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If you're a magazine & you take longer than a month to respond to submissions, you should allow simultaneous submissions. Six weeks, tops. Keeping someone's work exclusively for any greater amount of time is rude, IMHO.
As an actively publishing writer, I screen out magazines that violate this rule of thumb unless the market 1) pays or 2) is sufficiently exclusive that publication would be worth more than payment.
As an actively publishing writer, I screen out magazines that violate this rule of thumb unless the market 1) pays or 2) is sufficiently exclusive that publication would be worth more than payment.
writing update
Nov. 24th, 2010 04:12 amI suppose the subject header should read "publishing update", because I realized recently that I haven't said much about my submission efforts lately.
Basically, I didn't submit much of anything this year until late summer/early fall.
( August stats )
( September stats )
( October stats )
( November stats )
( overall stats, August - November 2010 )
It's been a good season.
Basically, I didn't submit much of anything this year until late summer/early fall.
( August stats )
( September stats )
( October stats )
( November stats )
( overall stats, August - November 2010 )
It's been a good season.
stats for June-August 2009
Aug. 5th, 2009 04:28 pmSubmissions stats:
( markets & details )
Jun-Aug 5: 118 rejections. 22 acceptances. 29 markets, with 14 accepting at least one piece.
Jun-Aug 30: 176 rejections. 41 acceptances. 51 markets, with 23 accepting at least one piece.
Acceptance ratio for Jun-Aug 5: 15.7% (actual %: 15.714286) (rep. decimal)
Market ratio: 48.26%
Acceptance ratio Jun-Aug 30: 18.9% (actual %: 18.894)
Market ratio Jun-Aug 30: 44%
Jun-Aug 30: 395 submissions. 62 acceptances. 10 pieces lost/never received. 8 pieces pending. 315 rejections. 86 markets, with 29 accepting at least one piece.
Acceptance ratio for Jun-Aug 30: 16.45% (actual %: 16.445623)
Market ratio Jun-Aug 30: 33.72%
( markets & details )
Jun-Aug 30: 176 rejections. 41 acceptances. 51 markets, with 23 accepting at least one piece.
Acceptance ratio for Jun-Aug 5: 15.7% (actual %: 15.714286) (rep. decimal)
Market ratio: 48.26%
Acceptance ratio Jun-Aug 30: 18.9% (actual %: 18.894)
Market ratio Jun-Aug 30: 44%
Jun-Aug 30: 395 submissions. 62 acceptances. 10 pieces lost/never received. 8 pieces pending. 315 rejections. 86 markets, with 29 accepting at least one piece.
Acceptance ratio for Jun-Aug 30: 16.45% (actual %: 16.445623)
Market ratio Jun-Aug 30: 33.72%
