December 23rd, 2009 / 9:57 am
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Nick Antosca—
I made nine submissions to lit mags in 2009. (My lowest total ever since I started tracking. Got busy with longer pieces this year.) They were all in the last two months. One was rejected; the others are still outstanding. How was your year, submissions-wise? Did you send out more than ten? More than a hundred? Any acceptances/sales/publications you’re especially proud of?
My excel spreadsheet looks so forlorn for 2009.
My excel spreadsheet looks so forlorn for 2009.
My tracker is pretty weak this year, too. Only 5 for the year, and those in the past 3 months. 1 accepted, 2 rejected, and 2 outstanding.
I’m planning to get a last batch out over vacation though, along with finishing a draft of an ms to polish up and start shopping out. So, I’ll start 2010 with a feeling of productivity. 2009 was lost in wedding planning, home buying, and overall word-malaise. I let my tech writing job get to me too much this past year.
My tracker is pretty weak this year, too. Only 5 for the year, and those in the past 3 months. 1 accepted, 2 rejected, and 2 outstanding.
I’m planning to get a last batch out over vacation though, along with finishing a draft of an ms to polish up and start shopping out. So, I’ll start 2010 with a feeling of productivity. 2009 was lost in wedding planning, home buying, and overall word-malaise. I let my tech writing job get to me too much this past year.
44 submits. A bunch of accept, a bunch of reject.
I was most proud of elimae. They had rejected me three times prior, and I was feel verklempt.
44 submits. A bunch of accept, a bunch of reject.
I was most proud of elimae. They had rejected me three times prior, and I was feel verklempt.
congrats on that. that emboldens me to keep trying them.
congrats on that. that emboldens me to keep trying them.
11 submissions in 2009–acceptances: gustaf (Norway), No Colony 2, NOON (forthcoming this spring). A few rejections and some still waiting.
11 submissions in 2009–acceptances: gustaf (Norway), No Colony 2, NOON (forthcoming this spring). A few rejections and some still waiting.
i only sent out like 2 things. i don’t like the feel of submitting things anymore. unless someone asks me to send something. usually i do.
i only sent out like 2 things. i don’t like the feel of submitting things anymore. unless someone asks me to send something. usually i do.
how are you counting those? is that 44 individual times you’ve sent out to places? (for example, if you sent, say, elimae 4 stories at once, are you counting that as 4 submissions or 1?)
i’m at 36, i think, counting the first way; 18, counting the second way.
although way more if you include nonfiction things like interviews or articles.
when i first read that, i thought, “jesus, that’s a lot of submissions.”
but i guess i’m not that far off.
how are you counting those? is that 44 individual times you’ve sent out to places? (for example, if you sent, say, elimae 4 stories at once, are you counting that as 4 submissions or 1?)
i’m at 36, i think, counting the first way; 18, counting the second way.
although way more if you include nonfiction things like interviews or articles.
when i first read that, i thought, “jesus, that’s a lot of submissions.”
but i guess i’m not that far off.
Thank God for http://www.duotrope.com
Sent: 140
Pending: 31
Accepted: 10 (including my first book)
Rejected: 73
Withdrawn: 18
2009 was my best year to date, and two anthologies that were slated for 2009 got pushed to 2010. I was happy to have stories land at Dogmatika, Word Riot and 3:AM and thrilled for my ChiZine contest win. 2010 could be even better, with a story in a Cemetery Dance anthology, Shivers VI, and my first novel, Transubstantiate, out in June.
Thanks to all of you for pushing me, informing me and for inspiring me.
Peace,
Richard
Thank God for http://www.duotrope.com
Sent: 140
Pending: 31
Accepted: 10 (including my first book)
Rejected: 73
Withdrawn: 18
2009 was my best year to date, and two anthologies that were slated for 2009 got pushed to 2010. I was happy to have stories land at Dogmatika, Word Riot and 3:AM and thrilled for my ChiZine contest win. 2010 could be even better, with a story in a Cemetery Dance anthology, Shivers VI, and my first novel, Transubstantiate, out in June.
Thanks to all of you for pushing me, informing me and for inspiring me.
Peace,
Richard
sent way less than normal, but got more accepted. hmm.
sent way less than normal, but got more accepted. hmm.
That is awesome. Congratulations, man.
That is awesome. Congratulations, man.
I can never predict elimae. They accepted the first two or three things I ever sent them, and rejected everything ever since. I do love the site.
I can never predict elimae. They accepted the first two or three things I ever sent them, and rejected everything ever since. I do love the site.
i dunno how much i submitted but this was the first year i’ve had stuff accepted. i think i placed thirteen pieces total. i don’t think i submitted at all in 2008 but i tried a little with no success in 2007. i got an encouraging reply from derek white but otherwise i was ignored.
my first ever acceptance was from hobart and the second was pindeldyboz. those were definitely the most satisfying but i’m very happy about being in the current issues of lies/isle and pank, which are both excellent. also, sasha’s month on everyday genius has been rockin’ – so, that too.
i’m really excited about the future and trying to get some things in print. but it’s been a truly stellar year for me.
i dunno how much i submitted but this was the first year i’ve had stuff accepted. i think i placed thirteen pieces total. i don’t think i submitted at all in 2008 but i tried a little with no success in 2007. i got an encouraging reply from derek white but otherwise i was ignored.
my first ever acceptance was from hobart and the second was pindeldyboz. those were definitely the most satisfying but i’m very happy about being in the current issues of lies/isle and pank, which are both excellent. also, sasha’s month on everyday genius has been rockin’ – so, that too.
i’m really excited about the future and trying to get some things in print. but it’s been a truly stellar year for me.
I submitted more and wrote less, going to try and do it the other way around in ’10. I don’t keep track have the #’s. I was stoked to have something taken at Gargoyle because now I can quit bangin’ on Richard Peabody’s “door” every month or so.
I submitted more and wrote less, going to try and do it the other way around in ’10. I don’t keep track have the #’s. I was stoked to have something taken at Gargoyle because now I can quit bangin’ on Richard Peabody’s “door” every month or so.
*of the #’s
*of the #’s
The Hobart story was your first acceptance? Man, I loved that one so much!
The Hobart story was your first acceptance? Man, I loved that one so much!
Thanks Nick.
Thanks Nick.
21 submissions:
2 acceptances
12 rejections
7 outstanding
I sort of experimented with submission for the first time this year, sending out a bunch of different stuff just to try to get some experience with the submission process under my skin (to prove that I could make myself actually send things out for submission without being in grad school). it was successful in that regard.
21 submissions:
2 acceptances
12 rejections
7 outstanding
I sort of experimented with submission for the first time this year, sending out a bunch of different stuff just to try to get some experience with the submission process under my skin (to prove that I could make myself actually send things out for submission without being in grad school). it was successful in that regard.
Duotrope is extra useful. I submitted 230 times this year. A quarter of those submissions were accepted which has left me a whole lot to blog about. The universe takes while she gives.
Duotrope is extra useful. I submitted 230 times this year. A quarter of those submissions were accepted which has left me a whole lot to blog about. The universe takes while she gives.
totally was. you will always have a special place in my heart-meat, jensen, somewhere around the left ventricle – please keep your feet in.
totally was. you will always have a special place in my heart-meat, jensen, somewhere around the left ventricle – please keep your feet in.
More importantly, what’s the name of your excel spreadsheet if you have one? Mine is ‘failurepile.xls’.
More importantly, what’s the name of your excel spreadsheet if you have one? Mine is ‘failurepile.xls’.
You had sixties stories taken and you have a rejection blog? Relax! You’re doing great!
You had sixties stories taken and you have a rejection blog? Relax! You’re doing great!
I keep track of submissions and rejections on random pieces of paper near my desk, and then discard them when they are no longer needed. So I’m not sure on the number of submissions or rejections, but I am most proud of my story forthcoming in Abjective and the piece I had in Dogzplot. Maybe in 2010 I’ll keep track, or sign up on duotrope.
I keep track of submissions and rejections on random pieces of paper near my desk, and then discard them when they are no longer needed. So I’m not sure on the number of submissions or rejections, but I am most proud of my story forthcoming in Abjective and the piece I had in Dogzplot. Maybe in 2010 I’ll keep track, or sign up on duotrope.
I think I’d be happy having enough time to get 60 subs out at all. 60 acceptances is awesome, Roxane.
I think I’d be happy having enough time to get 60 subs out at all. 60 acceptances is awesome, Roxane.
I know, I know, in the grand scheme of things, I had a great year but talking about acceptances isn’t as fun or interesting! Also, I see 170 rejections. HA! I kid, sort of….
I know, I know, in the grand scheme of things, I had a great year but talking about acceptances isn’t as fun or interesting! Also, I see 170 rejections. HA! I kid, sort of….
Thanks, ce!
Thanks, ce!
mine’s boring. “subrecord.” yeah, it should be more acidic or hangdog or something.
mine’s boring. “subrecord.” yeah, it should be more acidic or hangdog or something.
sorry for the late reply, James, it is basically 44 submissions of 44 different texts, but please remember I have worked prose poems and flash the last 2 years (mostly). I do NOT have 44 stories I send out.
I mean I’m not some crazy prolific guy.
(I wish)
sorry for the late reply, James, it is basically 44 submissions of 44 different texts, but please remember I have worked prose poems and flash the last 2 years (mostly). I do NOT have 44 stories I send out.
I mean I’m not some crazy prolific guy.
(I wish)
230!!!
230!!!
duotrope says i sent 73 submissions
duotrope says i sent 73 submissions
Roxane, do you sleep?!! For real, that is amazing. The more so because every single one of your stories I’ve read is terrific. Obviously many editors agree with me. :)
Roxane, do you sleep?!! For real, that is amazing. The more so because every single one of your stories I’ve read is terrific. Obviously many editors agree with me. :)
For real. Well done, that is a lot of stories. How fast do you write a story? Crazy, what.
For real. Well done, that is a lot of stories. How fast do you write a story? Crazy, what.
Every single one of my publications except for one (Monkeybicycle website) happened this year. Think I am most proud of Sleepingfish (Gary Lutz co-edited issue), placing second in Pank’s 1,001 Awesome Words contest, Annalemma (website) and Keyhole 7.
Every single one of my publications except for one (Monkeybicycle website) happened this year. Think I am most proud of Sleepingfish (Gary Lutz co-edited issue), placing second in Pank’s 1,001 Awesome Words contest, Annalemma (website) and Keyhole 7.
no worries, sean. that’s what i figured
no worries, sean. that’s what i figured
Something like 65 submissions, 20 accepted, I think. I feel pretty good about that, but next year probably won’t look like this. I had a lot of stories saved up that I finally got up the courage to send out this year. Plus I’m working on some longer pieces.
Something like 65 submissions, 20 accepted, I think. I feel pretty good about that, but next year probably won’t look like this. I had a lot of stories saved up that I finally got up the courage to send out this year. Plus I’m working on some longer pieces.
…I just checked and my duotrope says 281 submissions (26 of which are apparently still pending??), which embarrasses me a little… I think I had no idea what I was doing early in the year and likely irritated some people. Acceptance ratio is 5.25%.
…I just checked and my duotrope says 281 submissions (26 of which are apparently still pending??), which embarrasses me a little… I think I had no idea what I was doing early in the year and likely irritated some people. Acceptance ratio is 5.25%.
Tim, that’s awesome–I had no idea you’d just started getting published! I’ve enjoyed so many of your stories this year.
Tim, that’s awesome–I had no idea you’d just started getting published! I’ve enjoyed so many of your stories this year.
thanks amber.
thanks amber.
I write really really fast. It is such a blessing.
I write really really fast. It is such a blessing.
That answer doesn’t quantify it, I realize. It’s hard to say but the most I’ve ever written in a day is 12,000 when I was doing my comps for school.
I do not sleep a lot. I suffer from insomnia so I have a lot more available hours with which to do things.
That answer doesn’t quantify it, I realize. It’s hard to say but the most I’ve ever written in a day is 12,000 when I was doing my comps for school.
I do not sleep a lot. I suffer from insomnia so I have a lot more available hours with which to do things.
And thanks!
And thanks!
You took a break for several years from submitting, then came back, right? How many of the 60-something were revisions of old work (I’m just curious abt how much of your old stuff you felt was salvageable or could be reworked… sort-of separate from the “how fast do you write” conversation).
You took a break for several years from submitting, then came back, right? How many of the 60-something were revisions of old work (I’m just curious abt how much of your old stuff you felt was salvageable or could be reworked… sort-of separate from the “how fast do you write” conversation).
Hi Tim, I did indeed. I found that my writing just wasn’t resonating with editors so I stopped submitting to literary magazines and started publishing genre fiction.I started submitting to literary markets again in March 2009. I think 13 of the stories were stories I spent that 5 year-break revising and since then I’ve just had… a creative spurt. The first one that was accepted, my first lit mag credit ever, was Bone Density in Word Riot!
Hi Tim, I did indeed. I found that my writing just wasn’t resonating with editors so I stopped submitting to literary magazines and started publishing genre fiction.I started submitting to literary markets again in March 2009. I think 13 of the stories were stories I spent that 5 year-break revising and since then I’ve just had… a creative spurt. The first one that was accepted, my first lit mag credit ever, was Bone Density in Word Riot!
I didn’t know you had just started submitting either. That’s really great. Can’t wait for people to read your story in PANK.
great year for sure, tim
i still remember seeing on zoe when monkeybicycle took your doughnuts/revolution story. that was your first acceptance, no? was that last nov/dec?
damn, that’s great for mlb hitters and for short stories
I didn’t know you had just started submitting either. That’s really great. Can’t wait for people to read your story in PANK.
great year for sure, tim
i still remember seeing on zoe when monkeybicycle took your doughnuts/revolution story. that was your first acceptance, no? was that last nov/dec?
damn, that’s great for mlb hitters and for short stories
ha, i can’t rely on duotrope b/c i haven’t been faithful updating acceptances/rejections
after a five year hiatus from writing (late 03-08), i probably got about 60-70 stories accepted this year
about 10-15 of those appeared in journals that have already gone under and removed their websites so that i cannot locate the stories in searches
i struggled to write a novel, quitting it (and writing) various times. i lack what some would call the ability to embrace moderation.
i began editing for dogzplot and quit because it was all too much. i became a flash editor for jmww and have retained that title.
right now i am into reading novels and finding the whole act of continually submitting to journals quite wearying. several journals keep rejecting me with lines like “this one we liked the most of everything you sent us. keep at it!” months ago i’d have been frothing to write something to get in. now i just shrug and think maybe it’s not meant to be (or the editors are just fucking with me).
i have quite an addictive personality and i think many times this year i became mind-boggingly obsessed with cracking into journals i liked a lot. i don’t feel that same way anymore. in the past few months, i have submitted very few stories. i am more careful. i am not writing as much. i am thinking of trying to read 150 novels before 2011 starts. this year i probably read 20. like roxane, i don’t sleep much. if i cut back on tv late at night and twitter, facebook, fictionaut, this place, sherdog, gawker, deadspin, etc., i may have a shot. i read on the train to work, home from work, during lunch, and then really late at night when my wife and kids are asleep. once i get into good books, i tend to keep going.
ha, i can’t rely on duotrope b/c i haven’t been faithful updating acceptances/rejections
after a five year hiatus from writing (late 03-08), i probably got about 60-70 stories accepted this year
about 10-15 of those appeared in journals that have already gone under and removed their websites so that i cannot locate the stories in searches
i struggled to write a novel, quitting it (and writing) various times. i lack what some would call the ability to embrace moderation.
i began editing for dogzplot and quit because it was all too much. i became a flash editor for jmww and have retained that title.
right now i am into reading novels and finding the whole act of continually submitting to journals quite wearying. several journals keep rejecting me with lines like “this one we liked the most of everything you sent us. keep at it!” months ago i’d have been frothing to write something to get in. now i just shrug and think maybe it’s not meant to be (or the editors are just fucking with me).
i have quite an addictive personality and i think many times this year i became mind-boggingly obsessed with cracking into journals i liked a lot. i don’t feel that same way anymore. in the past few months, i have submitted very few stories. i am more careful. i am not writing as much. i am thinking of trying to read 150 novels before 2011 starts. this year i probably read 20. like roxane, i don’t sleep much. if i cut back on tv late at night and twitter, facebook, fictionaut, this place, sherdog, gawker, deadspin, etc., i may have a shot. i read on the train to work, home from work, during lunch, and then really late at night when my wife and kids are asleep. once i get into good books, i tend to keep going.
shit, i also ramble and go off topic, sorry
i was most proud of FRiGG, elimae, Los Angeles Review, and The Pedestal
I could look at that list and change any/all if i think about it too long. Partly my pride came from so many rejections from those places before getting acceptances.
shit, i also ramble and go off topic, sorry
i was most proud of FRiGG, elimae, Los Angeles Review, and The Pedestal
I could look at that list and change any/all if i think about it too long. Partly my pride came from so many rejections from those places before getting acceptances.
i sent out about 300 subs, prolly…probably about 150 were rejections and the rest were retractions/withdrawals
i can’t imagine sending out that many subs before 2020
i sent out about 300 subs, prolly…probably about 150 were rejections and the rest were retractions/withdrawals
i can’t imagine sending out that many subs before 2020
this was the year i started submitting stuff mostly, bar very occasional (and often completely misplaced) stuff. i don’t know how many subs i sent out. too many. some dud stuff, some completely mis-targeted stuff, and in the end, i placed everything i’ve written which i particularly liked, and trashed lots i eventually didn’t. my duotrope isn’t exact – i don’t always remember to add every sub in – so it’s lacking some acceptances and some big glaring rejections. it gives my acceptance rate as 18.57% which i think is probably loosely about right.
i’ve maybe had pieces in 30ish places, give or take, this year. (i got really excited when places actually started taking more than one piece from me..!) so i guess i’ve sent out a ton of subs, if my duotrope average is anywhere near the truth. i feel pretty much out-submitted now, and my momentum for it has mostly passed. i’ve liked this year, writing wise, though. and reading wise.
i think i’d like a year of reading a ton, now. i feel out of fresh writing, and i’d probably rather just enjoy other people’s for a while. in terms of things i’m proud of, i’ve liked feeling like there’s any niche for my weirder writing at all. that was a welcome learning curb.
the one piece i sent out at the end of last year, (i think) was a particularly strange and abstract one. it appeared in sein und werden, and i feel grateful for that, because it’s a fab zine, i think it fitted in there. but it also gave me some writing confidence back, and spurred me on to send out more pieces this year.
this was the year i started submitting stuff mostly, bar very occasional (and often completely misplaced) stuff. i don’t know how many subs i sent out. too many. some dud stuff, some completely mis-targeted stuff, and in the end, i placed everything i’ve written which i particularly liked, and trashed lots i eventually didn’t. my duotrope isn’t exact – i don’t always remember to add every sub in – so it’s lacking some acceptances and some big glaring rejections. it gives my acceptance rate as 18.57% which i think is probably loosely about right.
i’ve maybe had pieces in 30ish places, give or take, this year. (i got really excited when places actually started taking more than one piece from me..!) so i guess i’ve sent out a ton of subs, if my duotrope average is anywhere near the truth. i feel pretty much out-submitted now, and my momentum for it has mostly passed. i’ve liked this year, writing wise, though. and reading wise.
i think i’d like a year of reading a ton, now. i feel out of fresh writing, and i’d probably rather just enjoy other people’s for a while. in terms of things i’m proud of, i’ve liked feeling like there’s any niche for my weirder writing at all. that was a welcome learning curb.
the one piece i sent out at the end of last year, (i think) was a particularly strange and abstract one. it appeared in sein und werden, and i feel grateful for that, because it’s a fab zine, i think it fitted in there. but it also gave me some writing confidence back, and spurred me on to send out more pieces this year.
It was second acceptance but first published. JA Tyler sent my first acceptance, for American Kids in Mud Luscious, in fall ’08, it just didn’t get published until January 09 b/c ML is quarterly.
It was second acceptance but first published. JA Tyler sent my first acceptance, for American Kids in Mud Luscious, in fall ’08, it just didn’t get published until January 09 b/c ML is quarterly.
…I forgot the two things I think I’m most proud abt —
Doug Paul Case, an undergrad at Emerson and editor at Emerson Review (he’s got a great piece in Necessary Fiction right now), was a fan of my stories and decided to collect them as his final project in his book design course. He printed 4-ish copies (I think?)… it’s lovely — perfect-bound, great design by Doug w/ a unifying theme of ink-doodled drawings, and he even solicited blurbs from Roxane and Steve Himmer. I don’t think any publication could be anywhere near as meaningful.
Sarah Black spray-painted my story “Painted Faces” (from keyhole website) onto a wall in a place called “Freak Alley” in Boise, Idaho where taggers do much of their tagging. This was to advertise her micropress. Workers from a nearby restaurant kept coming outside to read the story as she painted.
…I forgot the two things I think I’m most proud abt —
Doug Paul Case, an undergrad at Emerson and editor at Emerson Review (he’s got a great piece in Necessary Fiction right now), was a fan of my stories and decided to collect them as his final project in his book design course. He printed 4-ish copies (I think?)… it’s lovely — perfect-bound, great design by Doug w/ a unifying theme of ink-doodled drawings, and he even solicited blurbs from Roxane and Steve Himmer. I don’t think any publication could be anywhere near as meaningful.
Sarah Black spray-painted my story “Painted Faces” (from keyhole website) onto a wall in a place called “Freak Alley” in Boise, Idaho where taggers do much of their tagging. This was to advertise her micropress. Workers from a nearby restaurant kept coming outside to read the story as she painted.
This is the year I started submitting, and the year I started writing stuff I could actually submit. If you’d seen my work prior to August, barring maybe one piece, well, um–none of it is remotely publishable.
I guess I’m proudest of Agriculture Reader, Caketrain, Sleepingfish, Smokelong, PANK, FRiGG, Night Train, Everyday Genius. All of them.
It can only go downhill from here.
This is the year I started submitting, and the year I started writing stuff I could actually submit. If you’d seen my work prior to August, barring maybe one piece, well, um–none of it is remotely publishable.
I guess I’m proudest of Agriculture Reader, Caketrain, Sleepingfish, Smokelong, PANK, FRiGG, Night Train, Everyday Genius. All of them.
It can only go downhill from here.
Pank 4 is going to be badass.
…yeah, after writing a lot of dumb shit as a kid, I tried to study writing the two years I was at Sarah Lawrence, but I was also trying to do theater, super hard academics and crashing and burning emotionally, so I didn’t learn or accomplish much. Then I spent took two years off from school, and wrote a little during that time, but most of it was for a novelish project I’ve long since abandoned, and then I mostly tabled fiction writing during the three years I was finishing my undergrad at DePaul and was really focused on Women’s & Gender Studies stuff, until my very last quarter, when I took a great fiction workshop w/ Achy Obejas that sort-of re-energized me and I started writing more seriously as a grownup 07-08 and submitting a lot in mid-late 2008.
Pank 4 is going to be badass.
…yeah, after writing a lot of dumb shit as a kid, I tried to study writing the two years I was at Sarah Lawrence, but I was also trying to do theater, super hard academics and crashing and burning emotionally, so I didn’t learn or accomplish much. Then I spent took two years off from school, and wrote a little during that time, but most of it was for a novelish project I’ve long since abandoned, and then I mostly tabled fiction writing during the three years I was finishing my undergrad at DePaul and was really focused on Women’s & Gender Studies stuff, until my very last quarter, when I took a great fiction workshop w/ Achy Obejas that sort-of re-energized me and I started writing more seriously as a grownup 07-08 and submitting a lot in mid-late 2008.
the ridiculousness of me in 2010:
766 submissions
119 still pending
160 acceptances
487 rejections
the ridiculousness of me in 2010:
766 submissions
119 still pending
160 acceptances
487 rejections
if 2010 is 2009
if 2010 is 2009
jesus bleepin christ
congrats, j.a.
why don’t you challenge yourself by running a press and editing for a few places and responding to every sub within a day or two
my sombrero is off to you
jesus bleepin christ
congrats, j.a.
why don’t you challenge yourself by running a press and editing for a few places and responding to every sub within a day or two
my sombrero is off to you
thanks de. congrats on all your publications too. you can do the 150 books in 2010 I think. here’s to trying anyway.
thanks de. congrats on all your publications too. you can do the 150 books in 2010 I think. here’s to trying anyway.
16 accepted [4 of those acceptances were 2 each, so i guess that makes 20 pieces, 16 acceptances]
2 e-books published
1 book accepted fr publication
another book was a finalist, but that’s still more or less a rejection
same book was also rejected
annnnnd
13 rejections that i can think of off the top of my head
and at least 4 pending
i don’t know. i don’t use duotrope, and searching for “rejected” “rejection “no” “we pass” “we cannot take this” “we don’t want it” yields less results than i thought it would.
and rejected from 4 of the 5 grad schools i applied to, promptly, on the first day they said i could expect an answer.
16 accepted [4 of those acceptances were 2 each, so i guess that makes 20 pieces, 16 acceptances]
2 e-books published
1 book accepted fr publication
another book was a finalist, but that’s still more or less a rejection
same book was also rejected
annnnnd
13 rejections that i can think of off the top of my head
and at least 4 pending
i don’t know. i don’t use duotrope, and searching for “rejected” “rejection “no” “we pass” “we cannot take this” “we don’t want it” yields less results than i thought it would.
and rejected from 4 of the 5 grad schools i applied to, promptly, on the first day they said i could expect an answer.
i don’t track these things so i don’t really know. i will update the rejections when i find more.
i don’t track these things so i don’t really know. i will update the rejections when i find more.
Before I read this thread I worried I was “carpet bombing.”
I will never worry about that again. I’d be shocked if in this entire year I sent out more than forty submissions.
Before I read this thread I worried I was “carpet bombing.”
I will never worry about that again. I’d be shocked if in this entire year I sent out more than forty submissions.