Poetry FAQs: What is getting published?
Whether it’s concerning fiction, nonfiction, poetry, script writing, etc., one of the more common questions I get asked by writers is something along the lines of, “What is getting published now?,” which also can be re-phrased as, “What is currently hot in publishing?” Writers naturally want to find success in their craft and trade–just as people who golf or run seek success at whatever level they participate. In golfing and running, it’s easier to track progress. For golfing, you know you’re doing better if your scores are going down. For running, you know you’re doing better when your times are dropping or when you’re covering longer distances. So writers naturally look for a way to measure their success in writing and often use publishing, financial reward, and/or critical acceptance as their measures. And these can be good measures if you’re following your own path. In publishing (and writing), you don’t want to follow trends for the sake of getting published, seeking financial re
