Welcome one Welcome all to the Editorial and Letters page of the May Edition of Write Out Rageous (the thinking man's magazine crumpet section of Write Out Loud).

You may (no pun intended) notice a slight difference to the way the Features section is released this month.  We are trying out a new rolling ezine approach, whereby the May Edition is rolled out a few sections at a time to give you time to digest one set of features before the next wave hits.  This approach has come about largely by accident and as a result of an extended period of respectful over-imbibition held in honour of your esteemed editor's birthday, which happened around the end of April and never really ended.

To all those who entered the win a trip to Reykjavik, we are terribly sorry, but due to the presence of an active Volcano we have had to cancel the prize entirely.  However, after reading some of the entries (poems on the subject of snow) the Icelandic People have now chosen one lucky winner as their new national anthem because they felt that it summed up everything that made them proud to be Icelandic.  The competition sponsors Polar Foils Ltd are now facing extensive litigation for false claims centring on the pviotal fact that Polar Foils is an anagram of April Fools.  So too was the name of their marketing director.

This month we have features and articles galore; some will be familiar, others positively invasive.  Of course, for those looking to interact with the articles in ways that are easier than a quick email to dermot@writeoutloud.net, we have a number of features that invite comments, such as our Workshop Exercise of the Month and Picture This. You can even write your letters to Dear Dermot and tell us what you think of our monthly Cryptic Poem, Twins, or even let us know if your horroscope came true if you assume that a lot of what it actually said was intended to be taken metaphorically.