Really. At various times, I've described my project in particular and crowdfunding in general. I asked them last year, and again this year. They are quite entrenched on the matter. I'm frustrated by their determination to shut out the large and growing branch of poetry that is flourishing through crowdfunding -- because the conventional markets are withering away with great speed. I sold about TEN TIMES as much poetry to my audience as I did to conventional editors this year. They simply don't understand, or care about, the difference between crowdfunding and self publishing.
If you want to see the reply they sent to me, give me your email address and I can email it to you.
This annoys me, but I suspect it annoys my audience members more; I've had repeated grumbles from people over this. Ultimately, I consider awards expendable when balanced against such concerns as writing fine poetry, getting people hooked on poetry, thrilling my fans, and making a living as a professional wordsmith. But I also know that awards can be a valuable way of alerting people to the best material in a field. If the current awards are ignoring a large swath of material, something else needs to cover that gap.
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Re: Yay!
Date: 2009-12-30 06:41 am (UTC)If you want to see the reply they sent to me, give me your email address and I can email it to you.
This annoys me, but I suspect it annoys my audience members more; I've had repeated grumbles from people over this. Ultimately, I consider awards expendable when balanced against such concerns as writing fine poetry, getting people hooked on poetry, thrilling my fans, and making a living as a professional wordsmith. But I also know that awards can be a valuable way of alerting people to the best material in a field. If the current awards are ignoring a large swath of material, something else needs to cover that gap.