[New-Poetry] Electronic Submissions

[TheOldMole]

Johnathon --

Nice poem by Anthony Robinson, at one time a member of this community.

I like the format. Is there an error in Zachary Schombuirg's reading? He 
seems to be saying "chain and pendant," where on the page the line seems 
to be "charm and pendant."

The (unintelligible) is part of the poem? Interesting. And something you 
couldn't do outside of an electronic format that includes audio.

Since it's one poem, up for a week, have you thought of doing more with 
the visual layout of the page?

Have you considered putting more information (click to receive RSS feed, 
ITunes podcast) on the page with the poem?

All in all, good luck with this. It's a great format.

Johnathon Williams wrote:
> I edit an online poetry journal at Linebreak.org, and we only accept 
> electronic submissions. The benefits are many:
>
> 1. Our staff can work from anywhere
> Electronic submissions allow myself and my two co-editors to 
> collaborate remotely without the cost of photocopying and mailing. Our 
> publication doesn't have an office or a mailing address — only an URL.
>
> 2. Organization
> Electronic submissions eliminate the clutter of being inundated with 
> reams of paper. There are no SASEs to track or manuscripts to return. 
> We read, track, vote on, and accept/reject submissions through a 
> shared Gmail account. All correspondence is archived online, which 
> creates an instant record of everything we do.
>
> 3. Speed
> This is a byproduct of organization, I think. The delay between making 
> the decision to reject or accept a poem and notifying the author of 
> the decision is a matter of seconds. And because we can all access 
> submissions at the same time, we make most decisions quickly.
>
>> Open electronic submissions can be debilitating, if one is not 
>> careful.  MiPOesias allowed these for awhile; I became overwhelmed.  
>> I had to get assistants, and what began as a labor of love became a 
>> labor.  I found that many people did not read the magazine before 
>> submitting.  I rec'd a range that included poetry I wouldn't look at 
>> cross-eyed, even some cowboy poetry.  If many of the submitters had 
>> read even two or three poets I was publishing at the time of open 
>> submissions, it would have likely cut my submissions in half.
>
>
> Amy's point above is true in our experience, too: some people who 
> submit electronically obviously haven't read our archives. In our 
> experience, though, the benefits of electronic subs far outweigh this 
> one drawback. In our case, inappropriate submissions haven't been 
> debilitating so much as slightly annoying.
>
> Aside from submissions, we manage all of our internal documents (style 
> guide, production schedule, etc) online as well using Google Docs. I'd 
> recommend a similar setup for anyone doing an online publication.
>
> By the way, we're a relatively new publication, and submissions are 
> always welcome. You can check us out here:
>
> http://linebreak.org
>
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