I tried this format below and found that it worked nicely, without the need for all that extra HTML. Also, it works without having to delete the line breaks (in fact the line breaks are required).
<$list filter="[!has[draft.of]sort[title]tag[submissions]!is[system]]"> |!label |!field | |Work Submitted | <$edit field="sub_work" type="select"></$edit>| |Venue Sent | <$edit field="sub_venue"></$edit>| |Status | <$edit field="sub_status"></$edit>| |blank | blank| |Send Date | <$edit field="send_date"></$edit>| </$list> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.