Heh! The last time a young man told me he'd met me in a couple of pubs recently, it was London, circa 1990, and he meant the Seven Stars and the Goat in Boots...
You can interpret statistics to say many things. Personally, I'd say mine meant your best odds of being accepted were to submit a triolet. I've had one in three out of the last four issues (and I nominated Kate's for a Pushcart.)
I certainly get to the stage with each issue of rejecting sonnets (unless they are BRILLIANT) because I think I have enough sonnets. I've rarely rejected a repeating form simply because I was overstocked with them. (Although, one reason there are no sestinas in the upcoming issue is that the last issue was the sestina special, and had three, plus a double s.)
I think that villanelles are just hard to pull off, and I'm picky.
Anna
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