We here at Foetry love conspiracy theories, so we were tickled to receive an email today from editor@pw.org. Oddly enough, there was no message, but our virus scanner told us:
The attached file document07.zip is infected by I-Worm/Netsky.Q.
Seeing as how Poets and Writers, Poetry Daily, Academy of American Poets, the NEA, etc. all like to visit […]
Sun, September 19, 2004
Dear Ms. Mitchell,
Thank you for your offer to respond to direct inquiries. Would you please
provide a complete list of outside judges for the Contemporary Poetry
Series, including the dates they judged, and books chosen?
Also, would you consider altering the guidelines for the contest? We
particularly like the ones used by Tupelo Press:
https://www.tupelopress.org/prizg04dor.shtml
Sincerely,
Foetry
Mon, […]
We submitted a third request today; this one to the Secretary of State’s Office and heard from Ms. Mitchell soon after.
Dear Foetry,
I have just returned to the office from a long trip abroad and have just read both of your recent e-mail messages. I will respond to your inquiries as soon as I can. […]
for a mention in the New York Times Book Review. Our goal is to get the word out and you’ve done it.
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According to the state of Georgia’s Open Records law, we are entitled to the names of the judges for the Contemporary Poetry Series, yet two requests for this information have been ignored, including one copied to the office at the University of Georgia that handles such requests. Meanwhile, we have a pesky little visitor:
We […]