http://opusforty.blogspot.com/