Blue Unicorn
Description
What we like: BU is known for welcoming formal verse, and this welcome continues. We’re impressed by poems that read as though the poet had simply thought in the form, without forced rhymes, weak words inserted to satisfy the meter, and the like. Every formal writer knows how much effort goes into seeming effortlessness.
But we look for no lesser effort in non-formal verse. We’re alert for the original metaphorical image that may take a moment to prove itself just right; the unexpected word that says more than the familiar one; the sharply observed detail that brings a thing alive. We do not tolerate clichés.
We do tolerate a bit of mystery. We don’t share the widespread allergy toward poems that require rereading or resist paraphrase: al dente poems, you might call them. Given a choice, we’ll take the puzzling piece over the flat one. The uneven poem with a few resonant lines may edge out a smoother but more conventional one. Caution might not pay!
But we look for no lesser effort in non-formal verse. We’re alert for the original metaphorical image that may take a moment to prove itself just right; the unexpected word that says more than the familiar one; the sharply observed detail that brings a thing alive. We do not tolerate clichés.
We do tolerate a bit of mystery. We don’t share the widespread allergy toward poems that require rereading or resist paraphrase: al dente poems, you might call them. Given a choice, we’ll take the puzzling piece over the flat one. The uneven poem with a few resonant lines may edge out a smoother but more conventional one. Caution might not pay!
Market Genres
Genres
GeneralMarket Types, Lengths & Pay Scale
Originals
Poetry
Any length
Unknown
Reprints
Poetry
Any length
Unknown
Market Submission Types
AI Submissions?: Unknown Policy
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: Yes
Multiple Submissions?: Yes
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language and Translations
Estimated Response: 60 days
Electronic Submissions?: Yes
Postal Submissions?: Yes
Multiple Submissions?: Yes
Simultaneous Submissions?: Yes
Translations: Original Language and Translations
Estimated Response: 60 days
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Count:
There are 8 completed reports in the past 12 months.
Averages and Boundaries:
Min: 54 | Average: 60.00 | Median: 61 | Max: 65
Responded:
100.00%
Accepted:
-
Rejected:
100.00% - avg 60 days
(0.00% of rejections are personal)
Rewrites:
-
Dead Letters:
-
Lost/Returned:
-
Never Responded:
-
Withdrawn:
-
Pending:
There are 2 pending responses.
(5 min | 5 average | 5 median | 5 max days waiting)
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Listing added: 18 August 2021
Last officially checked: 28 August 2024