When my poems were considered for Bywords.ca, I was told they would be evaluated for three months. Subsequently one of the poems I submitted was published on Bywords.ca and I received a message that it and the other poems I submitted would be considered for the next BQJ. After that I got a message saying my poems would not be published in the BQJ and were no longer being considered, even though the original message said they would be considered for three months. How does that work?
A poem has a maximum evaluation period of three months. If it's published on Bywords.ca, it and all of the other poems submitted by that person within the evaluation period move to the voting for the BQJ. This means that all of the person's poems have been considered and voted on by the selection committee. At that point if the poems aren't chosen, the person is notified that the poems will not be published by Bywords.