Oh Lordy,
it was just a passing remark. I think I one time did submit something to Able Muse (can't remember what, but certainly not in expectation of a prize!) It probably wasn't very good.
For the record, prizes and awards of any kind don't interest me in any sphere (no pun intended) of endeavour. In fact, when my boss wanted to nominate me for something, I politely refused.
I wasn't thinking of me, Alex. It just seems to me that journals etc. rely on a great number of people (variously talented, granted) wasting their good time producing and submitting things. But the same old names keep floating to the top, when it's time to dish out the prizes, regardless of whether their achievements are, in reality, greater than anyone else's.
I've come to realise over time that this whole po-world is a bit of a parallel universe, or a TARDIS in reverse (smaller on the inside than it appears from the outside.) And in the end it all comes down to, not what you know, but who you know.
The point of writing poetry for me is simply that. Nice if it's out there for others to enjoy. Rose K has a healthy attitude to that, I think.
I, personally, have a distaste for the competitiveness which seems to permeate this world.
But it's no biggie, and I'm happy to let it lie.
Apologies for any ruffled feathers.
Philip
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