December 30th, 2009 / 9:04 am
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My pal Tommy Z once sent out the same story 54 times. (It was published by Carolina Q.) Your record?

12 Comments

  1. frank donald goodish—

      I’m not sure about mine. A few months ago on Zoetrope I saw a thread from Joe Levens (Summerset Review Editor) that he had a story rejected around 50 times just taken by Cream City Review.

      I wish I had a friend named Tommy Z.

      I’m going to guess my record is about 20.

  2. frank donald goodish—

      I’m not sure about mine. A few months ago on Zoetrope I saw a thread from Joe Levens (Summerset Review Editor) that he had a story rejected around 50 times just taken by Cream City Review.

      I wish I had a friend named Tommy Z.

      I’m going to guess my record is about 20.

  3. rachel a.—

      ummm, 3? 4?

      jesus cobain, you people

  4. rachel a.—

      ummm, 3? 4?

      jesus cobain, you people

  5. rion—

      Same as your friend. Got picked up by fiction international a few weeks ago. The story has a number in the title. I was gonna stop at that number.

  6. rion—

      Same as your friend. Got picked up by fiction international a few weeks ago. The story has a number in the title. I was gonna stop at that number.

  7. Laura van den Berg—

      Probably 50 or 60. I’ve had a lot of stories that I had to send out for what felt like ages before they were placed.

  8. Laura van den Berg—

      Probably 50 or 60. I’ve had a lot of stories that I had to send out for what felt like ages before they were placed.

  9. darby—

      17, but every time it came back i’d do some kind of revision to it, so i don’t know if that counts. actually, i don’t know if i’ve ever sent the exact same story to more than one place before.

  10. darby—

      17, but every time it came back i’d do some kind of revision to it, so i don’t know if that counts. actually, i don’t know if i’ve ever sent the exact same story to more than one place before.

  11. Jessie Carty—

      wow! i’ve heard stories like that before. i need to check mine to see. i know the highest last time i checked was about 15 tries before having a poem published :)

  12. Jessie Carty—

      wow! i’ve heard stories like that before. i need to check mine to see. i know the highest last time i checked was about 15 tries before having a poem published :)