Blast Furnace: MORE from Blast Furnace? Poll Results!

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

MORE from Blast Furnace? Poll Results!

In May, we posted a poll on the left panel of our web page where voters could indicate whether they'd like to see more offerings in Blast Furnace, as we'd received some inquiries about whether we would eventually include other features, in addition to poetry and interviews.

The results are in!

The four (4) choices were:

short non-fiction
artwork/photography
literary events
none of the above--keep it ALL POETRY!

Literary events received the least votes at 5%, with short non-fiction garnering 23% of voter interest, and artwork/photography tying with "keep it ALL POETRY!" in total votes at 35% each.

Based on this neck-and-neck finish, our executive decision is to continue to publish distinct poetic voices AND post artwork/photography, with the latter beginning in Volume 2, Issue 1: January of 2012.

Look for details pertaining to artwork/photography submission guidelines later this year.

Many thanks to all who took the time to cast their votes!

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Rebecca Clever, editor/publisher

A native of Pittsburgh, Rebecca has served as a contributing reporter, newspaper editor, columnist, promotional and technical writer, and managing book editor & designer. In addition to receiving a Pushcart Prize nomination, she is the first recipient of the Laurie Mansell Reich poetry award, co-sponsored by the Academy of American Poets and Chatham University, was a quarter-finalist for the Nimrod Literary Awards Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry, and is a past nominee for the AWP Intro Journals Project. Rebecca graduated from Chatham in 2011 with an MFA in Creative Writing.

Submission Guidelines:

Include no more than three (3) poems per submission and submit at http://blastfurnace.submishmash.com/Submit
Poet's accompanying bio should not exceed seventy-five (75) words.
Blast Furnace does not accept previously published work.
Simultaneous submissions are permitted. However, please courteously inform Blast Furnace if submitted work is first accepted elsewhere.
No compensation is provided to writers for accepted submissions.
If a poet’s work initially appears in our journal and is later published elsewhere, we request an acknowledgement that the piece first appeared in Blast Furnace.