- A: a worthy arrangement of worthless words
B: a public print-out of private puzzles
C: a rational repetition of random ravings - A: mailed from a good address, better school-associated
B: including a good bionote, better award-winning
C: signed with a good name, better recognizable - A: received by a well-circulated magazine
B: read by a well-connected editor
C: recommended by a well-established publisher - A: the magazine is in the right need
B: the editor is in the right mood
C: the publisher is of the right kind - A: published in the perfect year
B: included in the perfect section
C: presented on the perfect page - A: selected by a poetry lord, somehow intrigued
B: voted by an expert reader, somehow over-reading
C: chosen by a guest editor, somehow idiosyncratic