Terrain.org's Online Poetry Survey

Online Poetry Survey

Thank you for participating in Terrain.org's poetry survey—your input is essential!

This 20-question survey will take between 5 and 15 minutes to complete. No fields are required, though you are urged to answer all questions. Please enter your email address if you would like to receive the results of this survey. For additional information, please contact us.

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1. In which venues have you published poetry?
Please select all that apply.

Online journal (e-zine)
Print journal or anthology (or other print periodical)
Print chapbook
Online chapbook
Print book
Online book
Have Not Published Poetry

2. How often do you read poetry, in print?

3. How often do you read poetry, online?

4. What types of poetry resources do you access online, how often, and how important are they to you?
Please check all that apply, note frequency, and rate importance, where 1 is most important and 5 is least important.

5. How are you regularly notified about new poetry appearing online?
Please select all that apply.

Email (e-newsletter, listserv, email from publisher, etc.)
Discussion Forum/Chat Group
Print Magazine/Newspaper
Announcement at Literary Event/Bookstore
Flyer/Brochure
Word of Mouth
Not Regularly Notified

6. What are your three favorite online poetry resources overall?
Please list names and URLs, if possible.

7. What are your three favorite e-zines...

...to read poetry in:	...to submit poetry to:
Please list names and URLs, if possible.	Please list names and URLs, if possible.

8. Who are your three favorite poets?

9. Is there a difference in the quality of poetry appearing in online journals and print journals, and if so, how?

10. Does the poetry you submit to online journals differ from the poetry you submit to print journals, and if so, how?

11. Online journals are to submit to than print journals.

12. Online journals respond than print journals to your submissions.

13. What do you like most about online poetry resources?

14. What do you like least about online poetry resources?

15. What is the biggest misconception about poetry appearing online?

16. What is the biggest truth about poetry appearing online?

17. What additional poetry resources, if any, should be available online?

18. Briefly, what are your overall recommendations for poets hoping to publish in online venues?

19. Briefly, what are your overall concerns with poetry publishing online?

20. Please list any additional thoughts, suggestions, favorite links, or other input on online poetry and online poetry resources: