[Ed Shacklee]

I’ve read enough recently about the favor trading that goes on -- or is said to go on -- in the MFA programs that I’ve begun to wonder about how that affects the odds of getting a poem published in certain magazines.

This is a practical question, and not meant to cast aspersions on how selections are made. Assuming one isn’t well known, is it a waste of time to submit to some or all journals that have links to MFA programs?

Ed