tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421564579016518567.post694350151722807351..comments2024-02-03T13:55:06.466-08:00Comments on Jeanne's Writing Desk: Poetry and Prose Contest: Tallgrass Writers GuildJeanne Lyet Gassmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06686730700193236222noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421564579016518567.post-55074545230488825772010-05-01T13:55:31.925-07:002010-05-01T13:55:31.925-07:00That's good to know. Did she tell you that all...That's good to know. Did she tell you that all of the finalists had to allow their work to be published in the journal in order to qualify for the prize? If that wasn't in the initial guidelines, then yes, it's a little "fishy."Jeanne Lyet Gassmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06686730700193236222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-421564579016518567.post-40382834538752317362010-04-30T11:05:08.184-07:002010-04-30T11:05:08.184-07:00Hi, I wanted to let you know this contest isn'...Hi, I wanted to let you know this contest isn't entirely on the up-and-up:<br /><br />I entered the TallGrass Writers Guild contest, coordinated by Outrider Press, and was excited to learn I was one of six finalists! However, to be considered for the cash prize, I was told I'd need to allow my essay to be published in Outrider Press' journal. <br /><br />I know it may seem counterintuitive for a writer to NOT want her work published, but I had sent the same essay to several other contests that allow simultaneous submissions of unpublished work. I would have to pull my essay from those other contests -- forgoing those entrance fees -- on the CHANCE that I might win a cash prize from TallGrass Writers Guild.<br /><br />When I asked Whitney Scott, the editor and contest coordinator, where I had misread her rules (which did not mention that publication in her journal was a prerequisite for prize consideration), she responded by pulling my essay from the contest. I asked for a refund of my $32 entry fee, which she refused.<br /><br />I am quite careful about the contests I enter, and I would not have entered one that feels like an editor's veiled ploy to get writers to pay to provide uncompensated content for a for-profit journal. It's not the $32 that bothers me so much, it's the feeling I've been had.<br /><br />Just wanted to alert other writers...<br /><br />Kelly Hayes-Raitt<br />www.PeacePATHFoundation.orgKelly Hayes-Raitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420495140331011077noreply@blogger.com