i received a copy of a journal out of Utah State University called isotope. it bills itself as "A Journal of Literary Nature and Science Writing". i figured why not, since i fancy myself a writer and am a scientist, and often merge the two.
a few days after my submission, i received an email that said:
Thank you for your submission to Isotope! I'm writing in case you don’t know about the contest we are holding during our current reading period (Aug 1-Nov 15). You can find contest guidelines on our website (http://isotope.usu.edu/). You do not need to enter the contest in order for us to consider your work for publication, but there is prize money as well as publication for the winners and all contest entries will be considered for publication. After reading the contest guidelines, if you'd like to enter your submitted work in the contest, you can send along the entry fee (which also gets you a discounted subscription to Isotope) and a cover sheet, otherwise we will process your work as a regular submission.
Thank you for your interest in Isotope!
after reading this, i thought they really liked what i submitted and were being kind enough to let me know of the contest. dumbass me, i sent them the $15. i hadn't heard a thing until today. i received a copy of isotope. i'm not sure if it's the contest issue or not. probably not since there's no mention of it in the pages, but i still haven't heard a thing about my submission. am i to assume this issue is a rejection? or is it just part of my discounted subscription? i never heard about what the discout on the subscription was, nor did i send any extra monies.
i am assuming that this issue is a subtle rejection: sorry, mr. barrett, but your poetry isn't good enough to grace our pages. nor is it good enough to even warrant a real rejection. instead, here is a copy of our journal. peruse it. study it. learn.
the journal features mostly fiction and essays, but there are quite a few poems. most are horrible. truly horrible. a few were good, and one was just amazing. but, my stuff definitely isn't in the genre and style that they like. my poetry is a little too unlyrical and is far too narrative in nature.
anyway, i'm hoping this wasn't meant as a rejection. if so, that's horrible.
6 comments:
justin,
I don't think that's a rejection but what do I know? Can you email and ask someone? I never know what to do when I've waited and waited on something. I never want to be a pesty nudge but I hate waiting MONTHS for answers...
I'm not helping here, am I? :)
pesty nudge. yum...that's like only my favorite scottish delicacy. mmm mmm good.
no, you're not really helping any, Kat. :) and, now i'm hungry.
the more i think about it, the more i think this ISN'T the issue that the contest was for. but, the more i think about it the more i think it was a waste of $15. ah hell.
You know...my father was from Scotland and we are NYers....Pesty Nudge...I guess it does sound a little like food....
:)
hey, i'm Scotch-Irish as well....that's how i know all about pesty nudge. it's really quite delectable.
tastes like chicken.
welcome to utah right jus? you should have known better friend ;) the most backwardest (yes I said backwardest) of all states. miss you. and best wishes for a better 2006 for us all!
yeah, we are pretty damn backwards here. but, you know that.
thanks for the 2006 wishes. right back atcha!
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