Over the years, I’ve written quite a bit about how to write your statement of purpose for a low-res MFA program. That advice is still valid, but I felt it was time to return to it again and to update it somewhat. I’m curious about the things most applicants leave out of their statement, andContinue reading “Returning to the Statement of Purpose”
Author Archives: Kendall Dunkelberg
High Fees for Authors (and Justices)?
This post is in response to the flurry of supposed controversy surrounding Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s book appearances and sales according to the Associated Press. Or as Margaret McMullen questioned in the Washington Post, was it a bribe to invite a justice to the Mississippi Book Festival to speak, when she refused payment and gave aContinue reading “High Fees for Authors (and Justices)?”
Fun Again With ATT
What happened when my ATT UVerse broadband modem reverted to factory settings, and how I finally got help by typing “operator” in the chat.
Whither Social Media for Writers?
Today, I made a first post on Medium as part of my research into the places that writers are gravitating with the (pending) demise of Twitter and changes happening at other social media platforms. So far, it’s not getting a lot of traction, which isn’t terribly surprising. With no prior posts, I only have 1Continue reading “Whither Social Media for Writers?”
What are your rights? (FNASR)
Over the weekend, I had an interesting email from a reader, Bill Harrison, who had a question about whether to consider a work published if the magazine it was published in had gone belly up. He said he was in that situation and wondered what to do. I replied, but then I thought I mightContinue reading “What are your rights? (FNASR)”
How Long for Submissions?
This weekend, Becky Tuch posted a question on her LitMag News Substack looking for comments on what it means when a submission is out at a magazine for a longer period of time. I responded with my experience as editor of Poetry South and as a long-time submitter to magazines. I don’t want to reiterateContinue reading “How Long for Submissions?”
Wordle Strategy Upate
Some time ago, I wrote a post, just for fun, about My Wordle Strategy. At the time, my best streak was 45 in English, and I was doing a Dutch version, called Woordle, and Dordle, plus Quordle in English and Dutch. Today, my streak at the New York Times Wordle has reached 88, and I’veContinue reading “Wordle Strategy Upate”
Happy News
This will be a quick post because I haven’t found time to write in a while and to share a little good news for National Poetry Month. I’m proud to have two poems, “Quarantine” and “Partial Eclipse,” appear in the new issue of Birmingham Poetry Review. Also, in the last month or so, I’ve beenContinue reading “Happy News”
Meet me at #AWP23
Next week, I’ll be headed to Seattle for the annual AWP conference. If you don’t know that acronym, it’s the Association of Writers’ and Writing Programs, an annual gathering of thousands (often over 10,000) writers, teachers, publishers, etc. Virtually everyone is a writer, but we all wear a number of hats. I’ll spend most ofContinue reading “Meet me at #AWP23”
Submission Etiquette and Tiered Submissions
I had an email exchange with a student the other day about magazine submissions, and I thought that it would be good to come back to here. My student’s had the good fortune of being accepted at a small, student-run publication with a small distribution, and it caused her a bit of a dilemma, sinceContinue reading “Submission Etiquette and Tiered Submissions”
Kendall Dunkelberg 