3rd person biography
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This ought to be self-explanatory, but I&#;m always surprised at the number of submitters to Poetry South who either ignore the bio that we request or don&#;t write it in third person. There are times when I simply don&#;t read a submission if it doesn&#;t have a bio because I don&#;t want to have to ask for one later. If I do read it, your submission had better be fantastic because I&#;m less likely to vote for it if your bio isn&#;t there or if it doesn&#;t follow our guidelines.
Start with your name. Most magazines will use the bio in contributors&#; notes and want to list them alphabetically. Though we can edit your bio to put your name first, we&#;d rather not. Start with your first name and end with your last name and or anything that should follow like “Jr.” list your name the same way you want your name to appear on your work and in the table of contents. If you write under a pseudonym, use that name here.
Pretend you&#;re someone else writing about you, and use he, she or they to refer to yourself, not I. It&#;s good to say something interesting about yourself, but you don&#;t have to get too personal. Maybe mention what you do for a living or a hobby or where you&#;re from. It&#;s fine to mention family or pets if you are comfortable with that. It&#;s also fine to
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How to Write a Good Third Person Biographical Statement
When you read submission guidelines, which vary from literary journal to literary journal, almost all of them will require that you include a brief biographical statement (or bio). Usually they require that the bio is in the third person and to be 50 words or less.
These bios are tricky to is hard to describe ones life using 50 words or less. And frankly, you are better off not doing it. The editor of the journal does not care if you have been twice divorced, and neither does the reading public.
I am all for including one or two personal details, but I prefer that they relate indirectly to your writing. For example when I was submitting a lot of geographically themed poems I included the line &#;Emily Harstone just moved for the 18th time&#;.
Another fact worth considering including is what you actually do for a living. Most writers don&#;t write for a living. They do something else to pay the bills. Mentioning what that is can easily add complexity to your bio. Although it might affect the way your submission is considered. For example mentioning that you are a lawyer in your bio would have a different effect than mentioning that you are a stripper.
Most writers focus the bulk of their (very short) bio on writing. T