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  • YWS Journal Re: How to review journal entries

    It's fun cause *that one* is in traditional manuscript format. But you're still always supposed to check the guidelines everywhere you submit. :P

    Feb 21, 2015
  • YWS Journal Re: How to review journal entries

    Didn't know where to put this but @Nate the latest submission (#12) has the author's name in the body of it. Is that an auto-reject, or can someone just edit ...

    Feb 20, 2015
  • Lounge, The Re: The YWS Cup II

    Count me in!

    Feb 19, 2015
  • Information Desk Archive Re: The Love Extravaganza

    ATTENTION The All Things Love workshop set to be hosted this afternoon by myself and @LadySpark is being postponed due to personal obligations that have arisen last-minute. We apologize deeply, ...

    Feb 15, 2015
  • YWS Journal Re: Articles

    @Demeter I like that! Our articles don't just have to appeal to folks submitting to the journal, but anyone who might be reading it, and I think that's a very ...

    Feb 15, 2015
  • YWS Journal Re: Articles

    @Elinor%20Brynn I think if you referenced the fiction writing side of things heavily enough it would be okay? Talking about the ways you can be a cross-genre (genre as in ...

    Feb 14, 2015
  • YWS Journal Re: Articles

    I think that sounds like a lovely though, @Elinor%20Brynn though I'm not sure we're deviating too far from more "informational" articles? Maybe you can refocus that idea to something about ...

    Feb 14, 2015
  • YWS Journal Re: Articles

    Thing is it's not a grad school concept? The prof was appalled we didn't know it from high school English classes. Simply put, it's using objects to express the emotions ...

    Feb 13, 2015
  • YWS Journal Re: Articles

    I've kind of wanted to write about nonfiction writing for a while, but it might not totally suit the journal since it's a fiction and poetry. But I might also ...

    Feb 12, 2015
  • YWS Journal Re: Showing an entry's score

    Maybe as we approach final deadline time for submission review it would be helpful to see the overall score? Once we've already all more or less made our own judgements, ...

    Feb 12, 2015
  • YWS Journal Re: How to review journal entries

    So clarifying further, can we change our vote after we've hit accept/reject? Or is that a final decision thing?

    Feb 11, 2015
  • YWS Journal Re: Masthead

    I'd like to copy edit! @Demeter a copy editor more or less reviews a piece of writing for grammatical/spelling errors! I would assume it would be similar for the journal, ...

    Feb 11, 2015
  • Lounge, The Re: Brag about your talents

    I can spot a Mean Girls reference a mile away. Also, I've been told I make really awesome cinnamon rolls.

    Feb 9, 2015
  • Welcome Mat Re: Hello.

    Welcome to YWS, Mudthicket! :D It sounds like you've come to just the right place! We love to review each others stories and poems and everything in between here. If ...

    Jan 20, 2015
  • Lounge, The Re: Info for new members: Pointe2drama style!

    This is everything I could have ever hoped for and more.

    Jan 18, 2015


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