Category Archives: Editing
How We Choose Poetry
Part Three, by Mark Spielmacher
It’s difficult to say what makes a poem work for me. I only know that I expect it to be a resilient thing, however delicate the poet intends it to be. It should have a certain rootedness, and a tough exterior of words that seem as if they are the only [...]
How We Choose Poetry
Part Two, by Erin Noteboom Bow
Of all the questions writers dread, “Why do you write?” is the worst. For poets, “why poetry?” must be a close second.
I heard once a good answer, which came to mind again and again as I tried to pick a handful of poems from the stack of ones we all [...]
How We Choose Poetry
Poets, take note! Last week Kim posted the second of a two-part series on how we choose fiction here at TNQ. Now, it’s your turn. This post marks the first of a four-part series on what our editors look for in a poem.
How We Choose Stories and Other Mythical Beasts, Part 2
In my last post, I talked about where TNQ stories come from and described the procedure we follow in reviewing fiction submissions. Today I want to say something about our editorial criteria. That’s the “mythical beast” of my title because, though we often note in full confidence of being understood that such and such doesn’t [...]
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