[JodyJS Posts: 1,285 Status: Offline Preorder now! Out April 2021! WWW]

Wow! Wow! Wow! How exciting that mail was! Congrats!

(And didn't I see a rebus in Clubhouse Jr. with your name on it?)

Thanks, Cindyb and CarrieF!  And yes, Cindyb, I have a rebus in this month's Clubhouse Jr., "Don't Forget!"  Fellow blueboarder Laura Sassi is in there, too, with a poem and article, "101 Manna Meals."  Give it up for Laura!

[Cindyb Posts: 312 Status: Offline]

Yes, I really enjoyed Laura's "101 Manna Meals" poem. Wished I'd thought of that!  Congrats, Laura!

[Cindyb Posts: 312 Status: Offline]

Woo Hoo! A Babybug acceptance! I love that magazine and I'm thrilled when I get to be in it. Now, if they'll just use it- they are still holding the last one they accepted from me.

[Ev Posts: 3,523 Status: Offline Making learning fun! WWW]

Hooray, Cindy!!!    So glad to hear about your Babybug acceptance!  Hope they'll publish both of your poems soon.  I know about those long waits; I'm still waiting for a poem to be published by Highlights that was accepted six and a half years ago.   

[Cindyb Posts: 312 Status: Offline]

Yeah, I've had one at Highlights for 5 years- long waits. (But at least we've been paid for those.) 

[kdgrier]

So great to find this thread of fellow poets! It's a lonely world, but I think what someone said in this thread about being a poet will help write picture books, I sure hope so!

[bj]

I've sold two poems to Highlights in 2012, a poem in Beyond Centauri is appearing this month, a poem in Spellbound appeared in their Winter 2012 issue, and they've accepted another one for Spring 2013. I've also had a poem published in the anthology, And the Crowd Goes Wild: a Global Gathering of Sports Poems. 

[Ev Posts: 3,523 Status: Offline Making learning fun! WWW]

Wow, bj!!!  You're on a roll!   Congratulations and best wishes for 2013 being as successful as this past year!

[Cindyb Posts: 312 Status: Offline]

Congrats, bj! What fun to find all those acceptances in your mailbox- electronic or otherwise!

[CarrieLee Posts: 44 Status: Offline Fill each day with wonder, curiosity & imagination WWW]

 :  It's great to get back to the blueboards and see so much poetry goodness happening. I've not had great luck selling poems to periodicals recently... but... deep breath...  I did sell a rhyming picture book to Holiday House -- which has me over the moon!  ***snoopy dancing on the roof ***

 

Congratz and thanks to all who've shared their news while I was away, recuperating. I"m looking forward to hearing more as the year progresses.

[Vijaya Posts: 7,389 Status: Offline Encourage WWW]

Rhyming PB?!!! That's your new avatar!!! Looks delightful. I've been so impressed with Flashlight Press books.
Congratulations!!!
Vijaya

[CarrieF Posts: 201 Status: Offline WWW]

Congratulations, CarrieLee! Yay for rhyming picture books, and yay for you!

 

[CarrieLee Posts: 44 Status: Offline Fill each day with wonder, curiosity & imagination WWW]

Thanks Vijaya and CarrieF!

Actually Vijaya my avatar is also a rhymer... but Victricia Malicia came out last June from Flashlight. The new one, Magic for Sale, won't be out till 2014... so no artwork is available for quite a while.  Sigh.  I'm so bad at waiting. LOL.

Thanks again!  And I'm looking forward to more poetry happiness from all the blueboard poetry peeps   

[Vijaya Posts: 7,389 Status: Offline Encourage WWW]

Carrie, I have one rhyming PB that has gotten a couple of good rejections. I should send that puppy out and try to join the club. How exciting that you have TWO rhyming books! Waiting is hard, but this year will fly.
Vijaya

[Cindyb Posts: 312 Status: Offline]

Congrats, CarrieLee!  That would have me over the moon, too!

[CarrieLee Posts: 44 Status: Offline Fill each day with wonder, curiosity & imagination WWW]

Thanks Cindy!  And Vijaya.... absolutely! It does take a while to find the right home for a rhymer, but don't quit. The world needs more great rhyming books!

[Ev Posts: 3,523 Status: Offline Making learning fun! WWW]

Wow, CarrieLee!  Your second rhyming pb!! That's super wonderful news!!    I'm so pleased for you!

[awful waffles Posts: 75 Status: Offline A Nana who loves to write, and finally has time! WWW]

Happy news today--my first long poem (395 words) "The Last Dragons" was accepted by Spellbound.  After writing short pieces for magazines for a few years, I just realized recently how much I loved writing poetry, so this is a nice affirmation.

[CarrieLee Posts: 44 Status: Offline Fill each day with wonder, curiosity & imagination WWW]

Thanks so much, Ev.... it's got me wriggling in my chair with excitement still.

And  : congratulations awful waffles... I look forward to reading your piece in Spellbound!

[awful waffles Posts: 75 Status: Offline A Nana who loves to write, and finally has time! WWW]

Thanks, CarrieLee, and congrats on selling a rhyming picture book!  That's a great accomplishment, and very encouraging to us all!

[onestepp Posts: 139 Status: Offline I love kids' books!]

Recently received an e-mail that I'm getting a Haiku published in Scifaikuest part of sams dot publishing, but it's an adult magazine.  I'm always looking for new markets too.   

Also congrats. to all the poets on this board, and getting your work out for everyone to see.   

[CarrieLee Posts: 44 Status: Offline Fill each day with wonder, curiosity & imagination WWW]

How fun is that onestepp? Sci fi poetry is a personal fav of mine, so I'm a bit jealous. (grin).  I'll have to settle for my one bit of May happiness with a poem in Clubhouse Magazine's May issue.  Anybody else got new happy poetry news? I'd love to live vicariously!

[Cindyb Posts: 312 Status: Offline]

Congrats on your May poem, Carrie!

[Cindyb Posts: 312 Status: Offline]

Diana, saw your poem in the August Highlights!

[CarrieLee Posts: 44 Status: Offline Fill each day with wonder, curiosity & imagination WWW]

Thanks CindyB.   I caught awfulwaffles lovely Last Dragons poem in Spellbound too.  Great work! 

[awful waffles Posts: 75 Status: Offline A Nana who loves to write, and finally has time! WWW]

   Carrie Lee!

[rainchains Posts: 369 Status: Offline Speak friend and enter WWW]

I don't write poetry often, but I did come up with one not long ago and sold it to Highlights last month. Hopefully I'll get to see it in print before 5 years.



rainchains

[DianaM Posts: 971 Status: Offline Writer, rhymer, runner, punner. WWW]

Thanks for noticing, Cindy! 

That one came as a surprise to me. With the last one, they informed me six months prior to publication. But this time, not a peep. I wonder if they inform ahead of time only if you have at least a full page? I didn't get my comp copies yet but I DID get my subscriber copy so I got to see it! Jody actually let me know about it. (Thanks, Jody!) They did change my wording slightly, but upon reflection, I think I do like the line they changed.

Anyway, thanks again.

Congrats on your acceptance, rainchains. FWIW, my poem in the August issue was accepted by them in April 2011. The last poem they published of mine also took about 2 years.

[rainchains Posts: 369 Status: Offline Speak friend and enter WWW]

Thanks Diana,

Well two years is not so bad in 'writing time.'

Maybe we should start a new thread for Highlights? Instead of 'response times' one for 'published times.'


rainchains

[DianaM Posts: 971 Status: Offline Writer, rhymer, runner, punner. WWW]

Yes, in writing time, that's practically the blink of an eye! Or maybe a slow wink.

I do sometimes update in the response times thread with a publication date. It would be interesting to see how magazines differ.