PVH Blogger Christina M. Rau’s Poetry Payments and Earnings for April—National Poetry Month— 2016 Update (+$45.67): Cheer and Jeers

National Poetry Month offered a lot of celebration and cheer. It also brought me a lot of rejection, which I normally do not mind. However.

I think you’re a good poet but …. and we don’t see anything we can use here were two rejections that didn’t fit with what I would call “standard friendly rejection.” And maybe I’m being overly sensitive. You know what would perk me up? More acceptances. Lit mags, take note.

STATS:

Date: April 2016

Submitted to: 5 journals in total

1 that does not offer payment:

Queen Mob’s Tea House*

4  that do:

Westerly (they’d never received my first submission—hyperlink to: http://poetryhasvalue.com/post/142529850681/pvh-blogger-christina-m-raus-poetry-payments-and); Amethyst Arsenic; Contemporary Verse 2; Flapper house

0 of these were snail mail, which means no stamps 

Rejections: 14

Wherewithal; The Offing; Ninth Letter; Queen’s Quarterly; Rosebud; Folder (they loved my work! but still rejected it); Passages North; Apt; Vending Machine; Rattle; Third Point Press;

Contemporary Verse 2; Southern Indiana Review; The Nation (oddly, rejected via a fuzzy pdf attachment)

Acceptances: 1

Queen Mob’s Tea House (saving me from my own poet-pity)

Miscellaneous:

In addition to attending a bunch of readings to hear poetry, I read at several venues for National Poetry Month, and two of those were paid. I also taught a few workshops, which also paid. Once again, it seems that the live events are more financially profitable for me than the publishing. Maybe I should read my poetry out loud as I walk around in public, and people will throw money at me.

Money Spent: $0

Money Earned: $0

April total: $0

March total: $45.67

February total: $1.55

January total: - $5.88

2016 TOTAL: $45.67