Submissions
Its a very short read!
If you haven’t already - check out this fantastic submissions tool/tracker/resource: Chill Subs.They have free memberships and paid ones too. I’ve been using it for a year and feel confident endorsing it for my fellow poets!
I highly recommend a subscription to their substack too. You can check it out here: Sub Club. Benjamin Davis writes some very funny stuff there. The publication is chock full of resources too.
How many submission rejections have you collected?
My stats from February 2018 to August 2024: I submitted to 87 publishers, (multiple poems for some submissions), 107 rejections, and 4 acceptances.
I reset my counter as of September 24, 2024. My new stats as of today: Submitted 10 poems to 6 different publishers. One rejection so far.
Keep on reading and writing poems and essays you radical poetry clubhouse friends!
I love this, thanks for sharing! I look forward to reading more of your poetry. Isn’t it wild how thoroughly we must persist - rejection is a natural part of the path. I didn’t know that at first and found it shocking that my perfect, genius work could be rejected 😂 ha!