There were forty-two poets in the last issue. Seven of the submissions were personally solicited (one being a long poem I challenged Rose Kelleher to write, and three by authors outside the U.S. who might not have known about the Raintown had I not asked for work; two others were known by Anna from The Barefoot Muse, and one was a guy I know from the open mike circuit here in New York whose work I thought would dovetail nicely with what we're trying to do). So five out of six poets came to us via the slush. Thus far, the Winter issue is 100% slush pile.
We solicit to increase the journal's reach submission-wise (particularly internationally), or when we see something we particularly like, etc. And being asked to submit does not guarantee acceptance. We've rejected solicited submissions before.
That put your mind at ease?
Quincy
Last edited by Quincy Lehr; 03-08-2010 at 12:20 AM.
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