[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.