December 23rd, 2009 / 9:57 am
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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?

122 Comments

  1. Nick Antosca

      My excel spreadsheet looks so forlorn for 2009.

  2. Nick Antosca

      My excel spreadsheet looks so forlorn for 2009.

  3. ce.

      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.

  4. ce.

      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.

  5. Sean

      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.

  6. Sean

      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.

  7. Amy McDaniel

      congrats on that. that emboldens me to keep trying them.

  8. Amy McDaniel

      congrats on that. that emboldens me to keep trying them.

  9. Brandon Hobson

      11 submissions in 2009–acceptances: gustaf (Norway), No Colony 2, NOON (forthcoming this spring). A few rejections and some still waiting.

  10. Brandon Hobson

      11 submissions in 2009–acceptances: gustaf (Norway), No Colony 2, NOON (forthcoming this spring). A few rejections and some still waiting.

  11. dan

      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.

  12. dan

      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.

  13. james yeh

      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.

  14. james yeh

      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.

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. Lincoln

      sent way less than normal, but got more accepted. hmm.

  18. Lincoln

      sent way less than normal, but got more accepted. hmm.

  19. Nick Antosca

      That is awesome. Congratulations, man.

  20. Nick Antosca

      That is awesome. Congratulations, man.

  21. Nick Antosca

      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.

  22. Nick Antosca

      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.

  23. reynard

      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.

  24. reynard

      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.

  25. joseph

      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.

  26. joseph

      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.

  27. joseph

      *of the #’s

  28. joseph

      *of the #’s

  29. jensen

      The Hobart story was your first acceptance? Man, I loved that one so much!

  30. jensen

      The Hobart story was your first acceptance? Man, I loved that one so much!

  31. Richard

      Thanks Nick.

  32. Richard

      Thanks Nick.

  33. magick mike

      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.

  34. magick mike

      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.

  35. Roxane Gay

      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.

  36. Roxane Gay

      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.

  37. reynard

      totally was. you will always have a special place in my heart-meat, jensen, somewhere around the left ventricle – please keep your feet in.

  38. reynard

      totally was. you will always have a special place in my heart-meat, jensen, somewhere around the left ventricle – please keep your feet in.

  39. Brian Oliu

      More importantly, what’s the name of your excel spreadsheet if you have one? Mine is ‘failurepile.xls’.

  40. Brian Oliu

      More importantly, what’s the name of your excel spreadsheet if you have one? Mine is ‘failurepile.xls’.

  41. Matt Bell

      You had sixties stories taken and you have a rejection blog? Relax! You’re doing great!

  42. Matt Bell

      You had sixties stories taken and you have a rejection blog? Relax! You’re doing great!

  43. Ben Spivey

      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.

  44. Ben Spivey

      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.

  45. ce.

      I think I’d be happy having enough time to get 60 subs out at all. 60 acceptances is awesome, Roxane.

  46. ce.

      I think I’d be happy having enough time to get 60 subs out at all. 60 acceptances is awesome, Roxane.

  47. Roxane Gay

      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….

  48. Roxane Gay

      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….

  49. Roxane Gay

      Thanks, ce!

  50. Roxane Gay

      Thanks, ce!

  51. Nick Antosca

      mine’s boring. “subrecord.” yeah, it should be more acidic or hangdog or something.

  52. Nick Antosca

      mine’s boring. “subrecord.” yeah, it should be more acidic or hangdog or something.

  53. Sean

      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)

  54. Sean

      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)

  55. Sean

      230!!!

  56. Sean

      230!!!

  57. brandi

      duotrope says i sent 73 submissions

  58. brandi

      duotrope says i sent 73 submissions

  59. Amber

      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. :)

  60. Amber

      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. :)

  61. Nick Antosca

      For real. Well done, that is a lot of stories. How fast do you write a story? Crazy, what.

  62. Nick Antosca

      For real. Well done, that is a lot of stories. How fast do you write a story? Crazy, what.

  63. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      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.

  64. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      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.

  65. james yeh

      no worries, sean. that’s what i figured

  66. james yeh

      no worries, sean. that’s what i figured

  67. Amber

      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.

  68. Amber

      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.

  69. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      …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%.

  70. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      …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%.

  71. Amber

      Tim, that’s awesome–I had no idea you’d just started getting published! I’ve enjoyed so many of your stories this year.

  72. Amber

      Tim, that’s awesome–I had no idea you’d just started getting published! I’ve enjoyed so many of your stories this year.

  73. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      thanks amber.

  74. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      thanks amber.

  75. Roxane Gay

      I write really really fast. It is such a blessing.

  76. Roxane Gay

      I write really really fast. It is such a blessing.

  77. Roxane Gay

      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.

  78. Roxane Gay

      I do not sleep a lot. I suffer from insomnia so I have a lot more available hours with which to do things.

  79. Roxane Gay

      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.

  80. Roxane Gay

      I do not sleep a lot. I suffer from insomnia so I have a lot more available hours with which to do things.

  81. Roxane Gay

      And thanks!

  82. Roxane Gay

      And thanks!

  83. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      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).

  84. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      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).

  85. Roxane Gay

      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!

  86. Roxane Gay

      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!

  87. Roxane Gay

      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.

  88. dave erlewine

      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?

  89. dave erlewine

      damn, that’s great for mlb hitters and for short stories

  90. Roxane Gay

      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.

  91. dave erlewine

      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?

  92. dave erlewine

      damn, that’s great for mlb hitters and for short stories

  93. dave erlewine

      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.

  94. dave erlewine

      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.

  95. dave erlewine

      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.

  96. dave erlewine

      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.

  97. dave erlewine

      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

  98. dave erlewine

      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

  99. roberta

      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.

  100. roberta

      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.

  101. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      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.

  102. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      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.

  103. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      …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.

  104. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      …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.

  105. alec niedenthal

      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.

  106. alec niedenthal

      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.

  107. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      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.

  108. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      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.

  109. J. A. Tyler

      the ridiculousness of me in 2010:

      766 submissions
      119 still pending
      160 acceptances
      487 rejections

  110. J. A. Tyler

      the ridiculousness of me in 2010:

      766 submissions
      119 still pending
      160 acceptances
      487 rejections

  111. J. A. Tyler

      if 2010 is 2009

  112. J. A. Tyler

      if 2010 is 2009

  113. david erlewine

      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

  114. david erlewine

      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

  115. J. A. Tyler

      thanks de. congrats on all your publications too. you can do the 150 books in 2010 I think. here’s to trying anyway.

  116. J. A. Tyler

      thanks de. congrats on all your publications too. you can do the 150 books in 2010 I think. here’s to trying anyway.

  117. sasha fletcher

      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.

  118. sasha fletcher

      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.

  119. sasha fletcher

      i don’t track these things so i don’t really know. i will update the rejections when i find more.

  120. sasha fletcher

      i don’t track these things so i don’t really know. i will update the rejections when i find more.

  121. Mike Meginnis

      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.

  122. Mike Meginnis

      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.