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Below is a table noting most recent submissions of my work to magazines and other markets. (Older submissions have been moved to this page.) It can be used to root for me and keep up with my career, as well as to calculate how much postage I'm spending on my gentle madness. The probability/hopefulness meter registers estimates only; if you happen to know better about the acceptance/rejection level on any of these markets, do let me know. Also, if you are curious about what any of these stories is about, see the Synopses page.
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date: story/essay, market |
acceptance probability/hopefulness |
response time/notes |
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| 6/18/07: Folk-Tales of the Luquenorse, Fickle Muses | Probability: Low; Hopefulness: Medium-Low | Someone's gotta want this craziness... | |
| 6/18/07: The Heart of the Matter, From the Asylum | Probability: Low; Hopefulness: Medium-High | I believe in this story. | |
| 6/11/07: The Cemetery Ghouls' Book Club Finds a New Member, samizDADA | Probability: Low; Hopefulness: High | I'm not yet disillusioned about this story's chances. | |
| 6/9/07: World Without End, Ontario Review | Probability: Very Low; Hopefulness: Medium | Joyce Carol Oates' magazine. Last issue saw publication of poetry by John Updike, so I'm not holding my breath here. | |
| 6/9/07: "The Last Five Pounds", Woman's Day | Probability: Low; Hopefulness: VERY VERY High | They pay $2000, but the submissions guidelines disappeared from the site between the time I found out about this and the time the essay was ready. | |
| 6/1/07: The Cemetery Ghouls' Book Club Finds a New Member, Johnny America |
Probability: Low; Hopefulness: High rejected 6/10. Ow. Owwwww. |
This sounds weird, but I was waiting for that Uptown rejection just so I could submit this to Johnny America. | |
| 5/30/07: Words in the Air and Fear: A Cautionary Tale, Popular Ink | Probability: Low; Hopefulness: Medium | If they like it at all, I won't hear from them til November. Very interesting folks, though. Take a look. | |
| 5/29/07: "Choking the Joystick", Nerve.com (NSFW)* | Probability: Low; Hopefulness: Low | Long response time | |
| 5/24/07: "The Need in Her Eyes", Confessions: Fact or Fiction? |
Probability: Medium-Low; Hopefulness: Medium rewrite requested 5/27; resubmitted 5/29 |
How I heard of this market is a convoluted story, not worth telling here. | |
| 5/24/07: And She Was in Love, Healing the Sea With Words |
Probability: Low; Hopefulness: High acknowledged 5/25 |
This is a planned anthology for 2008. All submissions are posted on the website, whether or not they are accepted to the anthology, so you'll see my work there soon enough. | |
| 5/24/07: Ashes to Ashes, All Hallows | Probability: Low; Hopefulness: Medium | I don't know if this'll work at all. Ashes is an excerpt from Those Ghosts of Time, and All Hallows is a ghost-story magazine. If it doesn't get in, I doubt I'll submit it elsewhere; this was sort of a whim. | |
| 5/24/07: The Heart of the Matter, Pseudopod |
Probability: Low; Hopefulness: High rewrite requested 6/15; declined. They wanted me to make the main character insane when I want him to be sane. Ah well. |
This pub is such a neat idea that I hope it gets in. But I don't consider it a very read-aloud-able story. | |
| 5/22/07: Jane's Diary (revised), Aphrodite Unlaced (NSFW*) |
Probability: Medium; Hopefulness: Very High accepted! 5/23. I'm pretty excited about this (royalties!), but I'm going to use a pseudonym. |
More on this in Work-in-Progress. | |
| 5/22/07: Point of Weakness, Eclectica | Probability: Low; Hopefulness: Low | No comment | |
| 5/21/07: "THUMP-A", Switchback | Probability: ?; Hopefulness: High | No Duotrope stats on this mag. | |
| 5/21/07: "Won't Someone Stop Thinking of the Children?", Bleeding Quill | Probability: Medium; Hopefulness: Medium | I find I care less and less if my essays are accepted. I think it's because they keep getting accepted. | |
| 5/19/07: Things I Will Wish I'd Said to My Mother When She Dies / (Got to Get You) Out of My Mind, Noon |
Probability: ?; Hopefulness: Medium-High rejected 6/16 |
More on this in Work-in-Progress. | |
| 5/18/07: Point of Weakness, Noneuclidean Cafe |
Probability: Low; Hopefulness: Low rejected 5/18 with polite note. |
Yeah, big surprise. | |
| 5/18/07: The Man Across the Hall, Hobart (web) | Probability: Very Low; Hopefulness: Medium | More on this in Work-in-Progress. | |
| 5/17/07: "Don't Chide the Homebody", Ducts |
Probability: Medium, Hopefulness: Medium-High rejected 5/25 |
Is it Ducts or Ducts.org? | |
| 5/17/07: Query, Falling Leaves, Snowbooks |
Probability: Low; Hopefulness: Very High query accepted! 5/17; full MS submitted 30 seconds later. I keep telling myself this means nothing, this means nothing... |
Terrific small publisher in the UK. Visit them, read their blog, buy their books (despite how much it'll cost to ship). They're great. | |
| 5/15/07: Loss and Gain, Writer's Digest Writing Competition | Probability: Very, Very Low; Hopefulness: Medium-High | Getting back on the horse... | |
| 5/15/07: Point of Weakness, Bewildering Stories |
Probability: Medium; Hopefulness: Medium-Low rewrite requested 5/16; declined. |
I'M NOT REWRITING THIS STORY, DAMMIT. | |
| 5/15/07: Filial Love, JMWW | Probability: Medium; Hopefulness: High | Pretty good acceptance rate | |
| 5/15/07: Love or Money, One Story | Probability: Low; Hopefulness: Medium-Low | Very low acceptance rate; not sure about this story | |
| 5/15/07: Words in the Air, Shimmer |
Probability: Low; Hopefulness: High rejected 5/18 with lovely note. |
Classy mag with low acceptance rate | |
| 5/15/07: Jersey, The Rambler | Probability: Medium-Low; Hopefulness: Very High | I'm excited about this story. | |
| 5/1/07: R-P-L, Plain Spoke | Probability: Low; Hopefulness: Medium | No idea on response time | |
| 4/17/07: Point of Weakness, Kaleidotrope |
Probability: Low; Hopefulness: Medium-Low rejected 5/11 with nice note. |
I still don't know what's wrong with this story. | |
| 4/14/07: Gone to Earth, Orchid | Probability: Low; Hopefulness: High | Contest. | |
| 4/10/07: "Don't Chide the Homebody", Barrelhouse |
Probability: Medium-Low; Hopefulness: High rejected 5/17 with, significantly, no invitation to submit again. Oh well. |
I'm totally choking with this mag. I wish I could give them what they want. | |
| 4/7/07: Query, "The Right Outfit", Mslexia | Probability: Low; Hopefulness: Medium-High | I'm worried my query will get lost in the shuffle. | |
| 3/16/07: The Heart of the Matter, Susurrus: The Literature of Madness |
Probability: Medium; Hopefulness: High rejected 5/24. Ow ow ow. |
I'm darned hopeful about this one. The story tickles me. | |
| 3/10/07: Fucked, Route "Born in the 1980's" Anthology | Probability: No Idea; Hopefulness: High | I was, in fact, born in the 80's, and I think my writing is better than that of most 18-to-27-year-olds, so I'm hopeful. Also it'd be nice to add "UK Anthology" to my publishing credits. But who knows how many submissions they'll get, or if there are prodigies in England beyond my ken? | |
| 3/9/07: Final Qualifier, GlassFire Magazine | Probability: Medium; Hopefulness: Medium-High | They print four issues a year and two pieces of fiction per issue. Not great odds, but we'll see. | |
| 3/7/07: Query, "Choking the Joystick", Clean Sheets (NSFW*) |
Probability: Medium-Low; Hopefulness: Medium-High re-queried 4/11, as it's been 30+ days. query accepted 4/12. Sent story. re-queried 5/14, as it's been 30+ days since story was sent and 60+ days since query. Getting a little annoyed here. As re-query didn't get any response, withdrew story 5/29, which garnered immediate response. Sigh. |
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| 3/7/07: Eleven Memories, Granta | Probability: Very, Very Low; Hopefulness: High | It's stupidly presumptuous of me to even send a story there. | |
| 3/6/07: Luquenorse Folktales, Mytholog |
Probability: Medium (?), Hopefulness: Medium-Low confirmed submission 3/17 queried 5/4 and was told on 5/6 I'd have to be patient. erroneous acceptance received 5/28 and decision summarily promised by 6/3. Found out that this mag no longer takes submissions longer than 1K, so automatic rejection may follow. rejected 6/10. After all that, I wish they'd sent me something more than "your piece was not selected." |
I am starting to doubt I'll place this one, so I'm kind of shrugging about it. | |
| 3/6/07: "Breaking the Audience's Bond", Slate | Probability: Very Low; Hopefulness: Medium-High | possibly none, they never wrote me back about "Graceland" | |
| 3/2/07: Fear: A Cautionary Tale, Cabinet des Fées |
Probability: Medium-Low; Hopefulness: Medium-Low queried 5/1, as it has been two months, but Duotrope says they haven't responded to a story since 10/06 so I'm thinking about withdrawal. |
1 month + | |
| 3/2/07: Eric/Spring '03, Memoir (and) |
Probability: Low; Hopefulness: Low submission confirmed 4/3, leading me to believe that I won't get an answer until July. |
Their first issue turned out to be very classy, so I've adjusted my probability/hopefulness meter. | |
| 2/27/07: Gross, The Quiet Feather | Probability: Low; Hopefulness: Medium | doesn't say; probably 3+ months | |
| 1/26/07: Over There, Confrontation |
Probability: Very Low; Hopefulness: Medium queried 5/25, email bounced. I think they're still around, but their web presence is rather outdated. |
3 months +. Very classy mag with excellent history. | |
| 1/24/07: The Cemetery Ghouls' Book Club Gains a New Member, Uptown Books |
Probability: Low; Hopefulness: Medium query accepted 1/27; full story submitted 1/27. re-queried 4/27, as it's been three months. re-queried 5/30, as it's been four months, and got no response from previous query. rejected 5/31 |
Strange little press that does 8 illustrated short stories a year. | |
| 1/20/07: Jersey, Fourth Genre |
Probability: Very Low; Hopefulness: Very High queried about response times on 4/17. They said sometime in May. not selected. Letter received 5/14. |
This is a nonfiction competition. No estimated time of announcement. | |
| 1/8/07: Things I Will Wish I'd Said to My Mother Before She Dies, Blood Lotus |
Probability: Low; Hopefulness: Medium re-queried 4/16, as it's been over three months, and they did release an issue in 1/07 so the mag isn't closed. rejected 6/12 |
The mag may be closed. | |
| 1/6/07: The Right Outfit, Byline |
Probability: Medium-Low; Hopefulness: Medium-High rejected 1/16 due to a mistake on my part; resubmitted 1/17. re-queried 3/17, since it's been 2 months. |
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| 1/6/07: Miscommunication, Cricket | Probability: Very Low; Hopefulness: Medium-Low |
4-5 months I read this magazine obsessively when I was a little girl. It would be an Oprah moment if this story were accepted, but it almost definitely won't be. |
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| 12/23/06: World Without End, Kalliope |
Probability: Low; Hopefulness: Medium-High confirmed submission? 3/20 by sending me a flyer about their next contest. WTF? rejected 5/25 |
3-6 months+. The average response time on Duotrope for this pub is 10 months. | |
| 12/19/06: Query, "The Price of Knitting," Knit 'n' Style | Probability: Low; Hopefulness: Low | ?? | |
| 12/8/06: How It Is With Us, Bust |
Probability: Low; Hopefulness: Medium-High re-queried 3/8, but I think I'll just submit someplace else. I don't think I'm getting a response. withdrew 5/23, as this story's getting published by Aphrodite Unlaced. |
4-12 weeks | |
| 12/2/06: Morning Glory, Collective Publishing (NSFW*) |
Probability: Medium; Hopefulness: High confirmed submission 2/16. I'm so glad they bothered; I was beginning to wonder. re-queried 4/17 to see if they're interested, or if I should try to place this elsewhere. |
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| 11/6/06: Loss and Gain, Glimmer Train Very Short Fiction Contest |
Probability: Low; Hopefulness: High not selected, and no email was sent to me. Elimination occurred sometime within the last week of the contest. |
No info till May 1, 2007 | |
| 10/26/06: "The Price of Knitting," Knitters Magazine |
Probability: Low; Hopefulness: Low queried 5/24; rejected 5/24. *shrug* |
??, very ad hoc submission | |
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10/14/06: SHE, Elixir Chapbook Competition |
Probability: Medium; Hopefulness: High |
Competition closes May 31, 2007 |
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9/30/06: Filial Love, Literal Latte |
Probability: Medium; Hopefulness: High |
5 months |
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9/27/06: Query, Falling Leaves, Kensington Publishing |
Probability: Low; Hopefulness: Low |
3-4 months |
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