Right, no worries, just trying to piece together the information, such as it is. Just reading your other thread, interesting news for you.
yeah, it was American Short Fiction, actually. I've submitted to them in 2014 and I got a pretty speedy decline. when I submitted in 2017 and didn't hear anything back, I just assumed it was a 'no' again. Doesn't matter, that particular story I've been nit-picking and have made changes to it anyway, so I would have had to withdraw it.
Duoprope says their average is at about 460 days. Even though you've been playing with it, maybe they see something in the story that's making them hold it longer. Every short story I've had accepted has gone through quite a bit of edits and changes once I started working with the publisher. One story I wasn't all the confident about turned out to be my biggest sale. There's no point in really withdrawing it because you never know. I too think my short story I have submitted to them needs more work and I have played with it since submitting, but given how long they take I'm not willing to pull it and try them again until I know for sure. You never know. And they would be a really great place to publish. I would guess that you've made it passed the first round of readers at the very least. Waiting never hurts. Of course, pull it if you get an offer for that same story somewhere else, but with the submission manager they use it would be really unlikely for it to have gotten lost or be rejected. You can also contact them at this point and ask what's up. I've done that a few times with places when a year or so goes by, but that's always just ended in a quicker rejection for me. Two years is a long time, but with them especially I wouldn't say you're out of the running just yet. I think it can also take more time when bigger publications are seriously considering new writers. I really hope this one works out for you. A few years ago I sent them a story and was rejected in about 200 days. This time I'm way over that just like you, but they're send you something when they make a decision. Or, like I said, I think you've waited long enough to send a quick email checking in. Good luck.
I just got published! Actually, I got the acceptance back in May but it went to my Spam folder. And they are swamped this year but want to publish it in their Spring 2020 issue. But Holy Cow! EDIT: to a different journal than the one previously mention
Funny thing was... I was obsessively combing through my email for the email address of a friend of mine because she agreed to read one of my revised stories. I ended up in the Spam folder because it said I had a bunch of them and I wanted to clear them out. Its no big fish like American Short Fiction, but I'm still excited because this particular piece of flash fiction was based on my grandma. I cant wait to have her read it I just hope my lack of response for the past 2 month didn't make them change their mind. I sent a follow up email as soon as I found it.
Well, good writing is good writing. Unless yours was chosen to fit a particular issue, I'm sure you'll be fine. They won't dump you because of something like this, I'm sure. I'm delighted you made the grade. I just found an invoice I was looking for in MY spam folder! From a company I correspond with regularly, which is why I didn't look there for the invoice right away, when I realised they hadn't 'sent' it. I was not happy. All their other correspondence came through my main inbox just fine. Grrrr. Lesson. NEVER empty a spam folder without checking!
Yes, I always run down through the mail, just casting my eye quickly over it. You can tell if there's anything of value in there pretty quickly. The strangest things get lost in there sometimes.
I’ve been submitting for almost a year and Duotrope accurately reports my acceptance rate as 0%. Wondering whether to give up.
It took me well over a year. More like several years. The key is to always be writing new stuff. This usually will mean you like your new story better than the ones out on submission. A year isn't too much time given a lot of places can take about that long to respond. Sure, there are some fast markets, but there are some super slow ones too. How many new stories have you written in the past year? I would think that's a hell of a lot more important than an acceptance or rejection rate.
I’m not sure how many I’ve written. Certainly not hundreds. But enough for it to be depressing that they’ve all been rejected.
I actually visited the submissable thing that you use to submit to Granta yesterday as it's been a while and I'd forgotten it to be honest, and it's still on 'received'. If that means what it says or something else I have no idea.
It means they have the file, but it hasn't been opened yet. My submission to them says the same thing.
Rejection from Strange Horizons. Been taking a lot of rejection. However, I sent a recent literary fiction piece as a play to a local screenwriter or playwright. I'm hoping for the best as my submission fits the specific requirements closely.
Good luck with that. SH is an interesting magazine, from what I remember they have some quite specific guidelines.
Got one away, finally. Checked Salamander, closed...then...finally...finally...discovered the Indian sub-continental market. I'll be a Bollywood pin-up. 'Oh, so tiresome, endless flights to New Delhi, but do so enjoy my anonymity here at home, mi pipple..'
