A warning to poets: Jorie Graham is judging this year’s “blind” competition. We have little reason to believe this competition will be judged fairly or that Graham will not recognize the work of her suck-ups.
We advise that you may wish to send your $10 fee elsewhere.
Poets & Writers (Sept/Oct issue) asks Richard Howard about Judging Contests.
Richard Howard responds:
“You do it blind. You don’t know who’s writing these things, or you don’t ordinarily. Now someone like me, who’s read a thousand poems a month because of the magazines I edit–of course I know most of the activity, or a lot of […]
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As you can see, the Globe article was very helpful, but we need a reporter without baggage who’s willing to tackle these important issues. Who will take the challenge?
And a piece on WGN, based in Chicago.
Here is the complete interview we gave for the Boston Globe article.
And here is the response on WBUR.
Foetry salutes our neighbors up North. Read this piece in the Globe and Mail.
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