There's going to be a slight change at Blinking Cursor, but hopefully you'll agree it's a good one. In short, I'm doing away with the publishing schedule. We started off with publishing two issues per year - a summer issue and a winter issue - and this year I stepped it up to four issues per year, adding in autumn and spring. However, when these reading periods roll around, it's a lot for me to do all at once. Which didn't matter last year as I was working part time. But now I'm working full time, I'm actually acting like some sort of semi-adult, and I don't have as much time as I used to have, to do everything all in one go. So we're going to try this out - BC will be permanently open for submissions, and an issue will be completed once there are enough poems/stories in it, which is usually around 30. This will be good for:
- me, as my workload will be spread out a bit
- the authors, as you will get quicker responses. The idea is that I'll get your email, read it, and send you a decision there and then
- the reader, as this means that there will potentially be more issues overall
Sound good to everyone? Let's see how it goes, and get those submissions in! Meanwhile, I'm going to be working on the eighth issue, so stay tuned for news on that, and if you're not already signed up to our newsletter, email me at blinkingcursor@ymail.com Don't forget the anthology is also still accepting submissons until new year, so January should be a good month for BC!
