Back to work: Angst and more angst…
Okay, dear readers, I need you all to give me your opinions on this:
Last year I had an early version of my Japanese pop culture/folk tale manuscript in circulation. I’ve changed it since last September, re-organized, cut poems, added poems, but the core remains. So, do I send it back out to contests/publishers I’ve already sent it to? Or only send it to places I haven’t sent it before?
I usually have a policy that unless I’m a finalist/get a note etc I don’t want to send it back to the same place…
Oh, and now that I have a third manuscript, should I send both to the same places? Will they be sick of me if I do this?
Job phone interview went okay, I think. It sounds like a fantastic opportunity. But it might require a move. I’m not going to have angst about that til I get to the next round of interviews, though…and in the meantime, is it just me, or are there a TON of poetry teaching jobs around these days? None in my area, of course, but still, that’s got to be good for poets.

Jeannine Hall Gailey served as the second Poet Laureate of Redmond, Washington and the author of Becoming the Villainess, She Returns to the Floating World, Unexplained Fevers, The Robot Scientist’s Daughter, and winner of the Moon City Press Book Prize and SFPA’s Elgin Award, Field Guide to the End of the World. Her latest, Flare, Corona from BOA Editions, was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. She’s also the author of PR for Poets, a Guidebook to Publicity and Marketing. Her work has been featured on NPR’s The Writer’s Almanac, Verse Daily and The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror. Her poems have appeared in The American Poetry Review, Poetry, and JAMA.



Cheryl
I think it’s fine to send the book to the same contests, especially if different judges are used.
When I sent around my novel around a few years ago, I was told that I should not send it to the same place twice, no matter how thoroughly revised.
Dunno. This info could very well have passed its expiration date.
David V
Hmm…
Well, I don’t have any useful comment on your question, but I’m jealous of your output!
jeannine
Thanks Cheryl! I think that is still sound advice.
Thanks David V! I’m really not that prolific most of the time, sometimes whole sets just show up at once 🙂
Collin
Oops… a little late to this discussion, but I agree with Cheryl. If you’ve made substantial changes and it’s a different judge(s), go for it.
Oliver de la Paz
Thirded. Send to the same places. Also, it’s okay to send more than one manuscript to a contest unless it states otherwise.
Basically, most places’ll be more than happy to cash two checks from you. . . 😀