Date & Time: 9/18/2007 11:37:56 AM
User: Pat Henderson
Note: I really liked the Nolan interview (issue 116). Thank you.  
 
Date & Time: 9/19/2007 8:40:58 PM
User: r0seman
Note: Pat and all others who liked the Nolan Interview -- Thank you!!!! I'm working on a review of his just published Let's Get Creative, a guide to writing fiction; the techniques described will also work in non-fiction. He says many things you won't find in most writing books. Again -- thank you!!! And thank you to Cynthia who made it possible. Jerry Airth Poetry Ed.  
 
Date & Time: 9/29/2007 4:56:39 PM
User: Jake in Seattle
Note: Good stories, good non-fiction, very good poems. Nicely done website. I only wish your back issues archive was deeper. Thank you, I'll be back.  
 
Date & Time: 10/28/2007 7:28:54 AM
User: just curious
Note: I just checked your fiction submission guidelines: "Mainstream/literary stories will be considered if they are in some way out of the ordinary." So you only accept niche and genre fiction? Weird. Doesn't that severely limit the quantity of available submissions? I've done workshops for years but never one that limits "literary" works.

Date & Time: 10/29/2007 9:37:30 AM
User: fiction editor
Note: There are thousands of "literary" magazines that solicit submissions. We are looking for less formulaic, less confessional, more edgy and creative work than that turned out by the current crop of academic creative writing programs. Give us a try.  
 
Date & Time: 10/30/2007 4:41:18 AM
User: just curious
Note: I think you misunderstood my comment. Your guidelines use the ambiguous phrase "overly literary" as a submission limiter. Based on your reply, wouldn't the words "stilted" or "pedantic" be more accurate and less ambiguous? Who in their right mind would want their writing to appear in a publication that openly decries work that is literary? The implication is that a writer must "dumb down" to grace your pages. No thank you, but thanks for your response.  
 
Date & Time: 11/1/2007 1:04:08 PM
User: Bill Payson, TN
Note: Gordon Graves "Letter To The Editor" is hilarious. Nice stories, nice web site. Thank you.  
 
Date & Time: 11/4/2007 9:54:19 PM
User: Donald Sullivan
Note: The accepted definition of literary fiction: Fiction that is devoted to the literary aspects of writing, with the emphasis being on the style of writing rather than on the art of storytelling. Perhaps CALLIOPE does not accept literary fiction because the editors are more interested in the art of storytelling than in the style of writing. "A great story will make up for less-than-brilliant writing, but brilliant writing will not save a lousy story." Unknown