[New-Poetry] on gender and contests_ps

[orphee]

 where can one find the man who makes a living not judging is the more adequate 
question in our view



________________________________
From: Catherine Daly <c.a.b.daly at gmail.com>
To: NewPoetry List <new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>
Sent: Wed, September 15, 2010 10:38:58 AM
Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] on gender and contests

those of you who have judged competitions, contests, for scripts,
manuscripts, plays, etc.:

can you tell the gender of the writer?  by subject matter? other qualities?

is it important to you / do you gravitate toward a particular subject
matter or particular gender of author?  do you know why?

do you prefer works which seem to "transcend" gender, where the gender
of the author does not matter / is not as important as other
qualities?

Since most contests are judged, I think there is probably a big
difference between the slush pile and the finalists (selected,
usually, by readers) and then the winners selected by judges.  I know
that there are certain frequent judges who do seem to choose more
women than men, or more of an even assortment, and certain who do not.
But I would like to hear from the judges themselves.

Catherine Daly
c.a.b.daly at gmail.com
_______________________________________________
New-Poetry mailing list
New-Poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu
http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20100916/4599cbf6/attachment.html>