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The past decade or so has led to a flourishing of poetic and performance-based qualitative research (for bibliographies on each approach, see Prendergast, 2009a, 2009b; Beck, Belliveau, Lea, & Wager, 2011). Researchers have turned to these arts-based approaches for many reasons and from varied theoretical perspectives. However, the majority of poetic and performance studies could be seen as engaging in the work of art and also in carrying out the work of social science in innovative and interdisciplinary ways. The challenges inherent to the review process of poetic or performance-based inquiries, or creative submissions in other related alternate forms, is one that has been debated in conference settings, between colleagues, and in the literature (Ackroyd & O'Toole, 2010; Faulkner, 2007, 2010; Gallagher, 2007; Piirto, 2002; Saldaña, 2003, 2005; Sullivan, 2009). In all cases, however, we believe that it is …