Publishing Rejection

I look at it this way. If I walk into Upton Park and say, I play a bit, can I get a game, I am likely to be turned down flat. But if, say, I am Bobby Zamora, top scorer for Brighton - I may still get turned down, but they are more likely to give me a run out. Getting published the first time seems to be the chief battle. 6 pieces that may not have been enough to carry a collection might easily be good enough to be part of a collection. And if this is you and not hypothetical Muzzy, congratulations. Don't forget that a Bucks-Fizz style reception was proposed in another thread for the next abcer to crack it.

Must be quite hard selecting - like choosing which of your children will live or die. And there's the fact that sometimes the poems are clearly designed to be part of an overlapping and interlinking collection. Thankfully i don't have that problem as I don't have anything approaching a collection yet.

You just send them in? Just like that? Without them asking you?

Muzzy, sorry, that was a bit thick. Last time I tried sending stuff in (can't remember who to) they said they only took stuff that had already been published in a magazine. Off to attempt to locate Faber site. Will spend a lot of time trying to escape Faberge eggs, I expect...

I'm sorry, Muzzy, for being so inarticulate. Can't understand if you're deciding which ones to send or are through to second stage? If so CONGRATULATIONS! say what happens, won't you? Thanks for putting the address. did find it myself but brought back so many scary memories of rejection letters WELL DONE YOU!