Creative work · SINGAPORE
Singapore poets: check the poem you submit before acceptance limits revision
Separate an active workshop draft from the version a journal will treat as final.
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Start with these checks
- A workshop that permits feedback before submission
- A concrete question about a passage still changing
- The intended journal’s rule for accepted-text revisions
The problem
You send a Singapore poem while still revising its ending, assuming that an editor’s eventual acceptance will give you another chance to replace the text.
Choose the version you are actually offering
Keep the workshop draft and proposed submission file separate. Read the attached file from beginning to end, including punctuation, line order and any layout that affects meaning. Give that version a clear date or internal identifier. A last-minute email attachment can otherwise preserve an earlier ending while you remember the newer one. The reader can assess only what was actually supplied.
Check when the publisher limits changes
Kopi Break’s guidance asks for a final draft and says it does not accept revisions to accepted poems. The listed submission cutoff has passed; it is an example of a version rule, not a current invitation. Do not assume every journal uses it, or that it proves no correction can ever be discussed. Check the actual editor’s process for the text you offer.
- Kopi Break: final drafts and accepted revisions ↗ · Source checked
Bring the remaining choice to critique first
If the ending is still unresolved, prepare the two alternatives and ask what meaning changes between them. Avoid soliciting a general vote on which sounds more impressive. Choose what the poem should say, then read the whole selected version again. This is preparation before a submission; workshop participation does not guarantee that the editor will accept either alternative or reopen an accepted text.
Handle a discovered problem with a specific enquiry
If you notice a mistake after sending work, state which file and passage are affected and ask the identified editor what action is possible. Do not silently send repeated replacement attachments as if receipt meant approval. Use Boardzip to find current Singapore poetry critique sessions for earlier preparation, checking draft circulation rules. Keep the actual submission record separate from the continuously changing working file.
Questions and answers
Should I send both endings and let the journal choose?
Follow its requested submission format. An editor’s selection process is not automatically a workshop for comparing unfinished alternatives. Resolve the choice beforehand unless that particular call explicitly invites development work.
Does the Kopi Break rule mean I can never ask about a typo?
The page states a limit on revisions to accepted poems. It does not establish how every specific error enquiry will be handled. Ask the editor without assuming permission to replace the text.
Sources and further reading
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- Kopi Break: final drafts and accepted revisions ↗Source checked
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