Can I still publish my old haiku?

WriteRex · Jan 12, 2014

I wrote my haiku when I was in 11th grade and read it aloud. People laughed.
I reused the same haiku in 12th grade, and I told them so. I read it aloud. People laughed.
I posted my haiku on this forum. The reception seems to be good.

So, can I still publish my old haiku in a literary journal/magazine?

benbradley · Jan 12, 2014

Which subforum did you post it in? If it's a password-protected one, such as SYW, you're okay to submit it.

WriteRex · Jan 12, 2014

benbradley said:
Which subforum did you post it in? If it's a password-protected one, such as SYW, you're okay to submit it.

Yeah. It's SYW.

So, publishing in a classroom does not count as publishing?

What about publishing in an oral presentation?

benbradley · Jan 12, 2014

WriteRex said:
Yeah. It's SYW.

So, publishing in a classroom does not count as publishing?

What about publishing in an oral presentation?

I'm not an IP attorney, but it seems to me these (reading to a limited audience where the general public is not invited) are not "publications."

There's an "Ask The Agent" forum around here somewhere that might be more appropriate for this question - don't post a new thread there, just ask a mod if they can move this one. They're usually good about doing that sort of thing.

Old Hack · Jan 12, 2014

"Reading your haiku aloud in class" is not the same as "publication".

If you can find a literary journal willing to publish them I'd say you're good to go, but if you're worried then ask the publication if they're happy with the haikus' status.

Can I still publish my old haiku?

WriteRex

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