I constantly get letters asking about my guidelines. I haven't chosen to initiate any in the past, basically because I've had none. My philosophy has always been to use what I like irrespective of length, style or subject matter. Conversely, I don't use shit I don't like.

But in order to clarify a couple of dim areas, I'm going to note a few things I don't need.  I have a hell of a lot more problems with that than I do with anything else.

1. A short biography is fine, but I don't want or plan to use a long list of all your past and future accomplishments. Save those for people who are impressed by them. Nothing wrong with working a few into the short bio, but hold the line on it.

2. When submitting send it all at one time, or at least let me know more might be forthcoming. It's a pain in the ass to finish a page and then learn there's more coming.

3. Please keep tabs of what you have sent. Again, it gets old having to look it up time and again..

4. Don't submit anything that is currently on another site or under serious consideration for publication elsewhere. (This doesn't count material on the various posting boards or private home pages, only other e-zines.) And unless you're using WebTV and have no storage capacity, don't expect me to pull things off your site for inclusion here.

That should do it.

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January 7: I have pulled one contributor from the list because I'm fucking tired of changing titles and other shit that's not my fault. If I fuck up something on your poems, I'll be glad to correct it. If you do, you can live with it.

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