[Rose Kelleher]

Some of you may remember the survey Anna Evans conducted on women's and men's submission habits. As usual whenever the subject of gender comes up on this site, the discussion thread quickly deteriorated. It did get me thinking about my submission habits, though, and inspired me to retry a few places - including New Walk, which accepted two poems.

So you see, Anna, despite the grumpy reception, your discussion thread made a difference. There's a lesson here: just as women poets shouldn't be easily discouraged from submitting, we shouldn't be easily discouraged from discussing topics of interest to us. Keep raising good questions, and ignore the static. Thanks.

[Roger Slater]

Congratulations on the nice placement, Rose, though I might quibble with the lesson it teaches us.

[Maryann Corbett]

No quibbles from me. Good going, Rose. Good point, too.

[Tim Murphy]

Glad to have such good company at Rory's shop, Rose. It isn't often we've appeared side by side in print. And Anna, I was happy to fill out that thought-provoking survey. My most important venues, Hudson Review and Chronicles, are edited by great ladies, Paula Deitz and Catharine Savage Brosman.

[Catherine Chandler]

Well said, Rose. And Congrats on the acceptance.

[Ed Shacklee]

Good for you, Rose.

Ed

[Janice D. Soderling]

Way to go, Rose. Who's next?

[Adam Elgar]

Congratulations, Rose! And no dissent from me.

[Susan McLean]

Good for you, Rose. Information is good, and anyone can benefit from re-examining habitual behavior based on new information. I'm glad to hear that the change in strategy paid off for you. I think editors' awareness of scrutiny in these matters can made a difference, too.

Susan

[Anna M Evans]

Thanks for the shout out, Rose, though the quality of your work speaks for itself.