I'm forwarding this answer from Segullah's editor. Johnna
Dear Bill Willson,
I apologize for the confusion regarding Segullah's policy regarding
submissions from men. Since the inception of this publication our
focus has been on writing from LDS women; however, in the past we
have not discouraged submissions from men. Recently (within the past
week) we have clarified our stance regarding this matter. We've
established a prose column for male contributors; this is managed by
our focus editor, Kylie Turley (guidelines here http://
www.segullah.org/submissions.html#features) . This is the sole forum
available for men at Segullah. We will not accept men's poetry or
artwork. Our prose and poetry contests continue to be open to women
only.
This policy enables us to focus on nurturing the creativity of LDS
women, which is one of our primary purposes. If we were to give equal
consideration and space to men's and women's works, our journal would
not be more or less valuable, but it would definitely be different.
In a religious culture which embraces the belief that "gender is an
essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal
identity and purpose," we feel the atmosphere created in our journal
has a unique purpose and significance.
I acknowledge the frustration your interactions with us have caused
you, and again I apologize.
I hope this statement clarifies any questions that may remain. If
not, please contact me at editor@???
Thank you,
Kathryn Soper
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johnna Cornett"
> <justjohnna@???>
> To: "AML Discussion List" <aml-list@???>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 2:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [AML] Segullah looking for poets
>
>
>> Sorry--I'm recanting. Apparently I missed the policy that
>> Segullah publishes art and poetry by women only.
>>
>> I'm going to stick with coding Segullah's site. I can answer
>> questions about that competently.
>>
>> back into lurk mode,
>> Johnna
>>
>> On Sep 21, 2006, at 5:23 PM, Johnna Cornett wrote:
>>
>>> I'm on the editorial board for poetry at Segullah and you guys
>>> are welcome to submit poetry. We love quality and we love
>>> material that works with our mission statement.
>>>
>>> Our readership is women primarily. Women who enjoy poetry do
>>> read poems written by men too.
>>>
>>> More information about sending poetry to Segullah is found here:
>>> http://segullah.org/submissions.html#poetry
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Johnna Cornett
>>>
>>>
