[Jean L. Kreiling]

Congratulations to the winners and honorable mentions, and again, thanks to Cathy, Gail, and Alex.

As always, the bakeoff was an education.


jlk

[Ed Shacklee]

Originally Posted by Jesse Anger

Those honorable mentions won't be posted, they never are, and for good reason: the whining would never stop.

Perhaps I'm reading it wrong, Jesse, but this sentence seems to suggest the whining on the Sphere (1) has stopped at one point or another; (2) might stop under favorable circumstances; (3) will stop at some future date (at least if the honorable mentions aren't posted); or (4) some combination of the above. You, sir, are an optimist of the first water. Damn fine poet, too.

Best,

Ed

[Andrew Sacks]

One more tip of my hat to Robert Crawford--this time by name. Great work.

[Katherine Smith]

Congratulations to the winners, finalists, and honorable mentions. And thank you to Alex, Catherine, and Gail for what must have been a lot of labor!

The bake-off was a great instruction manual for and introduction to Eratosphere. I joined a year or so ago and couldn't make heads or tails out it (I am completely technophobic).

And my goodness, the comments had me wincing, reflecting and howling with laughter several times a day. What fun!

[Tim Murphy]

Warmest congratulations to the winners, and deep appreciations to the judges.

[Edward Zuk]

Congratulations to all the honourable mentions, finalists, and winners. I thought the overall quality of this year's finalists to be very high.

As always, it's a bit of a surprise to have the authors revealed. I wouldn't have guessed any of them except for Tim.

[Charlie Southerland]

Alex,
What would be wrong with people who entered their work in the Bake-off, posting it in Met and noting that that was their entry? I think it would engender lively discussion.

[Alex Pepple]

Charlie - my objection is to posting them on the Distinguished Guest forum. There's no restriction to those who want to workshop their bake-off sonnet in any of the workshop forums (Met, Deep End, Non-Met, D&A, Translation). Of course, you'd probably want to post, in this case, in Met or Deep End.

...Alex

[R.A. Briggs]

Congratulations to the winners, finalists, and honorable mentions! Thanks to the judges, and to Alex for hosting. I understand about the decision not to post the honorable mentions, but maybe if we're lucky, some will be voluntarily posted on the crit boards.

Nemo, I will armwrestle you for that "most churlish" award.

[marly youmans]

Dear Eratosphereans,

As a poet and writer who lives in an out-of-the-way place, I have appreciated being part of an e-community poetry event. And I enjoyed (despite the occasional ouch!) navigating the chaos of contradictory opinions. Thanks to the commenters, readers, and judges. Last of all, thanks to the people who made requests to print and reprint--a pleasant and unexpected surprise.

Good cheer, and good writing and reading to you--
Marly