Usually you don't get a subscription and in this case it looks like access to a part of their website, rather than a print edition. Music competitions are different. Do they generally issue a hard copy of the winning entries? Literary magazines often do. Not only that, but their websites generally get fewer clicks and are unlikely to be supported by advertising. Most lit mags make no money. Not only that, but entry fees do help trim down the submissions to more manageable numbers. Technical skill in writing is not as obvious with writing, partly because people tend to think that because they can write (sentences, their name, etc.) that they can write (stories, poetry, etc.). With music, it becomes pretty clear pretty quickly whether or not one has chops. Also, an amateur piece of music tends to get feedback more quickly and across a wider audience than a piece of amateur writing. Thus, there are a lot of submissions. Entry fees are rational from the viewpoints of people that have to deal with submissions, though it may not be so from the viewpoint of people submitting work.
I don't like paying entry fees any more than you do. Anyway, this way there's a bit more skin in the game. Without entry fees, you lose a little time which is not so bad. This way, if you lose, you lose $22. Paying for possible rejection is also a good way to develop thicker skin.
I guess that's fair. Even if you don't win, you'll be supporting the arts. Hollow, I know. But, who knows what the editors are like? Perhaps they'll favor you. Sometimes, (though rarely) if you are up for consideration but don't make it for whatever reason, you'll actually get feedback from the editors.
Alright, someone from Hubski win this damn thing. I didn't read the whole criteria, I stopped at 18-30 years old. I'm disqualified, not that I would have been a contender. humanodon, are you going to enter?
Who, little Wolfram Gunnar? He's not even born yet. Good luck with the entries.
I like Wolfram a lot, not too keen on Gunnar. There's next to zero chance I could swing my wife to like either of them. It's looking like Atticus might win the day still. The other day my wife mentioned the name Sawyer. Who knows...
Ok, fair enough. But, if you name him Wolfram Atticus Clausnitzer his initials will be WAC. Dude. Naming kids seems hard. I have a dog named "Chunk" because the first thing he did after I got him, was to throw up on my foot. I doubt I could get away with naming a kid according to that system. More than one set of parents I know has done their best to pick a name beforehand and then when it came time just went with what felt good (which is how many of them became parents in the first place).
with that methodology, you'd end up with a kid named Meconium. Funny that you mention your dog. We have two; Hemingway and Harrison. My wife loves the name Harrison and now regrets using it for the dog.
I did not know that word until now. There are lots of gross words associated with babies and the birthing process, like episiotomy.. That link by the way, has a diagram. The entry for meconium tells me that amniotic fluid is also called "amniotic liquor". I am not keen to learn why, but it's the time of night when the Wikipedia will-o'-wisps start dancing. I find that naming animals is hard too. I had a pig named Squeak and before that a turtle named Fatass. Tough luck with Harrison. You could go with Harris, but that might be confusing. Anyway, by the time the kid is 30, few of your kid's social circle would know that your dog was named Harrison too. What would you go with for the short form of "Atticus"? Some names do not lend themselves well to shortening.
What would you go with for the short form of "Atticus"?
I think it would be Atty.
Makes sense. I guess "Cus" is out. Since reading that Atticus is now a popular boy's name, I've been trying to imagine a world where running into an Atticus will be not unusual. I guess it won't be that big a deal, though I am still adjusting to the current America where little girls named Madison seem to be everywhere. I can't divorce that name from Wisconsin. And I feel bad, because I have those New English prejudices about what the rest of the country is like, even though I know they aren't necessarily true . . .