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1. Disgruntled says:
   August 14th, 2007 at 1:58 pm

   Things that make me Mad
   Am I the only person out there who knows that the CBC Literary Awards could be, may be
   fraudulently won in the poetry category? I wrote to them and to the Globe and naturally
   got no response from either.
   Meira Cook’s, winning entry was previously published. Previously published and commissioned
   by the Winnipeg International Writer’s Festival. The chapbook, with ISBN, is called Voices
   of Oodeena.
   Their eligibility critera seem abundantly clear:
   “Previously published and unpublished authors may submit texts providing that the submissions
   are unpublished works. There must be only one author per entry.

   All works that have appeared in print or on the web, including self-published works, are
   considered previously published and are therefore not eligible for the competition.”

   Does anyone else wonder about this?

2. runcible spoon says:
   August 14th, 2007 at 3:22 pm

   Uh. That’s quite the allegation.

3. ZW says:
   August 14th, 2007 at 3:29 pm

   Oh well, at least she made it over the 1000 word minimum. Or at least I assume she did…

4. ZW says:
   August 14th, 2007 at 3:41 pm

   It’s confirmed, Cook’s entry was well over 1000 words. Phew. It was also judged by an editor from the press who published her last book. Phew.

5. runcible spoon says:
   August 14th, 2007 at 3:53 pm

   And off to hell we go…

6. Paul says:
   August 15th, 2007 at 7:13 am

   A few questions, just to be fair:

   1) Was the chapbook published before or after she “submitted” her work to the contest?

   2) If before, was the work in question, obviously retitled, revised substantially enough to be considered a new work?

   3) Was the judge in question ever “her” editor specifically?

7. Disgruntled says:
   August 17th, 2007 at 10:53 am

   Interesting. Didn’t notice about the judge.

   And Paul, 1) it’s suggestive to me that the work was commissioned but I don’t know
   when the publication was planned or when it came out on actual paper.
   But you have a point. The criteria say nothing about it NOT being ok to submit a
   contest entry for commissioned publication as long as it’s after the postmark date
   by which it was subitted to the contest and before the winner is decided and
   published in En Route. So I guess it may be ok.
   2) same title, will have to get a copy to check the content for level of identical-ness.
   I only saw it briefly. But true again, the criteria do not specify that previously
   published submissions are not eligible if they are changed just enough that one could
   argue new work if one had to.
   and 3) fair enough question. another thing to check.

8. Disgruntled says:
   August 22nd, 2007 at 3:49 pm

   I was being sarcastic. ?
   I had taken the elibility wording quite literally….all works that have appeared in print or on the web, including self-published works, are considered previously published and are therefore not eligible for the competition…and that there is no room for parsing and winning anyway.

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