Elizabeth Philips is the author of four books of poetry, most recently, A Blue with Blood in it (Coteau Books: 2000) and Torch River (Brick Books: 2007). Among other awards, she has won two Saskatchewan Book Awards, a National Magazine Award, an Alberta Magazine Award, and Torch River was a [...]
If I ever feel that my story is perfect and the editor's comments are stupid, I'll know I have arrived at the worst-case scenario. It has never happened to me, but I have found myself in situations that were almost as stressful. In the best-case scenario, the editor catches mistakes [...]
Considering long turn-around times at literary journals, and my life expectancy of 80.2 years, I've taken to simultaneous submissions as a reasonable response to unreasonable delays. It's true that elite athletes will have to wait four years for the next Olympics, but there aren't many other situations where waiting for [...]
