YYB's 2021 Open Reading Period Longlist in Poetry is here!
Nov 11, 2022
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What an incredible pleasure to announce the YYB 2021 Open Reading Period Longlist in Poetry! Since that took an extra minute, the longlisted authors are able to put in a revised manuscript. The shortlist and publication offers will be announced in January.
And huge thanks to all who submitted! We appreciate all who hung in there with us as we dragged ourself through last year. And we understand why some folks couldn’t wait. Love to you all!!! ORP fiction results coming next week! -KMA
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I’m curious whether the extra time behind this longlist actually changed its final shape, or mainly gave readers more room to argue over it.
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A longlist can feel generous, but it also raises expectations; how do you weigh that against the clarity of a shorter list?
The longlist format got me thinking about how a reading period could use a shared tracker for each author’s bio, permissions, and next-step details before the public announcement.
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It’s unglamorous admin, but it would make the list easier for readers and authors to act on.
Seeing the longlist laid out makes me want to build a short reading sprint: one collection per week, jotting notes on voice and structure, then comparing favorites with a friend.
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It’s a practical way to work through a list like this without letting it sit open in a tab.
https://casinobasta.com caught my eye while I was reading about how longlists give writers a second shot at revising, which seems like a genuinely kind move in a process that's usually so final. Letting people rework their manuscripts before the shortlist suggests the editors care more about the poems than the paperwork, and that's rare enough to notice. I've been on the submitting side of these things, and even a small extension like that changes how the whole wait feels.