Marcia, I intended no slight or scorn in relation to the competition. I was just reporting the facts. You may have read scorn into my final “Let’s not get into an argument” comment, but that was more an aside — an acknowledgment of our tendency here to argue at length over such issues as “What are the essentials of a sonnet?”
Some of us would define a sonnet as “any 14-line poem” and some of us wouldn’t. As it happens, I wouldn’t, but I think it’s to the credit of this competition’s organisers that they’ve made their position clear, on that and other issues. I also like the fact that they’ve made it easy to enter online. By contrast, the Nemerov accepts postal entries only and US funds only; an entry from outside the US (by International Money Order in US$) would likely cost more than the £7 (US$13-odd) for this new competition.
Mark, you mean you don’t just amble down to the beach and catch your own fish?
Henry
[This message has been edited by Henry Quince (edited February 02, 2007).]
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