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Jun 7
3 Rejections from Apex Magazine - Fiction
(ranging from 11 to 12 days)
4 Rejections from Apex Monthly Flash Fiction Contest
(ranging from 7 to 20 days)
Acceptance from Apex Monthly Flash Fiction Contest (11 days)
(Congratulations mwest!)
(Congratulations mwest!)
2 Rejections from Asimov's Science Fiction - Fiction
(ranging from 1 to 2 days)
1 Rejection from Barely South - Fiction
(118 days)
8 Rejections from Clarkesworld Magazine
(ranging from 1 to 2 days)
2 Rejections from Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores - Fiction
(6 days each)
5 Rejections from Deadly Drabble Tuesdays
(ranging from 2 to 6 days)
Acceptance from Deadly Drabble Tuesdays (6 days)
(Congratulations melissa!)
(Congratulations melissa!)
2 Rejections from Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize
(ranging from 45 to 56 days)
1 Rejection from Electric Literature's Recommended Reading
(120 days)
1 Rejection from Factor Four Magazine
(50 days)
1 Rejection from Fairfield Scribes
(30 days)
1 Rejection from Flash Frog
(2 days)
1 Rejection from Foglifter Journal - Poetry
(98 days)
1 Rejection from Fractured Literary
(18 days)
1 Rejection from Greater Than His Nature
(45 days)
1 Rejection from Heartlines Spec - Fiction
(9 days)
1 Rejection from Ill Winds, and Wild Weather
(40 days)
1 Rejection from Intrepidus Ink
(1 day)
3 Rejections from Manawaker Studio Flash Fiction Podcast
(86 days each)
1 Rejection from Metaphorosis
(2081 days)
1 Rejection from MOTHER KNOWS BEST: Tales of Homemade Horror
(83 days)
Acceptance from MOTHER KNOWS BEST: Tales of Homemade Horror (104 days)
1 Rejection from Open All Night
(46 days)
1 Rejection from Orca
(33 days)
1 Rejection from Orion's Belt - Fiction
(11 days)
1 Rejection from Orion's Belt - Poetry
(11 days)
1 Rejection from PodCastle
(93 days)
1 Rejection from PULP Literature - Fiction
(149 days)
5 Rejections from Samjoko Magazine - Poetry
(105 days each)
1 Rejection from Scrawl Place - Fiction
(30 days)
1 Rejection from Scribes*MICRO*Fiction - Fiction
(25 days)
1 Rejection from Self-Published
(31 days)
1 Rejection from Small Wonders - Poetry
(54 days)
1 Rejection from Small Wonders - Fiction
(45 days)
1 Rejection from Solarpunk Magazine - Poetry
(1 day)
1 Rejection from Strange Horizons - Fiction
(42 days)
2 Rejections from Strange Machines: An Anthology of Dark User Manuals
(65 days each)
Acceptance from Strange Machines: An Anthology of Dark User Manuals (38 days)
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