April's Defamation Drama

[dissentzero]

It is insulting to me to insinuate that my poem was accepted for publication because of an "in" I supposedly have. This is false. To charge an ethics violation, it is important to have all facts together. If the facts do not support the accusation, defamation has been committed

Comments

[embodimentofme]

The argument against this means that if anyone had ever known or taken a class with any of the graduate students or faculty advisors throughout the existence of Coastlines, then they should not have submitted their work, due to ethical questions. I think this reasoning is off, as it would eliminate MANY people, most of whom are English majors who would know the Coastline staffers, from submitting to their own school's lit mag.

So then, do you think it is unethical for Coastline staff members themselves to submit?

[dissentzero]

In order to have a high-quality magazine out of a magazine that only accepts from its students, the best submissions must be used. If some of the best writers that the school offers happen to be people who, as editors, wish to make the magazine as high-quality as possible so it can gain respect for its content, then there is no problem. There would be a problem if all the published work were that of the editors, or even if it were a significant amount. Considering that the vast majority of the work is by non-staffers, there is not a problem. Quite simply: the best work submitted was chosen.