[stylist] Entering a Writing Contest is a risk

[Lynda Lambert]

In writing and in art, we are creating work as a form of communication. That 
is what writing and art is about, isn't it? It is the normal state of 
affairs to be entering our work to places for consideration for publication, 
or in the case of art work, to a juried exhibition.  It becomes your 
"normal" to be putting your work out there.  It is a good thing, to have 
feedback from others, and to be rejected or accepted because it gives us a 
sense of what our work looks like to others.  Rejection is a very important 
part of being an artist and writer. We learn to accept it and keep on going. 
IMO.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Leslie Newman" <newmanrl at cox.net>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2012 11:41 AM
Subject: [stylist] Entering a Writing Contest is a risk


> Eve and others on STYLIST
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> RE: What do the rest of you writers think on this?
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> The question is: "Curious Robert, why do you say entering a contest is a
> risk?" eve
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> Robert's shortish answer: A writing contest is a competition, an activity
> where we agree to put ourselves out there to be judged. Granted, the
> exposure isn't the same if you compare a writing contest where not many
> others know we are actually competing, to taking part in a massive public
> sports event. But we know. And so in my mind the question more is --- how 
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> we help ourselves or one another to take on this risk of submitting our 
> work
> to a contest, or to a publisher?
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> (Yeah --- what are the gains from the process working up to the taking of 
> a
> risk, to the benefits that come with a successful outcome?)
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> robert Leslie Newman
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