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May is International Slushpile Awareness Month

 
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2007 Apr 17

Poll Dancing #4: the Results

By Sean Lindsay

As part of International Slushpile Awareness Month, I asked readers their opinions of the slushpile. Kind of an open-ended question, except I supplied the answers. With more answers to choose from, we got a record number of responses, and I think a more representative result.

What do you think of the Slushpile?

  • I hate the name! Call it the Fountain of Undiscovered Genius (3%, 2 Votes)
  • I hate the name! Call it the River of Unreadable Shit (5%, 4 Votes)
  • It’s unfair - books should be selected via Web 2.0 democracy (1%, 1 Votes)
  • It’s unfair - books should be selected via telepathy or nepotism (1%, 1 Votes)
  • It’s a mountain you have to climb to get published (18%, 13 Votes)
  • It’s a mountain you have to mine to find something worth publishing (7%, 5 Votes)
  • I wish agents would make the slushpile their priority (0%, 0 Votes)
  • I wish writers would make grammar their priority (16%, 12 Votes)
  • It’s a conspiracy to silence new and original voices (1%, 1 Votes)
  • It’s an industry-imposed tax on agents (3%, 2 Votes)
  • The system doesn’t always work, but it’s the best we have (19%, 14 Votes)
  • Hey, as long as I don’t have to read it (26%, 19 Votes)

Total Voters: 74

I don’t think I even know 74 people.

Good to see that Meika is still reading. How’s that web 2.0 working for you?

It’s clear from these results that the only winner is ignorance. When you’re not busy pouring more slop on the pile, you’re pretending it’s someone else’s problem. I may have to poll your opinions on recycling and global warming.

This poll has been reopened for voting, so if you haven’t voted already, or want to game the system by voting again, go ahead:

What do you think of the Slushpile?

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Categories: polls, slushpile awareness month
 

3 Comments

  1. I have an unsolicited opinion concerning the slush pile.

    Writers need to quit fsking obsessing over it. Either get writing, or get out.

    April 18th, 2007 at 11:55 am

  2. Oh Heather, if only it were that simple, this blog would be called 2 Reasons to Stop Writing.

    April 18th, 2007 at 11:07 pm

  3. True, true… then we wouldn’t be graced with your particular style of abrasiveness. And what a great loss that would be…

    April 20th, 2007 at 12:31 am

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