Surprised I only just found this thread.

I write mostly poetry, and have just started working towards submitting. I'm waiting on my first rejection slip from The Rialto... I've written a novel, it's still waiting for me to do something with it. Because my focus for the last few years has been poetry, I'll probably just self-publish the novel, for now... obviously avoiding the vanity press.

Mickey, I didn't know you were writing poetry, and submitting? We need to talk.

You didn't know this? I'm finishing my junior year of undergrad and applying to MFAs in the fall. I'm probably not at all ready to submit--definitely not, based on the rejections I'm getting--but I'm doing it anyway.

i've written about 8,000 words for this story that's probably going to end up being a novel now, but most of it needs to be rewritten. i've found that i need to just write and then later go through several times rewriting everything until i'm somewhat satisfied.

Anyone here done or looked at grad programs in writing? If so, where?

Writers who inspire you (not necessarily favorite writers)

Places you've submitted and been accepted.

Places you've submitted and been rejected.

Gave my first reading last night as a part of some weirdo Poets for the Gulf Oil spill thing. Anyway, I read a poem by Larry Levis and then one of my own called "Poem that Has Nothing To Do With the Gulf Oil Spill" that was about a pregnancy scare my girlfriend and I had. It went really well--I think I had some of the loudest applause and I was only visibly shaking for a few minutes afterwards.