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Else Q&A
What
does your name mean?
We discussed
a number of different names that, after further reflection, either left
us cold or sounded like a kind of cooking oil. If memory serves, it was
Dennis who suggested "Red Morning" after walking to work one
morning and seeing (you guessed it) a red sky. The name resonated with
all of us, so we adopted it.
Why
aren't you a not-for-profit?
Simply put, it was easier to form an LLC, which is what we are. Also,
there's nothing wrong with making money, and our plan is to put every
dime that comes in to RMP right back into future publications. We're not
going to be quitting our day jobs anytime soon, but if the press can someday
turn a small profit through its activities, we'd be fine with that. Right
now, we fund the press entirely through our individual savings and book
sales. We absolutely will not sponsor a contest that requires entry fees,
and we aren't interested in relying upon grants and donations. We feel
that the only way to keep our press truly independent is to invest our
own money into it.
Why
don't you like contests?
We don't think there's anything inherently wrong with sponsoring a contest.
It's up to the individual press whether or not they want to use that method
to finance their operation. And it's up to authors to decide whether or
not they'd like to participate in them. In fact, we try to keep a list
of contests sponsored by other publishers on our site (see the Submissions
section, or click here
[Acrobat required]). We simply choose not to hold contests because we
think they're an inefficient way to bring innovative poetry to the community.
Over the years, money from thousands of entry fees has been funneled into
a handful of prize-winning writers and presses. Unfortunately, that handful
just doesn't reflect the true number of quality manuscripts that should
be published.
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