My blog really started out as an experiment, to just share the things I've learned as I began my journey to actively submitted my poems and other writing to different markets. It does seem there is a need for clear, concise, and quick ways to stay updated on calls for submissions, contests, writing tips, especially those with a focus on poetry. I'd love to hear from my readers if they have suggestions for information I can share or other resources they find helpful in their quest to publish poetry.
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My submission stats
Here are my personal submissions stats for 2016, which I track in Duotrope. Many of the poems I sent out were sent to multiple markets as simultaneous submissions. My acceptance rate dropped some from last year, since I started challenging myself and sending to tougher markets with lower acceptance rates. Some of the poems published this year were actually submitted last year.
Total Poems Submitted: 376 (total count, not unique poems)
Total Poems Accepted: 30 (includes reprints)
Total Poems Published: 32 (includes reprints)
Acceptance Ratio: 8%
Other Notable Publications/Projects:
- Published 7 poetry book/lit mag reviews (click here to read my reviews)
- Was interviewed 4 times (click here to read my interviews)
- Interviewed 25 lit mags/journals for submission call posts
- 2 essays published
- Judged the Poetry Super Highway contest, for which I read 865 poems
- Published the second volume of Orogeny for my poetry group Rock Canyon Poets
- Published the second volume of Inspired from my local community poetry workshop funded by Utah Humanities
- Placed two POEMBALL machines for Provo Poetry filled with poetry by local poets at a café and bookstore (see us featured on the local news here and in the newspaper here)
- Co-founded Provo Poetry in January 2016
My blog stats
A few days ago my blog hit 200,000 views for 2016! That's almost 75,000 more views than last year. Here's a quick comparison of 2015 to 2016.
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2015 |
2016 |
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| Total Views |
127,276 |
201,652 |
| Total Visitors |
71,460 |
110,023 |
| Total Followers |
(as of May 2016) 1,000 |
6,770 |
| Blog Post Likes (on WordPress) |
1,135 |
2,497 |
| Comments (on WordPress) |
422 |
837 |
| Click-throughs to other sites |
83,212 |
158,343 |
| Most popular post |
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