May 17, 2005
The corrupt world of poetry contests
In honor of the Dartmouth English department's recent creative writing awards ceremonies, here is an altogether strange tale, from The Chronicle of Higher Education, of a man on a crusade to expose all the fraud in academia's poetry contests, and of the subsequent backlash against him. (Be forewarned, the last line of the article reads, "Everyone it seems is looking for justice -- and not the poetic kind.") Our own Bennat Berger just won an award for his short stories from Dartmouth. Bennat, what do you have to say for yourself?
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My dad did research at Vanderbilt, but no longer. My mom taught and did research there, but longer. Just to clarify. I'm got liberal academia coursing through my veins, it's great. But I'm also consciously avoiding grad school, at least for a while. We should have a big getting to know session on the blog, wouldn't that be swell.
ReplyDeleteAnd a public congrats on the award, Bennay.
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