"The System"

Contests are at best a difficult lottery system and at worst a scam. And finding a press outside the contest route is extremely difficult too. Your thoughts on the system? What can be done? And what advice (beyond "persevere") can you give writers trying to find a home for a first manuscript?


--Hat tip to Eduardo

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After reading Rigoberto's review, I added this book to my wish list.

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'But you know sometimes I'm a liar' --The Violent Femmes

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I told everyone who asked that I wasn't attending AWP 2010, and what did I do yesterday? I booked my tickets to Denver. And you know what? I'm really looking forward to it.