{"id":2676,"date":"2007-08-22T12:52:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-22T20:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=2676"},"modified":"2007-08-22T12:52:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-22T20:52:00","slug":"2676","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=2676","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

(This was crossposted to the Kaleidotrope weblog<\/a>)<\/i><\/p>\n

Someone recently asked me if Kaleidotrope<\/i><\/strong><\/a> had won any awards, or if any of the stories that I’ve printed have gone on to be anthologized elsewhere. To the best of my knowledge, this hasn’t happened just yet. The first issue received a couple<\/a> of genuinely nice reviews<\/a>, and I’ve received some great feedback from contributors and subscribers alike on both issues, but awards and greater glories thus far elude me.<\/p>\n

Then again, Kaleidotrope<\/i><\/strong> is<\/i> only a little more than a year (and two issues) old. It existed nowhere but in my own head before April of 2006, when I sent out my first call for submissions. And the quality of those submissions — not just from award winners like Bruce Boston<\/a> and Bruce Holland Rogers<\/a> (whose presence1<\/sup> alone is enough to surprise me sometimes), but from everyone — continues to amaze me. It’s why I keep doing this. Sure, I’d love to see the stories and poems I’ve printed go on to win awards and earn the sort of recognition I think they deserve, but the reason<\/i> I print them is simple: I think they’re really cool and I want to share them with others. And, if any greater glories do await Kaleidotrope<\/i> as a whole, better they be for that<\/i> than for anything else, right?<\/p>\n

Still, there are things I’d like to see happen and other things I’m considering:<\/p>\n