looking for a deadline
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emchyso i had this big grand plan to follow one of my dreams that i always thought was unattainable
i decided while i was out of town that i would use the deadline for the hayden carruth emerging poets award as my personal deadline to get my manuscript done. i have about 130 poems to select a super strong 60 from to create a manuscript and winning that award and being published on copper canyon press is a big dream of mine. like with sprinkles on top kind of dream. like winning the oscar and driving a dodge challenger and doing shots with tarantino sort of dream. sigh. they've suspended the award. it's on hold indefinitely. so this makes me sad however I don't want to just get thrown off track because the one perfect thing isn't there for me to use for structure. by may i will have a manuscript that is awesome and someone should want to publish - either as a press or as part of an emerging writers award that is similar to the one that copper canyon did.
which leads me to:
i knew mainly of this one award. do you know of emerging / new poet manuscript competitions that have good reputations?
i decided while i was out of town that i would use the deadline for the hayden carruth emerging poets award as my personal deadline to get my manuscript done. i have about 130 poems to select a super strong 60 from to create a manuscript and winning that award and being published on copper canyon press is a big dream of mine. like with sprinkles on top kind of dream. like winning the oscar and driving a dodge challenger and doing shots with tarantino sort of dream. sigh. they've suspended the award. it's on hold indefinitely. so this makes me sad however I don't want to just get thrown off track because the one perfect thing isn't there for me to use for structure. by may i will have a manuscript that is awesome and someone should want to publish - either as a press or as part of an emerging writers award that is similar to the one that copper canyon did.
which leads me to:
i knew mainly of this one award. do you know of emerging / new poet manuscript competitions that have good reputations?
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Date: 2007-12-17 02:49 pm (UTC)There's also a directory that comes out in Poets & Writers.Keeping an eye on listings in there might lead to something.
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Date: 2007-12-18 06:04 pm (UTC)I've been looking at the Lamda Lit. Award wedsite.
and then I've been doing internet searches.
I don't know how credible they are.
poets.org