Just a note that my poem “Field Notes Concerning the Bomb” was a finalist for the 2009 Consequence Prize in Poetry and appears in the magazine’s 2010 issue. (Of course, a certain gremlin that has haunted me all of my writing life has yet again inserted an “n” into the middle of my last name.) Many thanks to Andreas Morgner, the contest judge, and the magazine’s editor George Kovach, who is on the hunt for the aforementioned gremlin.
Lyle‚<br /><br />Pfft!<br /><br />Jeo
Sigh… Ah, the soory state of edditing and profreding thes days. Whatevr is too becomer of us?
I never thought of that! Next time I go underground….
Congratulations to you! Excellent news.<br /><br />At least you have an alias ready-at-hand should you need one.
Your story takes the First Price, Vassilis! But yours is heartening too, Mr. Michaelson. Just knowing one is not alone in a heartless uvinerse….<br /><br />I'm reminded of Nabokov's story of dropping by the office of his editor. "Vladimir Nabokov to see Frank Taylor," he said. The receptionist nodded, fired up the intercom and said, "Mr. Taylor? There's a Mr. Nabococo
Congratulations, Joe! <br /><br />As for that typographical gremlin, your next poetic venture might be to seek out and detsroy the tedency sum peeple have for incerting that "n" where it sertainly does knot belong. But at least your name still remains recognisable–it could have been transmogrified into sumthing more cereel as mine was–from Vassilis Zambaras into Saffilis Zaengmac!
Dear Mr. Hutchinson, this is great news! It reminds me of one of my very first short story publications, when my name was listed in the contributors section as Michaelson.